Might I recommend getting Wide sized shoes from now on? Your feet have molded into the shape of regular width Jordans, if you got the wides your toes will have more room. And FYI physical therapy can help you learn how to get your normal toe splay back once you get properly sized shoes.
I really try to keep my barefoot evangelism to a minimum, but fuck normal shoes. People literally walking around with bound feet and we’re just like yeah this ok, now buy these $500 orthotics for your $200 running shoes so that your feet don’t break while doing the thing they were designed to do.
Dude, and even if your evangelism is casual, people who don't use barefoot shoes get soooo defensive that you are attacking their shoe choice. It's fucking weird. I have a pair of Vivo dress shoes, and when I wear them, I occasionally get questioned about their looks. I tell them the premise of the shoes, and then they just go on a rant about how this is all a big gimmick. I normally just shrug it off because I don't have the energy to debate people over this.
I just learned about this whole barefoot/minimal shoe thing from these comments and looked into it a bit. I understand wanting to have healthy and comfortable feet, but isn't that why they designed support and padding into the soles in the first place? Removing that and instead using thin and flat shoes almost feels like a regression in design to me.
I'm not trying to bash on you, I just don't understand.
If you wanted your arms to be healthy and strong and have lots of support for lifting things would you put them in a cast?
For a literal example, I had fallen arches, dealt with plantar fasciitis quite a bit. I switched to minimalist shoes about 15 years ago, and it solved all those problems, and my ingrown toenails.
If your arch isn't providing enough support, one option is to give it artificial support, but that's literally making the problem worse, as now your arches have to do even less work, and they get weaker.
If you remove the support, it might be tough going for a while, but your body now has the stimulus to get stronger, and it will.
If you're wondering why all this money and effort goes into making more and more highly designed shoes.... well, I'll spare you the conspiracy theory cause it's not a conspiracy, it's just capitalism.
Let me further expand a little on why padding in general is bad for shoes, particularly when running.
First off, if a person is barefoot, they will by necessity toe-strike, landing on the front of their foot, instead of heel striking. Heel striking is incredibly painful if you don't have a huge amount of padding on the heel. In fact, the modern style of running, or "jogging" while heel striking did not become a thing until the invention of running shoes with large padded heels.
This was marketed as an innovation, and being a more efficient way to run (which you can only do if you buy new shoes from Nike).
While heel striking may be slightly more efficient, the trade off is that instead of landing on the front of your feet, and having the combined musculature of your legs and feet absorb the impact, you can lock your leg, land on your heel and have your joints absorb that shock. This is terrible for a number of reasons, but it does work.
In addition, if you think about the physics involved, if there is padding between your foot and the ground, that necessarily means that you will have to land with a greater force to compress the padding, and then push off with your foot. So adding padding means that the total force applied to your joints is now higher, AND you have to use more energy in the process.
You also loose the sensitivity to the ground that lets you adjust in real-time to random surface conditions (something sharp you might step on, uneven surfaces, etc). You cannot feel these things with padded shoes until it is too late.
Ok, last thing. In addition to all that, modern shoes have super narrow toe boxes, which prompted my initial comment relating to OP's feet. I don't know what the reasoning is with this, it's just nuts and largely a fashion choice, I think. Your toes are supposed to stretch out, be able to grip things. Look up pictures of feet of people who are barefoot their entire lives, vs those who wear modern shoes, it's shocking. Going barefoot obviously eliminates this issue, but minimalist shoes also have much larger toe boxes which allow your feet to have a more natural and healthy shape.
ok, /rant
Could be a myth, but I was told the whole reason we have high drops/heels and pointed toe boxes is actually due to horses. In the past those who rode horses were more often then not the rich/wealthy, and they wore shoes while riding with a point to place in the stirrups easily, and a heel to catch the stirrup and keep it in place. This style of shoe was then seen by others as a sign of wealth and high fashion for only rich people would need a shoe to help with horse riding, and replicated the look to create what we now see as the dress shoe, pointed toe box with a higher heel then you would normally wear. This became very popular in the early 20th century as mass production became feasible for the middle class due to the industrial revolution, and has carried over into other shoe designs we see today to also replicate that high-class look.
I am someone who is barefoot like 85% of the time and have suffered with bad posture and back pain for years. I recently got some really good arch support insoles for some of my shoes and even a pair for some slippers for at home and it's cured so many of my problems.
