I’m over seeing again and again people wearing hiking boots!You aren’t hiking in the city why the unnesessary ugliness?Hiking boots are for people who go hiking up mountains they are not made for the city and not made to be worn in the presence of couture.Just because you don’t understand fashion does not mean you have to dress like that.
—Fashion Assassin
This article appears in Dec 31, 2009 – Jan 6, 2010.
Have you looked out your window? People are wearing hiking boots because it’s:
a) cold
b) snow raining
c) slippery and inconsistent on the sidewalks
I think they’re heinous too, but come on.
thats nothing i’m moving back to vancouver soon to a sea of mountain co-op equipped urban mountaineers looking oh so cool that you hardly want to bitch slap them upside the head at all
But at least if they piss you off too much and you tell them to “take a hike!” they could.
mcfly make like a tree and take off… yea baby:)
Hellakitty–well said, though I’m going to add some more love to the fashion genius who posted their gripes in the wrong section.
I’m going to take a chance, and assume that you’re not someone who has worn Uggs with Lulus, covered in a fake tan, with a high floppy/messy ponytail bun and oversized sunglasses. Or maybe now that your taste in style has matured to skinny jeans, $300 Frye harness boots (that are nearly “out” by any other major city’s measure) and a plaid, buttoned up flannel shirt. Either way, get some originality (unless you’ve maxed out your Visa or trust fund daily allowance) and don’t knock people who prefer not to become victims of fashion and subsequent debt.
If the aforementioned fashionably challenged individual does not describe you, I will repeat myself: You posted in the wrong section. This part of the website is called “Love the Way We Love.” I do believe literacy skills and general intelligence never go out of style, so maybe it’s time to change the way you invest your money and time.
our bad!
getoveryourself.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/03/11…
Actually, it was “Mcfly, make like a tree, and get outta here!”
hilarious
I bet the OP parades around in their UGGs during the winter months. I’ve always referred to them as UGGlies. God damn those things are only second to crocs, but considered *gag* fashionable.
i know this is not a bitch site but yea everyone around me is dude you gotta get some crocs; so i said well i’m holding off until someone comes up with footwear that is even more stupid ass looking:)
Go fuck yourself fashion assassin.
If you want to be “in” with a fashion prominent city then move the fuck out of Halifax and take your opinions with you.
Halifax was built around a hill so the layout of the city is quite full of conflicting areas of low and high terrain. Also, it’s fucking winter, and that means that we get snow and ice and freezing rain.
There’s a certain practically that is demanded by this climate, so if you don’t like the way other people dress then get the fuck out!
HAHA just about as bad as people dressed in all combat camo’s who don’t belong to the army or navy !!! Hey – hold up – i’ll follow you to the war – wheres it at? Huh no war here – what the hell ( while queitly sneaking my gun and grenades back in pocket) that really sucks !!! But hey plenty hiking spots in halifax downtown core – just follow the fuckin runners.
People (me included) wear hikers in the winter, because they offer excellent traction, and are lighter to wear than full winter boots. I prefer wearing my nice, practical Merrell hikers, and being able to walk at a normal pace, and not get my feet wet/cold.
You can have your fucking Uggs, all salt stained and sloppy looking, scuffing along like a neanderthal. If that’s supposed to be fashionable, fuck the trends.
OP, you can fuck right off.
I don’t know how I missed this bitch when it was posted, but it has me all pissed off now. Halifax is a snowy, icy city in the winter, and a lot of people do a piss-poor job of taking care of their little portion of sidewalk, and don’t even get me started on the job the city does on the portions they’re responsible for.
How other people dress does not affect you. Couture? Again, fuck you. I don’t want to slip and break my goddamn neck, I don’t want soaking wet feet, and I don’t want to ruin my nice dress shoes with salt. And in case you haven’t noticed, most good hiking boots look a whole lot better than normal winter boots, which tend to be even bigger, clunkier and uglier.
Does any of this make sense to you, or are you just a stupid, arrogant, stuck-up little bitch?
Well, this is a new fashion bitch that hasn’t been done. I get why people get bent out of shape over the wearing of pyjama pants in public, because- hey, it’s stupid. But, hiking boots? All kinds of reasons, which have been mentioned, as to why they’d be good to wear in the city. Actually, I’d go so far as to say it’s practical. Now there’s an idea, dressing for the weather. Maybe I should go buy some…
As for Uggs- someone enlighten me, is that short for ugly, or is that just a coincidence?
Know what? I’m one of those “hiking gear” wearing douchebags. When I’m going up a hill in warmth and comfort, and you’re freezing your ass off in “fur” lined boots, a “winter” jacket made by Baby Phat, I’ll laugh at you. So, go ahead and judge. But I can guarantee you; my feet are dry and warm, my body is warm, my hands are warm. You’re the one standing at in a bus shelter complaining about -5 weather.
I’ve always dressed for comfort and safety but spending formative years in Labrador will do that to you lest one ends up frozen in a snowbank at -60*. Fashionistas were in short supply there because they perish rather quickly.
There really aren’t a lot of winter boot options around that actually provide warmth, waterproofness and traction, for adults. Most end up making you look like Napoleon Dynamite, or a hiker, or a sucker because you just spent $300 on boots for a city where most of the winter ends up in rain.
cool ol, is seal flipper pie any good? i had a friend from labrador and he liked it
i love that thought perishing fashionistas cooly succumbing to freezing to death:)
I’ve had seal paingirl, but with potatoes and gravy, not in flipper pie, which is available, btw, frozen at most Newfie stores if you care to try it. Some good, maid!
Oceanlady— I hear ya on that one; I spent a few winters in Winterpeg and was born in Goose Bay. This city has nothing on those cities on cold, snow, blizzards, or any other winter condition except for maybe freezing rain.
And fog too, Fever.