HELL YEAH, BORTHER! TRUMP SNEAKERS!

Ok, jokes aside.. What would posess someone to buy those things? I thought Trump fought for "the working class"

I buy a pair of hiking boots every couple years that cost, at most, $150. I'll wear them until they start to fall apart, to get every last cent I paid out of them. (most of the time I will wait until I can find what I want on sale for around $80-$90)

Trump-assosiation aside, these are some ugly-ass shoes.

Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things other than some kind of sycophancy?

Mike


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Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things
other than some kind of sycophancy?

To support Trump! I'd wear them to support Trump, even though I hate high tops.

I'd wear them just so that people who see me walking around in them can accurately label me as a person who didn't vote for Biden.

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Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things
other than some kind of sycophancy?

To support Trump! I'd wear them to support Trump, even though I hate high tops.

I'd wear them just so that people who see me walking around in them can accurately label me as a person who didn't vote for Biden.

So you would pay $400 for them? Rather than some $20 t-shirt that says "let's go Brandon" or a $15 MAGA trucker hat?

Even without those things, (and having no idea what you look like) I'm willing to bet just about anyone you run into would be able to identify you as someone who didn't vote for Biden with a better than 50% success rate.

But instead you will drop $400 on shoes that you dislike just so you can identify as a person belonging to a specific group.

But it's not a cult, right?

What happens if it turns out those shoes are made in China?


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So you would pay $400 for them? Rather than some $20 t-shirt that says "let's go Brandon" or a $15 MAGA trucker hat?

I'd wear them, but I didn't say I'd pay $400 for them.

Even without those things, (and having no idea what you look like) I'm willing to bet just about anyone you run into would be able to identify you as someone who didn't vote for Biden with a better than 50% success rate.

How?

But it's not a cult, right?

It's not religious devotion to Trump, it's just political devotion. After he serves another term, this bromance will be over.

What happens if it turns out those shoes are made in China?

This is a common mistake that leftists keep making. They think that conservatives are a collective brain, and we're not. There's dissent.

There's even dissent among Trump supporters. I support Trump, but unlike Trump, I don't blame China for Covid (I blame the USA.)

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Hello Aaron,

Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things
other than some kind of sycophancy?

To support Trump! I'd wear them to support Trump, even though I hate high tops.

I'd wear them just so that people who see me walking around in them can accurately label me as a person who didn't vote for Biden.

Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!

You know as well as I do that you will never wear those sneakers
in public. I do not doubt you would pay $400 for them (new), but
would most defininely question your sanity if you were to be so
stupid as to ruin them by wearing them in public. Especially since
the minimum value of those sneakers (new) is worth $7500+ today.

OTOH you could be the stupidest person in Fidonet ...

For Life,
Lee

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Hello Mike,

Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things
other than some kind of sycophancy?

To support Trump! I'd wear them to support Trump, even though I hate
high tops.

I'd wear them just so that people who see me walking around in them can
accurately label me as a person who didn't vote for Biden.

So you would pay $400 for them? Rather than some $20 t-shirt that says "let's go Brandon" or a $15 MAGA trucker hat?

Aaron is no fool. He would gladly pay such a low price for a quality
buy of that magnitude. So would you, if you were a wise investor.

Of course, he would never actually wear those sneakers in public,
as he would not want his investment to depreciate in value. But that's
okay. Telling a fib on a BBS is not a sin.

Even without those things, (and having no idea what you look like) I'm willing to bet just about anyone you run into would be able to identify you
as someone who didn't vote for Biden with a better than 50% success rate.

Joe Biden received 51% of the popular vote, making his preferred
candidate a two-time loser. One more strike and you know what that
means ...

But instead you will drop $400 on shoes that you dislike just so you can identify as a person belonging to a specific group.

He is lying about that part. But who can blame him? This is MAGA
Land, where such nonsense is displayed in public for all to see.
However, he is absolutely right about his investment being sound.
Look at what happened. All the sneakers sold out within a day.
A very limited supply, at only 1000 pairs, at $400/pair. The
value per pair today is $7500+. I'll let you do the math.

But it's not a cult, right?

A shoe is not a cult. A shirt, maybe. But not a shoe.

What happens if it turns out those shoes are made in China?

It's a slow boat to China. And takes a while for taxes to be
collected. So it might take a while for those sneakers to arrive.
Regardless of where they are from.

For Life,
Lee

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You know as well as I do that you will never wear those sneakers
in public. I do not doubt you would pay $400 for them (new), but
would most defininely question your sanity if you were to be so
stupid as to ruin them by wearing them in public. Especially since
the minimum value of those sneakers (new) is worth $7500+ today.

I didn't know they were $400. I'll wait until they show up at a discount store to buy them.

Or better yet, I should just get a pair of ugly high tops and spray paint them with gold spray paint. Nobody will know the difference.