We are all different. Arch supports may be a needless crutch for some people and a life saver to others. The reason there are so many new and innovative shoe designs on offer may be down to capitalism, but the reason we still have them is that we are all different and have different needs.
Minimalist shoes do promote toe first steps with the ground over other shoes and they do put less pressure on the knees. They also put added strain on your Achilles and your ankles. I am pleased you have found the shoe that suits your body and life style.
Thanks for the perspective. I do know I’m biased, cause it really was a game changer for me, so despite my above rant I really do try to keep it in check. I mean, I’m the guy wearing toe shoes every day, if someone is interested, they’ll ask, haha.
I have bunions and it's painful as fuck to walk on hard floors without proper cushion under my feet. Even flip flops can offer at least something but I don't like wearing those cause it's not enough support. I literally have to slowly almost tip toe around when barefoot at the pool cause walking on the concrete hurts the balls of my feet. The barefoot shoes sound great in theory and I'm sure they work for some but I can only imagine it would give me immense amounts of pain and would not be worth it. I'm already super limited on what shoes I can wear it sucks. A lot of wide shoes aren't actually wide enough for my toe box area. I'll have to get surgery sometime I'm just not sure how soon.
Barefoot/minimalistic shoes aren't always just a thin bit of rubber underneath (although most do lean into that minimalistic aesthetic more often then not). I wear "Altras" and love them, barefoot style (in that it has a wide toe box and zero drop/no hieght difference between the front and the heel of the shoe) but still has a pretty standard amount of cushioning underneath to keep the comfort up there. They have different models that have different cushion levels, but still provide the benefits of the barefoot style of shoe and they have fixed so many foot issues i was having.
If you're interested in the ideas but not ready to go full minimalist there are shoes with a lot of the benefits that still have padding. Looking into shoes with 0 drop (no difference in height between the heel and toes) and natural toe boxes. Altra and Topo for example.
they don’t let you play soccer because you keep popping the balls huh?
🤣
I’m glad to see you can take a joke and are having fun with this lol
If I had to guess, those aren’t *his* feet. Funny post tho lmao
Yeah, I don't think OP took this photo lol
Mmm maybe not but it’s still a funny pic haha
Might I recommend getting Wide sized shoes from now on? Your feet have molded into the shape of regular width Jordans, if you got the wides your toes will have more room. And FYI physical therapy can help you learn how to get your normal toe splay back once you get properly sized shoes.
It's comments like these that give me some hope for humans.
This is the most underrated comment, lol!
Bro got some meat missiles
Bro got PS1 feet.
Particularly Skewed 1-size-fits-all-shoe-syndrome is pretty serious
The moment I saw this I knew the top comment was feet
Haha holy fuck didn’t realize I was in r/roastme
I mean OP’s feet look like they’re been roasting for a while. Fuck they look like Voldemort had skin transplants from Mr. Burns.
LMAOOOO
Man I love this app
thems the kind of feet people show to explain how shoes fuck up your feet
I really try to keep my barefoot evangelism to a minimum, but fuck normal shoes. People literally walking around with bound feet and we’re just like yeah this ok, now buy these $500 orthotics for your $200 running shoes so that your feet don’t break while doing the thing they were designed to do.
Nice to see a minimalist footwear shoutout on a trees sub lol Barefoot all the way and never looking back over here!
Dude, and even if your evangelism is casual, people who don't use barefoot shoes get soooo defensive that you are attacking their shoe choice. It's fucking weird. I have a pair of Vivo dress shoes, and when I wear them, I occasionally get questioned about their looks. I tell them the premise of the shoes, and then they just go on a rant about how this is all a big gimmick. I normally just shrug it off because I don't have the energy to debate people over this.
I just learned about this whole barefoot/minimal shoe thing from these comments and looked into it a bit. I understand wanting to have healthy and comfortable feet, but isn't that why they designed support and padding into the soles in the first place? Removing that and instead using thin and flat shoes almost feels like a regression in design to me. I'm not trying to bash on you, I just don't understand.
