• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    It’s really social norms, not anything else. There are probably more sharp and pointy things in the wilderness, then where we walk day to day.

    My dream would be able to walk around the office barefoot and have it not even be considered weird.

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      9 hours ago

      Hookworm infections are definately in decline due to wearing shoes. Ill take shoes over hookworms.

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      9 hours ago

      I don’t think anyone’s feet would enjoy walking on asphalt at noon at 35°+

      Plus people who lived in the wilderness famously had long lives

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      Not really. Socks used to be the layer of what you wore first if needed, and then wrapped your feet in animal skins as the extra outer layer we would now consider “shoes.” Shoes and socks were just sort of a combined foot bag/bundle for thousands of years, and many cultures developed socks and/or shoes independently, meaning they are not a social construct if numerous cultures are inventing them for practical purposes.