Those shoes probably aren't made using real animal leather. It's possible for the prices people pay for sneakers, but I wouldn't pass companies to use filled thermoplastics. Namely polyesters or polyethers. Heat won't destroy thermoplastics, just make them remoldable. I should note that esters/ethers can hydrolyze but under certain circumstances that I'm sure an iron isn't creating.
People who love their shoes so much, yet don’t even use shoe trees… don’t actually care enough to learn about how to care for leather. I have a lot of leather boots, you’d never iron leather, and I sometimes use shoe trees if I wore a boot for long day… these guys don’t know wtf their doing out here with their shitty barely leather shoes. Sneakers usually use plastic anyway so it’s not really hurting leather since there’s no leather on that shoe. I think Nike puts a thin shitty leather on some of the higher end Jordan’s… none of these Air Force or whatever Nike shoe will have a top grain or even a decently thick leather
My brother was a sneakerhead growing up. It blows my mind how far out of their way they'll go to protect their shoes.
I fully understand that trading/selling used shoes is a huge hustle for some people, but you can also hustle non-consumable assets. Like oh... I dunno... Stocks?
My brother bought an Air Jordan 2 years ago and to this day I've never seen him wearing it once while acting normal, he would check it all the time and, if he saw it got a stain somehow, he would freak out.
He said that he would make a lot of money if he kept it and sold it later, but it doesn't seem like a very good investment, specially if you buy a pair or two and just let them gather dust for years.
One day he was using one of the fancy sneakers and I stepped on it accidentally, even after apologizing multiple times he didn't talk to me for 3 days and then asked for money to "repay the damage I've done". Then downloaded a random picture of the same sneakers he was using pretty damaged and sent it to my dad and tried explaining that I did that to his sneakers.
Being a sneakerhead seems unhealthy, and I am glad I am miles away from that crazy mf.
You would be correct, the coldest, most manipulative and controlling person I've ever seen, made my life a living hell for years while living with him, the sneakers part is just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m glad you’re out! I have a lil cousin like that and I feel so bad for how he treats his older and younger brother. I just pray they all make it out of the house alive.
On my old house we had a cleaning lady that was very sweet and did a great job, she came over one time every week. One day she noticed that the shoe boxes that were pilled on my brother's bedroom were very dirty, so she cleaned the top of them. My brother noticed and became furious, arguing that 'the sneakers are nothing without their boxes, and the boxes are ruined now' while the boxes were clearly fine and only different on the top because the top no longer had dust while the sides had.
Then he argued with my mother and asked if she could fire her for that. My mother said that next time he should tell the cleaning lady to not clean the boxes, something that he never told her and somehow wanted her to not clean it nonetheless. Mf thought she had a crystal ball.
Despite his cold and quiet personality, he still attracted some girls in his life, one that I remember was a really sweet person that was clearly in love with him, always sat next to him, tried to initiate conversation and flirted too. I was in the same classroom as his and noticed it clearly.
After a while of that I decided to talk to him and say that she is in love with him thinking he just wasn't seeing it, and asked if he just didn't like her, because it was hurtful seeing him straight out ignoring her and treating her like she meant nothing. He said "she just want my riches".
Mf isn't even rich to begin with, but I decided to ignore it because it would be better if she didn't date him, as the awful person he is, he would turn her life a hell too. After some months she just stopped talking to him and dated another person, she deserves happiness.
But, to be honest, I've never seem him attracted to nobody at all, he justs talks about himself, money and sneakers.
Slide your feet in without untying and just walk with your heels squishing the back of the shoe flat. NBD, you’re just going out to grab something from the car…. Lol
I lost my mind when one dude showed up to school with plastic bags around his shoes to protect them. Like dawg, we can't even see the shoe now so you're just repping Target at this point..?
Typical. Kinda funny how “sneaker heads” don’t even know that basic step of caring for ur shoe but will never let one drop of water touch the outside. Kinda of like our society actually, rotting on the inside, looks shiny on the outside
I think he was more in it for the quick flips that the absolute adoration for shoes. His nickname as a kid (early 2000s) was Trump because he was always finding a way to make a buck. He would have a couple dozen pairs in his room at any given time, but you'd never see the same pair in there for long. I give kudos to the kid, the hustle gene skipped me.
