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Why do people wear shoes inside the house?

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Aces@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we wouldn’t wear shoes in the house would be when it snowed or if we had mud on our shoes, otherwise it helped keep your feet warm. It wasn’t until I met my wife that she was like, “What the fuck?” She grew up in Kenya where it was mandatory to not wear shoes. It’s so dusty out there most of the time that the house would be a mess if you did wear your shoes inside, so it was just an automatic thing to take them off.

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  • small44@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In winter, my feet get cold

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    • AstralPath@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why not have a cozy pair of slippers?

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      • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        what are slippers but inside shoes?

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  • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you have plantar fasciitis, it can really help with the added support.

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    • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are slippers like Oofos that you can wear at home instead of using shoes.

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      • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No one near me sells oofos, I can go to 3 stores nearby and buy a pair of Hokas that I can also wear at the Gym instead of needing a separate pair of Gym shoes.

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  • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As other have said, they’re usually not the same shoes I wear outside.

    But generally, for the same reason I wear them outside: to protect my feet. Especially if I’m going in and out a lot, like when doing yardwork or grilling.

    Every time this question comes up, I can’t tell if it’s that homes outside the US are much cleaner or streets are much dirtier.

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  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indoor shoes are fine, but wearing outside shoes in is wrong.

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    • stackPeek@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, this reminds me of uwabaki (上履き) back when I went to elementary school in Japan. Outside shoes and inside shoes which are called Uwabaki are different. The only time I use Uwabaki outside is in an emergency situation. I remember doing this in 2011 Earthquake

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      • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Those are similar to what I wear indoors: typically slip on shoes with a soft sole.

        For some reason I don’t feel productive if I’m not wearing shoes.

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  • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like to cook, and I like big cooks. My favorite thing to do on a Sunday is wake up and immediately start dinner. Fresh bread, slow roasted meats, things that take time in the kitchen. It’s not weird for me to spend hours in there, and a kitchen needs a hard floor because carpet will just absorb spills and become disgusting really quickly. My old ass gets really sore after 5 hours standing barefoot on hard tile, so I have some house shoes that never go outside and help me stay comfortable.

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    • nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      we have those squishy princess pads we put down and wear house slippers but yeah same idea

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  • CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You tryin’ to tell me what to do in my own home? Pssh.

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  • PoliticallyIncorrect@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cos they want?

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  • Mastengwe@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because we want to. It’s our house. We can do what we want.

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    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So, how often do you wash the floors?

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      • DrDickHandler@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        He washes them when he wants, okay?

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  • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My dog refuses to wear shoes outside so she’s already tracking dirt (visible or not) in several times a day. I’m always wearing either my outdoor shoes or slippers to keep from exposing my feet. If we did not have a dog than it would make sense to remove shoes as soon as we come inside.

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    • Drusas@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same. I required people to take shoes off in my house until I got dogs. They track dirt, pine needles, fur all over the place. I still mostly go around in my socks, but I don't expect anybody else to.

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  • Glytch@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have house shoes (that I only wear inside) because orthotics don’t fit in slippers

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A lot of people half-ass the transition from outside to in and would step with a socked/bare foot right where they just walked with shoes. Meaning the isolation of in and outside dirt is broken. My roommate, the landlord, does this… I’m not gonna chase him around with sanitizer and a mop so, I see the floor being just as dirty as outside and wear socks and slippers all the time. (They also ignore the idea of cleaning or maintaining their house. But that’s another issue and a reason I’m looking for me for a 1br)

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    • lemmytry@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is how I feel, the floor is not clean, everyone I know with no shoes in the house rules put their dirty feet into their shoes as they walk out the door and then wonder why their shoes stink, or put their feet up on their couch with black soles, it is way more grimy than just treating the floor as being dirty.

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  • macrocarpa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why do people go barefoot in public

    Why do people wear shoes in the office

    Why dont3 I ask women if they’re pregnant

    Because arbitrary customs that exist which might have a good reason behind them but largely have become things that are considered polite or rude, both of which are societal concepts which themselves are worthy of questioning

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    • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      1. Because they’ve given up on life.

