| HylianSwordsman said: Wait a second, who the fuck sells their gaming system for shoes? What the hell is so good about these shoes? Pfft, his lost. In my high school days, you only sold game systems to fund your relationship. |
Black kids, man, black kids. We all place our pride and values in different things. For many of this sites, it's collecting rare games. For a lot of men out there, it's cars or guns. For many teens in black communities, its shoes. As silly as it sounds to me now, I was in his spot a little over a decade ago, and I remember the dilemma. I wanted to give him a talk about how he shouldn't place so much important on things that will be irrelevant in a short time, but I remember the pressure of wanting to gain respect and acceptance through material possessions. At the very least, to not be teased or judged by them and just fit in.
So I'm not going to lecture him on it too bad. I'll let him know my maturation experiences when I was about his age and I stopped worrying about keeping up with the Jones' and got back to just trying to have fun.
