I think I mentally blocked the memory of the original story as the image of a woman with a thoroughly mutilated foot horrifically stuffed into, essentially, a traveling display case makes me deeply uncomfortable.

However, now learning that it was an opaque fur slipper, it somehow makes me less uncomfortable. I don’t know what any of this says about me

Actually it is not fur but glass indeed. The idea that it was fur was thought out by some modern(ish) french authors who thought they understand the meaning of the tale better than anyone but ancien versions of the tale do mention a glass shoe. A shoe made in a precious, fragile and impratical material showing the magic infuse in the setup.

It's also from his time at Buzzfeed. He got consistent, unrelenting flack for crap he had to produce in extremely short timeframes to keep up with expectations for site content.

It's older than AI, and also it's not that weird. Steps down into the foyer of the palace, steps leading to grander areas. He's not exactly following her precisely behind. It's just to recount the usual tale of Cinderella

For a 4 panel comic strip, that's one hell of an imperfection xd

No, it's the plot to Predestination, where a man goes back in time and dates his female self.

She's pretty tall. But that's also not very important with crocs.

Why are you all booing? He's right!

Certainly not that I've seen.

Only "real" ones (from the official original brand)

I don't know if you have another definition of cheap, or just live in a different worse off market.

Crocs are also good for wearing for 14 -18 hour shifts too, though, right?

https://www.crocs.com/c/shop-by/activity/work-shoes

A. Another comment (and my own observations - not even in the US, so no idiocracy factor either) prove otherwise. They claim it's to deal with bodily fluids (I guess sweat doesn't count for them). B. Not a shared reality. Your market, your choices I guess, but even amazon.com (US market) disagrees on the prices you are claiming.

I don't get it either.

There are tons of cheap, decent slip on shoes, in mens womens and neutral styles, with substantial padding... and you can just put an off the shelf ortho pad in em, if you want them to be even more comfy/supportive.

I guess some people just don't mind looking goofy as hell.

Like, they make sense as beach shoes... but... you can just... maintain shoes, you can clean them... I don't see why you need the literal holes for venting.

Good thing you will never have to worry about that!

huh. i never thought about crocs that way. i can't wear flip flops for [doxxable reasons] but crocs could work. i just really really don't like the way they look and already have good sandals. sandals that are in desperate need of maintenance because they're old enough to rent a car. hmmm.

if i find out you're a BRAND salesman i'ma come after you and we'll have to i don't know, get coffee and bagels or something and YOU'LL HAVE TO BUY THE BAGELS. you seem like a pleasant dude and that seems like a fair exchange.

A lot of less comfortable shoes, too. And those tend to be much more expensive.

Eh, I'm a pragmatic guy, I was neutral about Crocs until I tried them on, I definitely don't like them. First, I don't like the footbed texture, it's just not for me. Second, the shape of the shoes doesn't match my feet at all, and because it's foam it can't really conform either, so it doesn't feel much more secure or comfortable than wearing the shoebox. If I want comfy and easy, then I have my slides, flipflops, and sanuks that are all much more comfortable for me

As an neurodivergent. I dont get it. They are crazy uncomfortable, and have the worst texture.

I always thought they were pretty dumb, then my daughter asked for some. They had a buy two get one free sale, so I picked up a pair free for myself. They are so comfy, and if people do not like my shoes they can piss off.