Thoughts on Gifted Hater?

[smellymoron69]

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"you can tell the shoe was designed by a white guy because he forgot about the heelflip"

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I actually stopped the video at that point...drunk or not it wasn't a cool thing to be stereotyping the types of people who do heelflips...really sick of that cliche

cant tell if this is a joke or not lmao

[yghartsyrt]

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142 pages about this dork? SMDH

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Well, mostly about this dork

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About 3-4 pages dedicated to pasta appreciation

Good times

[RichardBarkley]

I've no skin in the game especially re Opus but if anything the last few pages have shown how precious the GH fanboys get when he is challenged. 

I wonder does Joa look at this and think "dorks'. His fans are the exact kinda people he would make fun of.

[big_kev_215]

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I had no idea what Opus Footwear was prior to the last couple pages of this thread, so I decided to pay the website a visit.

Those shoes don’t look much different from many shoes a good portion of you dorks hype up in countless other threads. They literally look like mostly boring Vans clones without the stripe.

Which I then think is hilarious because it is so obvious GH informs many of your unoriginal opinions. If you feel attacked by this statement, you’re the exact person I’m addressing in this thread.

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Buy a pair

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Fuck no, I generally don’t hype shit shoes on these forums. I’m an individual of fine taste.

The point is mine and any respectable individual’s opinion is based off of one’s own original conclusions, not what some talking head or YouTube personality suggests. When I like or dislike something, that’s how I genuinely feel.

Sounds like you not only missed the point of my comment, but you might also feel that it could be about you.

You’re so vain, so on and so forth.

How do you know if my opinion on Opus footwear is not my own, original conclusion?  You are making a lot of assumptions dawg…

The point that I have made in this thread recently is that I think it’s acceptable for a YouTube personality to talk shit on a shoe brand in a comedic fashion, if said person isn’t feeling the shoe brand. 

To your point, I think any “respectable individual” can look at the Opus catalog and see that the shoes appear like a cheap ripoff of a number of existing skateshoes - it certainly doesn’t require some “talking head” on the internet to suggest it.

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I've no skin in the game especially re Opus but if anything the last few pages have shown how precious the GH fanboys get when he is challenged. 

I wonder does Joa look at this and think "dorks'. His fans are the exact kinda people he would make fun of.

we call them gifties

[Billy Bitchcakes]

Maybe the Opus guys see the video, listen to the criticism, and make changes? I mean if they are a company I don’t see why they wouldn’t have the capacity to make changes for the better. It’s not like the criticism was unfounded. And if this is actually Dadboard from YouTube I fuck with your shit man but no need to try to go ham on GH.

I have no idea how you can't see the irony in what you wrote there

[Shtonk]

Isn't Jamie Thomas involved in Opus or am I mixing something up here?

Somebody at Vans must be on the dark web checking assassin prices for the OC area at this point. Those Nine Club bloopers are incredible.

[Anxiety]

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I had no idea what Opus Footwear was prior to the last couple pages of this thread, so I decided to pay the website a visit.

Those shoes don’t look much different from many shoes a good portion of you dorks hype up in countless other threads. They literally look like mostly boring Vans clones without the stripe.

Which I then think is hilarious because it is so obvious GH informs many of your unoriginal opinions. If you feel attacked by this statement, you’re the exact person I’m addressing in this thread.

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Fuck no, I generally don’t hype shit shoes on these forums. I’m an individual of fine taste.

The point is mine and any respectable individual’s opinion is based off of one’s own original conclusions, not what some talking head or YouTube personality suggests. When I like or dislike something, that’s how I genuinely feel.

Sounds like you not only missed the point of my comment, but you might also feel that it could be about you.

You’re so vain, so on and so forth.

Man, you think the shoes are ugly too…

You don’t have to write a thesis about why you think other people don’t like them, they’re just lame ass shoes.

[Mongo Lloyd]

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I had no idea what Opus Footwear was prior to the last couple pages of this thread, so I decided to pay the website a visit.

Those shoes don’t look much different from many shoes a good portion of you dorks hype up in countless other threads. They literally look like mostly boring Vans clones without the stripe.

Which I then think is hilarious because it is so obvious GH informs many of your unoriginal opinions. If you feel attacked by this statement, you’re the exact person I’m addressing in this thread.

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Buy a pair

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Fuck no, I generally don’t hype shit shoes on these forums. I’m an individual of fine taste.

The point is mine and any respectable individual’s opinion is based off of one’s own original conclusions, not what some talking head or YouTube personality suggests. When I like or dislike something, that’s how I genuinely feel.

Sounds like you not only missed the point of my comment, but you might also feel that it could be about you.

You’re so vain, so on and so forth.

