I'm sure this'll work better than Trump NFTs - eviltoast
  • elbucho@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I mean, the NFTs worked pretty fucking well. Dude sold 45,000 of them for $99 a pop in under 24 hours. Obviously, they’re a blatant grift, and anybody who bought one is a blithering idiot, but they were incredibly successful regardless. Turns out, a whole lot of blithering idiots love him and can’t wait to give him their money for whatever useless bit of tat he deigns to throw at them.

    As if to demonstrate the point, the gaudy monstrosity in that picture is already sold out, and they were listed at $399.

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      This is the issue. Sure, we can laugh about all the ridiculous things Trump is grifting, but the fact of the matter is that they’re working. Even if they’re just money laundering schemes for foreign parties, as people seem convinced they are, they’re still selling out in hours, which is a huge win for Trump. And honestly, I know of several republicans who would gladly spend their entire paycheck on some random trump-related thing just to “own the libs.” I really think that most of these sales are legitimate, which is a very sobering window into how sad our country is right now.

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        9 months ago

        A huge win in a PR sense, but nowhere near enough to cover all of his legal fees. And it’s not like his campaign fees take precedent to him.

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    9 months ago

    These look like a spray painted prop from a really bad B-version of the Wizard Of Oz.
    Trump thinks gold is classy but he has the shittest taste ever.

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      9 months ago

      In case anyone didn’t know.

      Gold is tacky as fuck … Especially anything that isn’t classy jewelry or a watch. Even in those cases it can look extremely dated.

      Your gold xxxx makes you look trailer fab.

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    Seriously though let’s forget for a second who’s hawking these shoes, the sneakers are sooooo ugly by themselves. No sense of style, aesthetics, or design. Who is going to wear these and not feel like a goober?

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      It’s an easy way to identify the lower IQ/more gullible GOP members. (Quark would love and exploit this feature [RoA#74: Knowledge equals profit])

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        Low IQ GOP members is a redundancy - unless you’re an uber-wealthy direct beneficiary of their grifts.

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      Same people that vote for Trump without feeling like a goober, I’d imagine.

      Let’s not forget how popular Kanye “I loooooooove Hitlerrrrrr” West’s shoes continue to be - and most of them look like the product of a 3-way between nanna’s teach cosy, a Tesla, and an inflatable life raft.

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    The stitching on those look amateur as fuck. The uneven stitch line on the soles is garbage. These are likely Walmart quality shoes with his name stamped on

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        The only thing more American than “Made in the USA” is “Made in China” lol

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        Maybe China, I think more likely is Indonesia or Cambodia. This is absolute bottom-tier product

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      9 months ago

      I’ve been waiting for someone who actually knows about sneakers to tell us the quality of these shoes. It’s what I thought, but I’m glad to have it confirmed. Thank you.

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    Someone told me on another thread that I was bad for judging anyone who would wear $400 shiny gold shoes.

    And yet, I still judge anyone who would wear $400 shiny gold shoes.

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      You are bad for judging people based on their choice of clothes …

      But not as bad as someone who wears $400 shiny gold shoes! Heyo

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    I’m not encouraging violence or anything but… if I saw someone who was getting jumped wearing these, I’d pretend I didn’t notice.

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        There’s a lot of magats on TikTok extolling them like they’re the greatest trainers ever produced

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      Or Trump at least made it seem like they sold out.

      The first 20 or so may just be sold to his associates just so he could claim they were selling like hotcakes.

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    9 months ago

    I would rather shit in a sock, put my foot in it, let it harden, and use that as a shoe than wear that ridiculous pile of piss-like footwear.