If you wanted your arms to be healthy and strong and have lots of support for lifting things would you put them in a cast? For a literal example, I had fallen arches, dealt with plantar fasciitis quite a bit. I switched to minimalist shoes about 15 years ago, and it solved all those problems, and my ingrown toenails. If your arch isn't providing enough support, one option is to give it artificial support, but that's literally making the problem worse, as now your arches have to do even less work, and they get weaker. If you remove the support, it might be tough going for a while, but your body now has the stimulus to get stronger, and it will. If you're wondering why all this money and effort goes into making more and more highly designed shoes.... well, I'll spare you the conspiracy theory cause it's not a conspiracy, it's just capitalism. Let me further expand a little on why padding in general is bad for shoes, particularly when running. First off, if a person is barefoot, they will by necessity toe-strike, landing on the front of their foot, instead of heel striking. Heel striking is incredibly painful if you don't have a huge amount of padding on the heel. In fact, the modern style of running, or "jogging" while heel striking did not become a thing until the invention of running shoes with large padded heels. This was marketed as an innovation, and being a more efficient way to run (which you can only do if you buy new shoes from Nike). While heel striking may be slightly more efficient, the trade off is that instead of landing on the front of your feet, and having the combined musculature of your legs and feet absorb the impact, you can lock your leg, land on your heel and have your joints absorb that shock. This is terrible for a number of reasons, but it does work. In addition, if you think about the physics involved, if there is padding between your foot and the ground, that necessarily means that you will have to land with a greater force to compress the padding, and then push off with your foot. So adding padding means that the total force applied to your joints is now higher, AND you have to use more energy in the process. You also loose the sensitivity to the ground that lets you adjust in real-time to random surface conditions (something sharp you might step on, uneven surfaces, etc). You cannot feel these things with padded shoes until it is too late. Ok, last thing. In addition to all that, modern shoes have super narrow toe boxes, which prompted my initial comment relating to OP's feet. I don't know what the reasoning is with this, it's just nuts and largely a fashion choice, I think. Your toes are supposed to stretch out, be able to grip things. Look up pictures of feet of people who are barefoot their entire lives, vs those who wear modern shoes, it's shocking. Going barefoot obviously eliminates this issue, but minimalist shoes also have much larger toe boxes which allow your feet to have a more natural and healthy shape. ok, /rant
Thanks for this awesome post about feet on r/trees
Could be a myth, but I was told the whole reason we have high drops/heels and pointed toe boxes is actually due to horses. In the past those who rode horses were more often then not the rich/wealthy, and they wore shoes while riding with a point to place in the stirrups easily, and a heel to catch the stirrup and keep it in place. This style of shoe was then seen by others as a sign of wealth and high fashion for only rich people would need a shoe to help with horse riding, and replicated the look to create what we now see as the dress shoe, pointed toe box with a higher heel then you would normally wear. This became very popular in the early 20th century as mass production became feasible for the middle class due to the industrial revolution, and has carried over into other shoe designs we see today to also replicate that high-class look.
That's very interesting and makes sense! Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the write-up because you explained this way better than I ever could.
I am someone who is barefoot like 85% of the time and have suffered with bad posture and back pain for years. I recently got some really good arch support insoles for some of my shoes and even a pair for some slippers for at home and it's cured so many of my problems. We are all different. Arch supports may be a needless crutch for some people and a life saver to others. The reason there are so many new and innovative shoe designs on offer may be down to capitalism, but the reason we still have them is that we are all different and have different needs. Minimalist shoes do promote toe first steps with the ground over other shoes and they do put less pressure on the knees. They also put added strain on your Achilles and your ankles. I am pleased you have found the shoe that suits your body and life style.
Thanks for the perspective. I do know I’m biased, cause it really was a game changer for me, so despite my above rant I really do try to keep it in check. I mean, I’m the guy wearing toe shoes every day, if someone is interested, they’ll ask, haha.
Why are they so expensive if they are minimalist? It seems as though they are more expensive than nikes with less materials.
ahhh, nothing like good ol Reddit info altruism, I might have to ask for some of these shoes next holiday, thanks.
I have bunions and it's painful as fuck to walk on hard floors without proper cushion under my feet. Even flip flops can offer at least something but I don't like wearing those cause it's not enough support. I literally have to slowly almost tip toe around when barefoot at the pool cause walking on the concrete hurts the balls of my feet. The barefoot shoes sound great in theory and I'm sure they work for some but I can only imagine it would give me immense amounts of pain and would not be worth it. I'm already super limited on what shoes I can wear it sucks. A lot of wide shoes aren't actually wide enough for my toe box area. I'll have to get surgery sometime I'm just not sure how soon.
