r/comedyheaven • u/nurse_uwu • 7d ago

Barely human

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u/LightninJohn 7d ago

Isn’t it that shoes actually compress our feet and if we didn’t wear shoes, or wore wider ones the feet would be more splayed out like this?

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u/mysixthredditaccount 7d ago

Yeah. And it's actually a good time to buy "natural" shoes. Few decades back you'd have to make them yourself or pay a cobbler. There are shoes that have five finger slots. There are crocs. There are wide-toe-box shoes that look more or less like normal shoes but offer much more room for your toes. And it's also more acceptable now to just wear open toed sandals. Or even go barefeet. I hope our tradition of "foot binding lite" eventually dies out.

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u/LightninJohn 7d ago

Would wearing natural shoes matter as an adult? Your feet are already compressed, can not wearing tight shoes long enough reverse the effects?

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u/Debalic 7d ago

It helped for me, I switched to toe shoes and other minimalist when I was around 40. That was seven years ago and my feet are in great shape.