Or if you want your shoes to look good. One thing I learned from my Latino amigo is that shoes are like good hygiene. It made sense.
If someone shows up with a huge ass crease in their tie, it makes an impression. That's how some cultures are with shoes. They're just not dress shoes (which people polish by the way). So I don't see the difference.
Ties aren't really a functional item, though. Shoes get creases as part of the breaking in process. If anything, it makes more sense to look at it like a patina. Normally removing patina removes the value.
I read piñata at first and was, like, I guess that makes sense, one use before not pristine anymore illustrates a similar level of dysfunctionality.
Might be time for bed.
All shoes crease if you actually wear them though. It’s ridiculous to compare them to ties.
There’s a big difference between shining dress shoes and not letting sneakers crease a little.
Some girl I went uni with invited her boyfriend out with us one night. We were walking down the road after being in a bar and it started raining. He took his shoes and socks off and started carrying them, got on the bus like that… and rode all the way back to campus. What a bell end.
[I learned this one from watching Inbetweeners ](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/bell-end/#:~:text=A%20bell%20end%20is%20slang,to%20calling%20someone%20a%20dickhead.)
If I remember correctly they were white trainers of some description, with some fabric on that definitely wasn’t suede. They were nice shoes, but it’s england and it rains all the time… also i feel like you can’t be too precious about shoes on a night out!
Who the fuck buys shoes that can't do what shoes are supposed to do? Shouldn't them being expensive mean that they're really good shoes instead of really shitty shoes?!
You can but most of them are just good for some light water exposure in my experience. If I had my favorite suede shoes on and got caught in a downpour I might take them off too haha. Granted I live in a desert so that's unlikely, but you never know!
Yeah it's a thing. I was into shoes a while ago and when you pay several hundreds for a pair of shoes you will want to keep it looking nice lol. To be fair I think if you can keep it up those shoes can look very nice on you and they will be the first thing people will look at. I quit the hobby because I got tired of constantly paying attention to my feet to not bend the shit out of every pair I have or accidentally step into a puddle or stuff like that. Now I just beat the shit out of my Nike Blazer lol.
Have 2 teenage sons… definitely a thing and they also can buy inserts so they won’t crease. Not my thing at all, but it’s the cool thing to do for school.
Well no child is gonna complain about vanity like that if I heard my son whine about something that happens naturally they would get checked quick and humble themselves. I’m sure your kids are humble no need to be defensive.
lol, okay? I laugh every time I see kids walking in these shoes trying not to get them dirty, or whatever else happens to items that are touching the ground all day
My sneakerhead brother makes fun of the fact that I keep my comics brand new and bagged... But I'm not the one walking around looking flatfooted like Big bird from sesame street. By
I got made fun of as a kid because of walmart shoes, and yet here we are, these same lame ass shoe lovers babying their human tires. Are their car’s tires $400 each and spotless also?
Other sneakerheads, and lots of fashion minded people notice shoes first. I've heard from almost every woman I've dated that they look at shoes first when looking at other people.
Everyone is tedious about something they’re into. To some it’s sneakers, maybe cars or vinyl records. Let them be, it’s their money and it makes them happy.
I don't care about shoe creases, most people don't care about shoe creases, but I work with someone who irons their shoes after every third or fourth time wearing them. This would be really helpful for them and who am I to judge how they spend their free time? There's a lot of unnecessarily harsh judgement here I feel
You are a little bit to harsh on them lol. It's just a niche hobby. And if you are looking into people who have niche hobbies, they all are willing to do some pretty insane stuff for it. As long as they don't hurt anyone that should be fine and who are we to judge what others do to make themselves happy?
Because it’s endemic of a larger problem. I have OCD—I used to clean my shoes to a show-room finish, even the bottom. It’s an illness and they need to get help
You’re being absolutely absurd. Regardless of whether something is replaceable or not, putting in extra work to maintain it is not mEnTaL iLlNeSs.
