Nike sticks it to you again

I think what they're doing is great -- what other company is saying, "you're feet are probably fine on their own"

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yeah well i disagree.

an 80 dollar shoe whith a flimsy piece of foam on the bottom of it, is NOT barefoot running.

i dont know which is more annoying to me addias 1 , or nike free.

So you are telling me that there are people out there at Nike trying to figure out a way to make more money? God damn what scum bags. How dare they try to figure out a way to market their own products to try and make more money. What the hell is the world coming to? Next you are going to tell me we are going to start practicing capitolism in the U.S.?

who really cares as long as they keep pumping out great spikes. get over your hangups and buy something else.

trackhead wrote:

what other company is saying, "you're feet are probably fine on their own"

No other company is saying, "you are feet are probably fine on their own."

Shoesy Choosy wrote:

I suspect Nike's renowned research and development is more involved in how to make a profit than how to make running shoes.

You figured that out all by yourself, did you? Wow, Sherlock, nothing gets by you.

Here's a clue: EVERY running-shoe company is more involved in how to make a profit than how to make shoes. Adidas, Mizuno, Brooks, Asics, even Loco. Every single one.

Do you know why? Because they EXIST to make a profit, not to make running shoes. Get it?

They all want to make good shoes too. Because they are staffed by people who invest their careers in this technology.

Not at all. I laud Nike for marketing their products so well, at the expense of all the dumb gullible shmucks who fall for their schtick. Go Nike!

Well there is no reason to "suspect" that their research team is there to find a way to make a profit, I can guarentee it, but that's why EVERY for-profit company exsist.

You're not much of a critical reader/thinker, are you? I didn't say that I suspect their research team is there to find a way to make a profit.

i enjoy the fact that there is an ad for the Nike free at the bottom of this page as I read it.

Trackhead,They sell alot more of the SHOX shoes than Frees. It is all about fashion. Just like your PUMA H Streets. Purely a fashion shoe.

I promote Nike because they sent me two pairs of racing flats and only charged me for one :-D

I love it! Running in a shoe is really barefoot running. Woo hoo! And black is white only it isn't it's red.

Shoesy Choosy wrote:

You're not much of a critical reader/thinker, are you? I didn't say that I suspect their research team is there to find a way to make a profit.

Maybe you should reread your original post. What does the end of that post say then?

Hey man, I just ordered a pair of Nikes so I can run barefoot. It's all the rage. They learn that shit from the Bush administration - just name something the opposite of what it is.

You read it, and if you can't tell the difference between what I said and what you misrepresented me as saying, then you're an idiot.

Shoesy Choosy wrote:

You read it, and if you can't tell the difference between what I said and what you misrepresented me as saying, then you're an idiot.

Dude, go buy yourself a brain. Please. He did represent you correctly. Try to get some reading comprehension and maybe you will understand the sarcasm in his post.

I try to compromise---I run with the Free on my left foot and the Brooks Beast on my right foot.