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Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread
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and here it begins...Need Pinks...
I slept hard on these... smh
( cue mj popcorn gif)
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nah, they fire my g...
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Be careful what you wish for ... knowing Gentry you’ll end up with a ‘sail’ toe color blocking, burgundy toebox, tongue and swoosh, obsidian side panels and the third pair of laces will be neon yellow (to match the insole no one sees)
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yall need to just stop with the air ship talk when we all know NO ONE (including you) will even cop. even Nike knows this. let it go...
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Not a fan of Air Ships def a pass if those ever release.
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LMs for the day .... I think the thing that was surprising to me when these dropped was how supple the upper was - I thought the extra layer of paint would make them stiffer. Also thought JB would screw up the collar padding but basically LMs have the extra padding without the silhouette morphing into a dunk.
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anyone who's been into J's for awhile (we'll just say 10+ years) feel like they will be perceived as a herb by others when wearing them at this point?
that feeling overcame me recently
I was wearing my knicks 1's when picking up infrared VI's and some kid walking the opposite direction, whom was invisible to me until he said something, says to me "I like the 1's, bro"
that feeling overcame me recently
I was wearing my knicks 1's when picking up infrared VI's and some kid walking the opposite direction, whom was invisible to me until he said something, says to me "I like the 1's, bro"
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I've liked sneakers for more than 25+ years now, perceived as a herb? Never. Nor would I even think about that though. I like what I like, that's all.
Why you think he thought you were a herb though?
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If you like kicks so be it. The sooner we are comfortable with ourselves, the easier life is.
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I get what he’s saying. Some of my friends have this perception of Jordan’s as a “hood” thing for some weird reason. One of the guys wears Kangols and low cut timbs, chalk it up to everyone having their own unique taste and keep it pushing.
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Yeah I get the pejorative of a ‘hood’ thing but honestly get more positives then negatives - working in the financial district and tend to get a nod from suits and kids in sprayground back packs. I will say I felt some kind of way when the city comptroller noticed my beaters in the elevator the other day
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"Hood" and "herb" are two totally different things, you definitely know that with that 718 in your name.
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Nah they’re def different, but I get the sense of what he’s saying being older and not everyone around my circle not wearing Jordan’s and as many Jordans/sneakers as me. But herb, never will I feel that way about stuff that I like to wear.
As someone who grew up in the "hood" what's wrong with the perception of them being "hood" kicks? I'm genuinely asking, I have a good feeling I know exactly why certain people would view that as a negative connotation but I'm not gonna go there on this forum.
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This!
But I think I better phrase that should be used might be "they look young," not hood. Hood means lacking maturity for some people, so I think that's what they mean.
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hiw ignorant/close minded are your "friends"?
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I have no issues with Jordan’s and wearing them. My one homie who is a bit uptight looks at them as something we wore back in the day and always brings up people getting robbed for them he seen on the news and stuff like that. Some people are gonna have their views no matter what so I just let them rock with how they “feel”
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no. those ppl who are out of touch or have no real experience, only what they hear .. hood automatically = GHETTO (whether or not these ppl admit this is irrelevant). it has a negative "I'm better than you/that" connotation.
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Let’s cut the BS.
It ain’t no secret who is being referred to when “hood” is mentioned.
Nothing to do with maturity, respectfully.
It ain’t no secret who is being referred to when “hood” is mentioned.
Nothing to do with maturity, respectfully.
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Lol I figured homie and his friends calling it hood were black, so I ain't want to even go there. But I feel you.
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Yeah we’re all black. Made me tight when he first mentioned it, but I let son live like I said. Maybe he was mad I was killing him when he first wore the low cut timbs to a bbq like that was the move