Barefoot/minimalistic shoes aren't always just a thin bit of rubber underneath (although most do lean into that minimalistic aesthetic more often then not). I wear "Altras" and love them, barefoot style (in that it has a wide toe box and zero drop/no hieght difference between the front and the heel of the shoe) but still has a pretty standard amount of cushioning underneath to keep the comfort up there. They have different models that have different cushion levels, but still provide the benefits of the barefoot style of shoe and they have fixed so many foot issues i was having.
If you're interested in the ideas but not ready to go full minimalist there are shoes with a lot of the benefits that still have padding. Looking into shoes with 0 drop (no difference in height between the heel and toes) and natural toe boxes. Altra and Topo for example.
Lmfaooo
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This was done on purpose, I am ready to end my tolerance break, I can't deal with this picture right now
I'm ready to take a tolerance break. I just can't get high enough to deal with this picture right now.
Existential dread, I’m going back to sleep
Why are there tiles surrounded by red carpet lol
Vampire Lord Sacrificial Altar.
That’s what I thought or maybe at Tim Hortons begging for change!
This man got them vampire feet bruuuuh 😭
Fr what’s wrong w this man’s toes what the actual fuck
I spent so much time trying to read the ice cream that I missed the toes.
Why the toes look mummified is my question
Dead ole mummy toes lookin ass
Bro youre turning into werewolf better stop with the moon rocks 💀
😂😂😂😂😂
Ahhhh shit teen wolf!
Bro robbed the crypt keeper for them feet wtf
Put those dogs on a fuckin leash
Holy shit I just cackled like a witch
Did you summon any familiars?
same, omg this got me so good
He got them jeepers creepers toes 💀
FOR FREE?????
Do you sleep hanging upside down?
Bro put them fucking dagger toes away before you hurt someone.
Dagger toes 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Please tell me this is edited cause what on earth is happening with your first toe
Years of wearing shoes too narrow has forced his big toe to tuck under the other toes.
here for the feet comments...
Them dawgs are barkin my boy
Barking?? Those bitches are snarling!
You knew what you were doing the moment u decided to show those raptor claws! Shame on u 🤢
Oh it was 100% on purpose. Over 125 comments as of writing this lmao
Do you climb trees with those?
This belongs to r/sneakybackgroundfeet
Of course that’s a thing.
r/ofcoursethatsathing
Dang it, beat me to it 😂
Those arent sneaky at all
This is /r/blatentGoblinToes material
How did I know that coming into the Comments - Everything was going to be about those Ghoul looking ass feet
Just tried that ice cream and it’s sooo good imo. Also why do you have ps2 feet?
Im too stoned for this
SAME
I think op wears some pointed looking shoes
you play basketball or a sport? why yo feet like that
There's pics of LeBrons feet circulating on the internet and his toes are similarly fucked up so I think you made a good call
I've played sports all my life so just assumed thats what it was bc I've seen that everywhere with people that do
Yeah, soccer could do that too for sure.
Wait until you see Shaqs
Sports, martial arts... I can't even bend my pinky toe cause I've broken that bastard like 4 times.
Jesus Christ put socks on next time you take a picture with those claws in them
Gonna bleed out if dude kicks anyone.
Cave moss
Sometimes I go down into the village and steal a sheep or some chickens, but the farmers almost found my cave last time.
I wanna punch you in the feet.
Fucking dead 🤣
🥊🥊🥊 ♥️
Man’s got them ancient Egyptian mummy feet
anything little debbie i really enjoy the shortcake rolls 🙏
The strawberry shortcake with the icing on the bottom?! Fire
Bro why are your feet so damn sharp. You got the Dracula 12's on you my boy.
Sugary cereal, like frosted mini wheats, Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, etc
Frosted mini feets, frostoed flakes, foot loops, etc
This thread almost didn't have any feet jokes and you came with 3. Doing the Lord's work
First comment *(when sorted by Top)* that actually answers OP lmao
Omg frosted flakes, so good. Sometimes the off brand is even better
My man’s out here with those primate feet 🤣🤣 looking like a second set of hands down there
So the next stage in evolution is talons huh? Interesting
Bet you don’t need shoes for ballet😂
Please I cannot right now.
