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  • quarrk [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    this shit is as bad as footbinding sometimes

    Based on this and the rest of your post, you might be interested in the whole barefoot movement (if you can call it that). It is really unhealthy to wear thick-soled, supported shoes 24/7. It is a lifestyle unironically propped up by Big Shoe, and I think the whole anti-shoe thing started with some book I haven't read called Born to Run. Anyway, it's liberating to feel the ground more and use my feet muscles like they're meant to be used. Theoretically your toes will also splay more naturally over time as well. I don't go fully barefoot much, but most of my footwear is "barefoot" and I don't think I could go back at this point.