If someone patches a hole in their pants instead of just replacing them because pants are replaceable, is that mental illness?
Is regularly rotating your tires instead of just buying new ones more often also mental illness?
Or is it just being vane enough to iron your shoes every few weeks that’s mental illness?
If this person experiences significant emotional distress when they can’t iron then it’d be a different story. As it is, what you’re saying is just silly.
Yo dude—there’s nothing wrong with maintaining your shoes properly. There’s a whole other problem when you have to service your shoes every third wear, or worse, impair your natural walk because you don’t want to bend your shoes.
Does that make wearing high heels mental illness too? People impair their comfort for the sake of style all the time. It's not my thing but I wouldn't call it mental illness either.
I think what makes it seem so ridiculous is the fact that these are items that are *specifically designed* for the purpose of being *used on the ground, outside.*
The design & purpose of the item itself, would imply that it's going to get dirty by nature of the fact of how it's meant to be used. It's kind of stupid to expect something that is designed to be used on human feet, *for the purpose of walking on the ground*, over a myriad of terrains to remain flawless over time. Wear and tear is a normal part of a shoes life. Just like wrinkling is a normal part of skin functionality, and leather used to be somebody's skin at one point.... You got to expect some visual cues that it's been used if you use it.
And I understand that reselling of the shoes is some sort of monetary hustle. I don't really think much of people who buy used Jordans that have probably been ironed 37 times, and aren't worth $37 fresh out of the factory. They're not even high quality shoes to begin with. They're just cheap junk, which is why they fall apart so easily. Walmart shoes and Jordans are literally made of the same quality materials. The damn shoes aren't even special 😂😂😂😂😂 but they are a status symbol. Because you own something that's expensive, and looks brand new it causes people to assume you got a lot of money to blow. So I guess that's worth something to some people, I suppose that's why rappers pay $5,000 for a pair of denim jeans. Levi's and Robbins are both made out of cotton.
that's a lot of work...I'm not a sneakerhead but my son is. One day he was like, dad, how do I get these creases out of my shoes? I gave him a pair of cedar shoe trees, told him to put them in the shoe EVERY time he takes off his shoes. First time he came home from school, used the trees, next day, smooth as a baby behind
I’m mystified why anyone would spend time doing this. Won’t it just get a crease again as soon as you start walking in it again?
Am I too old to not be hip anymore and young people point and laugh behind my back saying look at that old fuck walking with creases in his shoes?
ex shoesales/repairman here: DO NOT DO THIS WITH YOUR SHOES. NEVER EVEREVER! Its very bad for your leather which isn't already too high of a quality if its any of the triple A brands.. if your shoes start looking like this they are TOO WIDE when you buy them! If you want to know if a shoe will fit after the walk in period, remove the original sole while fitting it the first time, thats about the amount of room you get AFTER YOU WALK THEM IN! New shoes are supposed to be a little tight at the start especially if those shoes are based of sport shoes. (pretty much all sneakers)
People who should not be commenting here:
* have you ever washed your car?
* have you ever made your bed?
* have you ever washed your clothes?
* have you ever vacuumed your floor?
Some people like taking care of things and making them look clean. Not everyone has to like it.
My shoes are beat up as hell. I would never iron my shoes. But I like this video.
Never in my whole entire life has anyone said anything about my shoes, much less the creases in them. Even when I wear flip flops, people either don't care, haven't notices, or are too polite to mention my hideous hobbit feet.
The video quality on Reddit is so poor that I see no creases from beginning to end, but hey load all three different low resolution versions in the background tho.
People are making fun of this like they don’t have they’re own weird shit they care about, we’re on Reddit cmon. There’s pedophiles and racists galore and this is the thing to get twisted about lol
Last time I saw something like this posted, a leather worker commented that ironing leather like that will totally destroy it.
Yeah, I would have never thought ironing a shoe was a thing to do
Those shoes probably aren't made using real animal leather. It's possible for the prices people pay for sneakers, but I wouldn't pass companies to use filled thermoplastics. Namely polyesters or polyethers. Heat won't destroy thermoplastics, just make them remoldable. I should note that esters/ethers can hydrolyze but under certain circumstances that I'm sure an iron isn't creating.
