Mystery Soled
I get oddly protective of things sometimes, things that have no need for or desire of my protection, and may or may not deserve it. But I'll go ahead and charge forward getting riled up anyway - habits are a bitch to break sometimes. I went into Downtown Shooz the other day, to look for a cute pair of rainboots like these: 
except not hideously ugly. Just cute and colorful in a "I'm so young and fresh, probably because I have dry feet", sort of way. And yes, the recent biblical flooding in this region had something to do with this outing.
Anyway, I walked into Downtown Shooz and noticed they had Crocs. But something was a little off. The holes were a little different. Hey...those aren't Crocs! IMPOSTER! These things were called Nothinz, and I was really confused as to why no one cared that these shoes were prancing around pretending to be Crocs. Nothinz inDEED. I was indignant. So, being the anal, easily riled up, overly protective person I am, I turned to google to find out what the hell was up with the faker shoes. Yes, I actually did this. I spent time doing this. Go ahead and mock me, I deserve it.
But wait, this is where my indignation turned to confusion - Nothinz are made by an Australian company, and are newly marketed in the US. I couldn't find good information (I'm anal, but also lazy), however it did leave me wondering if Crocs were not in fact a ripoff of Nothinz, as opposed to the other way around. The Australian company certainly has been around longer. So, if there's anyone out there who is anal and not lazy, feel free to dig up the truth, but I have a sick feeling Nothinz came first.
Oh Crocs, why have you misrepresented yourselves as fresh and different, if you're just an aussie hackoff job? I thought I was ahead of the fashion curve, but apparently I might be 20 years behind a bunch of dusty, sheep-fucking, chauvinists.*
It still irritates me, however, that the most common word used to describe nothinz is "unique". Judge for yourselves:
Whatever, I believe in loyalty, so even if my Crocs have lied to me I stand by them. Funny diamond shaped holes...please, everyone knows the circles are better.
*Okay, so I'm really bad at stereotyping. So bad, in fact, that I couldn't think of any australian stereotypes and therefore had to google "australian stereotypes" and still got basically bubkus; sheep-fucker is hardly original, so sue me. Stop judging me! You internet people have too much time on your hands, stop worrying about my lack of creativity and playing in your chat rooms and go out and meet a girl already.
except not hideously ugly. Just cute and colorful in a "I'm so young and fresh, probably because I have dry feet", sort of way. And yes, the recent biblical flooding in this region had something to do with this outing.
Anyway, I walked into Downtown Shooz and noticed they had Crocs. But something was a little off. The holes were a little different. Hey...those aren't Crocs! IMPOSTER! These things were called Nothinz, and I was really confused as to why no one cared that these shoes were prancing around pretending to be Crocs. Nothinz inDEED. I was indignant. So, being the anal, easily riled up, overly protective person I am, I turned to google to find out what the hell was up with the faker shoes. Yes, I actually did this. I spent time doing this. Go ahead and mock me, I deserve it.
But wait, this is where my indignation turned to confusion - Nothinz are made by an Australian company, and are newly marketed in the US. I couldn't find good information (I'm anal, but also lazy), however it did leave me wondering if Crocs were not in fact a ripoff of Nothinz, as opposed to the other way around. The Australian company certainly has been around longer. So, if there's anyone out there who is anal and not lazy, feel free to dig up the truth, but I have a sick feeling Nothinz came first.
Oh Crocs, why have you misrepresented yourselves as fresh and different, if you're just an aussie hackoff job? I thought I was ahead of the fashion curve, but apparently I might be 20 years behind a bunch of dusty, sheep-fucking, chauvinists.*
It still irritates me, however, that the most common word used to describe nothinz is "unique". Judge for yourselves:
Whatever, I believe in loyalty, so even if my Crocs have lied to me I stand by them. Funny diamond shaped holes...please, everyone knows the circles are better.
*Okay, so I'm really bad at stereotyping. So bad, in fact, that I couldn't think of any australian stereotypes and therefore had to google "australian stereotypes" and still got basically bubkus; sheep-fucker is hardly original, so sue me. Stop judging me! You internet people have too much time on your hands, stop worrying about my lack of creativity and playing in your chat rooms and go out and meet a girl already.