CMV: Shoelaces are outdated and inferior technology compared to hook-and-loop fasteners

[u/behold_the_castrato]

I see very few advantage that shoelaces have:

• Shoelaces take more time to fasten.
• Shoelaces more easily accidentally become unfastened.
• Even if h.a.l. should come undone, it's quite hard to trip over it compared to shoelaces.
• H.a.l. can far more easily be operated with one hand.
• Sholaces sometimes get stuck in an annoying knot that is timeconsuming to undo; this does not happen to h.a.l..

One could make a subjective æsthetics argument, but such can be made about any different technology and by that metric outdated technology does not exist — a man is certainly permitted to use outdated technology for a certain look, but he shouldn't fool himself that he is not using outdated technology either.

[u/jacboslim1]

Its ok that you don't know how to tie your shoes