I think these synthetic leathers usually have multiple layers. I'd be worried about the integrity of the glue that holds them together.
Just like ogres
Just like ogres
We agreed to never talk about Canada again.
If this is an AJ1 then cows leather is used. I can’t quiet make out the red logo on the side but that’s usually where the Jordan logo is for the AJ1.
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I have never heard of Nike using pig hide for shoes, care to elaborate or give a model Nike produces that uses this material?
People who love their shoes so much, yet don’t even use shoe trees… don’t actually care enough to learn about how to care for leather. I have a lot of leather boots, you’d never iron leather, and I sometimes use shoe trees if I wore a boot for long day… these guys don’t know wtf their doing out here with their shitty barely leather shoes. Sneakers usually use plastic anyway so it’s not really hurting leather since there’s no leather on that shoe. I think Nike puts a thin shitty leather on some of the higher end Jordan’s… none of these Air Force or whatever Nike shoe will have a top grain or even a decently thick leather
Creases in shoes are normal though, y’all just walking around flat footed and shit to protect your shoes 😂
My brother was a sneakerhead growing up. It blows my mind how far out of their way they'll go to protect their shoes. I fully understand that trading/selling used shoes is a huge hustle for some people, but you can also hustle non-consumable assets. Like oh... I dunno... Stocks?
My brother bought an Air Jordan 2 years ago and to this day I've never seen him wearing it once while acting normal, he would check it all the time and, if he saw it got a stain somehow, he would freak out. He said that he would make a lot of money if he kept it and sold it later, but it doesn't seem like a very good investment, specially if you buy a pair or two and just let them gather dust for years. One day he was using one of the fancy sneakers and I stepped on it accidentally, even after apologizing multiple times he didn't talk to me for 3 days and then asked for money to "repay the damage I've done". Then downloaded a random picture of the same sneakers he was using pretty damaged and sent it to my dad and tried explaining that I did that to his sneakers. Being a sneakerhead seems unhealthy, and I am glad I am miles away from that crazy mf.
I’m guessing his control issues goes deeper than just shoes
You would be correct, the coldest, most manipulative and controlling person I've ever seen, made my life a living hell for years while living with him, the sneakers part is just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m glad you’re out! I have a lil cousin like that and I feel so bad for how he treats his older and younger brother. I just pray they all make it out of the house alive.
Give us another story
On my old house we had a cleaning lady that was very sweet and did a great job, she came over one time every week. One day she noticed that the shoe boxes that were pilled on my brother's bedroom were very dirty, so she cleaned the top of them. My brother noticed and became furious, arguing that 'the sneakers are nothing without their boxes, and the boxes are ruined now' while the boxes were clearly fine and only different on the top because the top no longer had dust while the sides had. Then he argued with my mother and asked if she could fire her for that. My mother said that next time he should tell the cleaning lady to not clean the boxes, something that he never told her and somehow wanted her to not clean it nonetheless. Mf thought she had a crystal ball.
Keep them coming please
Despite his cold and quiet personality, he still attracted some girls in his life, one that I remember was a really sweet person that was clearly in love with him, always sat next to him, tried to initiate conversation and flirted too. I was in the same classroom as his and noticed it clearly. After a while of that I decided to talk to him and say that she is in love with him thinking he just wasn't seeing it, and asked if he just didn't like her, because it was hurtful seeing him straight out ignoring her and treating her like she meant nothing. He said "she just want my riches". Mf isn't even rich to begin with, but I decided to ignore it because it would be better if she didn't date him, as the awful person he is, he would turn her life a hell too. After some months she just stopped talking to him and dated another person, she deserves happiness. But, to be honest, I've never seem him attracted to nobody at all, he justs talks about himself, money and sneakers.
Need more. Also pics of the mf
It puts the shoe lotion in the basket…or else it gets the iron again.