OTOH you could be the stupidest person in Fidonet ...

Yea I'm dumb because everybody knows the value of Trump sneakers except me. :( I should enroll myself at Bard College so I can smarten up.

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This is a common mistake that leftists keep making. They think that conservatives are a collective brain, and we're not. There's dissent.

That's because leftists **are** a collective brain. None of them can think for themselves. As soon as they do, they are no longer a leftist.

At least the realize that there are people who don't conform. That gives me hope that some day, many of them will realize that they don't have to conform either.

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Ron L. wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Miller <=-

That's because leftists **are** a collective brain. None of them can think for themselves. As soon as they do, they are no longer a
leftist.

How self-fulfilling.




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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

The guys who bought them for 400 are now trying to sell them for $45,000.00

You mean, like an NFT? Like them, no one's actually seen a pair of
Trump Shoes in the wild.




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Hello Aaron!

22 Feb 24 06:43, you wrote to me:

So you would pay $400 for them? Rather than some $20 t-shirt
that says "let's go Brandon" or a $15 MAGA trucker hat?

I'd wear them, but I didn't say I'd pay $400 for them.

Even without those things, (and having no idea what you look
like) I'm willing to bet just about anyone you run into would be
able to identify you as someone who didn't vote for Biden with a
better than 50% success rate.

How?

There's always a good chance you fit the sterotype. That's why they're sterotypes.

But it's far more likely you'll fall into the "Crossfit" "Vegan" and/or "Linux User" category.

You know the joke. "How can you tell if someone is a Vegan/Crossfitter/Linux User?"

"Don't worry, they'll tell you"

It's been my experience that many people that are all in on Trump fit into that category as well.

But it's not a cult, right?

It's not religious devotion to Trump, it's just political devotion.
After he serves another term, this bromance will be over.

First, it doesn't have to be "religious" to be a cult. Plenty of cults were not religious in nature.

Second, to this day, people still talk about Ronald Regan with similar devotion.

What happens if it turns out those shoes are made in China?

This is a common mistake that leftists keep making. They think that conservatives are a collective brain, and we're not. There's dissent.

There's even dissent among Trump supporters. I support Trump, but
unlike Trump, I don't blame China for Covid (I blame the USA.)

I'm not talking about that. Trump is always railing on about China. How bad China is. etc. etc.

Are you saying you're also all in on the "Do as I say, not as I do?" thing? Hypocrisy is OK with you?


Mike


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Hello Ron!

23 Feb 24 07:27, you wrote to Aaron Thomas:

Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Miller <=-

This is a common mistake that leftists keep making. They think
that conservatives are a collective brain, and we're not. There's
dissent.

That's because leftists **are** a collective brain. None of them can think for themselves. As soon as they do, they are no longer a
leftist.

Wait, does this small aresnal I have mean I'm not a leftist anymore? Aren't I supposed to hate everything about guns?



Mike


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Re: Sneakers?
By: Mike Miller to Ron L. on Fri Feb 23 2024 10:04 am

Wait, does this small aresnal I have mean I'm not a leftist anymore? Aren't I supposed to hate everything about guns?

Reduce the sample size to the outliers then apply those qualities to the larger group. "All Muslims are extremist", "all leftists are trying to take my guns"...

Create nebulous, undefineable qualifiers. Ever hear a someone using the term "woke" trying to define it?

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Ok, jokes aside.. What would posess someone to buy those things? I thought Trump fought for "the working class"

I buy a pair of hiking boots every couple years that cost, at most, $150. I'll wear them until they start to fall apart, to get every last cent I paid out of them. (most of the time I will wait until I can find what I want on sale for around $80-$90)

Trump-assosiation aside, these are some ugly-ass shoes.

Please, enlighten me, what would posess someone to buy these things other than some kind of sycophancy?

Aside from people who collect (sometimes ugly-ass) shoes because they are "collectables" that they believe will increase in value, I think you've hit the nail on the head.

Every 1.5 to 2 years, I buy two pairs of Rockports that combined cost less than one pair of those, look better than those, and each which would very likely outlast those.

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like) I'm willing to bet just about anyone you run into would be
able to identify you as someone who didn't vote for Biden with a
better than 50% success rate.

How?

There's always a good chance you fit the sterotype. That's why they're sterotypes.

Don't say that too loud, the other liberals will get offended.

But it's far more likely you'll fall into the "Crossfit" "Vegan" and/or "Linux User" category.

What's wrong with staying healthy? And what kind of lamer uses Windows?

It's not religious devotion to Trump, it's just political devotion. After he serves another term, this bromance will be over.

First, it doesn't have to be "religious" to be a cult. Plenty of cults were not religious in nature.

By definition, it has to be religious to be a cult. "Fan club" is a better way to describe Trump loyalists.

Second, to this day, people still talk about Ronald Regan with similar devotion.

