Nike unviels the HyperAdapt 1.0, the first public self lacing shoe. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;49951178]I have never seen a single pair of velcro shoes that didn't look fucking terrible. [B]Get some loafers or boat shoes, Jesus.[/B][/QUOTE] [I]okay grandpa[/I]

[QUOTE]tying your shoes has fuck all to do with elitism, good lord[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]yes because for the modest price of being able to use your hands you are admitted into society and some people still fuck it up[/QUOTE] like I use normal laces but how can you possible say these two sentences right after each other "People aren't being elitist about shoe laces" "If you don't have shoes with laces you do not belong in society"

Bad news folks. [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35831789]In order to buy the shoes you need to also get one of Nike's shitty apps.[/url] [quote] In an unexpected move, the US firm has said that sales would be restricted to users of its apps. While some might see the self-lacing function as being more gimmicky than useful, [B]the tie-in to the Nike+ software will help the company promote other goods to those curious about HyperAdapt.[/B] Nike+ apps are currently focused on tracking data about users' activities and offering them training programmes. But[B] from June, the platform will introduce personalised shopping recommendations and an online store.[/B][/quote] Oh [i]COME[/i] [b]ON![/b] So I pay god knows how much for the shoes AND have to be bombarded with ads and recommendations from shitty software you tacked on for no reason?

[QUOTE=Socram;49949586]What the hell kinda laces take a minute to tie?[/QUOTE] I mean for both shoes. If you only take 5 seconds to tighten your laces properly and then tie a [I]proper[/I] knot that won't come undone unless you want it to, then by all means, teach me master. Velco is ugly but shoelaces are bothersome and archaic.

[QUOTE=FetusFondler;49952134]I mean for both shoes. If you only take 5 seconds to tighten your laces properly and then tie a [I]proper[/I] knot that won't come undone unless you want it to, then by all means, teach me master.[/QUOTE] That's as long as it takes for most people

a good shoelace knot is rlly not hard to do two opposite loops pull from inside eachother bang

[QUOTE=.Lain;49953018]a good shoelace knot is rlly not hard to do two opposite loops pull from inside eachother bang[/QUOTE] And that particular knot is very easily undone by things other than yourself, including merely walking. For a "safe" knot, you grab the two opposite loops originating from that one and pull those from inside eachother too, but guess what, that's already a hassle.

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;49950704]What the fuck is wrong with velcro?[/QUOTE] Wears off in repeated use, doesn't work well when wet.

so is there any reason that more people don't wear velcro shoes besides fear of social ostracism because that is all i have seen so far besides [QUOTE=Talishmar;49953345]Wears off in repeated use, doesn't work well when wet.[/QUOTE]

What's with the weird pattern above the light though, looks like a 90's car interior

I almost forget how to tie shoes because I would never untie / tie them. I remember one day I got a new pair and I went to tie my shoes and blanked for a few seconds, it was pretty funny.

[QUOTE=pentium;49951664]Bad news folks. [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35831789]In order to buy the shoes you need to also get one of Nike's shitty apps.[/url] Oh [i]COME[/i] [b]ON![/b] So I pay god knows how much for the shoes AND have to be bombarded with ads and recommendations from shitty software you tacked on for no reason?[/QUOTE] i can't even understand what metadata their shoe is going to collect. "SIR, OUT PATTERN ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT PEOPLE TIE THEIR SHOES THEN WALK!" "my god.... we've been wrong this entire time"

I get the whole "you should be able to tie your shoes" thing - I mean if you can't tie your shoes you need to deal with that somehow and stop just waltzing around that problem - but the idea that we should wear shoes with laces is really arbitrary and judging people negatively for velcro is just snobby. Saying "it is what it is" is exactly why it's a problem. Look, man, I know I'm not most people, but really all I want out of a guy is the ability to shoot the shit. I enjoy people with no fashion sense and a ton of fashion sense, and it really doesn't matter to me. People that are willing to limit themselves from hanging out with someone just because they wear velcro is stupid, and it's the mark of a person that should never be hung out with under any circumstances, because apparently their standards of life run on binary fashion and a fear of being out of step with the rest of society. Also, just a reminder that some of the people that are hung up on velcro are the same people that think it's a good idea to call out fat people for being "fat fucks that need to hit the gym". They're also the same people that think that people who wear polos are wearing "cop-out clothes". There's an entire system that allows them to be an asshole under the guise of "being a realist".

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49956474]Also, just a reminder that some of the people that are hung up on velcro are the same people that think it's a good idea to call out fat people for being "fat fucks that need to hit the gym". They're also the same people that think that people who wear polos are wearing "cop-out clothes". There's an entire system that allows them to be an asshole under the guise of "being a realist".[/QUOTE] many of the people i see in threads like these that are judgemental of people's fashion choices are usually the same people who would argue that gender is a social construct. i don't get that. they act like fashion is objective when it is thousands of times more a social construct than gender is. to me, at least, it really makes me question if they actually care about everyone being happy with who they are, which is usually why they say they support the weakening of gender roles, or if they jumped on the social equality train once it started getting popular and are actually just undercover assholes. it frustrates me because i want to believe they are good people but getting hung up on something as petty and transitory as fashion just undermines that.

