why would anyone buy crocs?

IMO there the most hideous shoe ever made.
I don't understand there popularity at all and I never did.
The first time I saw them in a store (before they got popular)
I literally started laughing out loud and couldn't beleive how ugly they were.

If I had a theory I would say that maybe some celebrity endorsed them.
Than people started following him/her and it just ballooned overnight to
where everyone was just copying everyone else trying to look cool by wearing ugly shoes.

People say, "well they are comfortable." Really? Comfortable enough to be that ugly?
There are hundreds of brands of shoes that are reall comfortable an none of them look that ugly.

I'm the same exact way lol, if I use them it'd just be for outdoors type stuff like pool shoes

Because it's a trend and being trendy can make you cool and people like being cool.

My mom owns a pair; she finds them really comfortable and she likes how easy they are to take on and off, which makes them good for quick trips outside, to the back yard for instance.

the only thing i hate more than UGGs are Crocs ... horrible horrible hideous things

I bought a pair of the knockoffs for when there was a party at the beach so I didnt get sand in my shoes.

Plus they double as an eraser in case you make a mistake

Plus they double as an eraser in case you make a mistake

Colin1192

:lol: That's brilliant. Well done!

I dont know why either. I'm not a fan of crocs.

Ugly and stupid. I have no idea why people like them.

Crocs suck. They look like s***, and they're not good shoes. They're not good for walking, jogging, running, or hiking. In fact, the only activity which they assist is sitting the f*** around, and you don't even really need shoes for that.

Crocs suck. They look like shoes, and they're not good shoes. They're not good for walking, jogging, running, or hiking. In fact, the only activity which they assist is sitting the ferns around, and you don't even really need shoes for that.

Palantas

They are fine for walking; no one in their right mind would ever use them as running shoes, or to hike with and they can be used to replace sandals, or to wear when you plan on getting wet, like at the cottage, or washing your.

You argument is ridiculous.

I know that a lot of doctors and nurses wear crocs, but that is as far as my knowledge goes

I would never own or wear them, but whatever floats your boat. If you don't like them, don't buy them.

No, they're the most ugliest shoes I've seen...and wait, they're still in style? o_O

They are fine for walking; no one in their right mind would ever use them as running shoes, or to hike with and they can be used to replace sandals...

You argument is ridiculous.

Large_Soda

Nothing that they do, something else doesn't do better. That's my main point, and I'm not sure where in your "rebuttal" you demonstrated otherwise.

EDIT: Hold on here; let me nitpick-proof this. Crocs do very, very little that something else doesn't do better. The little they do does not explain their moderate popularity.

or to wear when you plan on getting wet, like at the cottage, or washing your.

Large_Soda

What?

They were/are great work shoes for me. I wore them all the time when I worked in coffee and at the pizza shop. If you work with food, you can't have open toed shoes. Crocs are perfect because they help you keep cool when next to an espresso machine or a 450° pizza oven. They are also nice in the summer. I don't think my current pair are too ugly.

Crocs are hideous, but I know many ppl who feel differently. Different strokes for different folks I guess

The same can be said about the vast majority of all products available anywhere.

thegerg

Okay.

You didn't make your "main point" clear in your previous post. How can one rebut yur point if you don't even provide it?

thegerg

I enumerated the typical uses for shoes and identified crocs as performing them poorly. I'm sorry this didn't translate to "They don't do what they're supposed to do well" for you. In any case, I believe my subsequent post has made things clear. Do you require any further clarification?

The problem with that is that they do what they are supposed to do well. They're not designed for hiking or running. They are good, though, for walking. They're designed to be comfortable, non-slip, simple, cheap, and easy to maintain. They do those things well.

thegerg

Obviously, I don't think they're good for walking, as I said as much. I thought you were up to speed on what I was saying. Maybe it's not obvious. This help?

Crocs suck. They look like s***, and they're not good shoes. They're not good for walking, jogging, running, or hiking.

I

Emphasis added. Do you require any further clarification? Anyway, simply countering my opinion with your own on one of the points of my argument is not going to change my conclusion, and I have no idea why you thought it would.

[QUOTE="daleerin24"]

I know that a lot of doctors and nurses wear crocs, but that is as far as my knowledge goes

thegerg

Cooks too. They're non-slip, easy to clean, don't absorb fluids, and comfortable to stand in all day.

good point

[QUOTE="Large_Soda"]

They are fine for walking; no one in their right mind would ever use them as running shoes, or to hike with and they can be used to replace sandals...

You argument is ridiculous.

Palantas

Nothing that they do, something else doesn't do better. That's my main point, and I'm not sure where in your "rebuttal" you demonstrated otherwise.

EDIT: Hold on here; let me nitpick-proof this. Crocs do very, very little that something else doesn't do better. The little they do does not explain their moderate popularity.

or to wear when you plan on getting wet, like at the cottage, or washing your.

Large_Soda

What?

I'm not trying to argue that Crocs are the universal do-everything-shoe, because they're not; I don't even think Crocs the company think that they are.All I'm saying is that they do have a purpose to some people, myself being one of them.To me they have about as much in common with flip flops or sandals and since I don't care for wearing either of those, Crocs get the job done.For running, I wear running shoes, for hiking I wear hiking shoes, for walking I wear whatever I feel I need to wear and that may include Crocs.

To my last quoted comment I intended to write "or to wear when you plan on getting wet, like at the cottage, or washing yourcar."………activities where your feet will get wet AND may require some sort of footwear, in that scenario, Crocs are perfect.

The only way I see people wearing them, is if they're at a waterpark or something, and they have to do alot of walking. Other then that, I wouldn't wear them.

It doesn't matter whether or not you think they're good for walking, I am simply outlining to yout hat they do what they are designed to and do it well.

thegerg

I was open to the notion that you were simply voicing your opinionas I was (though this begs the question of why you're quoting me). But no, that's not what you're doing. You've just informed that you intended your posts to actually make a case, persuading me to change my mind. And in doing that, you've done a lousy job.

My conclusion that crocs are a poor shoe is based on my opinion that they are not good for walking (and jogging, running, so forth), as I stated on several occasions. To challenge this, you've simply stated that they are good for walking. Okay... Why should I abandon my opinion in exchange for yours when you've presented absolutely no evidence that yours is any more valid than mine? What you've written could be shortened to "Nuh uh!" without any loss of content. If you want my conclusions on this subject (or anyone's conclusions on any subject) to change, I suggest you put forth a case that has some higher degree of evidential authority than what you're rebutting.

I can't help but read TC's opening post as if it should be a poem.

On topic, I don't know. They're horribly ugly and have holes in them.

One of my friends owned one. I tried them. They feel weird and uncomfortable.

I'm not trying to get you to change your mind, you can have whatever opinion you wish.

thegerg

Why are you having this conversation with me?

As to the rest of what you said, I'll respond to your post in the same fashion as you have responded to mine, albeit less verbose: I disagree.

EDIT:

What's the US Ergonomics Council? Can I get a link to their site? I'd like to further research the material you've presented.