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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago

Anyone who genuinely loves sneakers is gonna look at those tacky pieces of shit and pass immediately.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

But sadly anyone who collects sneakers is gonna buy them for the lols.

[-] Finalsolo963 11 points 1 year ago

I mean, yeah, if I I were into collecting sneakers and had the money, I'd totally do it for the meme.

Maybe auction them off once they sell out and donate the proceeds to some lgbt/minority/feminist org?

I mean, fuck it, most revenue he's going to make off of them was around half a mil anyway iirc.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 80 points 1 year ago

What good is auctioning them off to help people's rights when you help Hitler 2 ascend to crush all people's rights?

Your comment is disappointing as hell to read.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

"I'd buy Hitler's shoes...ironically". -that guy

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Harlan Crow?

[-] Finalsolo963 1 points 1 year ago

I was operating off of the (now shown to be correct) assumption that they would sell out anyway because he has enough braindead followers to buy up the limited quantity of sneakers, and/or the whole thing is a scam to bypass some campaign finance law or another, and the actual impact of the decisiontof an individual to buy them would be negligible.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

These will hang on a power line soon enough

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

They look like gold shoes you can buy from China on Amazon

[-] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unable to delete so editing instead. Leaving Lemmy.world due to privacy concerns.

[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

People said the same about Kanye's EVA foam marshmallows

[-] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

As Newsweek points out, the “Never Surrender High-Tops” are shiny gold high tops with an American flag on the back, and have since sold out on the website they were promoted on.

Two words Money Laundering

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It could be more.

[-] You999@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't that be a pretty terrible way of laundering money though since inventory and sales are pretty easy to verify? Like how would one inject dirty money that would wouldn't be blantly obvious?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You overpay for a trash product not because you're willing to buy the product at that price, because you believe that is what it is worth, but because an investigator can't prove you were just doing it to transfer funds.

For another example, all these political talking heads pumping out a ghost written book no one will read that sell out immediately and make the best seller list because a PAC buys all the copies.

I don't think that's what's happening here though. A thousand sneakers at $400 isn't hard math, and while that's a lot of money on a personal level it's nothing to a man that just ate a $300 million fraud judgement.

[-] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nice try FBI, but you’re not getting me to confess.

All kidding aside. Everything Trump does is the terrible way of doing things.

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, that sounds exactly like something a FOX(FAUX) News host would say.

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It also sounds exactly like something a racist would say

[-] medgremlin@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Why are you repeating their comment?

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

The most depressing part is he legitimately might win.

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And if he doesn't legitimately win, he will make damn sure he wins illegitimately.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Comically evil levels of racism.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Why isn't he marketing to us Jews? I want two-for-the-price-of-one pennies!

When I see how many of my relatives are actually considering voting for this monster, the question answers itself. I'm simply stunned seeing Jews defend a man who openly supports Hitler.

[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Well, the shoes are gold, so I think they were doing their best to appeal.

And, I’ve got a cousin who is amped for Trump and calls Musk a genius (I’m black, so it hurts even more).

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong. I can't help but imagine myself singing "If I Were a Rich Man" in those shoes.

Just like I assume you can't stop wanting to watch The Wiz while wearing them. Or, you know, whatever is Fiddler on the Roof for black people.

In case it needs to be said: sooooooooo much /s

[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, dude. The Wiz is absolutely Fiddler on the Roof for black folks! 🤣

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Don't feel bad. Unless you're trump or ivanka, he has no loyalty, so anyone voting for trump is having the leopard eat their face.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Look, I'm all for people feeding their faces to leopards. The problem is that they leave their freaking front door open and then their leopard starts eating everyone's face in the neighborhood. Some people just aren't happy until the leopards have nothing left to feed on.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It’s high time we started eating leopards.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

That whole discussion... Just... Goddamn.

[-] muse@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I 100% believe that they believe this

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 6 points 1 year ago
  • sneakers: check
  • menthol cigarettes: check
  • durags: coming soon

I thought this was an onion article..

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 1 year ago

Oh man, he sunk to Hilary level pandering

[-] gondwana@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I have no dog in this fight but the sneakers don't look that bad.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They look like they got taken out of a time capsule from the 80's. I wouldn't have been surprised to see Kid and/or Play rocking something like that back in the day.

[-] madcat451@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

can a black person please tell me if this is true or not

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Trump's republican party reminds of DC's Gotham universe.

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