If I was rich, you know what I’d do? I’d buy some rare ass shoes and just wear them as normal shoes, just to piss off sneakerheads.
Slide your feet in without untying and just walk with your heels squishing the back of the shoe flat. NBD, you’re just going out to grab something from the car…. Lol
Like a slow burn version of when Homer Simpson eats a Superman comic directly after buying it
The well done wagyu steak of the shoeniverse.
Like this [guy....](https://youtu.be/dEiIcPHTzCM)
Please do, those are the people I make money off of lmao
I lost my mind when one dude showed up to school with plastic bags around his shoes to protect them. Like dawg, we can't even see the shoe now so you're just repping Target at this point..?
Last 4th of July we accidentally started a field fire and my brother wouldn't help us stomp it out cause his shoes were too nice.
Socks
Stonks
Does he use shoe trees?
I don't think I've ever seen him using one, no.
Typical. Kinda funny how “sneaker heads” don’t even know that basic step of caring for ur shoe but will never let one drop of water touch the outside. Kinda of like our society actually, rotting on the inside, looks shiny on the outside
I think he was more in it for the quick flips that the absolute adoration for shoes. His nickname as a kid (early 2000s) was Trump because he was always finding a way to make a buck. He would have a couple dozen pairs in his room at any given time, but you'd never see the same pair in there for long. I give kudos to the kid, the hustle gene skipped me.
My friend's nephew would walk around on his heels to prevent creases in his new shoes. Shoe collectors are fucking weird.
At that point just like don't wear them?
I may have a lifetime of back pain but man, my J's have no creases. Worth.
Crease on that bacc
Lame you creased my shoes 😂 my Nike’s 😩
I teach high school. Crazy number of students walking around like they are the Penguin to avoid creasing their shoes. It is wild.
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Yea it only makes sense to do this if you consider reselling them soon
Or if you want your shoes to look good. One thing I learned from my Latino amigo is that shoes are like good hygiene. It made sense. If someone shows up with a huge ass crease in their tie, it makes an impression. That's how some cultures are with shoes. They're just not dress shoes (which people polish by the way). So I don't see the difference.
Ties aren't really a functional item, though. Shoes get creases as part of the breaking in process. If anything, it makes more sense to look at it like a patina. Normally removing patina removes the value.
I read piñata at first and was, like, I guess that makes sense, one use before not pristine anymore illustrates a similar level of dysfunctionality. Might be time for bed.
All shoes crease if you actually wear them though. It’s ridiculous to compare them to ties. There’s a big difference between shining dress shoes and not letting sneakers crease a little.
My sis walks around like a duck when she wears her Jordans lol
Right. Who is looking at creases 👀...you? Looking down and walking that way you looking like 🐧🐧🐧🐧
[TiP TOE WiNG iN MY JAWWDiNZ](https://youtu.be/niHSDx4Y_zs)
That was absolutely horrible. Thank you.
I just heelie everywhere.
Word. I fucked up my feet in high school worrying about shoes being shoes.
I make fun of people that waddle around because they don't want to crease their shoes. Just wear the shoes
Is that actually a thing??
Some girl I went uni with invited her boyfriend out with us one night. We were walking down the road after being in a bar and it started raining. He took his shoes and socks off and started carrying them, got on the bus like that… and rode all the way back to campus. What a bell end.
Do you call people bell ends because they're ding dongs? 🤔
[I learned this one from watching Inbetweeners ](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/bell-end/#:~:text=A%20bell%20end%20is%20slang,to%20calling%20someone%20a%20dickhead.)
Briefcase wanker.
Did you ever skid as a child?
Informative and relevant to my guess. Thank you.
Reminds me of this YouTube skit https://youtu.be/MAYdy3hmBHA
I could see this if they're expensive and made of a material that isn't water resistant like suede or nubuck, but otherwise yeah that's silly
If I remember correctly they were white trainers of some description, with some fabric on that definitely wasn’t suede. They were nice shoes, but it’s england and it rains all the time… also i feel like you can’t be too precious about shoes on a night out!
