2021 unpopular opinion thread

[ok boomer]

i wish shortys was still a thing and not the functioning wrecked aftermath brand it is today. i dont care about sports but in retrospect the mock logo red and blue with the board in the middle is one of the only logos i ever genuinely liked. it was cool because its a parody of jock shit i guess. definitely had my wet willie and blind reaper phase as a kid but the shortys logo was ideal. was

I'm thinking if they could get boards consistently made... it might be a bit better. Those Muska boards should be made forever. And/or Olson/Smolik ones. Pretty sure it could last as a nostalgia brand. I bought one of those S-HORTY-S hoodies about 6 months ago or at X-Mas maybe

[cky enthusiast]

adults who openly talk about how bad their home lives were as children to strangers are some of the most irritating people on earth

[Paperclip20]

You look like a huge idiot in your Polar big boy jeans.

[JANUS]

adults who openly talk about how bad their home lives were as children to strangers are some of the most irritating people on earth

Hurtful. 

[Swithflip]

You look like a huge idiot in your Polar big boy jeans.

yep, its better look like a Dylan clone like Horse Taylor.

[nickpaolucci]

adults who openly talk about how bad their home lives were as children to strangers are some of the most irritating people on earth

allineedskate

[FrozenIndustries]

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You look like a huge idiot in your Polar big boy jeans.

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yep, its better look like a Dylan clone like Horse Taylor.

Yes, $150 JNCO reproductions are the only alternative to skinny jeans.

[Hinna]

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i wish shortys was still a thing and not the functioning wrecked aftermath brand it is today. i dont care about sports but in retrospect the mock logo red and blue with the board in the middle is one of the only logos i ever genuinely liked. it was cool because its a parody of jock shit i guess. definitely had my wet willie and blind reaper phase as a kid but the shortys logo was ideal. was

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I'm thinking if they could get boards consistently made... it might be a bit better. Those Muska boards should be made forever. And/or Olson/Smolik ones. Pretty sure it could last as a nostalgia brand. I bought one of those S-HORTY-S hoodies about 6 months ago or at X-Mas maybe

they pretty much are a nostalgia brand at this point though. friggin keelan dadd didnt help either

[sketchyrider]

Wooden mini ramps and bowls are the ultimate skate terrain

[Sluggloaph]

adults who openly talk about how bad their home lives were as children to strangers are some of the most irritating people on earth

Sure but consider how bad that home life must be to annoy a stranger with.... nah it is drallin tho. I sat next to this broad in Latin class that one morning hit me with sum thing like my dad's a huge coke head. Peoples kids.

[baaaaaaguette]

I was about to ask why many people on here seem pressed about polar jeans and then I remembered the average user age is like 30+

Edit: seems i touched a nerve with that kook hah

[Blueabyssofthisss]

Skate moss ruined big boys for me. Seemed like she never took them off for weeks at a time, and from there on out I could only see them as skate moss gross baggy pants.
There are way better looking pants on the market

[elbarto]

Baggy pants and skinny pants can look good on the right people. If you can’t rock baggy pants you look like a dork, same goes for skinny pants. You gotta find what works for you and Polar big boys will never be it lmao

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

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i wish shortys was still a thing and not the functioning wrecked aftermath brand it is today. i dont care about sports but in retrospect the mock logo red and blue with the board in the middle is one of the only logos i ever genuinely liked. it was cool because its a parody of jock shit i guess. definitely had my wet willie and blind reaper phase as a kid but the shortys logo was ideal. was

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I'm thinking if they could get boards consistently made... it might be a bit better. Those Muska boards should be made forever. And/or Olson/Smolik ones. Pretty sure it could last as a nostalgia brand. I bought one of those S-HORTY-S hoodies about 6 months ago or at X-Mas maybe

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they pretty much are a nostalgia brand at this point though. friggin keelan dadd didnt help either

The only unpopular part about this opinion is that the vast majority of people don't realize that Shortys is still in business.

[finknoos]

Baggy pants and skinny pants can look good on the right people. If you can’t rock baggy pants you look like a dork, same goes for skinny pants. You gotta find what works for you and Polar big boys will never be it lmao

I feel like baggy pants are popular partly because they can hide bad style. If youre wearing skinny jeans and your style sucks everyone can see, because we can see exactly where your legs are and where they bend etc. If youre wearing baggy jeans you can kinda get away with it by your legs just looking like theyre "somewhere above the board"

[Atiba Applebum]

All the doctors worldwide are deeply connected to the shoe business, to make sure there aren't too many high top shoes that protect ankles.
If you roll your ankle, they prescribe you a ankle brace and some pills and get some money from the pharma industry and Mister Aircast, the inventor of ankle braces.