      2. Because everyone else wear shoes in the office. That being said. I don’t wear shoes in my office. Because no one does. (It’s also a small office)

      3. I don’t know why YOU don’t. I don’t Because it’s none of my business and the risk of being wrong heavily outweights the reward of being right.

      It’s not arbitrary. If you start wearing shoes inside the floor will get dirtier. And now I can’t not wear them because I will get dirt all over my socks from the dirt the shoe wearer tracked inside.

      Office workers might have to move around and who a lot. Shoes help with that. It’s the exact reason we invented them in the first place.

      Just because you don’t know, doesnt mean it’s arbitrary

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    • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because in public, the ground is probably more gross than your feet (dogshit, car oil), but in your home, your shoes are probably more gross than your own feet.

      Similarly, in public, seeing other people’s feet is gross. But not as much at home.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the floor is lava

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  • slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My lifestyle necessitates being able to go outside at a moment’s notice.

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  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    pair of slippers and flip-flops that stay indoors, just for indoors. I just hate getting bits of whatever stuck to my socks/feet in between sweeping sessions. Though after a good sweep, I will do a stride of pride sans socks/shoes, just to feel how clean the floor is

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  • Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I generally don’t just because i enjoy the freedom of wiggley toes, but I’m not adverse to it either.

    Theres no snow or mud where I am and most of the places I walk in are cleaned daily (Work, shops). Honestly its just not a big deal for me here in Australia, shit people walk down the street or in stores with no shoes at all, so who cares eh. Bit of dust gets on the floor at home big deal, ill clean it on a weekend.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I keep stubbing my toe and it’s easier to go outside

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  • ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My cats track litter everywhere and I keep my bike inside (the bike room in my apartment has a major theft issue). So not like I’m making the floor any dirtier by wearing shoes. I sweep once a week and mop usually every other week, more if needed like if a cat has a particularly pukey week. The floor is for dirty things I don’t plan on eating off of it.

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    • Cheskaz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Barely related; but I use a square of astroturf to stop my cat tracking which works really well! Unfortunately, because it made the place look so aggressively, manufactured suburban green, I was forced to create a whole white picket fence poop garden for him.

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      • ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s the fanciest cat bathroom I’ve ever seen I love it

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  • mvirts@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because sometimes the dogs bring in goatheads 🙃

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because I have multiple doors in my house which lead outside. I normally take my shoes off when I come inside, but sometimes I come in one door and then want to leave via a different door only to realise my shoes are at the other end of the house.

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  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why wear shoes outside? Your feet just need to toughen the fuck up. Humans didn’t evolve to need shoes in most environments, most of the time.

    This message brought to you by the barefoot runner gang.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are our feet really suitable for pavements and broken glass everywhere, though?

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  • nobleart9932@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just forget to take them off

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  • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. Leftover habit from never having bare feet touch the ground from my army days.

    2. Kids leave and drop things all over house (Lego bricks).

    3. I wear huge clown shoes. No room near the door to leave them.

    4. Shoes off to flip-flops on. Feet feel protected.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why does this keep coming up? Are there really an appreciable number of people who do this?

    For me, I’m fine with whatever guests want to do (unless visibly wet or dirty) since they are temporary and short term. But otherwise I’ve never really had to ask, because it’s so common for taking off your shoes to just be the more comfortable. It’s actually one of my bigger dislikes for going back to the office, that now I have to wear shoes all day and it’s so uncomfortable. I can’t wait to get home and take them off. Isn’t this most people?

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  • Beardsley@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll say that I don’t usually wear shoes in the house, but it’s also a lost cause since I have two big dogs…

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why do people ware shoes outside the house?

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  • netvor@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They say, 30 is the age where you have to decide which one you like more: tying your shoelaces or hamburgers.

    I chose the latter.

    Now I’m almost 44 and even undoing them feels too hard. 🙃

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  • recapitated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a separate set of onutsuka tigers that are only for in the house. For home gym mostly, but also at my standing desk sometimes it’s more comfortable than flat bare feet. And because of these sometimes they just stay on.

    I have some slippers but I make them smell like a dead mouse, so I like to leave them alone.

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