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If you wear converses, why? (if I totally blew it w/ the choices you can comment)

because they're in style right now
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because I had an old pair lying around and I said "hey, maybe I'll wear these to school today"
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because I personally LOVE converses
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because they're comfortable
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I caught the wave of in style converses before it even hit
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because my friends had them
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I was surfing the web and I stumbled on the website and I ordered a pair
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my aunt's half sister's friend wore them in college and I saw a picture and they looked pretty cool
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I needed sneakers. Duh.
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they're part of the emo revolution, and so I had to get them. Mine are black.
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I saw a picture of Brendon Urie wearing them, so I got them. I dance to "Nine in the Afternoon" in them all day.
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I don't remember why, but I'm the girl/ guy dancing and singing "I heard it through the grapevine" in blue ones!
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Lace diversity. Nikes suck for doing cool lace patterns.
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Because Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter, duh) wore them in the Order of the Phoenix.
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I saw the uber cute salmon pink ones at Marshalls!!!
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I don't wear converses and I don't care about Panic at the Disco.
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I love Panic at the Disco, but my shoes are unrelated to them.
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ummmmm.... I'm drawing a blank here
29% (2 votes)
all of the above, of some mixture of it
43% (3 votes)
I'll tell you my amazing converse story in a comment.
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Total votes: 7

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