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With $720 Self-Tying Sneaker, Nike Loosens Ties to Retailers
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Posted on 12/04/2016 9:39:55 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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Exactly who is going to waste $720 on a pair of self tying shoes other than gang bangers and drug dealers?
To: Red in Blue PA
Exactly who is going to waste $720 on a pair of self tying shoes other than gang bangers and drug dealers? NBA players. Oh. Wait. You already said that.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:41:37 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Red in Blue PA
$720? There’s going to be some major sneaker robberies in the ‘hood.
To: Red in Blue PA
Coming next from Nike: self-running sneakers.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:42:58 AM PST
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Exactly who is going to waste $720 on a pair of self tying shoes other than gang bangers and drug dealers?
Right now, no one - it's a high-end boutique item. But so were LED headlights and lane-departure warnings in cars a few years ago - only found in S-class Mercedes and the like. Now they're in Hyundais and Fords. Self-tying shoes might well be a commonplace thing in a few years.
To: Red in Blue PA
My wife has slip on sneakers, the laces are stretchy I think.
To: Red in Blue PA
Kids today are becoming so lazy that the guy who invents a plate of food that shovels itself into the kid’s mouth will make a fortune.
In the meantime, kids will lose any and all skills needed to function in the real world.
They will sell like hotcakes as a status symbol and people will be killed over them.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:43:40 AM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Pearls Before Swine
The word adapt is in the name, yet ironically, it is the OPPOSITE of this which users will be doing.
If one cannot tie their own shoes, how can they adapt in other ways?
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:43:47 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Stevenc131
Get Velcro Strapped shoes
To: Red in Blue PA
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.
-Steve Martin
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:45:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Red in Blue PA
Gibson made a similar nonsensical move when they came out with the “Robot Les Paul” which tuned itself.
I have since paid over $150.00 to have a qualified luthier change the tuning pegs, rip the robot guts out of it, and turn it into a REAL Guitar.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:45:27 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Every kid in the hood whose grandmother gets a check for taking care of the kid from the govt. In other words, us.
WE WILL be wasting 720 bucks on these sneakers
I still get mine for 40 or 50 bucks.
Only 10 years ago I got them for 20 :)
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:45:40 AM PST
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: metmom
[The sneakers] will sell like hotcakes as a status symbol and people will be killed over them.”
Beau and I looked at one another and said that at the exact same moment, when we saw the first ad for these!
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:46:36 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: metmom
They will sell like hotcakes as a status symbol and people will be killed over them.The kind of person who'd buy such a thing will be killed... wow... that's kind of a win-win, in the Darwinian sense.
To: Red in Blue PA
The ones who will needlessly die trying to keep feral youths from stealing them. That’s who.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:47:56 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: A_perfect_lady
And like clockwork, when someone is killed over $720 sneakers, it will not be the lack of morality in the black community, nor will it be the sneakers fault, it will be the fault of the “evil” gun.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:54:25 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: A_perfect_lady
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:54:26 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Red in Blue PA
The Carbonaro show showcased self tying shoe laces for around $20 dollars-
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:56:37 AM PST
by
Bob434
To: Jyotishi
Also self triggering guns to go with the shoes.
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posted on
12/04/2016 9:56:54 AM PST
by
libh8er
To: Bob434
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12/04/2016 9:57:32 AM PST
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Bob434
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