I have a pair of these. They are the most uncomfortable socks I’ve ever worn.
Yeah, they look cute but just looking at them makes my feet uncomfortable. They’re probably only comfortable if you walk on tip toes, but human feet aren’t designed for that.
Yep, it’s kinda fascinating. From what I’ve been told, human feet are actually pretty fucked up compared to the rest of mammals including other apes. Iirc, our feet first evolved to walk on tip-toes, like other mammals; then they evolved the ability to grab things, like apes, which came at the expense of our “back-knee” (which became our ankles). Then, as we started walking upright, our “hind-fingers” began merging and became toes, while the bones between the ankles and toes began lengthening again to give us a larger platform to stand on; and eventually we lost the opposable thumb-toes.
Tbh I kinda speculate that our arms are similar to our legs (tibia/fibula>humerus, femur>clavicle, scapula>pelvic girdle, shoulders>knees, elbows>ankles, etc). However, that suggests the ulna/radius should be somewhere in our feet, and I don’t really see anything similar there.
I’ve never worn these but I can definitely see why they’d be uncomfortable. I do have a pair of thigh highs that have a paw pattern on them but it’s just colored/printed it’s not actually a raised/stuffed part like it is on the one in the picture. Also the ones I have are thicker, I don’t like the really thin ones that much.