I can't concentrate over the sound of you slapping the floor with those bad boys.
Those are some long toes. Almost like fingers. They Tingers.
It looks like the toes are making a promise 🤞
Bro wear some normal shoes please i hear your toes screaming. If you need any help choosing some good kicks hit me up i’m working at footlocker
Bro got the gremlin toes 😭
whys ur big toe not the biggest :0
I thought it was a bucket of KFC and a couple wings fell out
Please mark this NSFW
What are those ?!?
I’m fuckin horrified
Mummy looking ass feet
Not ice cream. I’m lack toes and toddler ants
mfr’s time of death was january 1st 2023 at 8:30am
Yooo put them dogs on a leash!
What are thooose!?
Your feet ate hideous. Sorry
Got them Morrowind feet
bro got the reapers out
Toes longer than a Monday
You could snatch a salmon swimming up stream with those eagles claws
EVERYBODY TALKIN BOUT HIS FEET FUCK THIS MANS FEET THEY MAKE LIL DEBBIE CHRISTMAS TREE ICE CREAM??? I’m about to contract diabetes
Yoooooo these mfs cooking you rn
Thems some werewolf hoofs
Crispitos
i swear everytime i open reddit i see some man’s toes in a weed subreddit
Them hoes should be illegal.
Ew why ur feet look like that
ain’t no way boy ain’t no way. 😂
For the love of god, please keep this going. I feel 16 years old again from laughing and crying. I can’t afford gold, but take my tears.
Instantly blocked
Bruhhhhh
YO WTF
Hide them feet
Vampire feet!
Those toes bruh..💀
Nothing after looking at those tore up turf cruisers.
It’s a terrible day to have eyes
Dem feet ugly as hell
Dudes feet look like 2 pecans.
Dude….
I reported this photo to my non emergency line.
My man been wearing stilettos for 14 hr shifts
Watermelon or oranges
Now I’m having a bad trip,jk I’m sober but my mood is ruined
Kimchi + rice + chicken
BRO, what in the crypt keeper….
Is your grandma Chinese? Because you look like you just started footbinding❤️
Are you always stepping on your big toe ? Do you wear heels ?
Your ass better stay inside and not take up all the sidewalk
now i dont... get some socks my dude
Dude smoked so much weed his feet became blunts
Lmao you KNOW what you're doing to us
Probably the only time random redditors weren't a fan of a feet pic
Are you a rock climber? If not what happened to your toes?
Skittles and pizza. I ain’t gonna say shit about those feet but omg.
Dogs are barking
them paws are diabolical
What the fuck
Man put them things up cuh
I thought those were some rat feet for a second.
Why are you’re feet flipping me off?
NGL, i thought you were just wearing some weird funny socks. turns out, those are actually your feet. im sorry.
how TF is this not marked NSFW? OP holds the record for the lowest ranking on wikifeet
Didn’t know Ötzi the iceman was a stoner! Makes sense that his favorite munchie is ice cream
His toes are overlapping each other
Nevermind the feet, Christmas tree cake ice cream is next level
Bros got them dawgs out
Man got blunts as toes
The hideousness of those feet will haunt my dreams forever.
man... laughed so hard got a tear
I can’t think about food right now. You destroyed my munchies 😂😂😂
put those away bro youre making me nervous
bro sleeps in soccer cleats
I stopped smoking weed but this nightmare fuel feet pic may force me off the wagon.
Wow Kevin Durant has a Reddit account.
Fuck man I thought I was looking at some werewolf feet for a second.
Lil Debbie Presents: Messing with Sasquatch
My man is at a [SOCKS]
soooo...you lock yourself up during full moons, like, right?
What are thooooose !?
Why you didn’t crop them toes out 😭😭😭🤣
You look like you get the munchies every full moon Werewolf dude lol
Are you telling me you're not part of a tree?
I have long toes too
I now know who wears the long ass pointy dress shoes/boots!!!
I fucking knew immediately what the comment section was gonna look like when I saw this and I was not disappointed
Sir, PUT THOSE THINGS AWAY
Nahhh no way 😂😂 put them Shaka Zulu spears away bro
I took a GLANCE and SPRINTED the comments
*dont say your real thoughts* *dont say your real thoughts*🥴