Reebok shoe fetishists
So no one probably cares about my life here, except the friends I know, but I felt like venting and sharing a couple weird and amusing stories. Today is weird story day, so you're gonna get another text post in a minute here...tl:dr version at the end, for those with ADD/ADHD.
I've recently been more active on flickr, deciding to do the one photo a day challenge, which consists of one self-portrait and one random photo. I happened to photograph me wearing my rare, silver Reebok Freestyle high top sneakers. The photo was blurry, as it was taken looking down as I walked. SOMEHOW, one of these shoe perverts figured out what type of shoes they were. And it all progressed along from there!
I wear the shoes frequently, so I ended up posting more photos of them. And when I got a request to show some pics of the shoes, I found it to be completely innocuous! I really hadn't realized the people favoriting my shoe pics were a bunch of perverts! I just thought, 'Oh, people who love shoes and fashion, just like me!' rather naively. Then I started visiting their pages and found hundreds of photos of Reebok Freestyles and women wearing them (some of these covertly taken in public, unknown to the woman), some of which were rather pornographic photos, much to my chagrin. One guy even private messaged me, asking if my love of shoes was in any way "sexual." -_-; I told him no.
What I find so amusing about these people is not only do they view shoes in a sexual way, but that most are SPECIFICALLY OBSESSED with one exact style of shoes. And that exact style, the retro Reebok Freestyle, is actually kind of ugly and frumpy, in my opinion. The only thing that was the saving grace for that type of shoe was the revamp of them, which created vibrant colors and patterns that are more appealing than the standard white and black. But no, these freaks love the plain white or black ones, too! Additionally, the more BEAT UP the shoes are, the BETTER! Most of these people really love them to be super worn in, complete with dirt stains and even rips and holes. I have seen videos on flickr and youtube and photos of people ripping up and cutting up these shoes, along with other styles of sneakers. I've watched some of them out of a pure psychological and sociological fascination. I JUST DON'T GET IT.
In one purely and utterly bizarre video, which I'm not even sure how it didn't get flagged, a woman in an orange prison jumpsuit, with her pants pulled down, drank water from a Reebok shoe with her hands cuffed! WHY?!?! That was on one particular person's page, who was obsessed with the shoes and women in prison uniforms. They had tons of news photos of female criminals being led away...completely disturbing...
So anyway, this one British chav woman (supposedly a woman), who had pics of the shoes and various women wearing them, some spreading their hairy beavers open (MY EYES BURNED FOR DAYS), messaged me. She saw that I offered to do art commissions and wondered what kind. Well, really, she just wanted to ask if she could buy my shoes after I completely wore them out and was about to toss them in the trash. I informed her that I take good care of my things and it would likely be years before any of my shoes were that destroyed. She offered me over double what I paid for the shoes, which was originally $70, and said she'd wait even TEN YEARS to get them from me! She also offered to buy me a flickr pro account if I gave her dibs on the shoes, because my photo limit was coming up and I complained about it on one of my fashion/shoe photos. I haven't messaged her back about that yet because I don't know what to do, as I'd certainly like a pro account, haha.
Coincidentally, at the same time, another supposed British woman messaged me about buying my shoes. However, she said she didn't have a fetish, but just wanted to wear them because she collects that style. She wants them while they're still in nice condition, not threadbare. She offered me twice what I paid for them, as she couldn't find them anywhere in stores or online in her size. I said if I ever wanted to sell them while they're still nice-looking, I'd let her know. But I'm not really keen on parting with them right now, as they are my favorites and I wear them all the time.
Although, such sums of money would be helpful, as I am currently gainfully unemployed :/ and it would probably go towards buying a bass guitar...
So yeah, that was long-winded, but I just felt like sharing that. I'll be posting another story in a couple minutes, for those who are bored enough to read about the trials and tribulations (tribble-ations, LOLZ) of Angela.
TL;DR version: Some shoe fetishists on flickr wanna buy my Reeboks and are kind of in a bidding war over them. Not sure I wanna sell them, though. CONFUSION.
x-posted to my tumblr...Oh man, I haven't done a long blog post in AGES...my, how times change and hardly anyone seems to blog anymore with tumblr and twitter and other short-phrase sites around...
