• suction@lemmy.world
    91·
    6 months ago

    I think Crocs can be fucking cool but it depends on the situation and the wearer. And they’re the most comfortable footwear ever invented anyway.

  • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org
    102·
    6 months ago

    I love how crocs are cheap and durable. I hate how they make it feel like your feet are constantly being stabbed hundreds of times and have no clue how someone could find that comfortable in any meaningful way.

  • numberfour002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    6 months ago

    Distaste for crocs just strikes me as a stupid fad and I don’t even wear regular crocs. I do like the crocs flip flops that are single piece construction because they last an order of magnitude longer than standard flip flops and the plastic material they are made of of is easy to clean and doesn’t hold odor like so many other types of materials that flip flops and sandals are made of.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      6 months ago

      I think it’s just a reactionary backlash to their popularity. It’s the fact they suddenly showed up everywhere all at once, were something new that departed sufficiently from older flip flop designs and created a divide in taste. I fell into that trap myself but we buy them for our kid and they’re awesome! My next flip flops when my current ones die will probably be crocs. I wouldn’t wear them anywhere I wouldn’t wear flip flops though.

      • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
        21·
        6 months ago

        I had some and couldn’t stand them. The material would pull my foot hair, and they reminded me of orange peanut candy. And the squishiness didn’t feel foot-shaped, to me. It just felt like mush. I need arch support and a firm platform. So I hate on them because they strike me as foam toys rather than shoes.

        • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          6 months ago

          It sounds like you don’t prefer wearing them but you don’t have a problem with other people wearing them

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          6 months ago

          But what if you don’t compare them to shoes but just to flip flops?

          • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world
            3·
            6 months ago

            Fair point, I actually mainly wore flip flops and preferred Reef and now Ulukai Olukai. Those checked almost all my boxes, though none of those give a firm enough platform compared to good walking shoes, so I shouldn’t hold that point against Crocs.

            Edit: I mixed up Olukai shoes with Ukla Uukha archery gear, oops.

            Edit 2: I mixed up Uukha with Ookla. /facepalm

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
    59·
    6 months ago

    It could be worse. You could fall in love with someone, get married and, after years of happiness together, that person discovers Crocs and loves them to death.

    My poor wife. She did say for better or worse, however.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
    25·
    6 months ago

    If you can’t handle me in my crocs you don’t deserve me in my socks…and crocs

    • apocalypticat@lemmy.world
      31·
      6 months ago

      1 pair dress shoes, 1 pair walking shoes. Okay I hear you there. What do you wear to work? How about work out shoes? Walking, hiking, running shoes? Casual date shoes? Comfortable shoes for working around the house and doing messy yard work? What about if you just want to take the trash out really quick, no flip flops for you? How about seasonal shoes? Are you freezing your feet off in the winter, or sweating them off in the summer? No boots? Are you wearing any house slippers during winter?

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      2·
      6 months ago

      Well I only have like two pairs of shoes because I’m a straight guy.

      Pfft. How can you even call yourself a straight guy if you don’t at least have military boots, dress shoes, cowboy boots, wellies and safety shoes??

  • Lad@reddthat.com
    19·
    6 months ago

    I really want to try crocs to see if they’re as comfortable as I’ve been told they are. But they’re so fuckin hideous

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      6 months ago

      Comfort isn’t the main selling point. In no particular order:

      • Versatile: indoor, outdoor, dry, wet,…
      • Easy to clean
      • Easy to take on or off
      • Inexpensive (when on sale)
      • Relatively durable/reliable
      • Protects toes (unlike sandals)
      • Many colors, styles, and patterns

      I also used to hate how they looked, and I thought other people were just falling for the fad. But I bought some after literally being indoctrinated by my other coworkers at a summer camp, and never looked back. They are just such useful shoes that it really changes how you perceive them once they’ve worked for you.

      P.S. Just in case you were wondering, there are still people at summer camp that continue to hate crocs, but they’re aware they’re in the minority :p

    • TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 months ago

      I stopped giving a fuck and wear brightly colored Crocs as a fat hairy guy. I’ve never been more comfortable after a long day at work than after I started wearing Crocs daily

      • TheBest@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        this is a man of the people. They’re garish but I can slip em on without bending over so that’s all that matters.

    • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
      71·
      6 months ago

      Ditto.

      Crocs are a fashion crime.

      I guess they’re pretty good foot fetishist deterrents though? If I was so inclined, I would rather get a footjob from a cassowary.

      • BreadOven@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 months ago

        Watch out for that claw that’s hidden? I can’t quite remember, but what they use to kill things.

          • BreadOven@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 months ago

            Nah. It was a cassowary, but they do not have the claw I was thinking (like platypus’). I guess they just jump kick with their toe claws.

    • hOrni@lemmy.world
      61·
      6 months ago

      That’s the point. They aren’t just a comfortable shoe. They are a statement. A statement, that You value Your own comfort above what other people think.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
      4·
      6 months ago

      Try em they’re great. Everyone seriously avoiding them because they’re godawful ugly are just denying themselves pleasure. Don’t be a weenie, have fun with life.

  • Martin@feddit.nu
    12·
    6 months ago

    My wife seems to think Crocs are suitable safety shoes when working with machinery in the garden.

      • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        When bits of sky blue foam and blood start flying everywhere, that’s when you know to turn the machine off.