HypeBeast or SneakerHead?

If you are a follower of this blog then it's pretty safe to say your on some level a "SneakerHead." You may not collect sneakers but you have a full appreciation for sneakers and what the represent to you may be a little different that what they represent to others. It seems lately I've been seeing a side of the culture that has made me really stop and think for a moment as to why some people are even in the culture.

Have you ever ran into that Sneaker Head that loves nothing more than to tell you what he/she has? Like as soon as you say "hey, what's up? Their first response is "I copped the [Insert Sneaker Name Here]" as if having the material position of a pair of shoes makes them a better person in some way. Doesn't it make you want to ask the simple question of "what are you even collecting them for?" Seems to me there is a SneakerHead subculture which we'll call "HypeBeast" living among us that are only in it to brag about what they have, which just seems a bit odd to me that they are blending in so well.

Have you ever ran into the guy that spends hundreds on OG's no matter what condition they are in just so they can say "Hey man I have OG such and such?" I love OG's just as much as the next guy and fully understand if you want them for collecting or because they remind you of a certain time and you are truly a collector then it makes sense to me that you would hunt them down. HOWEVER we all know people that just love to say "I have the OG" just to come off like they are super cool and really how cool are you at the end of the day spending hundreds for shoes you can't wear and someone else already got the enjoyment out of?

It just seems there are too many "I'm the greatest because I have this shoe or that shoe" people among us and it's kind of odd and make us all look greedy and arrogant . If you take offense to this posting then you are the people I'm talking about and to be quite honest your nothing more than a HypeBeast and not really a Sneaker Head at all. If you are in agreement with this line of thinking then you are the type of person that cops your shoes, don't boast about them and rather people see them on your feet or in your display case without having to say "hey look what I got" and in my opinion that's what we need more of. Just food for thought and would love to hear some comments.