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As folks have said, this is the information age, and as such, it's way easier to fake the funk and front like you've been down since you were in diapers. Kids these days say %!!! like, "I've been down ever since I got my first pair of retro XI's at my baptism", but statements like that are just weak attempts to affiliate themselves with an older crowd...it's what kids do. Nowadays, anyone can pick up an issue of Sole Collector or google images of eastbay catalogs and be all in the mix, but the older generations knows
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To be real though, all this exposure has really thinned out the real Sneakerheads from the hypebeasts, and for that, I'm okay with the hype. Just talk to someone for a few minutes and if you're a real head, you'll know what a poser sounds like. Every other line is something like, "man, these retros suck. I remember when I was in 6th grade 5 years ago, THAT'S when sneakers were serious!". Once you hear them complain about how bad the retro joints are, you'll know why you're dealing with. Retros haven't been around that long, and if that's all folks can talk about, then their knowledge obviously doesn't run that deep.
In the end, just like the sneaker game, it's all about one-upping the next dude with a better memory of how the game "used to be", but just like the sneaker game, some folks' memories are just retros of the original, and the older folks can spot retros and fakes a mile away.
To be real though, all this exposure has really thinned out the real Sneakerheads from the hypebeasts, and for that, I'm okay with the hype. Just talk to someone for a few minutes and if you're a real head, you'll know what a poser sounds like. Every other line is something like, "man, these retros suck. I remember when I was in 6th grade 5 years ago, THAT'S when sneakers were serious!". Once you hear them complain about how bad the retro joints are, you'll know why you're dealing with. Retros haven't been around that long, and if that's all folks can talk about, then their knowledge obviously doesn't run that deep.
In the end, just like the sneaker game, it's all about one-upping the next dude with a better memory of how the game "used to be", but just like the sneaker game, some folks' memories are just retros of the original, and the older folks can spot retros and fakes a mile away.