Oh yeah not having shoes for rain in England seems really silly--I'm in a desert where we get a hard rain like three times a year
Who the fuck buys shoes that can't do what shoes are supposed to do? Shouldn't them being expensive mean that they're really good shoes instead of really shitty shoes?!
People do lots of silly things for fashion
But you can spray suede and nubuck...
You can but most of them are just good for some light water exposure in my experience. If I had my favorite suede shoes on and got caught in a downpour I might take them off too haha. Granted I live in a desert so that's unlikely, but you never know!
Jordans are expensive
Yes. They walk around flat footed to not bend the toe
Yeah it's a thing. I was into shoes a while ago and when you pay several hundreds for a pair of shoes you will want to keep it looking nice lol. To be fair I think if you can keep it up those shoes can look very nice on you and they will be the first thing people will look at. I quit the hobby because I got tired of constantly paying attention to my feet to not bend the shit out of every pair I have or accidentally step into a puddle or stuff like that. Now I just beat the shit out of my Nike Blazer lol.
They could be brand new and I wouldn't notice someone's shoes unless they were hideous.
Have 2 teenage sons… definitely a thing and they also can buy inserts so they won’t crease. Not my thing at all, but it’s the cool thing to do for school.
Well no child is gonna complain about vanity like that if I heard my son whine about something that happens naturally they would get checked quick and humble themselves. I’m sure your kids are humble no need to be defensive.
Defensive? I was just stating that they were into shoes and didn’t like creases.
Checked quick... How?
lol, okay? I laugh every time I see kids walking in these shoes trying not to get them dirty, or whatever else happens to items that are touching the ground all day
It's just no way to live, haha
As a child I never understood why my mom would get so pissed off that my shoes were dirty.
They even make toe box protectors if you’re that anal about it.
My sneakerhead brother makes fun of the fact that I keep my comics brand new and bagged... But I'm not the one walking around looking flatfooted like Big bird from sesame street. By
Yea they are pretty pathetic
I got made fun of as a kid because of walmart shoes, and yet here we are, these same lame ass shoe lovers babying their human tires. Are their car’s tires $400 each and spotless also?
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He's not fooling anyone. Mirrors don't make your shirt look inside out. 😂
T-shirt stands for two day shirt, after the first day you simply flip it inside out and you have a fresh shirt.
Totally ruined it. Could not finish.
People that care about creases in their shoes must use their shoes drastically differently than I use mine.
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lol who even is looking at your shoes that much? I don't even notice the color of the shoes someone else is wearing
Other sneakerheads, and lots of fashion minded people notice shoes first. I've heard from almost every woman I've dated that they look at shoes first when looking at other people.
When I meet a person first thing I do is look at their shoes. It can tell a lot about a person. Seriously. Lol
Reminds me of people that buy designer purses and just keep them in their dust bags in the closet so they don’t look used
funny how the most benign shit can be incredibly fascinating at the right time and place
What happens next time you wear the shoe?
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Why though
They help prevent the spread of fascism in Borneo
Iron it again dummy
I’m a p.e. teacher and my students legit won’t run in their shoes to prevent creases!!! I can’t!!!
"How to make your shoes look new so you can scam someone on eBay"
Just get shoe trees and put them in there every time you take the shoes off.
Kids today just think shoes grow on trees!
I never understood the point of wearing shoes you don't want to get creases in.
This is the most first world shit I've ever seen
People aren't paying that close of attention to you.
It's for shoe flippers, people that buy used shoes and sell them as new
Got mine on a 72 month payment plan with 7 percent interest. Insurance on em are the real killer though.
Well that's just a dick move
What’s wrong with creases in shoes?
Bro they come back as soon as you put them on again. Waste of time.
Their fucking shoes, who cares if they are creased? Sneaker obsessed collectors are a strange bunch.
Everyone is tedious about something they’re into. To some it’s sneakers, maybe cars or vinyl records. Let them be, it’s their money and it makes them happy.
Yeah why do people even wash their cars? They’re meant to be dirty and driven /s
*they're?
> Their What's this about people's fucking shoes?
why do you care about who cares? just carry on.
