i also live in Hawaii and let me tell you. flip flops are an EPIDEMIC here. Something must be done. Forget the war on "ice"! Start the war on SLIPPERS!
I think they are beyond vile. I am so tired of seeing people's nasty unmanicured, hairy, dirty, stinky, gross feet slopping in their rubber slippas. I know people who do not even OWN shoes. Only flip flops. They are not fashionable. They do not make a fashion statement.
Not even if they are by prada.
Not even if they are pretty colors.
Not even if they are the newest, hottest, coolest Havianas ever.
Not even if they are signed by Imelda Marcos.
Never.
(btw, I BURNED my flip flops from high school last year at a bonfire. It was so freeing. I wholeheartedly suggest this to any and all flip flop wearers.)