All jokes aside, modern shoe design is terrible.
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Not just modern. This problem existed for a few centuries and originated from a horrible, poor understanding of anatomy!
I mostly wear Crocs now and it is crazy how much better my feet feel.
No more ingrown nails or toe cramps.
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Do people not walk barefoot in their homes?
At home? But that's where I keep all my rusty nails.
If it's a post made from the states, for some reason there are places in the states where it is normal to wear shoes in the house. I'm gonna assume it probably somewhat correlates to a similar region as the ones where house scorpions are a possible pest.
No house scorpions where I grew up, and I've always been a shoes off immediately inside person, but mental illness always dictated that my mother wear shoes all day every day in the deep south. She had the fungal toenails to prove it >_>
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I'm in the U.S. Nobody wears shoes on my carpet. Nobody.
I wear sandals or slippers indoors because I hate the texture of my carpet and can't afford to replace it. I hate how socks feel as well, so those don't get worn unless I'm going somewhere.
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Basically society at large has deemed certain shoe shapes to be aesthetically pleasing. A lot of these designs put pressure on your toes leading to problems like bunions.
Big Shoe is lying to you.
Bunions sounds fun i want it (i dont know what it means)
I know it is not, but for some reason my mind turned that into bunny unions. Bunnies the world over getting together for better living conditions for all buns!
Again, I know it's not.
A bunion is a bony bump that forms on the joint at the base of your big toe. It occurs when some of the bones in the front part of your foot move out of place. This causes the tip of your big toe to get pulled toward the smaller toes and forces the joint at the base of your big toe to stick out.
Fun fact. Places in the world where they wear sandals or no footwear at all basically never have this problem.
Thank you!
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I stepped on a rusty nail recently, shoe unfortunately did not protect my foot
Ouch, that's a fear of mine
You wore the wrong shoes! Work boots ftw! 😀
Luckily i was working on a home bar in one of my friends houses, so we were using old pallets and definitely not in a safe way ;)
Barefoot is dangerous, but barefoot shoes have been a game changer for my knees and back.
If you need a nice pair of minimalist dress shoes for events or the office, try the Lems Ninetofive.
I see reviews talking about the shoes falling apart after a month or two. If you have them, how did they hold up?
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I do believe going barefoot is beneficial for both your body and mind, however I don't think everybody should start going barefoot out in public, grocery stores, sidewalks, etc. Too many rocks from our rocky infrastructure. Next time you go on a hike, however, take your shoes off and feel the earth.
This depends, too, because soils in many areas aren't safe to walk around just anywhere barefoot in due to parasites. This issue sounds more simple than it is, and that's the danger.
I have walked several hundred miles barefoot over the past two years.
Only thing ive stepped on was a tiny poiny rock. Easy to pull out.
A wild trick i use: my eyes. And look where i place my feet.
Do you worry about picking anything up? Like hookworms or athletes foot, or anything?
going barefoot will make fungal infections all but impossible since they want a warm moist enclosed space to grow in.
At this point my soles are so thick that i can't even pierce them with a sewing needle, i'm vastly more worried about stepping hard on a pebble and getting a blister than any sort of puncturing.
I bet I could pierce them with a sewing needle
Theory: You can pierce anything with a needle if you push hard enough. I say we test it out on their foot.
Maybe consider writing an article about how to do it safely, otherwise if the best Ive got is an idiot at Forbes and some brilliant but crazy ultrarunner, and there's no middle ground? Yeah I'm never trying it.
You probably don't walk around barefoot in a major population center I'm guessing?
I'm also plenty comfy walking around my suburban neighborhoods and nature trails barefoot but you better believe I'm putting shoes on in the city areas. Even if you don't step on something dangerous those streets are extra filthy
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I have exclusively worn barefoot, minimalist shoes for ~5 years now. I have never had a foot injury. If anything, I experience significantly less back and knee pain since making the change. I have an old martial arts injury in my right knee. As long as I wear primarily barefoot shoes, it never passively hurts anymore. As long as I don't make a habit of it and go right back to my Merrells, I can wear heels all day without any joint pain because my joints are stronger and healthier than they used to be. I don't have trouble with sharp things, in part because I look where I'm stepping, but also in part because I can feel what I'm stepping on before I put my weight down. I don't often go barefoot outside the house because I live in a dirty city, but I am a full time barefoot shoes convert. It's the obnoxious thing I tell people the benefits of all the time because I know so many people in constant pain who wear big old bulky sneakers and boots.
What barefoot shoes do you normally wear? I've tried a few, but nothing fits quite right.
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Feels like something Zoidberg would say.
"It's good for you probably! Your carapace will protect you fine. ... what do you mean humans don't have a carapace?"
Rusty iron is good for the blood, why not?
Every article ever.
It feels like you can't even make 3 clicks on the web without someone trying to gaslight you into doing or buying whatever the want
I was going to say it's every Forbes article ever.
There's an ocean of journalism that's still legitimate, and pretending that there isn't only plays into the hands of bad actors.
Yeah, there's a ton of great journalism out there; you just gotta know who's doing it. One of the classic propaganda techniques isn't actually for a bad actor to convince you to trust them; rather, it's to make you distrust everyone else just as much, which now puts their propaganda on a level playing field with the legit journalism.
Like many things in life, the solution is nuance and understanding, not sweeping generalizations.
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Are you just talking in general or do you believe walking barefoot is harmful? At least I was born without shoes so I believe it would be beneficial, also the only times I've stepped on a nail it was attached to a plank and I was wearing shoes.
That fucker would go through most regular shoes, too.
Reminds me, I need a tetanus shot
It's much safer to step on a rusty nail without a shoe. In order to remove it, odds are they'll want to cut through the shoe first, but while barefoot, it'll be much easier.
I've gotten a lot of these barefoot vids in my YouTube lately. Wait, nonono not that way!
I love walking barefoot in my local park full to the brim with bottle caps, rusty nails and heroin needles 😍
Nothing like an inch long barb from a trimmed hawthorn bush to put you right off the idea of thin soled shoes.
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