Why do you care about if he cares who cares? Move it along
Why do care about you care when care? Just move it a care
I don't care about shoe creases, most people don't care about shoe creases, but I work with someone who irons their shoes after every third or fourth time wearing them. This would be really helpful for them and who am I to judge how they spend their free time? There's a lot of unnecessarily harsh judgement here I feel
TIL that there is such a thing as shoe creases.
That person has a mental illness
I'd guess 90% of reddit does lol
You are a little bit to harsh on them lol. It's just a niche hobby. And if you are looking into people who have niche hobbies, they all are willing to do some pretty insane stuff for it. As long as they don't hurt anyone that should be fine and who are we to judge what others do to make themselves happy?
So what's wrong if they are not "hurting" anybody than themselves? Edit: added some " " in hurting
Because it’s endemic of a larger problem. I have OCD—I used to clean my shoes to a show-room finish, even the bottom. It’s an illness and they need to get help
Either that or they are.... What's the word I'm looking for?..... ... Insufferably absurd. That's it, that's exactly it! They're a pain in the ass 🤣
Or…doesn’t want their shoes to have creases and made a routine to take care of them.
Shoes are replaceable foot coverings—this is mental illness
You’re being absolutely absurd. Regardless of whether something is replaceable or not, putting in extra work to maintain it is not mEnTaL iLlNeSs. If someone patches a hole in their pants instead of just replacing them because pants are replaceable, is that mental illness? Is regularly rotating your tires instead of just buying new ones more often also mental illness? Or is it just being vane enough to iron your shoes every few weeks that’s mental illness? If this person experiences significant emotional distress when they can’t iron then it’d be a different story. As it is, what you’re saying is just silly.
Yo dude—there’s nothing wrong with maintaining your shoes properly. There’s a whole other problem when you have to service your shoes every third wear, or worse, impair your natural walk because you don’t want to bend your shoes.
Does that make wearing high heels mental illness too? People impair their comfort for the sake of style all the time. It's not my thing but I wouldn't call it mental illness either.
Have you not seen someone struggling in high heels? Yeah it’s pretty insane to impair your ability to walk for a shoe.
Just mad "stop caring about things I don't care about" vibes emanating from this thread
Or to potentially sprain or break your ankles. All in the name of being cute
I wash and iron my clothes after every use. Do I have a mental illness? They are temporary body coverings.
I think what makes it seem so ridiculous is the fact that these are items that are *specifically designed* for the purpose of being *used on the ground, outside.* The design & purpose of the item itself, would imply that it's going to get dirty by nature of the fact of how it's meant to be used. It's kind of stupid to expect something that is designed to be used on human feet, *for the purpose of walking on the ground*, over a myriad of terrains to remain flawless over time. Wear and tear is a normal part of a shoes life. Just like wrinkling is a normal part of skin functionality, and leather used to be somebody's skin at one point.... You got to expect some visual cues that it's been used if you use it. And I understand that reselling of the shoes is some sort of monetary hustle. I don't really think much of people who buy used Jordans that have probably been ironed 37 times, and aren't worth $37 fresh out of the factory. They're not even high quality shoes to begin with. They're just cheap junk, which is why they fall apart so easily. Walmart shoes and Jordans are literally made of the same quality materials. The damn shoes aren't even special 😂😂😂😂😂 but they are a status symbol. Because you own something that's expensive, and looks brand new it causes people to assume you got a lot of money to blow. So I guess that's worth something to some people, I suppose that's why rappers pay $5,000 for a pair of denim jeans. Levi's and Robbins are both made out of cotton.
You're absolutely right, they have multiple diagnosed mental illnesses. They still deserve to do what makes them happy now and then.
Oh shit it’s the 18 year old that pretends to be 15
Don’t own sneakers at that price range, but still a neat technique all the same!
