Discussion-Sneakerhead-Pet-Peeves

Everyone has some sort of pet peeve right? Something that irritates or irks you to a point beyond logical thinking and brings out the Hulk in you.

My pet peeve comes about around the holiday season… Sad but true.

Every year more sneakers release which leads to more new additions and even some pickups of older classics i either missed or needed a new pair of. This leaves me as an easy target during these holiday gatherings for nay-Sayers to poke and prod at my beloved hobby.

“Why do you have so many shoes?”

“Why do you have the same shoe in multiple colors,?”

“You have more shoes than any girl I’ve ever met… ”

“how many cars could you have if you didn’t spend all of your money on shoes?”

At this point, I’m in a full on Hulk rage ready to stomp and smash about as i have to endure the same questions year after year.

Do we Sneakerheads question why you own nearly 100 die-cast NASCAR replicas? Do we attempt to publicly humiliate you because you have an archive of porn dating back to the 70’s? Do we dish out immature insults regarding your World of Warcraft fetish? Okay… I’m actually guilty of that last one. But you get where I’m heading. Everyone is into something, so why is collecting sneakers such a weird concept for people to grasp?

If all of my priorities are in order and i choose to spend my extra cash on sneakers… Why is that such a problem? Why is that such a popular topic if discussion for those who don’t really care nor have any intention on truly understanding our appreciation of this fine form of art and expression?

True Sneakerheads know and understand one thing, what we do is not a fad. We will not and have not grown out of it. We are Sneakerheads… Its a part of our personality. By discrediting something we truly love and enjoy, you are essentially telling us that you lack a certain level of respect for us as a human beings.

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been ridiculed by members of my own family about my passion. My dad used to lecture me on what a waste of time sneakers were… As he was tinkering with his latest and greatest camera, a camera that looked and did the same exact thing his 15 other cameras did.

This is my personal sneaker pet peeve… Maybe yours is the same, possibly something far different. Whatever the case may be, let us know what your sneaker pet peeve is and if its something you’ve learned to deal with over time or if it still irritates the heck out of you to no end.

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  1. People say the same thing to me, but then turn around and ask me where did I get every single pair of my shoes. i say the same things as well, people don’t say anything to people who who camp out for concert tickets but the second i tell any that I’ve camped out for some shoes their face turns and give me this awkward look as if i did something wrong. Its my money and my time that use spending. These people kill me but like i said previously they are the same ones to ask you were you got it and brag about how they are about to go get it (lying of course). My motto is take care of your feet and they will take care of you.

  2. Preach… I get tired of people questioning what I spend my money on. At least my habbit isn’t beating on women and children, drinking, drugs or whatever else can be viewed by the world or community as negative. So when they comment on my spending on sneaker because I’m a Sneakerhead I kindly remind them how much money they spend on alcohol, cigarettes, video games, food, and other items that are long gone after I still have my sneakers… I feel your pain.

  3. Amen to that! I can’t stand when someone bothers me about that. If I was buying all these sneakers and not taking care of my kids that would be one thing but my priorities are in order. My wife and kids sneaker game is also on smash. Maybe not a much as mine but still fly nonetheless. People are gonna continue to hate on us sneaker heads but it’s all good. We just keep doin what we do.

  4. My biggest pet peeve by far is. Questioning why i have two pairs of the same shoe, one pair of beaters, one on ice. Because when a shoe is that hot, you gotta have a pair on ice……idiots

  5. Amen man that’s annoying as heck!! Especially the apple heads who just HAVE to get the new iphone EVERY year -__- like don’t tell me nothin if I see u spending A LOT of money every year on a phone with a new gimmick (not that I hate iphones n the such I’m just pointing out the apple whores) smh haters will be haters

  6. my biggest pet peeve is when u cop a BRAND NEW DS pair of Jordans or whatever and they come all MESSED UP, creased, defects n all that!!! i cant stand it.. like if uare gonna sell 160 dollar kix u should at least take a quick look at each pair b4 they go out!!! disgraceful.. too bad i got no choice but to cop lol

  7. I’m not gonna call it a pet peeve but I hate it when people wear 2 different shoes that shits stupid I saw a lot of people doing this with the Jordan cdp’s

  8. what about when you’re waiting in line for some shoes and every single person that walks by asks what the line is for.

  9. I literally couldn’t count how many times I’ve heard every one of those questions. N I look at it like this if they don’t unde

  10. I literally couldn’t count how many times I’ve heard every one of those questions. But the question I hate most is, y would u buy so many shoes u only have 2 feet? N I look at it like this if they don’t understand, they won’t understand. Point blank peroid. It’s my hobby,Passion,love,whatever you don’t have to get it.

  11. Well, I have to say it: yes, it’s bothering, but not THAT bothering…Yes, I’ve been said I have too many sneakers, and I ain’t even close to true sneakerheads (14 pairs so far) but come on, everyone…honestly I don’t think this issue has enough material to make it a full discussion. generally it goes like this;

    someone: “hey, you have tooooo many sneakers…”
    me: yes I do.

    End.

  12. Ima say this. I have appreciated sneakers since I was in the 3rd grade. I’ve since graduated high school 10 years ago. I still own my first pair of Jordans, OG Space Jams. I have yet to count how many pair I have accumulated over the decades because there will definitely always be more to come. I said all that to say this. I will always have a place for sneakers so nothing peaves me cause I tune all that out and pick up the next pair. Bong!

  13. I agree totally, but another pet peeve is when you buy a shoe that is slightly different from the og because you don’t think something better is gonna come and then the version you really want drops. like when the true blue 3s came out in 09 international i spent like 250 to get them in the US, then they retailed like 2 yrs later. Or the black/varsity VIs which later came out in infrared or the dmp VIIs which I droped crazy $ on are scheduled for general release next year -__-

  14. things that make me want to stomp on ppls faces
    1. people who wear fake sneakers
    2. getting sneakers in the mail messed up – glue stains, creases, crushed shoe box, etc.
    3. resellers jacking up the prices – brands know consumers will pay ridiculous amounts because of you ppl, its not costs of materials that is causing prices to go up, its the fact that they know they can charge us crazy money for pos products and get away with it, companies look at ebay and other 2nd hand sites to see how well their product is doing
    4. people who step on my sneakers, even if it is an accident
    5. not having money to buy the sneakers i want
    6. people questioning my lifestyle for shoes
    7. sneakers that just dont fit right n you really want them

  15. Bammas who wear jordans and don’t know shit about jordan as a player. Also people wearing any other model of jordans that mj didnt wear on the court aka team j’s, fusions, spizikes, etc.

  16. What can you say but I hold everything else in my life down. It I want to buy fly kicks that’s my biz. Yeah I got fly J’s but my real love is Nike Dunk SB’z. I got old school, super EXCUSIVES, and limited. They hurtem all the time. When asked where to cop. I simply say do your research.

  17. People with no passion or passions in life will not be remembered…in other words the haters…they all wish they had multiple pair of Jordans, Barkleys or Iversons but the truth is they lack passion for life…WE THE SNEAKERHEADS OF THE WORLD BELONG TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN LIFE…a life that haters/family/friends can’t begin to understand …so please December 23rd get here fast cause I want my COncord 11’s Damn it!!!! Peace!

  18. 1ST OFF ..WHOEVER WROTE THIS ARTICLE MUCH #SOLEPROPZ..I AGREE #ONEHUNDRED..#SNEAKERHEAD4LYFE…THEY DONT UNDERSTAND DA SOLE LYFE….