I would like to express how impressed I am with these Torsion shoes (pic attached). Never have I enjoyed so many miles on one pair of shoes -calculations below.
But now my Eagle toe is in Toepeekee, KS (a Grandma Fordism), and my Cosmic sole is worn to the cloth.
Planned Obsolescence
José Argüelles & Valum Votan – Topic
On my Walkabout recently (wearing Adidas Torsion shoes) I passed a barefoot jogger from the House of Transformation on the bridge over a Trinity River tributary. His feet were muddy. We exchanged knowing smiles – a precious moment between two “earthers”.
Some “new-agers” think that shoes are some kind of conspiracy theory against humans to disconnect the wearers from Earth energy. smh.
If you are Earthborn, you are living in the magnetic chamber of the planet. You can’t be disconnected from it just because you wear shoes – regardless of what they are made of. If you go barefoot, your deepened connection is for your own health – for you alone, and if you wear shoes, your footsteps are for you and for all in your field.
One caveat though: there may be other reasons you may be disconnected from the magnetic field of the Earth. Desynch from the Planet comes in many forms - and that's a very dangerous place to be - whether you are wearing shoes or not.
Adidas. Though your Corporate structure did disappoint me with that brief foray into "wokeism", your MYLO mycelium shoes are still on my Christmas wish list.
Around the fall or winter of 2019/2020 (iirc), I was gifted with these Torsion shoes. For two years I put many miles on them, then one day I got curious about just how many miles I was putting on them. So on 12/31/2022, I started a log with a 4 mile walk. By the end of 2023, I had logged 239 miles – not counting my many jogs and short walks between long walks. By that time, the insoles were flat (3 years! wow), and instead of throwing them away as I had become so fond of them, I decided to buy a $10 pair of Dr. Scholls insoles for them. What a difference that made – it was like walking on air like it used to be. By June 1, 2024, I had put 118.2 miles on the new insoles when I decided it was time to part with the shoes – the insoles are still in good shape though – I may have been able to put another 100+ miles on them if the uppers and soles weren’t worn out.
So by my conservative estimation, I’ve walked 700 – 800 miles on this one pair of shoes. The Torsion shoe line is an impressive product by any measure – and with synergy to boot (see what I did there? :).
I’m reasonably certain that your choices in building such sturdy shoes with this amazing longevity may have negatively impacted the profitability of this line – at least if calculated in conventional metrics (planned obsolescence). Nevertheless, they have impacted my bottom line in a positive direction.
This is why I’m offering you this blog post as a marketing piece for your brand awareness efforts. You may use it without restriction or compensation – on the condition that you publish it intact – pictures and all without edits in text or imagery. And why wouldn’t you agree to these terms? It’s Proof Of Work!
I just bought a new pair of your shoes, so now I’m ready to Re-up my Walkabout.
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