Chuck Encourages Chucking. What?

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We never cease to be perplexed by this running Converse campaign for Chuck Taylors.

“Get Chucked.” Isn’t chucking slang for spewing the vom? Is this some sort of lame attempt at reappropriating the term? Maybe Converse should talk to the clever societal puppeteers who managed to alter the meanings of “nigga” and “queer.”

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