sneaker griefer reporting for duty
― calstars, Sunday, 4 July 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
shoes are terrible
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
sometimes they're useful
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
for keeping feet dry and protected yes. but i can think of many times I wish there were no shoes. now is one of them.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
if there were no shoes...
...we might not have been able to mine for ore and drill for oil. it would have been too sharp, potentially. stopping shoes might have saved billions of future deaths
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
so don't bother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0IPTN9mMs
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
shoes! How many of us have them?shoes! Ones we can depend onshoes! How many of us have them?shoes! Before we go any further, lets take off ourshoes!
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
i'd like to see hobbits with shoes
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
i grew up in the country and did the nature boy thing for most of my childhood. luckily, did not go wook but still not a shoe guy.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
i grew up wearing shoes all of the time, even inside. when i would run in the backyard, even the soft grass blades felt like gripping needles ripping through my innocent smooth flesh. but the kid down the block had no problem running barefoot.
fast forward 30 years: i invite my nephew to run around with me in my mom's backyard, and dare him to do it for barefoot. he cannot. the soft grass blades horrify him and he's like a dog wearing boots on top of boots, tip-hopping around. within 10 seconds he's back inside the house, whipping his shoes on.
epilogue:
i started taking my shoes off in early 20s. i love it, and my callouses are strong. my nephew died of foot punctures. while stepping out of the shower, he accidentally stepped on edge of a nearby newspaper and immediately died of shock. my mom is currently under investigation for negligent foot raising
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
My Callouses Are Strong
superb memoir title
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
my rooooooots are strooooong and deeeeeeepi'm swaaaaaying in the breeeeze
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
part of my childhood country home was a gravel driveway and i somehow convinced myself to "train my body" by walking up and down it barefoot for hours at a time. I remember it being really fucking painful but it eventually worked! It wasn't until I ran on chucks for several years that my arches fell though so i'm not sure what the moral of the story is.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
shoes are the arch enemy?
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
"train my body" lol
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
arch nemesis!my achilles heel!
holy sole batman
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
Nike Killshot = instant douche
― calstars, Monday, 5 July 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
Really? They're not my style, but they just seem like some pretty basic, nicely designed, slightly vintagey looking classic Nikes?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uztfu2Eh_Bk/T-NasavpLhI/AAAAAAAAAGI/jArkba8585U/s400/long+toenails.jpg
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 July 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
Reason 1 for not going barefoot in the South: Red bugs. Reason 2: Sand burrs. Reason 3: Fire ants. Reason 4: There's a good chance that some of these may come back as the US slips further into third world status. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil-transmitted_helminthiasis
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 5 July 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
it was a simpler time.had never heard of "red bugs" but boy do i know about chiggers. apparently also called "berry bugs" which was also new to me.
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
I went barefoot all the time in my childhood and will only slip into sandals at home when I need to go outside.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
Footwear Back to basics: just five toes in a little room
― calstars, Monday, 5 July 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
I used to play drums in bare feet all the time. Gotta get that grip
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 July 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Also, an old injury to my heel makes it painful to walk in flats, let alone bare feet.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3LcPUhy.pngLook at this bullshit
― calstars, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Got a pair of Nike Pegasus to run in and they caused blisters on the first time out. Shoes are terrible
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
i have a pair of shoes like that calstars
i hate them
but they're my only pair of shoes. i go barefoot most of the time these days for real
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 04:31 (two years ago) link
i have to say i am extremely here for calstars' shoe saltiness
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
i have a pair of shoes like that calstarsi hate thembut they're my only pair of shoes. i go barefoot most of the time these days for real
― calstars, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
I have to admit slip on shoes are increasingly appealing to me, not because I think they look great but because I give less of a fuck about that aspect.
Also, I kind of want to just have cheap slip ons at each of the entrances to my house at all times now because otherwise it's a pain to go in and out.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
espadrilles are good for this
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
crocs santa cruz slip-ons are ideal for that
― beard papa, Thursday, 15 July 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
the real problem here is feet. you got these perfectly serviceable legs under yr butt and then just past the ankles — i won’t even get into the ankles, fuckin ankles, sheesh — everything goes to hell. SNAKE BODIES FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME I WILL CONTINUE TO GRUMBLE ABOUT FEET AND THEIR STUPID USELESS AWFUL LITTLE TOES
― person (cat), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
useless toes?! have you ever needed to pick up a pencil that fell to the ground? if you ban shoes and socks, you just pick it up with your little primate toefingers and smoothly pass them to your hands
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
also think about a situation where you're hanging off a cliff by _only your toes_
bet you'd respect toes more after that!
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
snakes seem to do better than this assholehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm24TJsS7VA
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
as a compromise i might accept tentacle toes
― person (cat), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
“zis snek iz ubset wid me!” exclaims dude dangling a snake by its tail
― person (cat), Thursday, 15 July 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ey5vrmH.jpgNeed more
― calstars, Thursday, 15 July 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Nzn5dXl.jpgSensible
― calstars, Saturday, 17 July 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link