Roy is a one man brand made by Roy Slaper in Oakland, California. Roy was born (1971-1972) and raised in El Paso, Texas. He moved to Oakland after high school to be a part of the skateboard scene. Roy was a metal fabricator for a decade, an experience that he credits with helping him design jeans later (“Both require spacial thought, pattern making and measurement of irregular objects.”) In the mid 2000s he began collecting various sewing machines and getting interested in making jeans after “a very key person took [him] under her wing.” His first machine was a Mitsubishi DU 125, which was not vintage or great for denim, but did lead to more and more machines. He traded the Mitsubishi to a person called Sparrow for a Brother DT-6. He got more machines from a friend named Richard and Kiya, of Self Edge (who would soon become very important to Roy's story,) including a Union Special machine that was designed only to chain stitch the waistband on jeans, until he had completely filled up his apartment. For Roy, working with the machines has always been a major part of his appreciation of jeans. In 2007, Roy lost a job and, inspired by his friend Tilden, decided it was time to focus on making jeans full time. He sold everything he could: cars, bikes, guitars, and more to fund 3 months focused on creating jeans. At some point he also developed a relationship with Cone Denim, particularly the famous White Oak factory in Greensboro, North Carolina, the last selvedge denim mill in the United States (RIP:) “There actually is a whole convoluted and entertaining story as to how I started working with them, but if I tell you and write it all down then I can’t tell it at the bar anymore.” There is a Cone Denim blog called “Roy Meets World” from 2009 that appears to be one of the earliest mentions of Roy the brand, but I was unable to recover it, unfortunately. During this time, Roy made some totes for Cone, but was mostly making jeans for friends. One of the earliest examples available online from this period is a pair made as a gift for Henry Wong when he departed his position at Cone around the beginning of 2010:
Some of the earliest Roy jeans. (The busted seams on the pockets are a classic Roy twist.)
2010 was a huge year for Roy. As his skills progressed, he began selling direct to consumer through his own site, Roydenim.com. He quickly drew a following among denim enthusiasts, es
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
“BOOM”?!
There hasn't been a post all year!
