Make. It. Stop.

I agree Crocs aren't a pretty sight, but don't knock them til you try them. They're an oasis when your feet are as bad as mine and your job entails that you stand for 12 hrs. I have to wonder about the author of this article and Newsweek for publishing it. Does this man have nothing better to do?? And teaching his son to bash others just because of the shoes they opt to wear. For me, wearing Crocs isn't making a fashion or "renegade" statement......it's survival. And I can't afford Berkinstocks which are equally as ugly in my opinion and really are making a fashion statement.

I can't see what the big deal is. I thought this was going to be an article about how Crocs were safety hazards or something. It's just some typical elitist trying to force his opinion on everyone else. Don't you 'Yankees' have anything better to do?

Crocs: A visual fashion abomination? Yes. Even more so after I saw their marketing strategy on the Celebrity Apprentice???.however, both my girls have them. They are virtually indestructible and they made the perfect summer camp shoe. Summer campers here in California can wear them in the creek, at the playground (because their toes are covered) and for virtually any other activity. My daughter has a wide foot that has made it very difficult to find shoes that fit her properly???.but Crocs fit well. Oy, gefelte fish! I???m sure our parents thought many of our fashion choices were hideous as well. I???m getting old ???.even MTV does not make sense any more (and I was the first MTV generation.)
As for the comments about Birkenstocks being out of fashion???I wish someone would tell that to all these Californians that are still wearing them!! At least with Crocs I don???t have to look at someone???s hideous and dirty feet. . Can you tell I recently relocated from the NY/NJ area to California?
Thanks for making me laugh. I needed it!

I believe that so many have given so much power and authority to the so-called fashionistas. I can not recount the number of times that I have seen celebrities wearing what is supposed to be the latest fashion which often ends up on the "worst dressed" list. Who cares what others are wearing if they are covered up. I think that if you want to keep up with fashion, great. YOU keep up with it. Stop worrying about everyone else. It is as if some people's shadows of high school insecurities and need to fit in with the "in" crowd (whoever they are) have come back and, in true fashion, they need to pick on whoever or whatever is different than they are in a need to gain a sense of being better-than another. I think it is a shame that there is an ounce of time wasted on what someone else is wearing. Especially if you are not chipping in to another's wardrobe fund.

When I the article at first I thought you were going to express a safety or health hazard. You don't like them? Big deal. Don't wear them.

What a selfish author speaking for a selfish group of people. Who cares whether or not you like what people are wearing on their feet! You can think their dumb, but proposing a campaign to stop something that really isn't that important just because you dislike them is very selfish. I'm not opposed to the opinion of this author, I don't own crocs myself, but you will never find me trying to change somebodies mind about something so trivial as what shoes they are wearing. If this is the type of 'important journalism' that this country is getting, we have sunk lower than anybody could have predicted.

Get over it. Different styles for different people. I don't own any crocs myself but my kids like them and I know plenty of people that wear them to work. Teaching your son to judge people because they aren't just like them is wrong in so many ways. I teach my kids to look at the person, not their clothes, money or race... You need to step back and take a look at yourself
and see what you think makes you so much better

It's all so true... so why do I still buy them for my kids.... ? There is hope: they've been banned at many schools for safety reasons. Now if we could only get rid of all those tacky Vera Bradley bags.

I'm amazed that someone could write so damn much about a shoe! This article goes on and on and on, never ending. YIKES! Aren't there more important subjects out there? Have you ever worn them? I am a nurse, have tried every shoe out there, none of them are like Crocs. Yeah, I think there are tons of better looking shoes out there, but they all hurt my feet! I can work three 12.5 hour days in a row and my legs don't get tired, and my calves don't ache. Don't ask me why they work, they just do. So, lay off O.K.!

oh my god! i see why he hates Crocs. it's just soooo annoying to see Crocs everywhere- and Crocs are causing saftey issues, too. Every time i wear my Crocs, i trip when i'm running or speedwalking.

I think this article is sending a very wrong, distasteful message. Are we saying that if there is something that a large group of people dislike that they should be eliminated? I trhought as a society we had moved past this nonsense. Whatever happened to diversity? And why do you care what other people wear anyway? I think you need to find bigger things to worry about and write a rant about that.

I am beyond caring what other people think. Although I do not buy the neon blue Crocs I go for more the conservative colors because I wish to avoid drawing attention to my feet and don't wish to be interpreted as making some kind of fashion or 'I'm a renegade' statement. My feet are awful, and there's nothing like standing for many hours at work with painful feet. My dogs were happy when they slid into a pair of Crocs. And like Berkinstocks, they grow on you, despite their appearance. And Crocs are affordable. I'm not sure why a man would be so obsessive about what shoes a person is wearing anyway, not to mention passing his negativity on to his son (per the article). And Newsweek published this??

I find this article refreshing as opposed to the regular articles about death and politics. It's original and the writers sense of humor is honest and to the point which is how humor is meant to be! Its also something many people lack and desperately need to find somehow, so loosen up everyone! Learn to laugh at yourself! And for those who choose death and politics over humor-- try being a kid again everyonce in a while. Not everything has to be so serious!

Holy Cow. Never have I written a comment on an article that I read on-line. However I would like say, what a dumb mother f*&%er. Who hates something so much that they feel it necessary to write such an article? Get over yourself would be my best advice. Perhaps decades of feeling "subfashionable" has lead the author to feel so poorly about himself and only now he feels that he finally has a chance to "bash" a clothing trend. P.S. Yeah, I wear Crocs and I'm a nurse, however, but I get kudos for my stylishness quite often. Also, in regards to comments posted prior to my own, what happened to grammar and being able to write a few sentences that make sense?

hahahahaha you are such a dork!:)
I hate crocs anyway and can't imagine me or my kids wearing those. Crocs are so childish, eye irritating, and distracting.

An Alien Footwear, i must say.

wow, everyone needs to just get over themselves! if the shoes work, go for it, and if people laugh, kick them with your crocs! i mean i've never been a fan, but i blame that to being out of the country when they got popular and coming home to the eye sores. i'm worse, i wear flip flops all summer because it's too damn hot to wear real shoes. we all have some clothing vice, get over yourselves. this author is to be commended for his HILARIOUS article, i laughed the whole way through. i re-read it thinking about sandals users and laughed as well- at myself. quit being so defensive... they're shoes! enjoy good writing for what it is and calm the heck down :)

I was once a Crocs basher like yourself until my fiance finally talked me into trying on a pair and . . . . now I really like them. You write as though every single pair of Crocs is a ridiculous color of neons and bright colors, when in fact many of them are neutral colors as to not draw attention to them. If you don't like to look at them . . . DON'T . . . no one is making you look, why don't you try to look into people's eyes instead of judging them on what shoes they wear. I'm sure that there is something that you do or wear that other people would love to ttell you is hideous! Why don't you come off that horse and don't worry so much about other people there are far better things to spend your time onlike actually doing something with your son like play catch or soccer or anything but make fun of others!