I sometimes question if we are truly the same species.
we are very diverse
“Hookwoorms, get in my feet please!”
Also all the tire dust that is releasing chemicals onto the skin.
definitely don’t think about what breathing it in does to you :)
Totally!! Glad those closed toe shoes are saving us all! /s just in case
also like, yes i’m sure our soles have evolved to be great absorbtion pads, not like we’d ever step on bad things in the wild
unless you’re in a place where human shit flows freely, that is not much of a concern. stores are usually not such places.
City streets on the other hand
SOMEBODY’S never been to a Ross Dress For Less, I see…
Its funny you say this because I once went in a Ross with my wife and someone had taken a monster shit in one of the aisles. It was absolutely horrific. I think about it every time she wants to go to Ross now. I don’t think I’ve gone in one with her since.
Ross is the answer to someone asking, “what if JCPenney but in a demilitarized zone?”
Canine worm can spread to humans and can cause blindness
Ok. I guess this was the additional detail that I needed. Don’t walk in human shit in order to avoid hookworms. Check. Noted.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Humans suck at remembering history when they can’t see the consequences anymore.
Humans suck as remembering history?
Hookworms isn’t why stores require shoes. It’s because of hippies. Laws typically require employees to wear shoes and even then it depends on the workplace.
There is an actual belief out there that your feet get some sort of power by connecting to mother nature barefoot. It’s insane woo nonsense, but that meme lifehack literally would be something they might do, lol
The linoleum floor of a supermarket is a godless abomination, further from mother nature than any other surface
‘linoleum’ is one of those words you read and immediately have to feel what its like to say. Like evel knievel
Linoleum floor in a supermarket? Haven’t seen that in the US nor Mexico.
I’ve seen it in local grocery stores in really small towns. Never a supermarket
Still quite common in Australia, in old, shitty places
Are you sure that it’s linoleum, and not VCT?
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ugh, i hate that woo-woo “grounding” bullshit. gives the rest of the barefooters a bad name. honestly there’s so many good reasons to go unshod without bringing in magical nonsense.
#1 being that if i wore shoes in the summer i would have to periodically empty out the ocean of sweat in them
Connecting to some basic ass tile work.
Daring to call linoleum “tile work” is like calling a Walmart a “home”
But those are tiles in the he picture.
Fair enough. Withdrawn!
just wait until someone in your circles finds out about “frequency therapy”.
That would be an awesome name for some EDM production
People that walk around cities barefoot need to be avoided at all costs.
people who care this much about what others wear need to be avoided at all costs
People who say people should be avoided at all cost, should be avoided at all cost.
No wait, I mean… 🤔
I’m gonna follow you now. So there.
I once saw a girl very abruptly stop walking on a rather busy street, throw herself down on a nearby bench in a hurry, take out her stuff from her tote bag and just start knitting with an oddly peaceful expression on her face as if nothing happened. I was left wondering what the fuck I just witnessed. Happened in the span of like 4 seconds.
Yes she was barefoot.
Since when is it illegal? Nobody has ever raised any objection, let alone tried to stop me going dogs out to the shops.
i’ve been accosted and kicked out of places so many times for being barefoot: grocery stores, restaurants, a bar, book shops, even a shoe store. i’ve basically been bullied by society at this point into wearing shoes whenever i go out, despite my own preferences. it’s not illegal, basically anywhere, but you’ve been quite lucky to not have gotten any shit anyways.
Those places don’t want to take liability for you potentially getting injured. Even if you would never sue a place for that, they have no guarantee of that, and US liability laws are absolutely ridiculous. I hope the US fixes the liability/lawsuit culture. So many things get killed by it
(For the record, I’m not one of the barefoot people. I find it weird, but to each their own)
even a shoe store
If one did not own a pair of shoes, this seems like it would present a bit of a “chicken or egg” problem…
yeah, that was my issue at the time, my shoes had finally completely fallen apart on me and i needed a new pair for something. they fortunately let me finish my task when i explained my predicament.
I’m curious, and have two questions:
- Have you previously read/heard the phrase “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service”?
- If you don’t mind answering, what region do you call home?
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Nah tbh going barefoot is pretty culturally accepted in rural Australia, as long as you’re not doing it in like a restaurant or a pub.
- Yes, only in the aforementioned contexts
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Nah tbh going barefoot is pretty culturally accepted in rural Australia, as long as you’re not doing it in like a restaurant or a pub.
If the store has a rule for it, you would be trespassing without shoes.
I guess where I’m from a lot of stores don’t enforce any such rules they may or may not actually have 🤷♀️
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I’d say dog pee is the least concerning thing on the list.
Also, parasites 😬
Why stop at the feet?
I haven’t seen the most recent seasons lol
The thing about this I don’t understand is why. Is it supposed to be to exist in as much of a natural state as possible?
Not a barefoot person but I’ve heard it claimed that its better for your feet. Seems off to me but its not like we evolved shoes so what do I know?
It’s better for your feet in soft soil & grass. Our feet evolved to walk on soil, high milage walking on concrete will damage your feet.
If you wear mis-fitting shoes your feet will also get damaged.
I just like the way it feels. Though because of all the risks, I wouldn’t do it except at home or similar environments.
i tried to do it for a summer as a kid in a rural area and my feet got very gross indeed and I had a lot of painful experiences. but I feel that’s the only way to do it safely, to be a kid in a small safe rural place where there is like grass to walk on
Toph-core
“Finally! A fashionable shoe for the blind earthbender.”
That’s kind of disgusting.
Not kind of! Lol
It’s just seasoning.
Based.
Based on my understanding of the state of the ground in cities, that is absolutely disgusting.
It’s absolutely disgusting!
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Tetanus is a disease made up by corporations to sell more anti-rust “solutions”! Hemoglobin is Oxygen bound to Iron, how could Oxygen bound to Iron hurt you???
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Yeah! I identify with the OG Frenchfries, No Gods, No Kings! I’m happy to see a comrad happy to fight a “crown” wearing royal-ass virus, probably the fault of English imperialism or papist bullshit! !!
I avoid tetanus by not standing like this
illegal???
Stores can’t dictate what’s legal, so this is not illegal. It’s just not allowed under some store rules, but the most they can do is kick you out.
Uncommon yes, but not illegal.
reverse sandals
Sladnas
Combine the drawbacks of wearing shoes with the drawbacks of going barefoot.
Why are you walking barefoot whilst constricting your toes that’s confusing me
That’s how you pick up all the soup ingredients for later.
Damn I coulda saved money on getting my soles redone
Soles redone: $IDK, ask the local Faeries whilst the cobbler naps.
Barefoot: $Priceless!
