The rapper
Lil Nas X partnered with the marketing company MSCHF (who
strapped a paintball gun onto a robotic dog earlier this year) to customize 666 pairs of Satanic Nike Air Maxes. The shoes contain a red colored liquid in the sole that also contains a single drop of real
human blood. While the shoes are real, Nike isn't technically part of the plan, as the shoes were bought and customized by MSCHF independently. However,
religious folk everywhere are freaking out and ready to burn Nike down to the ground.
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Lil Nas X released these Satanic Nikes to promote some new music video where he goes to hell to twerk on Satan.
2
That red stuff in the see-through sole is mostly dyed liquid, but each shoe is supposed to contain one drop of real human blood.
3
Where did they get that blood, and what's with this receipt for "several juicy children" from Russia doing over here?
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Inside the shoebox is supposed to be Satanic artwork.
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Seems kind of corny but not that sensational.
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Just a guy and his dorky lil' shoes.
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Well apparently some people think these shoes are signaling that the End Times are nigh.
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One lady threw her Nikes out after seeing the shoes.Why are conservatives always so ready to throw their stuff out? Are they just waiting around for an excuse to be like, "Yeah lemme stuff these Dr. Seuss books down the toilet!"
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This is the best way to summarize the whole thing.
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Meanwhile the real question remains:
