Dying Fads: Crocs

It’s funny how new fads pop up, and become the benchmark for how hip, cool, or different a person is.

Usually in fashion a fad comes out, it costs an arm an a leg to get into, and it slowly gets duplicated into a cheap knock off, and then it’s dead. However you still have the people that initially sunk so much money into it when it was new and exciting, so they try to keep the fad going.  It’s a funny cycle.

I have been caught up before in fads, and got a lot wiser when it came to that game.

I remember in the mid/late 80’s when it was all about bright neon everything.  Pants, sunglasses, fanny packs, etc. The 90’s brought you brightly colored pants, shirts, and shoes, like Champions and Patrick Ewings.  Not to forget all those other 80/90’s fad like box haircuts, jheri curls, long glam hair on guys, shoulder pads, doc martins and etc.

What notable fashion fad came out of the mid millennium? Crocs.

Yes, Crocs.

Fashion statement? No. Fashionable? No. Cool? No.  Basically it’s hard to justify wearing Crocs. I have heard they are comfortable, but then again, so are fluffy bunny slippers, and either way you go, they both look bad. Is comfort the new fashion statement?

It’s not like you’re going to go out and see models, hipsters, rappers, and wannabe executives in Crocs. You’re seeing soccer moms, lazy people, stay at home dads, hippies, loungers, and old people in them. Does that make them fashionable? No.  I don’t know how you would find these people fashionable enough to want to be like them.

Broooo! Are we hot or what? Let's go daterape!

It’s funny though how we stereotype though fads though.  Funny enough usually we’re right. A big fad of 2 years ago that is dying to hold on is Ed Hardy stuff.  Ed Hardy came out with some clothes that usually had some tattoo inspired designs on them and they were quickly snapped up by a lot of douchy celebrities and muscians.  It didn’t take long for every wanna be douche to run out and try to emulate this style. Soon you had people running out to buy Ed Hardy shirts, get tattoos, buy fake diamonds, wear sideways hats and get a coke habit.  You’d go to a fancy club, and you’d see dozens of douche clones running around trying to be that “Ed Hardy Guy”.  Unfortunately, as the style progressed, everyone was duplicating it, and Ed Hardy licensed the brand out to everyone.  Now you can find Ed Hardy mugs, lighters, rugs, pencils, knapsacks, placemats, etc.

While the Ed Hardy fad is holding on to it’s last few minutes of popularity, Crocs has been been holding on to it’s last few seconds for a few years. It’s funny to see the stock (CROX) going up though, because it seems that their sales are flat and Crocs have all but disappeared from the mainstream.  A few years back you would see kids with their yuppie parents all in Crocs, but now, where are the Crocs?

If you walk around Chinatown, you will see $5 knock off Crocs that are even having a hard time selling.

How long do Crocs have before they are just a distant memory?  Well Crocs has released a whole bunch of different type of Crocs shoes now, and has opened a bunch of stores.  Will it help? Probably not. Look for Crocs stores closing for good at a mall near you.

You wanna race?

So last year I purchased a Dodge Charger with a Hemi under the hood. The car goes pretty good. 360hp stock, and runs a 1/4 mile in about 14 seconds flat out. Recently I  have added some aftermarket goodies giving me a bit more power under the hood.

Anyways, I have noticed that some idiots in this world just don’t get it. I cant even count on my hands and feet how many retards actually try to race me at the lights, on the highway, in traffic, and through drive ins. What the hell is wrong with you people?

V-tec means V8 in ricer langauge

First thing is, it’s not like these people have Mustangs, Corvettes or anything that would at least be up to par. We’re talking about Corollas and Altimas and even Accords, SUV’s and Mini Vans. I know your probably thinking its all in my head right?  Wrong! When you pull up at a light next to a woman in a mini van and soon as light turns green the mini van squeals it’s tires launching the front end in the air,  and before I even move, she is already in the intersection.

There is this one road in Brampton I have been taking over the last month. Every time you pull up at the lights, people pull up in the turning lane and soon as the light changes, they gun it through the intersection and cut in front of everyone. Now I always pull up next to that lane, and while watching my side mirror, I wait for guys slowly driving up to the light so they have an advantage.

It's a Type-R. Jap-spec bro!

Well, so far, 10 LeeRoy 0 retards.  Honestly, if you drive a shitty $5 car, fuck off and don’t mess around. Why do you bother?  Are you fucked in the head so bad you think you’re actually going to win? Or is it that you know your going to get pumped and so you do it for kicks?

On my way home from work tonight on the 410 highway, a stupid kid in a Altima decided he was going to push me as I was doing 140km/h in the fast lane. This kid came up on me and sat right on my ass, I couldn’t even see his headlights. Eventually he decided he was going to pass me. Bad move retard. So I punched it, and see ya later shit brick. I watched as his piece of shit Altima kept getting further and further away. Eventually I slowed down and guess what? He kept coming. What the hell is wrong with you?

I let him get up next to me and every time he tried to punch it past me I stepped on the gas, and then let off. I was going to follow him off the highway to hit a light with him just to make him look stupid, but I’m sure he already knows that. I don’t get it,why? I have had some serious idiots try to race me.

Cool spoiler bro!!

Mostly ginos in Civics attempt to race me and though I really enjoy cruising and not racing sometimes this is the only way to teach some of these idiots a lesson. Make them look stupid.

I will give you another one. Young kid buys a 1980 something BMW M3, now all the people who don’t know a damn thing about cars are going wow! WOW! A BMW M3. WOW!  That’s such an awesome car! How can they afford that? wow!  UMMM REALLY? I will explain for you idiots. A 1980 something BMW M3 could be purchased for under $5000, that’s the first thing and second, cars built in the 80’s are gutless. They are slow. Don’t pull up with a old ass BMW thinking your going to do something when your just going to get smashed.

This kid with his old ass beemer wanted to race me and he got what he deserved. About 4 cars off a light, and then some.

$1500 car / $40,000 in paint, spoilers, & sticks / Getting raped by a minivan = Priceless

What was funny was that after the fact, he decided to try and prove he had a fast car by dropping the clutch and chirping the tires around a corner like roger fuckin ramjet. Idiot. Racing around with no muffler on your car thinking its fast because its loud like a broken airplane or thinking because you purchased a old ass BMW now you’re fast. Look I know my car ain’t the fastest thing on the road, I’ve been spanked by a Corvette Z06 and I didn’t want to race him, but he challenged me and even though I knew I would lose I have to oblige.

My point is you should fuck off with your crap ass car, you and your shit beater sucks. Buy a real car then come see me.

My name is LeeRoy and I say fuck your Altima!