I’m not a sneaker enthusiast, I wear shoes because I have to but from time to time I like purchasing a “”cooler”” pair of shoes if I like them and they aren’t too expensive. I recently purchased a pair of Nike Dunk PANDA High, despite people hating on them (couldn’t care less, I like them) and was curious WHY they were hated, people argue that they’re too common and their quality is bad (which it is without a doubt, but we’re talking about Nike after all…) the most mind boggling thing is that the same people that hate on Panda’s wear all white AF1…
For anyone interested this is a list of the shoes I bought the last couple years: Nike Court Vision Low (White) Adidas Forum 84 Low (Royal Blue, way better quality than expected, my favourite but I destroyed them) High Converse (forced by my gf but i’ve grown to like them) Nike Dunk High Panda
“people argue that they’re too common and their quality is bad”
You answered your own question.
The quality isn’t any worse than other GR Dunks and the fact that they are common doesn’t bother me. The shoe is fine for what it is.
Pandas were THE shoe for a while until they got popular/common. Now they’re similar to people that gatekeep bands by saying things like, “Yeah, well I was listening to them before they were cool.”