You’re Ruining Your Feet

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  @mrahim1342 · 3 years ago

  I feel so validated watching this because I’ve always preferred being barefoot over wearing shoes.

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  @10Bendog · 3 years ago

  For the longest time when drawing characters I found myself struggling to make out the shoes properly. I like using construction lines to draw and whenever I’d get to the shoes of a character, I’d always be stumped on why I made them look so weirdly wide.<br>Eventually I realized that my construction lines were ones that outlined the shape of the foot, and I had never really thought about how real shoes are narrower at the front and squish your toes.<br><br>I walk barefoot around the house and wear flip flops outside for as long as the weather allows it. I think my feet are generally not too shoe-deformed, and I think because of that I only recently found out how damaging shoes could actually be.

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• DA

  @daylightsleeptight · 3 years ago

  My cousins and I taught ourselves to hold pencils with our toes and write our names. I think that experience as a kid really reinforced for me that feet are not just walking stumps, but much more like hands.

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• IM

  @ImortalZeus13 · 3 years ago

  As a martial arts instructor who spends most of his day barefoot while exercising, I wear open toed shoes on the daily and I began to feel crazy about how much I hated putting on “real shoes” until I purposefully went out of my way to buy “extra wide” shoes despite not actually having abnormally wide feet. This video made me feel less crazy

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• SA

  @SarcastSempervirens · 3 years ago

  Last winter I took a third of my paycheck, went to a shoemaker and ordered custom made leather boots, made exactly for my wide, normal-toed feet. He said they&apos;re gonna look horrible, I said I want them to make people vomit how ugly, yet comfortable they&apos;ll be. He made a compromise, played with the toebox design a bit and made me something that&apos;s 95% classic boot yet my entire foot can stand on the insole with toes naturally apart.

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• JA

  @jammer7vvvq691 · 3 years ago

  I feel this is one of the weirdest social standard we have to let go of; wearing narrow toed shoes and shoes all the time. I realized when hearing about people who never wear shoes that their opinion on other subjects is probably ignored. Wearing shoes is a societal expectation that when not met makes people respect you less, for pretty much no reason at all. It’s just to fit in.

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• GI

  @giovannitertulli · 3 years ago

  This is THE &apos;feet&apos; video I&apos;ve been looking for to share to all people I care about. Nobody seem to understand how important foot care is, and nobody wants to trade fancy shoes to gain some health back. Thanks for this, I have a reference link to send to make people understand. Amazing work, I am subscribed!

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• MO

  @momocapicino · 3 years ago

  Hey man I just to let you know I’m a med student and I did a presentation for my attending physician about shoes, osteoarthritis, bunions, and gait mechanics. The inspiration was you! Keep it up!

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• TH

  @TheFloatLife · 3 years ago

  We out here commenting for that algorithm!

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  @theyxaj · 3 years ago

  Toe-squishing is something I noticed after a year and a half of lockdown started easing. I hadn&apos;t worn shoes very often during that time, and especially not close-toed shoes. When I did wear my (previously comfy) tennis shoes then, my poor pinky toe was all squished and my whole foot didn&apos;t really feel good after walking. Weird thing is, I just thought &quot;ugh, I&apos;ll have to get used to shoes again&quot; rather than &quot;why are shoes built to make my foot uncomfy&quot;

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• TA

  @tamerebel · 3 years ago

  Just a correction, historical corsets were worn by all parts of female (working) society and weren&apos;t worn as tightly as shown in historical media nowadays and therefore not as unhealthy as portrayed. Having tan skin nowadays is also a class marker and shows that you&apos;re rich and can go on holidays and isn&apos;t very healthy either. We should appreciate our natural skin colour by protecting ourselves from the sun instead of trying to be overly tanned or pale. I&apos;m trying to find better shoes now, thanks for the historical facts and suggestions!

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• FI

  @FizzyMcPhysics · 3 years ago

  I&apos;ve been furious about the stupid shape of shoes my entire life. Football boots being the worst offenders! I complained a lot about my little toe being squashed when trying on shoes as a kid, so my mum bought me the widest shoes she could find. I also wore sandals a lot, which tend to be wider for some reason. I think is big part of why Crocs are popular is because of the wide toe box, and the reason everyone said they were hideous when they came out!

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