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Not that I mind, but... wearing shoes has a purpose... and the most important one IMO is to make sure our feet stay harms way from broken bottles, nails, stuff like that.

I'm not even gonna get into how cold it must be not wearing them in the winter... or how hot the asfalt might get during the summer. The asfalt can go up to 80, 90°C where I live during the summer, people have fried eggs on it for kicks.

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[-] PostnataleAbtreibung@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

I totally think it is not a thing. Just two random ignorant fools doing it (maybe, and maybe not).

Barefoot shoes are a thing though, with a very thin sole and a very direkt Response to ground texture. I have a small collection of these and i am a big fan of them. However, if i want to go completely barefoot (or simply forget my shoes again), i just don’t Wasser shoes.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What is the appeal to you of feeling the surface you walk on more directly? In my experience, having bulky soles enables your feet to take rough terrain for longer ( I did some multiday hikes in the Alps )

Also the soles (of B or A/B class hiking shoes) can have a very comfortable bedding, so it feels like a luxury item to me. I guess that's why if feels strange to me to that some would rather forgo them all together :-)

[-] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

You have thin soles so you can tell where you are in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

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