{"id":2749,"date":"2005-08-10T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2005-08-10T15:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2005\/08\/10\/the-things-people-will-fall-for\/"},"modified":"2016-10-11T04:43:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:43:45","slug":"the-things-people-will-fall-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2005\/08\/the-things-people-will-fall-for\/","title":{"rendered":"The things people will fall for&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clicknathan.com\/blog\/images_blog\/swoosh.jpg\" alt=\"Nike, Overlord of Uncool\" class=\"oldblogthumb\" \/>Nike, the shoe company who&#8217;s innovative use of sweat-shops has allowed them to rise to near governmental power across the globe, is planning to unveil a new shoe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clicknathan.com\/blog\/images_blog\/sweatshop.jpg\" alt=\"Yes, Johnny, your mother makes shoes for spoiled American teens...\" class=\"pic_100px\" \/>This slab of kangaroo skin and rubber will feature technology that makes you feel like you&#8217;re running barefoot. Apparently, the good scientist working for the corporation tested a bunch of people running barefoot in the grass.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em> &#8216;He said that it kept his athletes stronger and healthier, and prevented injuries,&#8217; recalls Tobie Hatfield, senior engineer for advanced products at the Nike Innovation Kitchen.<\/em> &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So let me get this straight, it&#8217;s been proven that running barefoot is better for you than using shoes, and so Nike has invented a shoe that emulates running barefoot. I could think of another solution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clicknathan.com\/blog\/images_blog\/blackspot.jpg\" alt=\"But the spot is white!@{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}!@#!\" class=\"alignright\"\/>If you&#8217;d like to buy a shoe that is sweat-shop free and twice as cool looking as the Air Jordan, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/adbusters.org\/metas\/corpo\/blackspotsneaker\/\" rel=\"external\">Adbusters&#8217; Blackspot.<\/a> Right now they&#8217;re running a promotion &#8211; send them a story about what really irks you about society and, if you&#8217;re included in their next edition, they&#8217;ll give you a free pair of shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike, the shoe company who&#8217;s innovative use of sweat-shops has allowed them to rise to near governmental power across the globe, is planning to unveil a new shoe. This slab of kangaroo skin and rubber will feature technology that makes you feel like you&#8217;re running barefoot. Apparently, the good scientist working for the corporation tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-free-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}