Doesn’t this defeat the point of taking your shoes off inside? If your concern is tracking in dirt or germs on your shoes, tracking them on your feet is arguably worse unless you’ve got foot wash stations at the doors.
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DBT@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ITT: a bunch of fragile mfs who never walk barefoot outside.
dream_weasel@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 months ago
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I live in the UK so if I did that I’d get wet feet. It never really dries here.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you can walk outside in -20 f (-28 c) barefoot and still feel your feet after ~15 seconds and avoid frostbite inside if five minutes, I might accept that I’m weaker than you.
But, assuming you’re human and not possessed of prosthetic feet…. I’m going to assume your toes would fall off just the same as mine.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah I go out in the yard with the dog or take out the trash in winter here in Montreal. Granted it’s a minute here or there but it’s true. Not calling anyone weak or anything but it’s just a little snow or cold.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re still probably getting frost bite, and yes, the cellular damage caused by frostbite can add up over time making it quite severe even with the ‘casual’ exposure.
There’s no weakness in prudence. being imprudent can lead to it though (or rather amputations, at worst.)
Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do you have a source to back that up? I’m having trouble finding anything that says you have to be out less than 15 minutes before frostbite kicks in. It’s like saying you’ll get frostbite in your hands if you hold some ice for a minute.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
To be fair in that kind of weather going outside is a 15min, 12 layer ordeal, the shoes are a small concern at that point.