This ones been debunked for a while.   The support hightops give is just mental

https://www.insidescience.org/news/high-tops-low-tops

[bigbevev]

I know skating has always been this way with the trend phases in tricks and style, im also sure IG has something to do with it, ormaybe Im just getting old, but just about everything that comes out doesnt get me hyped or make me want to skate AT ALL.

[fredgallSOTY]

You look like a huge idiot in your Polar big boy jeans.

no i look like a cool Big Boy

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

I say this as a Ben Kadow fan: But strictly talking about what they do on a board, the difference between him and Andy Anderson is an extra push or two.

[Hinna]

more of a memory thing i guess with shortys

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Cariuma isn't the coolest company, but I do appreciate how they embrace being environmentally conscious and sustainable - something every company should be doing. It doesn't seem like it's bullshit either.

https://cariuma.com/pages/about-us-sustainability

[Dwyck]

I say this as a Ben Kadow fan: But strictly talking about what they do on a board, the difference between him and Andy Anderson is an extra push or two.

This is true about andy anderson and a lot of other skaters too. He's basically a Frog guy with no sense of humor

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Cariuma isn't the coolest company, but I do appreciate how they embrace being environmentally conscious and sustainable - something every company should be doing. It doesn't seem like it's bullshit either.

https://cariuma.com/pages/about-us-sustainability

'cept they use leather...

[Mesteezo]

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I say this as a Ben Kadow fan: But strictly talking about what they do on a board, the difference between him and Andy Anderson is an extra push or two.

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This is true about andy anderson and a lot of other skaters too. He's basically a Frog guy with no sense of humor

Their sense of humor is so advanced that it’s post-humor.

[Lou Strux]

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Cariuma isn't the coolest company, but I do appreciate how they embrace being environmentally conscious and sustainable - something every company should be doing. It doesn't seem like it's bullshit either.

https://cariuma.com/pages/about-us-sustainability

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'cept they use leather...

I’m not a vegan, or even a vegetarian; I’ll eat animals all day long, but am I to be made to believe that we, as a species, can land  probes on distant planets, but are incapable of developing a cost effective, durable alternative to leather for applications in footwear & fashion?!?
Shaking my meat eating head in disbelief at how lame we actually can be when we put our minds to not putting our minds to it.
I guess we’re going to treat the planet like our boards & ride it until it loses all pop & then hand it off to the next worthy species at the skatepark, spot, or local shop, yeah?

[cky enthusiast]

you’re the SF resident, just ask your neighbors what their plan is

[Madam, I'm Adam]

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Cariuma isn't the coolest company, but I do appreciate how they embrace being environmentally conscious and sustainable - something every company should be doing. It doesn't seem like it's bullshit either.

https://cariuma.com/pages/about-us-sustainability

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'cept they use leather...

 :'(Oh I didn’t notice that. Yeah, using leather is hypocritical due to how loads of climate change and global water shortages are due to the livestock industry (at least that’s what I learned in university back in the mid naughts). Hopefully they can switch up their material and they’ve made some positive change regardless.

[Lou Strux]

you’re the SF resident, just ask your neighbors what their plan is

Okay. I asked them. My neighbors that is.
Mr. Yip’s command of english is limited enough that, even though I love having him next door, we weren’t able to go into it beyond some nodding & gestures that indicated to me that he too thinks we’re already pretty fucked.
Magdaleno & his wife Yolanda thought that, while we may be screwed in the long term, passing the shitty, used deck of a planet off to our children is probably short sighted. Magdaleno also wanted me to ask why it’s incumbent on me & my neighbors to come up with the solution when we’re just working class folks like most everybody else on these here bloards.
He also politely requested that I ask you if you had any ideas yourself, or if you planned on just sitting back & making snarky remarks about others based on their geographic locality.
Further, he wanted to know if you really expected a middle aged skateboarder, a building custodian & a retirement home van driver to have the solutions to the earth’s ecological crisis.
I explained to him that we were just funning around on SLAP & absolutely nobody would listen to my hypocritical suggestions anyways. He smiled & said he had changed his mind about you; that you were pretty funny after all & that he’d decided he actually DID like you, despite what he had said earlier.
We laughed & drank some beers together on my stoop after that. 
My neighbors are pretty shalom, but they’re not going to be helping out much on this one.
Sorry I couldn’t get any better ideas out of them.

[cky enthusiast]

i ain’t read all that but i’m guessing they told you to write a novel- lmk if that’s true

[Lou Strux]

i ain’t read all that but i’m guessing they told you to write a novel- lmk if that’s true

I feel you. Words can be so difficult sometimes.
Short answer: my neighbors got nothing for us go on.
Since they couldn’t help, it looks like we’re doomed.
Sorry we let you down.