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Man, you think the shoes are ugly too…

You don’t have to write a thesis about why you think other people don’t like them, they’re just lame ass shoes.

You’re missing the overarching point, which is that many people here get hyped on equally as tasteless and style-less footwear. Many of those same people cannot see the irony amongst their parroting someone else’s view, that they are just as void of any sense of taste as one who may find Opus Footwear’s offerings appealing.

If that observation offends the reader, you (or anyone reading my initial statement) may have felt identified by my comments.

Furthermore, the aggressiveness towards the poster defending Opus here feels entirely inspired how some of you absorb the subject’s content. It’s like you forget to be normal people, caught up in the vibes of someone else’s point of view.

[big_kev_215]

Isn't Jamie Thomas involved in Opus or am I mixing something up here?

Somebody at Vans must be on the dark web checking assassin prices for the OC area at this point. Those Nine Club bloopers are incredible.

In the review Roger Bagley made a couple weeks ago, I believe he said someone from Straye was behind the brand

I think Jamie Thomas is doing some other bullshit called Warsaw

[Anxiety]

I don’t really watch gifted hater but I clicked the thread and just wanted to say opus shoes are ugly

Also I didn’t even say anything to whoever that was

The point I’m trying to make right now is that you’re assuming whoever’s making fun of opus shoes or talking shit to someone must just be infantry for some kid on YouTube…

let’s not forget this is slap this type of thing happens often, especially if whoever is being dogged gets sensitive about it.

[Mongo Lloyd]

I don’t really watch gifted hater but I clicked the thread and just wanted to say opus shoes are ugly

Also I didn’t even say anything to whoever that was

The point I’m trying to make right now is that you’re assuming whoever’s making fun of opus shoes or talking shit to someone must just be infantry for some kid on YouTube…

let’s not forget this is slap this type of thing happens often, especially if whoever is being dogged gets sensitive about it.

I literally stated myself that the shoes are shitty retreads of old designs.

You’re still missing the point, and that’s on you.

[Anxiety]

You’re trying to position yourself above everybody else in this thread by making generalizations and using two dollar words.

That logic of yours is getting in its own way because you don’t seem to want to admit that you’re under the impression of: someone who doesn’t like x but likes y can’t just have an opinion about something that isn’t yours.

If you want to make a general statement you should be objective or it’s going to be flawed.

[Mongo Lloyd]

You’re trying to position yourself above everybody else in this thread by making generalizations and using two dollar words.

That logic of yours is getting in its own way because you don’t seem to want to admit that you’re under the impression of: someone who doesn’t like x but likes y can’t just have an opinion about something that isn’t yours.

If you want to make a general statement you should be objective or it’s going to be flawed.

Still missing it…

[apport]

idk it's pretty clear opus is a dogshit destined-for-flop brand without gifted hater having to tell anyone

[Mongo Lloyd]

I think some of you are getting confused.

Isn’t Opus a Markovich company? Which is way worse than a JT shoe company.

[kelbywest]

Lots of yapping and bitching in here but the point is that whether Opus is a new start-up brand or not, it still deserves to catch flack as much as any other brand. Shoes are straight ugly. Did everyone else see the same bleached pair with no laces and thick ass tongue as I did? Yeesh, talk about a rough start.

[versacekid420]

those shoes look like half cabs and jerry hsu’s emerica pro model

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those shoes look like half cabs and jerry hsu’s emerica pro model

this

some context for y'all
founders:
https://opusfootwear.com/pages/about

One of them designed the Herman G-Code shoe

team:
https://opusfootwear.com/pages/posse

supporting Swampy is great
supporting Markovich probably isn't

[Chimppimpin]

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Isn't Jamie Thomas involved in Opus or am I mixing something up here?

Somebody at Vans must be on the dark web checking assassin prices for the OC area at this point. Those Nine Club bloopers are incredible.

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In the review Roger Bagley made a couple weeks ago, I believe he said someone from Straye was behind the brand

I think Jamie Thomas is doing some other bullshit called Warsaw

they also look just like vans

[swellbowed]

This is Shecks new boss #StayPrayedUp #MunicipalPartner

[skateordie]

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"you can tell the shoe was designed by a white guy because he forgot about the heelflip"

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I actually stopped the video at that point...drunk or not it wasn't a cool thing to be stereotyping the types of people who do heelflips...really sick of that cliche

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cant tell if this is a joke or not lmao

would it have bothered you if he said the reverse, something like "a black guy designed it bc he forgot the frontside smith grind?"