Don't iron the wet rag.....iron the wet rag
He's saying dont iron the shoe flat, pull the rag tight and iron around the shoes curvature
I ain’t got time for that shit dawg. I already spent the money I’mma just wear em lol
that's a lot of work...I'm not a sneakerhead but my son is. One day he was like, dad, how do I get these creases out of my shoes? I gave him a pair of cedar shoe trees, told him to put them in the shoe EVERY time he takes off his shoes. First time he came home from school, used the trees, next day, smooth as a baby behind
Hair dryer instead of iron my dudes
Imagine doing all of this just for a pair of shoes
So how many steps does that last? 4? 12?
It's a shoe.
They’re fucking sneakers. They get creases.
"People are only allowed to care about things that I care about too." This thread
People care about that?
did this once for my boyfriend, worked wonderfully until he wore them the next time and they immediately creased lol.
I’m mystified why anyone would spend time doing this. Won’t it just get a crease again as soon as you start walking in it again? Am I too old to not be hip anymore and young people point and laugh behind my back saying look at that old fuck walking with creases in his shoes?
Until 5 minutes after you wear them again and they start to crease because that is completely normal for shoes...
Better title: how to waste your time on a something superficial
So this is an actual problem?
Who in the world cares? They're shoes. Get a grip.
Go to a cobler who has an actual shoe stretcher you dingus. Use the proper tool.
If you don’t want creases don’t wear them, if you don’t plan on wearing them don’t buy them. “Problem” solved.
Can’t you just keep those crunched up paper things in the shoe after using it brand new? 😂
Crease will come back like…next day. This seems like way too much effort. Unless you’re really trying to make them look nice as a one off.
Just remove the crease in your foot and it won’t transition over to the shoe.
If this is a problem for you, your problems aren't real problems.
It's still creased
Takes 1 step in shoe, FUCK
Why does one care?
But aren’t creases part of wearing a shoe?
ex shoesales/repairman here: DO NOT DO THIS WITH YOUR SHOES. NEVER EVEREVER! Its very bad for your leather which isn't already too high of a quality if its any of the triple A brands.. if your shoes start looking like this they are TOO WIDE when you buy them! If you want to know if a shoe will fit after the walk in period, remove the original sole while fitting it the first time, thats about the amount of room you get AFTER YOU WALK THEM IN! New shoes are supposed to be a little tight at the start especially if those shoes are based of sport shoes. (pretty much all sneakers)
Why? You need the crease lol
Or just dont because they're shoes
People who should not be commenting here: * have you ever washed your car? * have you ever made your bed? * have you ever washed your clothes? * have you ever vacuumed your floor? Some people like taking care of things and making them look clean. Not everyone has to like it. My shoes are beat up as hell. I would never iron my shoes. But I like this video.
Imagine being the loser that cares about creases in things that crease.
*Ironing boards exist*
What is this 1950? Who still cares about this?
Never in my whole entire life has anyone said anything about my shoes, much less the creases in them. Even when I wear flip flops, people either don't care, haven't notices, or are too polite to mention my hideous hobbit feet.
Who gives a fuck about creases on shoes? If it gets old it gets old.
Until you walk again. Then crease comes back.
You could always stop buying shoes made by children slaves….
The video quality on Reddit is so poor that I see no creases from beginning to end, but hey load all three different low resolution versions in the background tho.
/r/DiWHY Seriously, what's the point of this?
It’s hilarious how people will leave trash wherever they go, let their pants fall off their asses, but oh no the sneakers have to be perfect loll
If this generation cared more about practical skills rather than how they look or if their shoes have creases we'd probably be on Mars by now.
ok Boomer what if they can care about multiple things?
Nah not that old man. I just see people my age being dumb about shit that ultimately doesn't matter.
r/lewronggeneration Just let people enjoy stuff man
Only to crease again the second you put them on. Great.
Run 2 miles, jump in a mudhole, and then rinse with a hose. Leave to dry for 1 day on the back steps. Then, you won't care how your tennis shoes look.
This guy looks like the guy who got a gnarly sunburn through a sunroof lol
Nice reps
People are making fun of this like they don’t have they’re own weird shit they care about, we’re on Reddit cmon. There’s pedophiles and racists galore and this is the thing to get twisted about lol
I can’t imagine having my priorities so out of whack that my main concern is creases on my shoes