Shoes: Why Do People Spend So Much Money On Them?

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Anyway, today's topic is:

Shoes

Yep, shoes.

You see, as we all should know, shoes serve a practical purpose in our lives.

They defend our feet from getting destroyed by the cruel, hard ground.
Yes, it's very practical. And yet... we make such a big deal out of it.
I mean... WTF?

Point One: Quantity

Ok, quantity.
In my book, you only need one pair of shoes. That's it. Nada, nothing more, UNLESS it's for special occassions, s/a dress shoes. That's different, but if it's casual, why the EFF do you need more than one pair for this stuff?

It's CASUAL. As in, there's nothing special about it. You don't need a pair of shoes for every day of the week. That... is just sad. It's a shoe. The point of a shoe is it's practical everyday use. That should be it. No more, no less.

Point Two: Quality/Wealth

Ok, quality.
Look. A shoe is a shoe. It's a SHOE! It has a practical use. So, tell me, what's the use of buying four thousand dollar Air Jordans?
... Yeah... because it's "cool"?
Well, although I'm a loser, I'm not a loser because of my shoes. I don't get people coming up to me and dissing me because my shoes are old and black and don't have those pretty gold foil shoe laces on the end of my shoes. No. I'm a loser because I'm just weird, end of story.
But you don't need to buy a billion dollar pair of shoes to "show it off". Sure, maybe fashion would be added into the equation if your shoes FIT YOUR OUTFIT. But if it's just like.. randomness... No... just.... no.

Point Three: Fashion/Sum up

The "fashion" potential in shoes. Look... It's the dirtiest part of all your clothing. You wash your clothes, but you don't wash your shoes that often... last I checked. I haven't ever seen someone outside with a garden hose, washing their shoes. Fashion only should imply with dress shoes, or girls. Girls I can somewhat understand. That's how they're (sorry for using this term) "wired". It's just in their nature. (kinda). But fashion shouldn't really apply in shoes, because whenever I got a new pair of shoes, no one notices. Maybe it's just my personality, but I don't NOTICE when people have new shoes... I'm just like... ten weeks later I start notice. But just barely.

Points shot, points proven, make an argument against me. I dare ya. I double dare ya.
Anyway... I just don't get it. Shoes are shoes. That's all they are, that's all they'll ever be.

End of Story