[Tell] me about barefooting

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Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Op, you should try it for a few days and report back here.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 00:54

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 03:12

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Op, you should try paleo-dieting and crossfit too, they help on cold acclimation.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 06:38

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Don't listen to the haters, go bare.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 17:11

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

I believe in you op, remove your shoes.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2015 19:19

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

GlyphGryph posted:

I wear shoes basically... to work, and when hiking, and when going around the city, and that's it. I don't particularly like shoes, I've never worn a pair I'd call particularly comfortable (as opposed to ignorably uncomfortable, and I tried the vibrams and the toes on them are just too short, very uncomfortable), and even then my shoes only last like... 4-6 months before wearing out. I don't want to have to buy more than three pairs of shoes a year so I'm fine only wearing them when I feel its appropriate and no more. Plus I like feeling what I'm walking on most of the time, I'm probably just a fledgling autist or some poo poo but I like feeling things as I move around. Tromping barefoot through puddles and mud and snow and stuff is actually pretty fun in moderation, though I do that pretty rarely.

So I generally don't wear shoes outside of my daily commute and regular hikes. (I actually keep them off under my desk too as if anyone gives a poo poo but since the OP asked for advice hey guess what you can take them off under your desk at work too and then get most of the benefits of them not being in shoes while still being able to walk around in shoes). I even do it outside a lot and in the water even though I've cut my feet open more than once while submerged because gently caress those dumb water shoes.

I don't see why someone would refuse to wear shoes ever that sounds dumb though. There are good reasons for shoes, both social and physical. I would not want to hiking through the underbrush without shoes, or walk down certain streets in my town even. Not wearing shoes does not make you a better human being. Not feeling like you have to wear them everywhere might make you a happier one but that's mostly for you to figure out.

Basically, shoes are like coats, where them when it's appropriate it and take them off when you don't need them and it doesn't matter.

Although in my home you're taking your goddamn shoes off at the door like a civilized human being instead of tracking poo poo everywhere.

Why do filthy Americans wear their shoes in their own homes?

# ¿ Feb 5, 2015 21:01

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Colonel J give us a report on how your barefooting has gone.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2015 01:43

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 03:12

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Colonel J posted:

Not gonna start 'till temperatures go up in the positives!

edit: maybe this report will satiate your hunger in the meantime.

Stop being a bitch and go bare.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2015 15:44

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