What shoes with these?

[Orang Utan]

These?

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Doc Martens Winchester

just what is it about Doc Martens that people like? it can't be the way they look. i remember them being comfy but there are more attractive comfy footwear around.

 

[Orang Utan]

And why do people object to the colour brown so much? it's so versatile as there are so many hues.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Quite possibly the worst shoes I've ever seen. They're ugly.

Said the man with bright red jeans.

 

[killer b]

just what is it about Doc Martens that people like? it can't be the way they look. i remember them being comfy but there are more attractive comfy footwear around.

It is because they retain a veneer of counter cultural rebellion, are reasonably comfy.

 

[Saul Goodman]

And why do people object to the colour brown so much? it's so versatile as there are so many hues.

And it hides the shit well if you shit yourself. Which makes it the ideal colour for people in nursing homes, and only people in nursing homes.

 

[Orang Utan]

why object to red when it's on the lower half? plenty of red in other clothes, yet red trousers are seen as beyond the pale. there's seems to be a lot of objections to certain clothes dues to perceptions of the people who might wear them rather than any aesthetic objections.

 

[Saul Goodman]

why object to red when it's on the lower half? plenty of red in other clothes, yet red trousers are seen as beyond the pale. there's seems to be a lot of objections to certain clothes dues to perceptions of the people who might wear them rather than any aesthetic objections.

That's because only a certain type of person wears red jeans.

 

[killer b]

Red trouser hate is almost entirely down to that 'look at my red trousers' website everyone loved about a decade ago. Before then I dont think red trousers = Henry was much of a thing.

 

[Orang Utan]

That's because only a certain type of person wears red jeans.

nonsense. pure prejudice. it's like saying only a certain type of person wears grey socks or blue jeans. it's just utter nonsense if you examine it for more than a moment.

 

[Saul Goodman]

nonsense. pure prejudice. it's like saying only a certain type of person wears grey socks or blue jeans. it's just utter nonsense if you examine it for more than a moment.

Your reply is utter nonsense.
Go on, stick up a poll and see who is right

 

[Orang Utan]

it's juvenile tribalism.

 

[Saul Goodman]

it's juvenile tribalism.

It's a democracy. Go on, do a poll.

 

[killer b]

It's a bit embarrassing and out of date now too. Like hating comic sans or clippy the desktop assistant.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a democracy. Go on, do a poll.

i don't need a poll to convince me that people are prejudicial and judgemental about trivial matters. i post here after all.

 

[Saul Goodman]

It's a bit embarrassing and out of date now too. Like hating comic sans or clippy the desktop assistant.

But if you wear red trousers and 96% of the people who see you think you look like a twat, does the reason they think you look a twat matter?

 

[killer b]

96% of people dont think you're a twat if you wear red trousers though. The only people who care are a minor subset of people who thought that red trousers website was funny 10 years ago and still remember it cause they're dicks.

 

[Saul Goodman]

96% of people dont think you're a twat if you wear red trousers though. The only people who care are a minor subset of people who thought that red trousers website was funny 10 years ago and still remember it cause they're dicks.

Maybe it's closer to 90%. Stick up a poll.
I never saw that website.

 

[killer b]

Sure sure.

 

[Sue]

Red trouser hate is almost entirely down to that 'look at my red trousers' website everyone loved about a decade ago. Before then I dont think red trousers = Henry was much of a thing.

Back in the day (v early 90s), there was definitely a thing where posh students wore red/purple/green jeans and cricket jumpers. Generally called Sophie or Jamie and always with flicky hair. Taking the piss/laughing at them was definitely a thing then. (I've never heard of that website BTW.)

 

[Gromit]

Not half as bad as people over the age of 25 wearing trainers.

Linford Christie was 32 when he won Olympic Gold 100 metres sprint.
A feat I doubt he would have managed in brouges.

 

[killer b]

I didn't know any posh students in the 90s. Most people didn't. Most people have very little contact with actual posh people.

Red trousers as a posh people thing only entered popular consciousness in about 2010 when the 'look at my fucking red trousers' blog became a viral phenomenon. Before then they were just red trousers.

 

[Orang Utan]

I didn't know any posh students in the 90s. Most people didn't. Most people have very little contact with actual posh people.

Red trousers as a posh people thing only entered popular consciousness in about 2010 when the 'look at my fucking red trousers' blog became a viral phenomenon. Before then they were just red trousers.

This prejudice is also very specific to this country. There are plenty of continental and international red trouser wearers who are neither posh nor called Jamie ffs.

 

[Sue]

I didn't know any posh students in the 90s. Most people didn't. Most people have very little contact with actual posh people.

Red trousers as a posh people thing only entered popular consciousness in about 2010 when the 'look at my fucking red trousers' blog became a viral phenomenon. Before then they were just red trousers.

I used to see them about -- they were pretty difficult to miss. Some lived in my halls of residence.

 

[Sue]

This prejudice is also very specific to this country. There are plenty of continental and international red trouser wearers who are neither posh nor called Jamie ffs.

(((Orang Utan)))

(Some were called Sophie.)

 

[Orang Utan]

Not sure why there are brackets.
Come on, I'm sure you're better than this

 

[Sue]

Not sure why there are brackets.
Come on, I'm sure you're better than this

What? Don't understand.

 

[Orang Utan]

What? Don't understand.

I didn't understand why you felt the need for virtually hugging me for voicing a different opinion. I don't need a hug for that. All is well.
I had not previously noticed such superficial prejudice at people making an aesthetic decision to wear a colour in you before, so was rather dismayed to read it.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I didn't understand why you felt the need for virtually hugging me for voicing a different opinion. I don't need a hug for that. All is well.
I had not previously noticed such superficial prejudice at people making an aesthetic decision to wear a colour in you before, so was rather dismayed to read it.

That's a little prejudicial, isn't it. Judging someone on the colours they dislike?

 

[Spymaster]

Red trouser hate is almost entirely down to that 'look at my red trousers' website everyone loved about a decade ago. Before then I dont think red trousers = Henry was much of a thing.

I’ve never seen or heard of that website but still think they’re shite. Mainly because they give the impression that the wearer is trying oh so hard to be flamboyant and they don’t look very good. I mean bright red here; darker reds are ok.

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I wear red trousers in Spain. Nobody bats an eyelid. But in Britain they are still associated by some people with a particular type of braying toff. Like it or not. That might affect my decision to wear them.

It's (a very little bit) like white robes and a pointy white hat. You could wear them in a procession in Spain, this week especially, but perhaps not elsewhere!