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May 29, 2015 23:37

Converse All-Stars Chuck Taylors are not cool anymore. They are just as 'hep' as air fucking jordons. Nike moved all manufacturing to Asia, and the very last sneaker made in the US? Fucking Converse All Stars, and I think they were union too, but I'd have to find my last pair to check. So when Nike bought them? Now they're fucking nothing, just ( Read more... )

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dungeonwriter May 30 2015, 13:36:47 UTC

Beyond confused.

erikagillian May 30 2015, 23:15:15 UTC

Ok, Converse All Star shoes were one of the shoes of choice for punks when I was in high school, '81 to '83. And they remained so for years. Probably because they were cheap and seemed very old fashioned. (I had no idea they were really pro-basketball shoes for so long!) And punks then, at least, the ones I was around, mostly had social/political beliefs and were to the left of most of the world ( ... )

dungeonwriter May 31 2015, 13:17:46 UTC

Ahhhh, I think I get it. I had a school uniform which was strict.

https://i0.wp.com/lolsnaps.com/upload_pic/DancingOrthodoxJewishGirls-11836.jpg

We had to wear flats so I have no idea what those are at all. Cool shoes for us were http://www.keds.com/en/women-styles-slipons/.

And I googled Billy Joe Armstrong, interesting guy. Of course, my knowing of contemporary music is limited to the Middle East charts, I'm trying to limit English music while here so my accent gets better.

It's interesting to listen to you, new perspective.

erikagillian June 7 2015, 02:35:28 UTC

Well I wrote another stream of consciousness rant but I have been Informed that people don't take treatment of workers into account. So I figured can't just be me, must be at least family if not Berkeley/Bay Area in the seventies and eighties thing. So asked Sister and she said fuck no, I don't think things are cool if .... And I asked was it just us (our dad the history teacher and union member, mom drove trucks for the recycling company and is a master gardener). She said no, wasn't just us, so I said Berkeley thing? She said yes. So Berkeley thing!

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing! I might have misquoted that a bit :) And really, there's barely anything I can do in my condition than to watch where I spend. I can't even do that very well.

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