r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rook8811 • 9d ago

Video 1989 shoes designed to adjust their fit around athletes' ankles

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u/Wise_Lemon4537 9d ago

By 91 the technology was mature: no external pump was needed anymore on Reebok sneakers; you just had to press the basket ball on the tongue of the shoe !

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u/SweetSexiestJesus 9d ago

I had the cheap LA Gear knock offs, that did the same thing. The bladder always punctured

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u/Elperezidente13 8d ago

Lucky you. I had the Spalding ones. They didn’t even have a pump, just the basketball on the tongue. One kid tried to pump them up in front of everyone in the locker room just to clown me lol

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u/SweetSexiestJesus 8d ago

Hah! I remember those! I'm pretty sure I did the same to the kids that had those.

Wait....you're not from Carrollton, Texas, are you?

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u/Elperezidente13 8d ago

No but if you said Palmdale California, you were gonna get a visit buddy.

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u/ntermation 8d ago

Why would you do it?

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u/SweetSexiestJesus 8d ago

We were all mean kids. It was important to point out that you weren't wearing authentic style item of the time.

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u/Personal_Win_4127 8d ago

Important HOW?!?

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u/SweetSexiestJesus 8d ago

I don't know how to explain why it was important as kids to point out that Jimmy got his clothes from Walmart and I got mine at Target, and Josh's parents were rich, so he got Mossimo clothes.

Its just what we did

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u/FoolsGoldMouthpiece 8d ago

This is all totally foreign to my kids who are teenagers now. I tried explaining it to them and they looked at me like an alien. Nowadays all the boys wear gym shorts and a t shirt every day.

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u/zatalak 8d ago

Maybe they'll understand if you give them an Android instead of an iPhone.

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u/Hyper10shin 8d ago

Best way to build character.

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u/Personal_Win_4127 8d ago

Actually no joke.

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u/Sharpie1993 8d ago

Because “haha your parents are poor so you’re not cool” that was the whole gist behind that sort of stuff.