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dreamworld ([info]dreamworld) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-02-08 21:09:00


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Entry tags:community: customers_suck, fucking hippies, fungus among us, lol the south, miss cleo told me i'm special, no shirt no shoes no service, otf_wank's thoughts on feet, public nudity, shoes for industry!, socks: literal, they sell a product that causes cancer

Bare Feet -- Srs Bsnss
Over on Customers Suck, a poster complains about a shoeless customer coming into the restaurant where they work. In the comments ladygzb doesn't understand what the problem is.

After all, not that long ago, people of no means went barefoot as a matter of course, so why shouldn't she have the right to enter a public place with no shoes. Social conventions are meaningless. Going barefoot flaunts convention the way gay and interracial marriage does!

If your feet have a fungus it's the fault of your shoes! I went barefoot all through college and never caught anything like a fungal infection! In short, shoes are just disgusting and they make my feet hurt anyway.

And people keep on arguing with her.



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[info]cat_mcdougall
2009-02-09 08:32 pm UTC (link)
Narrow heel with really wide toes = a pain in the ass.

Those are my son's feet. Plus, he has really weak/loose ankles. Meaning he needs things with ankle support.

... Which, apparently, they don't make in small kids' sizes. (My son's only 8, and is undersized, he wears like a 12 in toddler sizes) Shoe shopping for him is painful. His twin sister always goes to her aunt's house for the day, because she doesn't want to go to fifty different stores looking for shoes.

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[info]sparkysrevenge
2009-02-09 09:54 pm UTC (link)
I got my dad's feet, which really don't make it any easier when he got older. He has to buy specialty dress shoes. It wasn't fun for me as a kid, either, because little girls' dress shoes tend to be very straight and narrow. I think what we'd do is get a size bigger, and put those little ankle pads in the back.

Something I find particularly comfortable are the Birkenstock (or Birkenstock knock-offs at American Eagle) clogs. I know you probably don't want to get your kid backless shoes, but when he gets a little older, it's an idea. Most normal shoes are a little too big in the heel, so I spend the vast majority of my time in flip-flops, otherwise the too-big heel will scrape me and cause discomfort. (I also live in an area that stays 70 degrees on a regular basis, so I can get away with wearing flip-flops and clogs.)

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[info]sparkysrevenge
2009-02-09 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and I have to add that I have weak ankles, too. Strengthening your calf muscles help a lot. Of course, if I walk all day, my ankles get swollen, so I have to wear something like a pair of high-top Chucks or wrap an ace bandage around my ankles to keep them in line.

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