Let me set the scene for you: It was a deliciously warm evening and I was having a perfectly lovely dinner in the South End. I was seated at an outdoor table with a close friend, catching up over a flickering candle. The combination of the warm breeze and the glass of prosecco was melting away residual stress like a bathtub full of Calgon. Then I heard the dreaded noise: Thwack, slap. Thwack, slap. Over and over.
A couple wearing flip-flops decided that the appropriate footwear for fine dining was rubber sandals that smell like a tire fire. Naturally they were seated next to me. The gentleman crossed his legs, revealing an absolutely filthy foot in the moonlight. His companion, otherwise well dressed, had feet that looked like she spent the day in the nearest creek panning for gold.
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Our feet need support? How did that work before the invention of shoes? I'm a little skeptical of fads like "caveman diet" because we're not entirely sure what cavemen ate (carrion and bugs is my guess), but I am pretty sure that whatever they wore on their feet, it did not provide "support". Insulation and protection from thorns, maybe.
On the list of things that I care about this is pretty far down the list.
Have not worn a pair since I broke my foot walking along a curb with a piece missing. I think that my toes would have moved with my foot, if the little strap was not holding it back; hence the broken bone on the side of the foot. The podiatrists are right.
They're dirty, ugly, and bad for your feet. The ancients who wore similar things didn't live past thirty, and then you don't know if they had foot problems.
I agree. They're ugly, dirty, and people who wear them everywhere are lazy. If you wear flip-flops or sandals, you're obliged to keep your toenails clean and trimmed, and many people just don't.
The Japanese adapted to resources available to them and had their sandals with wooded soles. This was not a fashion statement to the world, but rather born of necessity. In other words, it was more protection than bare feet. However, the students from Northwestern wearing their 'flip-flops' during a White House visit looked like pathetic.
Sorry, until you find me footwear that doesn't leave my feet as disgusting lakes of sweat in the summer, my Reefs are what I wear. I know when they're okay and when they're not, but for the bulk of my casual dress that's what I prefer when it's warm out. Support? What am I, 80? Should I wear some nice orthotics, too? As for the dirty feet, well keep your mouth off them and you should be fine ;)
If you don't like the way people look then maybe you should stay at home.