When did the metamorphosis begin...

..from the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star becoming the apex of footwear for professional basketball players and preferred playground footwear that was worn by the legendary streetballers to that weird anti-social dude in an underground band who insists on no one should hear his bands music because that would be selling out? {Nice, long sentence, eh?} Honestly, I was thinking about this today when I saw a dude who creeped me out when I ran into a gas station today...I held the door open for this dude when I ran in and he reeked of the hippy lettuce. I was thinking to myself, "Self. Why would this shaggy-wannabe endanger the lives of other people and himself because he needed a hit?" Anyway, I paid the attendant and ran back to the ride. I started the car and pulled around the station and to my amazement, this fool was acting like he never pumped gas before and was pretty lethargic; big surprise....sure. I paused for a second to witness the spectacle and just drove out of there...
For those of you who own a pair of Chuck Taylor's....I'm sorry to be the one who breaks this to you, but those are some of the ugliest pieces of fabric stitched to rubber composite on the earth...Sheesh, they are a definite prerequisite to a pair of broken ankles or at least a severely strained one if you intend on doing anything that requires movement of your lower extremities...Give me technological advancements in athletic footwear ANY DAY...Unless your name is snoop, you might as well just hang it up thinking you won't look like an absolute clown with Chuck T's (highs or lows) on....I am also of the opinion that there is a correlation between Chucks and the hippie lettuce.....