When did you realize the sneaker game passed you by?

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

If you are of a certain age (30+) you remember time as a child, teen or young adult where sneakers were actually on the walls of sneaker shops waiting for you When sold out didn't really mean sold out because they got more the next week only without the line the initial anticipation the lines brought When Johnny "Idaho" Dinglesams was interested in other stuff like Jnco jenas and didn't bother with negroes and their silly sneaker habits

Nowadays I can have the money but the idea of lines, raffles and limited quantities has been too much to overcome. Shoe game isn't nearly what I want it to be...oh well

 

[Rell Lauren]

When I needed bots to buy shoes. Besides getting the Supreme Uptempo collab, this year was a big L. Black Pigeon SB and Off White collection was the last straw. Last pair of kicks I bought were the Flyknit 1s and I love them.

 

[Weaver31]

When prices kept getting higher and higher....and my mentality (getting 30+) has gotten so frugal and

 

[Standing on business]

When this became the new wave and sold out instantly

 

[Gold]

When the KDs came out

 

[75 Others]

When I stopped giving a fukk about Eastbay magazines

 

[Clark Griswold]

I never was a collector nor do I get excited over releases. I cop shyt here and there and I actually wear my shyt.

You have grown men out here with 20+ pairs of sneakers and not even one pair if decent dress shoes... pathetic. Shyt like that is one of the many reason black men aren’t respected in society.

 

[SupremexKing]

When I needed bots to buy shoes. Besides getting the Supreme Uptempo collab, this year was a big L. Black Pigeon SB and Off White collection was the last straw. Last pair of kicks I bought were the Flyknit 1s and I love them.

the flyknit ones are decent? comfy? i havent seen them in person but they look hideous as fukk in pics.

 

[SupremexKing]

When this became the new wave and sold out instantly

thats not a new wave.

these kinds of athletic shoes were popular in the usa, uk, and japan in the 80s and 90s.

see huaraches.

nothing out now is new, just a rehashing of previous design.

 

[Taco]

The whole basketball shoe game passed me buy when I got out of High School. Now I'm copping Boost, Lifestyle, and Casual shoes. I'll only cop basketball shoes when I know I can flip them for a heavy profit.

 

[SupremexKing]

I never was a collector nor do I get excited over releases. I cop shyt here and there and I actually wear my shyt.

You have grown men out here with 20+ pairs of sneakers and not even one pair if decent dress shoes... pathetic. Shyt like that is one of the many reason black men aren’t respected in society.

its always one of you nikkas

 

[I Really Mean It]

When this became the new wave and sold out instantly

Don't follow the wave. Rock sneakers that are clean and you feel comfortable in, even if the hypebeasts don't wear them. People of worth will respect you when you are not a follower.

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

When I stopped giving a fukk about Eastbay magazines

Oh my damn...that brought me back.

We old outchea for real

 

[Clark Griswold]

its always one of you nikkas

Yeah it is, overgrown males geeking like little children over sneakers that cost $2 to make and cost $200+.

 

[King Poetic]

In 2004