>>18562145 (OP)
Tl,dr: Hiking shoes are a shit test that you failed.
Because they're a perfect fuck you to both poors and people with no style and you're clearly one (at least) of those two choices.
1: The real versions like Paraboot, Dimme, Morjas, Fracap are well made but aren't cheap. They're really comfortable and wear in well.
2: Poor people and people with no style want to try the look out so they pick up the cheapest version possible from ASOS. The shoes look off compared to the originals because the proportions and details are never quite right.
They get the cheap shoes home and realize they have zero idea how to style them properly so their fits look like shit and then they bitch online.
It's fucking great and should be a lesson in consumerism to everyone but it will be rejected or misunderstood.
Not every trend is for (you). (You) can't pull off the same shit a random IG model can, you'll look stupid trying. And to be fair, they might not look good in the same things you look good in.
Second lesson is sometimes you have to save your money and pay for quality. Sure, there are tons of brands where you're just paying for it the name and it's not worth the retail price. But you should be figuring out what those brands are and avoiding them like the plague. Sometimes the "just as good" option isn't,and even if it magically is, it's still a waste of money if you don't know how to work it into your wardrobe.