whats with this trend of nerds wearing vibram fivefingers? those shoes may be appropriate if you are running, but any other time they look ridiculous. and really, do you expect me to believe that some pudgy neck-bearded fuck is spending his free time jogging? i don't think so.

4/27/2011 1:30:31 PM

i loled

4/27/2011 1:31:24 PM

what if you're neither a pudgy neck-bearded fuck nor a jogger? what if you're a fit, clean-shaven fuck who wears them when backpacking?

4/27/2011 1:35:26 PM

^clearly you're talking about someone other than yourself yes?

4/27/2011 1:36:56 PM

pics required

4/27/2011 1:37:46 PM

nothing grosses me out quite like neckbeard-hair

4/27/2011 1:40:00 PM

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"what if you're neither a pudgy neck-bearded fuck nor a jogger? what if you're a fit, clean-shaven fuck who wears them when backpacking?"

while backpacking? acceptable
while sitting somewhere, drinking your favorite fair trade coffee and discussing trail names for when you make it to the appalachian trail? not acceptable

4/27/2011 1:40:01 PM

Quote :

"clearly you're talking about someone other than yourself yes?"

yeah...i am, admittedly, a bit overweight, but i don't rock a neck beard (or any facial hair, these days)

anyway, i hike in chaco sandals

4/27/2011 1:42:21 PM

i don't use a trail name on the at but i do wear my vffs out an about occasionally. Fumbler does it more often. they're not as comfortable for just walking on hard surfaces/standing around as they are for running/hiking to me. i'm really liking the merrell pace glove right now though.

4/27/2011 1:42:58 PM

I want a pair of these shoes... does that make me a nerd?

4/27/2011 1:46:22 PM

well, there is no cool way to wear them, but that might not make you a nerd.

you could also just be a dork.

4/27/2011 1:48:51 PM

dammit... I hate settling

4/27/2011 1:52:26 PM

yeah...you'd just be a dork...


but that's because you can't grow enough facial hair to have a neck beard

4/27/2011 1:54:27 PM

4/27/2011 1:54:56 PM

but in the end i think that means you actually win!

4/27/2011 1:55:32 PM

Biofreak wants to wear them around Kaplan while throwing hippy discs. Sounds acceptable to me. though you'll still be a dork

4/27/2011 2:00:23 PM

haha that is exactly why I want them... jlancas03 has them, and I'm always jealous (even when a guy we played with called him toesies for wearing them)

4/27/2011 2:02:31 PM

I too want a pair.....but I've already accepted I'm a nerd.

4/27/2011 2:04:59 PM

i know there's no cool way to wear crocs, either, but i wear them nonetheless

granted, i only wear them when i'm outside gardening or working in the flowerbeds, but i wear them and i love them

4/27/2011 2:05:37 PM

well don't worry about your footwear, there is no cool way to work in a flowerbed

gardening for vegetables might not be nerdy though, just hipster

4/27/2011 2:07:23 PM

I wear mine running only. I wore them once to play ultimate, and after slipping a few times, I cussed and put my cleats back on. I wore them once to play disc golf. Terrible experience.

[Edited on April 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM. Reason : -]

4/27/2011 2:09:30 PM

I <3 my VFFs

4/27/2011 2:10:13 PM

I bought my KSOs last summer. Great for working out at the gym. Feels good to be a trendsetter.

4/27/2011 2:11:58 PM

4/27/2011 2:21:26 PM

^^ did you also like dmb before they got huge?

4/27/2011 2:32:43 PM

i got a pair about 2 months ago

i wear them to, at, and home from the gym

only twice have i had them on (as i was either going or had just finished at the gym) and made a side trip or errand in which i was not using them for the intended purpose

4/27/2011 6:12:26 PM

You had me at pudgy neck-bearded fuck. Hahahahaahaha

[Edited on April 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM. Reason : Get it right]

4/27/2011 6:19:24 PM

I wear mine when trail running. I'd get a pair to wear casually but I don't want to wear out the bottoms that quickly. I asked about wearing them while playing frisbee but was told they don't handle sheering well that I'd be better off just playing barefoot.