[versacekid420]

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"you can tell the shoe was designed by a white guy because he forgot about the heelflip"

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I actually stopped the video at that point...drunk or not it wasn't a cool thing to be stereotyping the types of people who do heelflips...really sick of that cliche

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cant tell if this is a joke or not lmao

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would it have bothered you if he said the reverse, something like "a black guy designed it bc he forgot the frontside smith grind?"

what the fuck does this even mean 😭

[pugmaster]

Pretty funny


EDIT: Holy shit, the Hallow app is almost as bad as tRump charging 60 bucks for bibles hahahahaha

You can't make this shit up

[Darkslideofthemoon]

I think some of you are getting confused.

Isn’t Opus a Markovich company? Which is way worse than a JT shoe company.

you my friend, are correct.

[vinithebr]

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"you can tell the shoe was designed by a white guy because he forgot about the heelflip"

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I actually stopped the video at that point...drunk or not it wasn't a cool thing to be stereotyping the types of people who do heelflips...really sick of that cliche

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cant tell if this is a joke or not lmao

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would it have bothered you if he said the reverse, something like "a black guy designed it bc he forgot the frontside smith grind?"

gotta keep the wacky rules consistent and reverse the youtuber's skin color too, and ours

[dr.prestige]

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those shoes look like half cabs and jerry hsu’s emerica pro model

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this

some context for y'all
founders:
https://opusfootwear.com/pages/about

One of them designed the Herman G-Code shoe

team:
https://opusfootwear.com/pages/posse

supporting Swampy is great
supporting Markovich probably isn't

one of my primary criticisms of GH is his general lack of knowledge about skating history outside of what he's interested in, particularly before the 2000s. It allows him to unknowingly miss lots of things worth talking shit about in what he's covering, like lackluster artist and established kook Kris Markovich being sponsored by this brand. That's a whole 'nother 5 plus minutes of content right there!

By the way, I've argued on here about this before, so before you share your opinion that goes something along the lines of:

Why are you guys acting like he's trying to be a skate history channel. He's simply a dude who's sick of the toxic positivity in skateboarding and wants to talk shit on current events in skateboarding. No more no less. I'm glad he's doing it and don't think 90s skateboarding is an important thing to consider when talking about nyjahs next crypto scam.

It’s almost like he makes his videos how he wants to make them and not how other people would make them.  Mindblowing.

I'm not saying he should make any videos about anything other than what he already wants to make or plans on making a video about, I'm saying that considering he's by definition a person who hates on things in skating, he is leaving tons of content on the table by not being personally aware of skateboarding before his time and all the kooks from back then that he would probably be interested in covering, like Kris Markovich, Brian Patch, Neal Hendrix etc.

[Shtonk]

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Isn't Jamie Thomas involved in Opus or am I mixing something up here?

Somebody at Vans must be on the dark web checking assassin prices for the OC area at this point. Those Nine Club bloopers are incredible.

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In the review Roger Bagley made a couple weeks ago, I believe he said someone from Straye was behind the brand

I think Jamie Thomas is doing some other bullshit called Warsaw

Ah yeah that's what that was called, how could I forget

[Ninj2]

Jamie Thomas making shoes is the ultimate Darwin Award. Jesus don’t gas a fool up like that. Why anyone want the guy who made his name Ollie barefoot gods gape? That’s wild. You think he have the same feet as you? No. wear them shoes shaped like feet that the hippie guys wear. That’s Jamie Thomas feet. You want him making shoes about some Warsaw? Like just the city? Or like Warsaw pac? Like some gi joe shit? Like for real? What the fuck is Warsaw ? Help me I’m regular. How many times it take to hit your head and end up inside a tootsie pop? >or< the number JT hit his
Fuck you Gifted hater.

[radcunt]

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Pretty wack to shit on Opus. They might not be his cup of tea but they’re not coming in on some Cariuma shit, just a small business ran by two guys with a long history in skating and he basically hit the red button on them. They’ve actually been working with my local shop to do little giveaways and stuff and from what the owner has told me they’ve been really cool to work with. Also have a homie who’s been getting them flowed and he says they’re really comfy and nice to skate in.

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then put your money where your mouth is and go buy some

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Am I the only one that thinks it’s fucked up for a dude who has this much influence in skateboarding to just shit all over a startup brand? Take shots at vans, fine, but it’s wack to me that he’d just dump on a little brand like that. Especially since he reps last resort so hard. Y’all can kook me into the dirt if you want but telling me that I can’t be critical of his actions without buying a pair of Opus is fucking stupid.

He's a massive gear snob though, and he was just criticizing the look of the shoes, which from the photos he was looking at, looked pretty bad.  At least he spoke about them.  I thought Markovich was a founder, which would have had me kook this shoe to hell,butI'm not gonna hate em just for sponsoring him.