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Because the algorithm is trying to kill me, I keep getting fed this one video, which has racked up over 25,000 likes, where a woman declares that Vans are the new dad shoes. They’ve taken over for the classic chunky New Balance as the lawn-mowing shoe of choice, she argues, and while I do not mow my own lawn (professional landscaping is the best $150 I spend all month), I am in fact a dad and I do in fact have a closet that is literally overflowing with Vans.
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Save an extra 50% on already-discounted stylesBut whatever. I really like them. I like their roots in skateboarding, I like their longstanding association with punk and the counterculture as a whole, and I like that they’re cheap enough that I can have them in a frankly preposterous amount of colors and styles.
So I’m gonna continue to lean into it, and I encourage you to do the same. Dad or otherwise.
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