There are good looking shoes with velcro, just like with laces velcro stan smiths are very popular here in tokyo and also seemingly in korea the self lacing thing might be cool though

[T]http://media.office.co.uk/medias/sys_master/root/h72/hd7/8971846483998.jpg[/T] These are sort of dope tbh

[QUOTE=FetusFondler;49953120]And that particular knot is very easily undone by things other than yourself, including merely walking. For a "safe" knot, you grab the two opposite loops originating from that one and pull those from inside eachother too, but guess what, that's already a hassle.[/QUOTE] u tuck them in to your shoe easy

Shoe laces are the devil. I can double knot em, triple knot em, it doesn't fucking matter what I or anyone else does they [I]always come undone.[/I] Even those "secure" knots don't last forever! Not to mention, you're fucked if any loops get caught on something, and tucking them down into your shoe is more often than not, uncomfortable. Because now you have lumps for your fucking ankles to rub on and the plastic end caps to scrape and stab you. They're just plain inconvenient, somewhat dangerous, and wholeheartedly annoying when we have better alternatives by now. But [I]oh no[/I], there are fucking dickheadded snobs out there who think you [I]MUST[/I] be mentally challenged or some sort of grandpa or something if you use any method to secure your footwear to your feet that AREN'T laces! Like what the fuck makes using something more convenient than laces makes you a lesser being? You use things that make your life more convenient every day and that's fine, nobody flips over that but GOD FORBID YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE TYING YOUR SHOES. WHAT A TYRANT! A BLIGHT UPON THE WORLD! Sure. Tying knots is a good thing to know. Teach it to kids, then when they're adults, don't make fun of them when they find it annoying and don't want to deal with it anymore. If someone knows how to tie their shoes but doesn't feel like it, fucking [I]let them be.[/I] Fuck laces. I don't care if I know how to tie them or not, it does not prevent them from being annoying pieces of shit on all fronts. They are an outdated method, and better ones should [B]not[/B] be ridiculed.

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;49958146]waah[/QUOTE] shit man you gotta really suck at tying your shoes if a regular knot doesn't last you all day

[QUOTE=Eric95;49958204]shit man you gotta really suck at tying your shoes if a regular knot doesn't last you all day[/QUOTE] I honestly wish that were the case. Maybe where I live is just cursed; I have not yet met a single person where I live that can get a knot to stay tied all day. Really, outside of Facepunch I haven't met anyone online either that can get a knot to stay tied all day. Not all laces are created equal...? I don't know. But it doesn't stop the fact that there's still better methods. Being an asshole over someone's choice of [B]casual[/B] (key word here; I'm not talking formal) footwear is so petty that it honestly makes you look more pathetic than the person wearing the "wrong shoe."

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;49958279]I honestly wish that were the case. Maybe where I live is just cursed; I have not yet met a single person where I live that can get a knot to stay tied all day. Really, outside of Facepunch I haven't met anyone online either that can get a knot to stay tied all day. Not all laces are created equal...? I don't know. But it doesn't stop the fact that there's still better methods. Being an asshole over someone's choice of [B]casual[/B] (key word here; I'm not talking formal) footwear is so petty that it honestly makes you look more pathetic than the person wearing the "wrong shoe."[/QUOTE] That's weird. I've never had a problem with my shoes ever becoming untied. I tie once or twice and then boom: slip on, slip off. [editline]18th March 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;49956751]many of the people i see in threads like these that are judgemental of people's fashion choices are usually the same people who would argue that gender is a social construct. i don't get that. they act like fashion is objective when it is thousands of times more a social construct than gender is. to me, at least, it really makes me question if they actually care about everyone being happy with who they are, which is usually why they say they support the weakening of gender roles, or if they jumped on the social equality train once it started getting popular and are actually just undercover assholes. it frustrates me because i want to believe they are good people but getting hung up on something as petty and transitory as fashion just undermines that.[/QUOTE] I'm all for explaining color theory and mostly objective things in fashion [I]as long as there's a heart behind it[/I]. The problem is that I think a lot of people focus on fashion as a means to feel superior and justify their judgmental tendencies. It becomes the tool that justifies their "harshness" and ironic social incompetence. The kind of person that isn't going to think kindly of another person wearing velcro is the kind of person that shouldn't be hung out with, because there's no way that stops at just velcro. And saying "it is what it is" promotes the mindset that judges others for wearing things. It's a cycle: stop contributing to it, and have a little more depth.