4/27/2011 6:24:26 PM

paging Yodajammies

4/27/2011 6:27:56 PM

The president of some compter science grad student club wore them out when my (separate) club went for dinner at a Turkish restaurant. Just sayin'

4/27/2011 6:30:02 PM

I am not surprised a thread about nerds and neck-beards contains multiple references to frisbee-related activities

4/27/2011 6:31:01 PM

I love the kids who wear them to Ultimate b/c they THINK it makes them play better. I saw one guy done up a Patagonia jersey and shorts with Vibrams, I assume he bought from a grab bag at a yard sale (The whole outfit minus the shoes was Stanford Bloodthirsty-and this is in Jacksonville, FL) and he was about as athletic Louis Anderson.

4/27/2011 6:41:41 PM

Hmm. I wore mine today, but only because I've been wearing sandals lately and I got a wicked cramp in my foot last night that reminded me my feet aren't as strong as they should be.



way to be judgmental bro

[Edited on April 27, 2011 at 6:58 PM. Reason : I play soccer, my feets 'posed to be strong.]

4/27/2011 6:57:47 PM

i don't need to train to be able to walk in sandals without foot cramps, i'm not a pussy

4/27/2011 6:59:28 PM

I actually saw a rather chubby guy jogging around Lake Johnson in these less than an hour ago. I didn't pay attention to whether or not he was rocking the neck beard.

The only reason I thought twice when I saw him is that I was thinking how I'd never give up the cushioning of my 993s on asphalt.

[Edited on April 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM. Reason : l]

4/27/2011 7:31:01 PM

i, for one, am glad i care more about comfort and functionality than the opinions of random anonymous tww posters

4/27/2011 8:00:31 PM

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"^^ did you also like dmb before they got huge?"

Funny you should mention, one of the few memories I have of one of my in-laws was from the early 90s when she was telling everyone how big DMB was going be.

Another time when I was older, she took me to Best Buy so I could buy R.E.M.'s 'Monster.' Good album. I also played Shaq Fu on one of the demo consoles. Bad game.

4/27/2011 8:09:11 PM

i was making fun of you

for assuming you were ahead of a trend that had already started before last summer

4/27/2011 8:10:07 PM

Quote :

"i don't need to train to be able to walk in sandals without foot cramps, i'm not a pussy"

wat



sandals (flipflops) destroy your feet


walking barefoot or in vibrams stretches muscles and tendons that dont otherwise get used


i dont even know why I'm bothering justifying this to you, you're just trolling

4/27/2011 8:10:50 PM

get your boyfriend to rub your feet then

4/27/2011 8:11:30 PM

oh, when are you coming over?

4/27/2011 8:12:49 PM

Quote :

"i was making fun of you for assuming you were ahead of a trend that had already started before last summer"

I was being sarcastic.

4/27/2011 8:17:01 PM

At least three developers on my floor rock these things. They are most def nerds.

4/27/2011 8:35:13 PM

Ive never seen anyone wear these.

4/27/2011 8:55:00 PM

lots of nerds up itt

4/27/2011 9:02:41 PM

Or runners. *shrug*

4/27/2011 9:14:39 PM

I've got three different pairs of KSOs that I rotate through at the gym. I bought my first pair for let training specifically, but after a couple of months they quickly became the only thing I trained in.

4/27/2011 9:24:15 PM

The first time I ever saw them I immediately thought of Married With Children's episode "God's Shoes" where Al Bundy develops the perfect shoe after 40 days and 40 nights.


I have only seen two people wearing them so far - and one of them was a really hot chick I wanted to bwn so I only have good associative thoughts about them.

Although they are absolutely re-fucking-diculous. Although that one chick could definitely still get it.

4/27/2011 9:32:42 PM

I don't care how good they are for your feet, they're freaking dorky. Looking good never takes the day off

4/27/2011 10:02:48 PM

I love mine, and have had them for years (5?)...... I'm only irritated that they are "popular" now.....

4/27/2011 10:04:17 PM