dhtowng
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for me, I wear EVERY sneaker I own. I don’t worry about sole protectors, crease stoppers, shoe cleaning kits. They’re sneakers. They’re supposed to be worn. Like a car is meant to be driven. But I owned the OG’s. And the quality/shape/color are ALL equally important to me. I can deal with certain things I.e. the red jumpman on the shadow X retro was almost maroon instead of infrared. But the quality/shape was extremely close to the OG. The lines on the shoe were almost spot on. Not a complaint. Certain numbers jb does right. And the XIII’s just hasn’t been one of them. Look how many years of complaints it to to get the shape/quality/patent leather cut on the XI right! I own from ‘10 on. And the last 2 concords are night and day! Wearing them next to each other I feel like JB got me lol. But the XIII retros have been garbage and it’s far enough away from the OG that’s it’s basically not the same sneaker anymore to someone who owned multiple colorways of the OG XIII’s when they came out.
It IS the same sneaker but you just have an unrealistic fantasy expectation that they should literally and figuratively be the SAME sneaker that released in 1998. This way of thinking is ridiculous and a miserable way to look at it. You just don’t get it. These shoes are just retros man. They’re made for nostalgia purposes and apparently you just don’t understand that. You should be greatful that JB even makes retros to allow the opportunity to relive owning these Jordan’s from our past. The entitlement in here sometimes is just nauseating man.
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