How did Crocs ever become so popular? I don’t know the history you have with them…but damn they’re ugly.
El_Viajero
If only the croc inventor were stabbed in the chest by a stingray…
El_Viajero
By the way, please tell me that that collection of crocs were part of a public safety croc buy-back program and are scheduled for destruction. Sort of like a gun buy-back program, but with greater impact on the public aesthetic…
Jennyjenjen
I couldn’t agree more. Bleck.
Lori Van Wagoner
what is better is that there are so many companies that have produced knock-offs that even us poor folk can get us a pair! 😉
Aimee
Can you please stop taking pictures of my closet? Thanks.
mk99
ugly plastic shoes
Bryan
Take them away! Take them away!
Anonymous
Can someone please explain why these are such a hated commodity? They are ugly but so are lots of things. What’s the scoop?
El_Viajero
Anon – Crocs fall in the category defined as BAD, as described in Paul Fussel’s book, BAD or, the Dumbing of America. While items may be merely “bad” – cheap, fraudulent, or unworthy of comment, “BAD” items are distinguished in that they retain all the miserable features of “bad” yet have somehow become desirable, admired, and so forth. Paris Hilton is a classic example of BAD in human form, the Hummer in automobiles. Crocs are hideous, cheap, an affront to both the foot and the eye, yet somehow have acheived a critical-mass cultural appeal (not meant to be ironic) that defies any explanation other than the “manipulation of fools by knaves.” I don’t know if Ms. Bellum has read the book, but she has a rather trenchant eye for BAD.
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sing it, sista….
How did Crocs ever become so popular? I don’t know the history you have with them…but damn they’re ugly.
If only the croc inventor were stabbed in the chest by a stingray…
By the way, please tell me that that collection of crocs were part of a public safety croc buy-back program and are scheduled for destruction. Sort of like a gun buy-back program, but with greater impact on the public aesthetic…
I couldn’t agree more. Bleck.
what is better is that there are so many companies that have produced knock-offs that even us poor folk can get us a pair! 😉
Can you please stop taking pictures of my closet? Thanks.
ugly plastic shoes
Take them away! Take them away!
Can someone please explain why these are such a hated commodity? They are ugly but so are lots of things. What’s the scoop?
Anon – Crocs fall in the category defined as BAD, as described in Paul Fussel’s book, BAD or, the Dumbing of America. While items may be merely “bad” – cheap, fraudulent, or unworthy of comment, “BAD” items are distinguished in that they retain all the miserable features of “bad” yet have somehow become desirable, admired, and so forth. Paris Hilton is a classic example of BAD in human form, the Hummer in automobiles. Crocs are hideous, cheap, an affront to both the foot and the eye, yet somehow have acheived a critical-mass cultural appeal (not meant to be ironic) that defies any explanation other than the “manipulation of fools by knaves.” I don’t know if Ms. Bellum has read the book, but she has a rather trenchant eye for BAD.