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;49958146]Shoe laces are the devil. I can double knot em, triple knot em, it doesn't fucking matter what I or anyone else does they [I]always come undone.[/I] Even those "secure" knots don't last forever! Not to mention, you're fucked if any loops get caught on something, and tucking them down into your shoe is more often than not, uncomfortable. Because now you have lumps for your fucking ankles to rub on and the plastic end caps to scrape and stab you. They're just plain inconvenient, somewhat dangerous, and wholeheartedly annoying when we have better alternatives by now. But [I]oh no[/I], there are fucking dickheadded snobs out there who think you [I]MUST[/I] be mentally challenged or some sort of grandpa or something if you use any method to secure your footwear to your feet that AREN'T laces! Like what the fuck makes using something more convenient than laces makes you a lesser being? You use things that make your life more convenient every day and that's fine, nobody flips over that but GOD FORBID YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE TYING YOUR SHOES. WHAT A TYRANT! A BLIGHT UPON THE WORLD! Sure. Tying knots is a good thing to know. Teach it to kids, then when they're adults, don't make fun of them when they find it annoying and don't want to deal with it anymore. If someone knows how to tie their shoes but doesn't feel like it, fucking [I]let them be.[/I] Fuck laces. I don't care if I know how to tie them or not, it does not prevent them from being annoying pieces of shit on all fronts. They are an outdated method, and better ones should [B]not[/B] be ridiculed.[/QUOTE] use leather laces

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;49958146]Shoe laces are the devil. I can double knot em, triple knot em, it doesn't fucking matter what I or anyone else does they [I]always come undone.[/I] Even those "secure" knots don't last forever! Not to mention, you're fucked if any loops get caught on something, and tucking them down into your shoe is more often than not, uncomfortable. Because now you have lumps for your fucking ankles to rub on and the plastic end caps to scrape and stab you. They're just plain inconvenient, somewhat dangerous, and wholeheartedly annoying when we have better alternatives by now. But [I]oh no[/I], there are fucking dickheadded snobs out there who think you [I]MUST[/I] be mentally challenged or some sort of grandpa or something if you use any method to secure your footwear to your feet that AREN'T laces! Like what the fuck makes using something more convenient than laces makes you a lesser being? You use things that make your life more convenient every day and that's fine, nobody flips over that but GOD FORBID YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE TYING YOUR SHOES. WHAT A TYRANT! A BLIGHT UPON THE WORLD! Sure. Tying knots is a good thing to know. Teach it to kids, then when they're adults, don't make fun of them when they find it annoying and don't want to deal with it anymore. If someone knows how to tie their shoes but doesn't feel like it, fucking [I]let them be.[/I] Fuck laces. I don't care if I know how to tie them or not, it does not prevent them from being annoying pieces of shit on all fronts. They are an outdated method, and better ones should [B]not[/B] be ridiculed.[/QUOTE] I tied my workboot laces about 2 years ago. They haven't come undone yet.

I usually have one lace that could stay tied until the nuclear apocalypse and then the other unties every other step

[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;49948667]I don't like the design. I want it to look like the one in Back to the Future 2. Still cool as shit though.[/QUOTE] There are already those releasing this summer.

[QUOTE=dai;49949589] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvbHJ1BZ9s[/media] [/QUOTE] To be honest, I just lace up my shoes one then convert them into slipons. Still if it works, it works.

Don't we have a couple of Facepunchers that somehow never learned how to tie their shoes? I'm sure they will be quite happy to see this.

have we gone too far? funky design though...

[QUOTE=FinalHunter;49948740]What happens when it gets wet?[/QUOTE] Spray them with a waterproofing spray from the shoe store problem solved.

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;49958146]Shoe laces are the devil. I can double knot em, triple knot em, it doesn't fucking matter what I or anyone else does they [I]always come undone.[/I] Even those "secure" knots don't last forever! Not to mention, you're fucked if any loops get caught on something, and tucking them down into your shoe is more often than not, uncomfortable. Because now you have lumps for your fucking ankles to rub on and the plastic end caps to scrape and stab you. They're just plain inconvenient, somewhat dangerous, and wholeheartedly annoying when we have better alternatives by now. But [I]oh no[/I], there are fucking dickheadded snobs out there who think you [I]MUST[/I] be mentally challenged or some sort of grandpa or something if you use any method to secure your footwear to your feet that AREN'T laces! Like what the fuck makes using something more convenient than laces makes you a lesser being? You use things that make your life more convenient every day and that's fine, nobody flips over that but GOD FORBID YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE TYING YOUR SHOES. WHAT A TYRANT! A BLIGHT UPON THE WORLD! Sure. Tying knots is a good thing to know. Teach it to kids, then when they're adults, don't make fun of them when they find it annoying and don't want to deal with it anymore. If someone knows how to tie their shoes but doesn't feel like it, fucking [I]let them be.[/I] Fuck laces. I don't care if I know how to tie them or not, it does not prevent them from being annoying pieces of shit on all fronts. They are an outdated method, and better ones should [B]not[/B] be ridiculed.[/QUOTE] yeah dude the reason people are judging you if your shoes keep coming untied is because you're literally doing something wrong for them to be constantly untying, i'm not saying you don't know HOW to tie a knot or anything like that, just that there must be /something/ you're overlooking or doing wrong in order to have that result the point is unless you're exaggerating, there's pretty much no reason your shoes should be getting untied if you're just wandering around regular open environments unless you've used an inadequate knot, or (in the case of single knot) your laces are just too long and you keep stepping on them as you walk as for how your 'loops get caught on something' once again try shorter laces, unless they're really overhanging and loose they're really not that 'dangerous' in most environments my shoes don't stay tied all day either, because I untie them when I take my shoes off ;) but only with shoes I care about, the ones I don't, I just end up slipping on and off