I'm not a fan of any dead people. It's smart to learn from the dead, but it's dumb to idolize them or to tattoo quotes from them on your face.

There's even dissent among Trump supporters. I support Trump, but unlike Trump, I don't blame China for Covid (I blame the USA.)

I'm not talking about that. Trump is always railing on about China. How bad China is. etc. etc.

Biden is always railing about how white people are the biggest threat to homeland security, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that just because you voted for Biden, it doesn't mean that you are a bigot too; you probably support him for better reasons.

Are you saying you're also all in on the "Do as I say, not as I do?" thing? Hypocrisy is OK with you?

Neither you nor I are going to stand behind every word that comes out of a president's mouth. It's not hypocrisy to support some of the president's statements and to reject some of the president's other statements.

You're being too extreme. It could be a form of autism, but I won't say ""You certainly without a doubt in fact have autism because people with autism have acted like that in the past."

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This is a common mistake that leftists keep making. They think
that conservatives are a collective brain, and we're not. There's
dissent.

That's because leftists **are** a collective brain. None of them can think for themselves. As soon as they do, they are no longer a leftist.

Wait, does this small aresnal I have mean I'm not a leftist anymore? Aren't I supposed to hate everything about guns?

Mike, please realize that you're saying the same thing to Ron that I just said to you in my previous message, just in different words.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

At least the realize that there are people who don't conform. That
gives me hope that some day, many of them will realize that they don't have to conform either.

I think that most of them will wake up. I believe that the ones who can already have.

But like any hivemind, anyone who has different-speak is a threat and an ememy of the hive.


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Kurt Weiske wrote to Mike Miller <=-

Critical thinking and debate are two classes sorely needed these days.

Which is why you'll never see them in the Public Schools today.


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Ron L. wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Critical thinking and debate are two classes sorely needed these days.

Which is why you'll never see them in the Public Schools today.

There's a lot to be said for an impressionable body politic that reacts
to emotional manipulation - from both sides of the aisle. I'm still an
optimist that thinks that a healthy, educated, employed populace makes
for a healthy country and think that's an ideal to work towards. It
feels like it's getting farther and farther away.




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At least the realize that there are people who don't conform. That gives me hope that some day, many of them will realize that they don' have to conform either.

I think that most of them will wake up. I believe that the ones who can already have.

But like any hivemind, anyone who has different-speak is a threat and an ememy of the hive.

That's right. And the anxiety they have must be awful. They're too scared to lose the approval of their peers, so they follow the flow of the media to stay on the safe side.

Luckily for them, their peers don't have to find out that they voted for Trump. They can keep it a secret and they can tell their scary bully friends that they voted for Biden.

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Critical thinking and debate are two classes sorely needed these days

Which is why you'll never see them in the Public Schools today.

I heard the phrase "Critical Thinking Skills" a lot when I was in school, and the world was a better, safer place back then.

I'm gonna ask my kids if that's even a grading section anymore, anywhere in school.

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Kurt Weiske wrote to Dr. What <=-

There's a lot to be said for an impressionable body politic that reacts
to emotional manipulation - from both sides of the aisle.

Narrative. The "both sides" you are talking about is a myth. The only sides are the Elitists who think that they should rule, and everyone else.

I'm still an
optimist that thinks that a healthy, educated, employed populace makes
for a healthy country and think that's an ideal to work towards. It
feels like it's getting farther and farther away.

That's because the Elitists have long infiltrated our instutitions and trashed them.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I heard the phrase "Critical Thinking Skills" a lot when I was in
school, and the world was a better, safer place back then.

I never heard the term until much later. When I went to school, it was called "education".

I'm gonna ask my kids if that's even a grading section anymore,
anywhere in school.

Probably not. That's racist, don't ya know.


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Ron L. wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Kurt Weiske wrote to Dr. What <=-

There's a lot to be said for an impressionable body politic that reacts
to emotional manipulation - from both sides of the aisle.

Narrative. The "both sides" you are talking about is a myth. The only sides are the Elitists who think that they should rule, and everyone
else.

There's a lot of credence in a global elite using partisan politics to
keep us distracted from larger games going on behind the scenes.



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Aaron Thomas wrote to Ron L. <=-

I'm gonna ask my kids if that's even a grading section anymore,
anywhere in school.

Schools (at least the ones I've had experience with recently) are
falling prey to Cults of Terminology. Instead of using exercises,
quizzes and tests, offering letter grades, let's make up a new
terminology, built an education framework and patent it.



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I'm gonna ask my kids if that's even a grading section anymore, anywhere in school.

Schools (at least the ones I've had experience with recently) are
falling prey to Cults of Terminology. Instead of using exercises,
quizzes and tests, offering letter grades, let's make up a new terminology, built an education framework and patent it.

I understand, and I'm glad you notice it.

But you know that it's being caused by Democrats and globalism, right?

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