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If you are reading this, you likely have Nike’s bright red SNKRS app on your mobile device.  It isthe simplest and most convenient way to get the shoes you want on drop days. Consequently, many of you have also felt the pain of the     notification on your phone.  SNKRS’ system is widely despised by sneakerheads across the planet, but in reality, has a just system that distributes rare shoes reliably.

SNKRS was originally launched in 2015 and distributes the sale of “the most premium sneakers” states solecollector.com.  Throughout its lifetime, SNKRS has hosted hundreds of drops in various different ways:  draws, reserves, SNKRS Pass, and even just plain drops.  These can get frustrating as many of these require constant monitoring of the app and as many of you know, it is a battle you cannot win against the tens of thousands of others who want the same pair as you.  Many complain about resellers and botters grabbing up every pair on the app.  This in fact, is untrue.

I guarantee that if you follow sneakers closely, you have seen a picture of a college-age kid with 30 boxes of the newest, most expensive, rare Jordan or Dunk stacked up to the top of his wall.  These people post pictures of large amounts of money, “claiming” that they make six figures just off reselling shoes.  As I am sure you all know, this is either a lie, a scam, or a minuscule percentage of people who spend thousands of dollars a month developing software to beat Nike’s bot prevention system.  Botting drops in sneaker sales is a problem, but it is not the reason why you can’t get your favorite pairs, especially if you are on SNKRS.  Nike’s simple but effective baseline anti-bot “technology” is the fact that you must enter your phone number when you make an account.  This makes it significantly more difficult to have multiple accounts and is section 1 of Nike’s enforcement of a fair draw.  Section 2 is more unknown, as many have speculated that your personal IP address, credit card information and home address can all play a factor in your ability to win pairs.  These are plausible, but not guaranteed.  Section 3 is more outlandish, grouping screen time in the app, amount of money spent, and/or connected Wi-Fi network.  In practice, these methods demonstrated by hundreds of sketchy YouTube videos are just speculation, and this is great for us, as the minimal knowledge of how Nike’s anti-botting system works protects us.  

The truth is that our fellow sneakerheads are the people who are preventing us from getting the drops we want.  So how can we get the shoes we want, beating the competition, without spending a ridiculous amount of time on the app?  The key is in a time: 9:00 AM CT.

All people who use SNKRS know that 9 AM CT is the time when all the planned pairs drop.  It is as easy as checking at 9 AM, every day for a few seconds to have a chance of the majority of pairs.  This time is when the 3 different types of drops generally take place: the 10/15 minute draw, shock drop, and SNKRS Reserve.  These are your best bet, along with preloading your payment information, shipping address, and proper sizing.  Within a few seconds of recognizing a pair that you want, you have the ability to purchase the pair, depending on the speed ofyour internet connection.  

I understand that many people like to look at their pair before they drop money on an expensive pair, but the world of sneakers makes this difficult.  Seconds could mean the difference between paying retail or resale, with differences in price on average around $100.  Luckily, Nike has gifted a solution: free returns on any item.  This allows you to purchase the pair and return it within 30 days, at no cost to you.  

Though not perfect, SNKRS is the easiest and most reliable way to get a pair of legitimate sneakers for a reasonable price and is the best choice compared to 3rd party apps to get the pairs you want.

I can recall multiple instances of the same event: My mother read various books to me at a young age.  At the time, I could not read by myself, so I heavily relied on her reading as my primary source of entertainment.  A constant in my life has been an inability to sleep without a source of mild entertainment, such as a podcast or music.  In this case, reading filled the same gap.  It was boring yet engaging enough to stop my mind from drifting.  This resulted in an appreciation of books, not a love of reading.  Currently, I do not recreationally read in the present time, but I still cherish these moments with my mom.

The earliest of these moments was a simplified version of Homer’s Odyssey.  I distinctly remember the story of the cyclops, in which Odysseus and his crew blinded the cyclops and then escaped from its cave by tying themselves to sheep.  Later, when I was learning to read, I returned to this book and read this story by myself.  This was a big accomplishment for me at the time, and why I believe that I still remember the earlier memory.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, I also remember a more negative early reading moment.  A few years after the earlier moment, my father decided to read John Christopher’s The City of Gold and Lead to me, as I had most likely annoyed him prior to going to bed.  I remember the book being so boring that he had fallen asleep on the floor before I had.  Later I revisited this book and the rest of the series, in which I found it to be much more enjoyable.

As a result of both of these moments, I would begin reading my favorite style of book, the long fantasy series.  This period of time from about ages 9-11 was my peak in book consumption.  Around every couple of months, I would randomly find a series and read it for 18 hours a day until it was done.  One such series that I remember distinctly was the Michael Vey books.  I was gifted the entire series right before the peak of the hot summer, and I had little desire to go outside at the time.  I picked up the first book and read for around 24 hours until I fell asleep.  Continuing on at this pace for about 3 days, I was able to finish the series.  

Connecting to the present, I believe that this style of reading is the culprit for my current lack of reading habits.  Truthfully, I do not retain much information as I read, and I prefer to become attached to characters and finish their story quickly.  In comparison with the before example, I cannot read for 24 hours straight anymore because of a lack of patience.  This lack of patience and tendency to become less immersed in a book after taking breaks results in little to no attachment to characters, which is the main reason I would read.  I also tend to dislike the beginnings of every book, such as the backstory and introduction, which reduces my interest and increases the likelihood of dropping the book on the spot.  This disinterest in the beginnings of books is the main reason why I enjoy longer series compared to shorter books because after the first book of a series, characters are familiar and themes continue.  In turn, I find it difficult to enjoy school-assigned short stories and novellas because I do not feel an attachment to the characters in them.

As of the last 5 years, I have read under 10 books out of my own free will.  I am looking to change that, and want to explore another fantasy series in the near future.

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