[avaissema]

They look like they're dressed with random unsaleable merch from the dumpster behind Goodwill.

And yet they were the pre-packaged 'queers' for a style show.

[kvitacencia]

And yet they were the pre-packaged 'queers' for a style show.

Perhaps there's a separate gay sense of style which would not consider such get-ups hideous/goofy?

[floadaVonfoli]

Well, in the case of the peacock, the tail supposedly serves as an advertisement that the male is fit enough to survive despite carrying around a gigantic dead weight on its butt. In this case, I guess it shows that you can prosper despite looking like you work at a circus?

[Bill-Watson]

Dressing as an elf.

[Jesslovers]

I have a pair of nice sandals, a pair of tennis shoes, a pair of waterproof hiking boots for snow and rain, and a pair of brown leather shoes I wear when I need to look nice. I need to buy a suit at some point and when I do I will get black leather shoes. In total, I probably have around $350 worth of shoes. Not particularly excessive I think. Might be $450, I can't remember if the brown leather shoes were $100 or $200.

My tennis shoes are New Balance; I don't care about brand name. I find them to be the most comfortable of the ones that I have tried.

[autolubitelone]

My shoes (I just got 2 more! and got rid of 2, I will include all):
1. (got rid of) pair of running shoes that I used for ~2 years for running and then used for bad weather in Sweden, was full of holes by the time I left Sweden (~80$)
2. (got rid of) huge pair of snow boots, I hate snow boots and never wore them even when the snow was up to my knees (just didn't go out then) (~??$)
3. Birkenstocks, this time I used them mainly at work, they are still pretty nice despite being about 2 years old (~100$)
4. Pair of airwalk sneakers, got a couple of weeks ago for rain wear (~10$)
5. Pair of airwalk warm shoes (Slip ons), I got a couple of weeks ago for cold wear (~20$)
6. Pair of vibram-five fingers, I got over a year ago for running/everyday wear (~120$)
7. Pair of rock climbing shoes, I got 5-6 years ago shortly before I moved and stopped doing much rock climbing (~?0$)

I could probably use a pair of hiking shoes and dress shoes, but they are low priority.

JM

[CelexaNY]

I own a single pair of shoes, bought recently, that I will wear everywhere for the next three years. Previously I had a single pair of shoes that I wore everywhere for the last three years.

What are you? Poor?

[TolleyBoymn]

Those people aren't collecting the shoes. They are going to wear them.

If we're comparing shoes, I own 5 pairs:

1) Loafers for work, 275$
2) Running shoes (only for actual running) 120$
3) Same make of running shoes, with 500 miles on them, for use in tennis or any other sports 120$
4) General purpose nice casual shoes 80$
5) Beachwear/supercasual shoes 25$

Sounds about right, although I am much cheaper when it comes to work. Clarke's at about 80-90 are just fine for me.

[Yarikoff]

Not just any Riddler, THIS Riddler.

[9mm_fan]

I own three pairs of shoes.

1) My winter shoes, which are waterproof with great grip
2) My summer shoes, which are skate-style shoes that are ridiculously comfortable
3) Dress shoes, for once every couple of years when I go to a formal wedding/funeral

[BenBoobmers]

Here I was, hoping for a discussion on the rampant consumerism, the breakdown of society, the futility of our existence, the end of the world as we know it and so on and so on.

And down the drain this topic goes, with everyone flaunting their shoe possessions

[babopeddy]

runners? Is that an Australian term for sneakers? Running shoes are not the same thing as sneakers.

[PypeDeft]

"Sneakers" is an American word.

By runners I meant running shoes.

Where I came from the word "sand shoes" was usually used as a generic terms for the canvas sports shoes.

Go find 'perfectly good' running shoes for $40 USD. Does not exist.

Jordans are not running shoes. Chucks are not running shoes.

[HartOvara]

Ended up getting these in brown: http://www.shop.puma.com/Collections...9%26start%3D27

[lXvtm0ox]

Pumas are for black people?

[Qnnoshxj]

Again, running shoes are specialist shoes that are not the same as cross-trainers or basketball shoes or whatever else.

[Misebeita]

You idiot, I'm trying to understand what the hell they're talking about. They keep saying they mean running shoes but it doesn't sound like they do because they keep alluding to Jordans and 'trainers'. Jordans are basketball shoes morphed into fashion shoes. Trainers are cross-trainers. They are not the same thing as running shoes.