[Cassadine]

Has anyone ever worn these socks? It's an interesting concept, but seems a bit impractical.

https://naturalfootgear.com/collections/toe-socks

 

[Cassadine]

Here's an example of the line.

 

[Oldsarge]

I can't help but wonder, 'Why?'. What is the purpose of having individual toe coverings? It isn't like you use your feet for holding stuff.

 

[Flanderian]

Here's an example of the line.

 

[Cassadine]

The product is definitely from a company that defiantly espouses "primitivism". I'll read almost any article on good foot health, and I do advocate a roomy toe-box. They chide Westerners for their footwear and write approvingly of:

"Unshod populations—groups of people who have never worn shoes or who have worn only minimal footwear—exist in many parts of the world, including parts of Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia."

This is reductive reasoning in bold relief. Many of these "unshod populations" live in abject poverty. They experience war, disease, and brutality the likes of which most of us on AAAC will never experience. I wonder if many of them would appreciate being used as advertising fodder to sell unusual products to unsuspecting Westerners. Products with price tags that represent unfathomable sums of money to them. They are not only shoeless, but starving, and would gladly wear our shoes if they could afford them. Companies like this make me ill. I might write to them.

 

[jts287]

Do people still wear Vibrams?

Also, the Iron Eyes Cody poster- it came out later he was Italian, iirc.

 

[Cassadine]

Do people still wear Vibrams?

Also, the Iron Eyes Cody poster- it came out later he was Italian, iirc.

Wasn't he a Gucci super-model in his youth?

 

[Adelstensfostre]

Companies like this make me ill.

I couldn't agree more. However, what makes me even more ill is the knowledge that there is no shortage of people dim enough to believe their vomitous guff and even think it cool.

 

[derum]

 

[never behind]

I’ll confess I have a pair of liner socks like this that I wear to give volume in some shoes when I wear thin socks. The individual toes give me freedom. I don’t think I’d wear them as a stand-alone sock.


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[Flanderian]

Do people still wear Vibrams?

Also, the Iron Eyes Cody poster- it came out later he was Italian, iirc.

You've got to take a good Indian where you can find 'em, gumbo-eating Italian, or not! irate:

 

[Cassadine]

I'll confess I have a pair of liner socks like this that I wear to give volume in some shoes when I wear thin socks. The individual toes give me freedom. I don't think I'd wear them as a stand-alone sock.

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I often double up on socks for added cushion and warmth.

 

[cortman]

Many of these "unshod populations" live in abject poverty.

Agreed. Everyone who thinks paleo is a great idea and living like primitive humans is the best way to live seems to overlook the fact that they died super young.

 

[Oldsarge]

No, early agriculturalists died young. Gatherer Hunters who lived past about five or six lived well into their sixties. Agriculture, it is argued, was the worst mistake Humanity ever made. Of course, there are plenty of counter arguments as well.

 

[StephenRG]

There's an old term for these - "digital socks". As "digital" is now invariably associated with modern technology, that term appears to have lapsed into desuetude.

 

[Andy]

My name is Andy and I have a pair of these "toes" socks! (I'm glad at this meeting it's not "bring your own bottle!").

My big and second toe on my right foot tend to overlap and these help with that, plus they're just the right height for golf.

 

[Howard]

Those socks are quite odd, I have never seen socks that are shaped like or resembled feet itself. Will they give you the warmth like regular socks can?

 

[paxonus]

Same basic design as these. They are for runners who want the feel of going barefoot, but with some protection. They came out about 12 years ago.

 

[Charles Dana]

I can't help but wonder, 'Why?'. What is the purpose of having individual toe coverings? It isn't like you use your feet for holding stuff.

In the 1950s, my oldest sister would lie on the floor in front of the TV set and change the channel by grasping the knob with her bare toes. A primitive sort of remote control.

One time she was watching TV and somehow a fire started inside, where the vacuum tubes were. When the flames became visible at the top of the set, my sister went and told my mom that there was a fire on the TV. My mom, thinking that my sister meant that a local news station was showing live coverage of a brush fire somewhere near Los Angeles, told her, "Wow. Go back and watch it." Clarification quickly ensued and disaster was averted.

 

[David J. Cooper]

These were a thing in the 70s too. They were crazy colours and usually striped. The wearers were usually looking for attention.

Cascadine. I couldn't agree more. I also hate it when the families of dead people use their relatives image to sell stuff. Well except for when It's Colonel Sanders.