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Post by onelasttime on Dec 31, 2021 21:42:05 GMT
are at the beach or not? I’m talking about both men & women.
AOC got into another one of her silly twitter fights. When is she going to learn to ignore these idiots.
Anyway what caught my attention was the comment about wearing sandals someplace other then the beach.
Seriously where does this guy & his buddy live? Granted I live in CA and people wear sandals just about everywhere here. But still..
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Post by freecharlie on Dec 31, 2021 21:43:19 GMT
I wear sandals all summer unless I am planning on walking miles or hiking and I live nowhere near a beach
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Dec 31, 2021 21:47:09 GMT
It was snowing here last night... the girl who walked out of the store next to me was wearing sandals.
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Post by busy on Dec 31, 2021 21:49:34 GMT
Why should she let assholes disparage her and not stand up for herself?
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Post by epeanymous on Dec 31, 2021 21:53:04 GMT
It’s just code for her boyfriend being a soy boy, feminized, not a real man, whatever.
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Post by seaexplore on Dec 31, 2021 21:54:39 GMT
I wear sandals March to December. I don't live near the beach. I do not have a pool. Sometimes I even (gasp!) go BAREFOOT!
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Post by Merge on Dec 31, 2021 22:00:12 GMT
Sandal season is nine months long here. When it’s warm enough I wear almost nothing else. I even wear sandals to work most days. (I do not live or work near the beach.)
But we all remember the great flip flop scandal when Obama was president, right? This kind of furor isn’t based on any real societal norms - it’s about policing certain kinds of bodies. Black, brown, female …
ETA: I didn’t realize it was the guy wearing the sandals. Yeah, they just don’t like his leftist hippie Birkenstocks.
Lots of men around here get pedicures so their feet will look nice (in a manly way) in their sandals.
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Post by lizacreates on Dec 31, 2021 22:02:35 GMT
Well, I didn't even see how AOC responded. What did she say?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 31, 2021 22:06:53 GMT
Are his toenails painted?
Blue would do!!
BTW: Steve Cortes is a obnoxious jerk! Up there with Rick Santorum.... Actually down there with Santorum...
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Post by pilcas on Dec 31, 2021 22:11:47 GMT
I live in A large city and people wear sandals in summer. There are casual ones and dressy ones that women wear to work. In this particular photo they seem to be relaxing, he is wearing shorts, not a 3 piece suit and the weather seems warm. No reason not to wear them.
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Post by katlady on Dec 31, 2021 22:15:18 GMT
There are many people out there that don't like sandals on men, unless they are at the beach/pool. I personally don't care, as long as they don't have dirty toenails.
And I do agree that AOC should have ignored them and should not have made the comment/post that she did.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 31, 2021 22:22:19 GMT
I always used to wear sandals or be barefoot. Not so much now... Old folk need better foot support!
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Post by peabay on Dec 31, 2021 22:31:24 GMT
I live in my hot pink Birks from May to September. And not at the beach.
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Post by elaine on Dec 31, 2021 22:45:02 GMT
If critiquing the footwear of the person AOC is sitting with is one of two main points Cortes has, that means he really doesn’t have much of any substance.
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Post by milocat on Dec 31, 2021 23:19:23 GMT
People wear sandals here in northern Alberta, where we are over 1200 km from the ocean. No good lakes around here either. Some start wearing while there is still snow on the ground and until it starts snowing again.
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Post by paulao on Dec 31, 2021 23:39:14 GMT
I never wear sandals and frankly, guys’ feet are ugly and men shouldn’t wear sandals.
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Post by maryannscraps on Dec 31, 2021 23:43:50 GMT
Really, that’s their beef with her? That some guy wears sandals in Florida? Hahahahahaha. Seriously?
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 31, 2021 23:49:50 GMT
No beach here and I couldn't pass the summer without my beloved Birkenstocks. And, I've even been know to wear them with socks at the beginning of the cooler weather in the fall.  |
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Post by mimima on Jan 1, 2022 0:00:54 GMT
I really think that we, as a society, should be past mocking people for what they are wearing to make a political statement.
