Older post, but...

[conuly]

Are there really people who'd rather spend lots of money to simulate barefootedness than to just go barefoot?

Not counting, of course, those who really can't be unshod (and have lots of money).

Comments

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Seems silly, but I also wouldn't go walking around downtown Manhatten barefoot ;)

[conuly]

I would :)

I have, in fact. Perfectly safe, if you're not blind*, stupid, or have a severe lack of sensation in your feet.

*_{Actually, it may not be unsafe if you're blind. I don't know.}

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm not concerned about glass and whatnot. I'm more concerned about the living creatures you can't see underfoot. It would really suck to get hepatitis from stepping on someone else's bodily fluids without realizing.

[conuly]

Wouldn't bodily fluids have to be... um... fluid? Couldn't you get sick from touching something with your hands?

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

heh, i don't even like touching stuff with my hands. i'd be more concerned with feet since you're never too sure if you have an open cut or other wounds on your feet so something can get up in there and fester. I know for me, I can have a cut on my foot for weeks before I even notice it. Guess my nerves aren't that sensitive down there.

[conuly]

Guess not. Me, I always know if I've stepped on something and cut my foot.

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

Well, those are orthopedic shoes, which are usually covered by insurance.

That said.... my mother can't go barefoot, for example. She lacks almost all sensation in her feet, and can easily get a cut or puncture wound that she wouldn't know about and which would almost certainly become infected and probably septic (she's diabetic). Many diabetics become amputees because of injuries like this.

[conuly]

That's why I excluded those who can't go unshod. See?

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Seems silly, but I also wouldn't go walking around downtown Manhatten barefoot ;)

[conuly]

I would :)

I have, in fact. Perfectly safe, if you're not blind*, stupid, or have a severe lack of sensation in your feet.

*_{Actually, it may not be unsafe if you're blind. I don't know.}

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm not concerned about glass and whatnot. I'm more concerned about the living creatures you can't see underfoot. It would really suck to get hepatitis from stepping on someone else's bodily fluids without realizing.

[conuly]

Wouldn't bodily fluids have to be... um... fluid? Couldn't you get sick from touching something with your hands?

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

heh, i don't even like touching stuff with my hands. i'd be more concerned with feet since you're never too sure if you have an open cut or other wounds on your feet so something can get up in there and fester. I know for me, I can have a cut on my foot for weeks before I even notice it. Guess my nerves aren't that sensitive down there.

[conuly]

Guess not. Me, I always know if I've stepped on something and cut my foot.

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

Well, those are orthopedic shoes, which are usually covered by insurance.

That said.... my mother can't go barefoot, for example. She lacks almost all sensation in her feet, and can easily get a cut or puncture wound that she wouldn't know about and which would almost certainly become infected and probably septic (she's diabetic). Many diabetics become amputees because of injuries like this.

[conuly]

That's why I excluded those who can't go unshod. See?