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53 points

I have a pair of these. They are the most uncomfortable socks I’ve ever worn.

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2 points

Are the pads on the bottom like some sort of rubber or hard plastic?

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8 points

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.

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26 points

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.

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1 point

I walk on tiptoes always when at home, so no problem

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4 points

Those socks are not for walking ;3

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14 points

I don’t think these socks are designed with the idea that the person wearing them will be doing a lot of standing up

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19 points

funnily enough that would be closer to how cats actually walk

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11 points

Username checks out

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9 points

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.

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18 points

My feet aren’t designed for heels but they’re literally all I want to wear. I can take the pain.

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