• AA5B@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        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

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      10 months ago

      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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    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.

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    Why do people go barefoot in public

    Why do people wear shoes in the office

    Why dont3 I ask women if they’re pregnant

    Because arbitrary customs that exist which might have a good reason behind them but largely have become things that are considered polite or rude, both of which are societal concepts which themselves are worthy of questioning

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      10 months ago

      Bro the dirt under your shoes don’t give af whether you’re being polite about going inside the house with them or not

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    I’ve only ever seen this done by Americans. They also have really car centric cities. I guess it kinda makes sense to just keep your normal shoes on to warm your feet if they can’t get dirty since you mostly only walk indoors.

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      10 months ago

      I’m not American and I always wear shoes in the house. Why the fuck not?

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    Because sometimes I do chores that require me to be outside? And I’m constantly going in and out, carrying things back and forth, moving tools from the shed to the garage, to the kitchen to hang a shelf, and back outside to put them away? When I do yard work I get sweaty and need a drink of water, and don’t feel like taking off my shoes or boots just to go inside for 30 seconds and then put them back on to go back out and continue working.

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      10 months ago

      Every time someone ends a statement with a question mark I read it in the voice of David from Schitt’s Creek?