Comment on Social acceptability
urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
TBH dudes with foot fetishes assume no one else knows what a foot fetish is, and that’s where they run into trouble. See: Dan Snyder and Nickolodean.
Example:
Dude 1 openly harasses me about my butt, I hate it and move on with my life
Dude 2 thinks he’s being slick. Talks to me for a few minutes bullshitting/smalltalk before the conversation is suddenly about how I’m on my feet all day and what shoes do you wear and what about your socks and… etc
One is a cat call, the other is some weird social engineering shit that also insults my intelligence. I’m not making this up, these dudes try this on multiple targets until they can find a mark. My coworkers have to deal with it too. Don’t see them a lot but we warn each other about the foot guy.
Sorry to all you normal, respectful people with foot fetishes, I’m sure you give awesome consensual foot rubs.
My feet are fucked and the easiest way to explain it is with gloves.
Just think about gloves or mittens. They fit over your hand perfectly. I mean it’s obvious right? You make hand shaped things for hands, why would you do anything else?
Yet you look at shoes and none of them are fucking foot shaped and everyone acts like this is normal.
So I hate feet, I hate my feet and I’m sure I hate your feet. But I’ll still rant about shoes and feet if it comes up.
Yet you look at shoes and none of them are fucking foot shaped and everyone acts like this is normal.
I recall seeing a lot of “internet hate” at finger shoes. There’s even a xkcd of that
But also you can get a pair of Whitin Barefoot Shoes for $30. That might be a good start.
Your posture should be much better with zero drop shoes. Wide toe boxes and flexible soles allow you to use the muscles in your feet to walk. Instead of flopping them around like they’re made of meat stuffed in a rain boot.
NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That poor retired podiatrist keeps getting called a creep for trying to talk about foot health…
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
He’s got his retired gynecologist friend to commiserate with.
minibyte@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Here I just wanted to talk shoes and recommend some decent merino wool socks.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 months ago
For real tho, my job has me on my feet for the entirety of my shift - I found an awesome insole that makes the day so much less painful, and I 100% pitch that shit to my coworkers when it comes up, cuz foot pain sucks.
…now this thread has me worried that I’ve been pinned as ‘that guy’ lol.
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 9 months ago
I’m both of these people. I like foots. But also, I have terrible foot pain due to high arches, and have had mostly jobs where I’m on my feet for hours. I will talk insoles and inserts whenever possible, as a way of helping people with foot pain. What I do not do is have any interest in talking foot stuff as a kink/fetish. Kink and fetish are reserved for consensual bedroom (or camping) times. There’s no connection between the foot pain convos and the foot kink whenever that happens. People who try to stealth their way into nonconsensually getting people to play into their kink are creepy, and not good people.
force@lemmy.world 9 months ago
i want your recommendations