Alas.
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Post by purplebee on Jan 1, 2022 0:01:12 GMT
Great response: “I’ve got some bad news about Jesus for you…”.
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Post by java on Jan 1, 2022 0:37:51 GMT
How nice that AOC is enjoying herself on vacation in Florida yet finds time to criticize the governor of the state she is vacationing in by assuming he is on vacation. The reality of it is; he was with his wife at her cancer treatments and also working. COVID is growing exponentially across the United States yet she has no disparaging remarks for the President who is vacationing. Kind of surprising she isn't spending her vacation in a state such as California where the various mandates regarding COVID are more in-line with New York.
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 1, 2022 0:39:02 GMT
I don't. I could not care less if that is what others do.
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 1, 2022 0:45:13 GMT
Why should she let assholes disparage her and not stand up for herself? Exactly! What is she supposed to do? She's no Ted Cruz kissing Trump's ass after he called his wife ugly and his dad a killer.
ETA: It was obvious to me her response was sarcasm.
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Post by maryland on Jan 1, 2022 0:46:07 GMT
Yes, I wear them all the time. I live in Southwest PA and I have been wearing flip flops all week. With bunions, they are the only shoes comfortable.
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Post by maryland on Jan 1, 2022 0:49:12 GMT
It was snowing here last night... the girl who walked out of the store next to me was wearing sandals. If it was snowing here, I would have said it could have been me! |
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Post by janeliz on Jan 1, 2022 2:15:55 GMT
I don’t know who Steve Cortes is, but I’m certain he wears loafers with bare feet all summer long.
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Post by elaine on Jan 1, 2022 2:42:25 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Jan 1, 2022 3:30:45 GMT
Sigh
This was not suppose to be a political thread about AOC and DeSantis.
I asked a question and made a comment about fighting on twitter. Neither are political.
I purposely did not include the entire tweet thread because I could care less about what AOC has to say.
I was just surprised about the comment that it was faux pas to wear sandals away from the beach. And living in CA where people wear sandals just about everywhere I decided asked if in non coastal states if it was indeed a faux pas to wear sandals away from the beach or lake .
As to fighting on twitter, I don’t care who it is, it’s childish and she seems to do it a lot.
Oh oh. Just received a text that two boys are missing. Two brothers ages 11 & 12 last seen at noon on their bikes. It’s now 7:30. I hate these types of texts.
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Post by voltagain on Jan 1, 2022 3:50:54 GMT
I never wear sandals and frankly, guys’ feet are ugly and men shouldn’t wear sandals. I think feet older than about 18 months are ugly no matter what the gender. Pudgy baby feet are the only cute feet. Once they start walking... it is downhill from there on the cuteness scale. Therefore I make every attempt to ignore everyone's feet. eta, you will see sandals in Oklahoma year around on. Fewer sandals in January/February which is our coldest months. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jan 1, 2022 4:03:31 GMT
How nice that AOC is enjoying herself on vacation in Florida yet finds time to criticize the governor of the state she is vacationing in by assuming he is on vacation. The reality of it is; he was with his wife at her cancer treatments and also working. COVID is growing exponentially across the United States yet she has no disparaging remarks for the President who is vacationing. Kind of surprising she isn't spending her vacation in a state such as California where the various mandates regarding COVID are more in-line with New York. I think you are missing some key points of this situation. First, it sounds like the governor was not seen in public for a few weeks, although a Fox news article says that he accompanied his wife to treatment on December 29. Seems like an opportune time to make him the victim of this when he isn't. The mayor of Orange County in Florida and others also noted that De Santis wasn't publicly speaking about the pandemic or his plans to increase testing and other ways to fight the spread. It also sounds like his publicity team was a big part of the problem here. Not to mention the post about AOC that was the basis of this thread. |
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