(http://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/32/6C77BFB381113714A61DEF4D41FC2.jpg)
Real product.
Jesus. Somebody stop those fuckers. They're breathing my goddamn air.
Adidas is all, "what?! it's not a slavery thing! it's, like, to say that you don't want your shoes jacked. by the other cotton pickers."
heheh...
so. are these in full out production, or are they just some show shoes?
can we buy them at the mall?
Saw those this morning. I believe the thread title sums it up. :horrormirth:
http://www.examiner.com/article/adidas-shackle-sneakers-have-fans-asking-if-slave-chains-need-to-be-on-shoes
Public response also seems to be, what the fuck?
All you need to know about America: In the Yahoo article about this, 95% of the comments were some variation of
"BUT YOU KNOW THOSE BLACKIES WILL STILL STEAL THEM!"
\
:mullet:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 19, 2012, 02:22:51 PM
(http://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/32/6C77BFB381113714A61DEF4D41FC2.jpg)
Real product.
I'm gonna lose my coffee now. :x
Quote from: Luna on June 19, 2012, 03:52:28 PM
http://www.examiner.com/article/adidas-shackle-sneakers-have-fans-asking-if-slave-chains-need-to-be-on-shoes
Public response also seems to be, what the fuck?
Good. If this shit went unremarked, we'd be even more fucked.
Whose fucking idea was this, anyway?
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 19, 2012, 03:54:03 PM
All you need to know about America: In the Yahoo article about this, 95% of the comments were some variation of
"BUT YOU KNOW THOSE BLACKIES WILL STILL STEAL THEM!"
\
:mullet:
Yahoo.
Think about it.
YAHOO.
i'm surprised that the primary comment from the racists wasn't "see? servitude is their natural state, and they long to return to it!"
:facepalm:
Quote from: TEXAS FAIRIES FOR ALL YOU SPAGS on June 19, 2012, 03:55:55 PM
Whose fucking idea was this, anyway?
Someone who will, one would hope, find himself looking for a job when the backlash hits.
Well, it says in the articles about it that it was the creation of designer Jeremy Scott, but the authorization to roll them out surely passed through quite a few hands. (they have now been pulled after the outcry)
Assuming that it was vetted by a number of people, i'm guessing that the issue of people seeing chain gang and slavery imagery in them could hardly have been overlooked, and therefore this was simply a publicity stunt.
a successful one.
Soon to be standard-issue for Sheriff Joe's Chain Gang.
The best part is that now they'll be collectors' items and people will pay thousands of dollars for any pair that managed to make it out of the warehouse. :lulz:
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 19, 2012, 07:18:40 PM
The best part is that now they'll be collectors' items and people will pay thousands of dollars for any pair that managed to make it out of the warehouse. :lulz:
"Bob" approves of fleecing bigots and neo-nazis, though.
(and WTF spellcheck?! Yes, "neo-nazis" is a word. And NO your suggestion "neon-nazis" is
not a word ... or is it? ...
# shimmering neon nazis # and at der Untergang of night # this city's made of light ... #)
I would totally wear these. Paint, ink and knife ready for dissection and transformation into something Frankensteinnaly beautiful.
Quote from: TEXAS FAIRIES FOR ALL YOU SPAGS on June 19, 2012, 03:56:49 PM
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 19, 2012, 03:54:03 PM
All you need to know about America: In the Yahoo article about this, 95% of the comments were some variation of
"BUT YOU KNOW THOSE BLACKIES WILL STILL STEAL THEM!"
\
:mullet:
Yahoo.
Think about it.
YAHOO.
:lulz:
:yahoo:
Social implications aside, those are the ugliest fucking shoes I've ever seen.
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on June 24, 2012, 08:11:46 PM
Social implications aside, those are the ugliest fucking shoes I've ever seen.
That's the first thing that went through my head, too. They're so ugly I noticed that before I noticed the bright yellow chains and shackles. So is this a case of damage limitation, perhaps? Like addidas paid some designer a fuckton of cash upfront and he came back with the most retarded looking sneakers the world has ever seen. Some smart cookie in advertising decided to add a chain and shackles and generate a bit of outrage, then addidas could issue an apology and retract them from production. Bingo - the kind of brand awareness boost that money (allegedly) can't buy 8)
(http://www.spagbook.com/images/colbert-shoes.png)
This is reminding me of Jennifer Government. :lulz:
I DOUBT
my friends had been aware of the new nike's when they came up with this new piece, but that may make it even better somehow
(http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150945696443635&set=a.343003253634.148398.170409828634&type=1&theater)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150945696443635&set=a.343003253634.148398.170409828634&type=1&theater