I've recently been more active on flickr, deciding to do the one photo a day challenge, which consists of one self-portrait and one random photo. I happened to photograph me wearing my rare, silver Reebok Freestyle high top sneakers. The photo was blurry, as it was taken looking down as I walked. SOMEHOW, one of these shoe perverts figured out what type of shoes they were. And it all progressed along from there!
I wear the shoes frequently, so I ended up posting more photos of them. And when I got a request to show some pics of the shoes, I found it to be completely innocuous! I really hadn't realized the people favoriting my shoe pics were a bunch of perverts! I just thought, 'Oh, people who love shoes and fashion, just like me!' rather naively. Then I started visiting their pages and found hundreds of photos of Reebok Freestyles and women wearing them (some of these covertly taken in public, unknown to the woman), some of which were rather pornographic photos, much to my chagrin. One guy even private messaged me, asking if my love of shoes was in any way "sexual." -_-; I told him no.
What I find so amusing about these people is not only do they view shoes in a sexual way, but that most are SPECIFICALLY OBSESSED with one exact style of shoes. And that exact style, the retro Reebok Freestyle, is actually kind of ugly and frumpy, in my opinion. The only thing that was the saving grace for that type of shoe was the revamp of them, which created vibrant colors and patterns that are more appealing than the standard white and black. But no, these freaks love the plain white or black ones, too! Additionally, the more BEAT UP the shoes are, the BETTER! Most of these people really love them to be super worn in, complete with dirt stains and even rips and holes. I have seen videos on flickr and youtube and photos of people ripping up and cutting up these shoes, along with other styles of sneakers. I've watched some of them out of a pure psychological and sociological fascination. I JUST DON'T GET IT.
In one purely and utterly bizarre video, which I'm not even sure how it didn't get flagged, a woman in an orange prison jumpsuit, with her pants pulled down, drank water from a Reebok shoe with her hands cuffed! WHY?!?! That was on one particular person's page, who was obsessed with the shoes and women in prison uniforms. They had tons of news photos of female criminals being led away...completely disturbing...
So anyway, this one British chav woman (supposedly a woman), who had pics of the shoes and various women wearing them, some spreading their hairy beavers open (MY EYES BURNED FOR DAYS), messaged me. She saw that I offered to do art commissions and wondered what kind. Well, really, she just wanted to ask if she could buy my shoes after I completely wore them out and was about to toss them in the trash. I informed her that I take good care of my things and it would likely be years before any of my shoes were that destroyed. She offered me over double what I paid for the shoes, which was originally $70, and said she'd wait even TEN YEARS to get them from me! She also offered to buy me a flickr pro account if I gave her dibs on the shoes, because my photo limit was coming up and I complained about it on one of my fashion/shoe photos. I haven't messaged her back about that yet because I don't know what to do, as I'd certainly like a pro account, haha.
Coincidentally, at the same time, another supposed British woman messaged me about buying my shoes. However, she said she didn't have a fetish, but just wanted to wear them because she collects that style. She wants them while they're still in nice condition, not threadbare. She offered me twice what I paid for them, as she couldn't find them anywhere in stores or online in her size. I said if I ever wanted to sell them while they're still nice-looking, I'd let her know. But I'm not really keen on parting with them right now, as they are my favorites and I wear them all the time.
Although, such sums of money would be helpful, as I am currently gainfully unemployed :/ and it would probably go towards buying a bass guitar...
So yeah, that was long-winded, but I just felt like sharing that. I'll be posting another story in a couple minutes, for those who are bored enough to read about the trials and tribulations (tribble-ations, LOLZ) of Angela.
TL;DR version: Some shoe fetishists on flickr wanna buy my Reeboks and are kind of in a bidding war over them. Not sure I wanna sell them, though. CONFUSION.
x-posted to my tumblr...Oh man, I haven't done a long blog post in AGES...my, how times change and hardly anyone seems to blog anymore with tumblr and twitter and other short-phrase sites around...