If you have plantar fasciitis, it can really help with the added support.
There are slippers like Oofos that you can wear at home instead of using shoes.
Those look nice, but I don’t know if I can justify spending $120 on slippers.
That’s fair. I’ve never bought from them for full price, as I find them quite expensive as well. I always wait for sales or discount codes. Having said that, they are amazing. They are the plushiest/softest footwear I’ve experienced so far, even better than the popular Boost, React, and ZoomX foams. They have a very pronounced arch, so if you need arch support, you’ll definitely get it.
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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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. 🙃
The floor is cold.
But there is sleeper for that.
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.
Slip-on shoes at the door seem to be an alien concept.
Did you not have mothers who’d throw things at your head if you wore your shoes in the house? Were you not better than ‘shoes in the house’ people?
I explicitly said the shoes I wear inside are different then the ones I wear outside. Don’t insult my mother.
What are you protecting your feet from when relaxing in the living room? Is your coffee table regularly attacking you.
Loose nails in the floorboards, kids’ toys, yes table legs, things dropping on them from height, cold floors, cold air, pouncing cats, slipping in puddles, hot oil spatter in the kitchen… life in a 140-year-old house with three kids and five cats, basically.
Intresting, we have around the same aged house, four cats, a dog but no kids and have never really felt the need for shoes indoors.
I was a barefoot all the time person until I got a bunch of cats. Now I need socks.
I wear slippers inside mostly to protect agains cold floor, coffee tables, and most important of all, Lego bricks on the loose.
Also another reason to wear shoes inside is when you are constantly going inside and outside. Which means then your floor is dirty… which means you want to protect your feet from the dirt. That’s a vicious cycle but can be one of the reasons.
This is what Crocs were invented for. Just slip your feet into “outdoor slippers” on your way out, and kick them off on your way back in. You don’t even have to search for matching socks, and it still works in the rain
My coffee table broke my toe last year, vicious thing!
I had taken some shoes off 5 mins earlier as well 😞
In that case I perfectly understand you. Society really doesn’t take coffee table attacks as seriously as they should, really vicious things if left on their own.
I had a pinky toe pointing backwards courtesy of a door jamb. I now always wear crocs inside
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.
I cannot, for the life of me, imagine wearing outside shoes in the house. I live quite close to a major US city, in what I’d describe as a semi urban dense suburb. There is rabbit shit on every square inch of green space.
Many places have indoor and outdoor footware.
So you still wear shoes inside, but not the same shoes you take outside.
You will quickly learn your friends shoes, and start to pick up on signals like whose shoes are outside. Who is home, someone has guests… all by the shoes.
Flip-flops for the house are great, especially for the kitchen
Apart from on a wet tiled floor
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In winter, my feet get cold
I love me some cozy socks
Why not have a cozy pair of slippers?
what are slippers but inside shoes?
Slippers never go outside. If they do its for but a few seconds to avoid picking up a ton of dirt.
What people seem to miss when thinking about how dirty their shoes are are the chemical residues from vehicles. Exhaust pipes drip contaminated water, oil drips from cars, brake dust accumulates in those wet and oily spots on the road, etc… Every time you cross the street or walk in dense public areas your shoes pick that stuff up. If you walk around your house with those same shoes, you invite toxic residues into your living space. The effect might be negligible but the thought makes me wanna gag.
Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes inside (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we really 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.
Because I have a “thing” about having those little floor-crunchies on my feet. Floating flooring is nice, but every little thing lays right on top of it… So instead of constantly dusting the bottoms of my feet off on my calves, I just throw on some house shoes. Freshly cleaned floors excepted.
I keep my fuzzy slippers at the door. Much nicer than street shoes.
Slippers are great. I used to have an awesome pair of gorilla slippers… until my dog shredded one.
Sadly I can’t find replacements that fit my feet now.
Bummer
gorilla slippers
Good dog, those things are freaking scary.
Mine were super comfy and warm… sadly they don’t make them in size 13 anymore that I can find.
Too bad my dog didn’t like them, maybe he was jealous.
Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢
Make sure you take your dog’s shoes off, too.
If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet
My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.
Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm
I don’t have a dog.
Solution: adopt a dog.
If I got a dog it would be half way to having a kid. I can barely take care of myself, I don’t need another soul to disappoint.
You can wash your dog’s feet you know.
The two dogs I had were easily taught to wait on the floor mat right by the door. Once someone wiped their paws with a towel they would proceed forward. 🤷🏼
A lot of people’s dogs are trained to wait inside at the door for their paws to get wiped down before walking into the house/apartment/whatever.
But sure, if the dog did go walk outside with boots/shoes then yeah their owner would obviously take them off once they were back inside.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
Your keyboard or phone are far more disgusting than any shoe. You’ll live sunshine.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
I love this ‘why try; give up’ attitude. Getting out of bed must be hard if you’re just going to be back there later.
Welcome to Lemmy
Its more, theres no harm in wearing your shoes inside. It’s like saying we should all wear gloves inside to not touch germs, just kinda silly y’know. Humans evolved barefoot, a bit of dirt on the floor isnt the be all and end all of existence.
Nobody said it was lol.
The ley is the amount. If you’re actively tracking more shit into and all around your house you’re going to have more than someone who doesn’t.
Your phone and your keyboard maybe lol.
Everyone’s
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/Germs/story?id=4774746&page=1
Shit mines probably cleaner because I change keyboards more often than the average user.
Been disinfecting my phones and keyboards long before 2008 lol.
Guess what, my floor is cleaner than yours.
Are you eating off it? Or are you just very concerned about keeping your socks clean?
Well I change my socks every day regardless, I guess I just think it’s gross to bring the street into your space.
Guess what, it makes no difference.
I’d rather less shit particles, thanks.
Oh, you even breathe in shit. Nevermind the carpet.
Wait til you learn what’s on your toothbrush
Less shit I tracked in from the street than y’all.
Less shit is still shit on your toothbrush.
I take precautions to minimize the amount of shit I’m exposed to. Tooth brush goes in the shower bag, which doesn’t live in the bathroom. Take my shoes off at the door, so I don’t get street shit in my house. You follow?
Not mine, it’s separated from the toilet by a door and has a uv light. Not perfect, but not straight up doodoo
The uv that destroys bacteria (uvc)will degrade toothbrush head extremely fast so… it’s unlikely your uv is anything but a gimmick to sell you something.
Nah it’s real I’ve tested it. I replace my brushes monthly, no issues with breakage it anything.
You don’t know shit about my life, quit assuming.
Need a hug?
Wut? Are you suggesting uvc test cards aren’t a thing? The fuck does Lemmy have to do with this?
Seems like you’re just out here assuming all sorts of stuff
You said i “know nothing about your life stop assuming”, i said you are on lemmy, which proves you are wrong.
Idk what’s going on in your life but sorry you are going through it. Let me know if you need someone to talk to.
Even worse than that - I wear SHOES in the OFFICE. How disgusting is that??!!??
Makes more sense than your private home.
You don’t notice when you step in dog shit?
Piles yes, but there be smaller trace amounts too
I treat my shoes like I treat my cutlery - if the pieces of shit are small enough that I don’t see them, I’ll gladly lick them
Same with anuses tbh
Insert Summer making ass eating noises.
You don’t brush your teeth?
you eat dog shit?
You eat dingleberries?
Birds and dogs shit in my house.
My condolences.
Worth
Meh
For the same reason people wear pants inside the house - it’s cold, gets you ready to go out at a moment’s notice, etc. - plus shoes add padding. Also… not everyone does, wink:-).
