Do Japanese people really take off their shoes when they go to

>>143271203
Get out.

American are the only dirty fucks who DONT take their shoes off

>>143271203
In every other first world country you take off your shoes when you go into someone's house.

>>143271249
Do Americans really not take off their shoes?

If you have a house worth calling a house, you want people to take their shoes off at the door.

Is this a bait thread?

>>143271249
We do though

>>143271203
You only remove your shoes for bed, bath and when you want to change to another pair.

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>>143271623
ew

>>143271390
Fuck your carpet

>>143271498
get out of my country you fucking commie shit

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>Americans tread mud and shit through their houses by insisting they keep their shoes on

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>friend takes off his socks at my house

I was raised in a household where wearing shoes wasn't done unless we were going somewhere special, and the sudden revelation that other americans wear their shoes inside never fails to terrify me. How the hell are you ever supposed to develop good soles on your feet if they're cramped up inside shitty shoes all day?

>>143271694
>non-Americans take off their shoes

Why? Then your socks get all dirty.

>>143271671
>having a carpet

>>143271772
Usually japanese houses have slippers for guests

I watch a lot of American sitcoms and they always wear their fucking shoes in the house.

Why?

>>143271772
Do you not clean your floor or what?
Also you have flipflops or some other indoor shit for wearing.

>>143271813
Because the house is actually a studio.

>>143271807
So if you're going to make a huge deal about taking off your shoes, and then just wear a different type, why complain?

>>143271813
Because your socks will get dirty, man.

>>143271772
Some people clean their homes from time to time.

Also, if you take the shoes off in your home the floor will be clean longer.

>>143271813
Otherwise the actors will forget they're at work. Or they might stub their toes when they leave the set.

My question: do Japanese people really have a special pair of shoes for indoor use? That's fucking insane.

>>143271714
that's somewhat disgusting, id ask him not to do that

>>143271772
Maybe your floors wouldn't get your socks dirty if you took you goddamn shoes off.

>>143271772
>Then your socks get all dirty.
No. Because we don't walk around with shoes in-doors.

>>143271390
I've even seen pictures of them sitting on couch with shoes on.

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>wearing shoes in doors
>wearing socks in doors
>having dirty carpets
>having smelly feet
what kind of degenerate shithole is the rest of America?

I just can't imagine the discomfort of wearing fucking shoes the whole day.
fucking cowboys

>>143271869
For cleanliness

>>143271900
Dude there's tons of skin cells and hair and bugs in the carpet just from day to day life. Why would I want my bare feet on that? Shoes are more hygienic.

Wearing your shoes indoors is something continentals won't understand.
After a hard day's work of clearing jungle, building settlements and oppressive natives, the last thing anybody can be assed to do is take their shoes off.
>t. glorious colonial

>>143271203
From my experience, only Anglos (Ameri, Brit, Straya-Kiwi, Leaf) don't take off their shoes in the house. That's because they are descended from hunter gatherer savages. They don't wash their butts with water either after defecating. And only bathe once a week.

>>143272024
All that shit is in the air as well. Are you gonna stop breathing?

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>>143272024
>Shoes are more hygienic.
THEY SIMPLY CANT COMPREHEND IT

>>143271203
>wearing shoes indoor
Kill yourself

Am I the only one who always walks around barefoot at home? Shit's comfy as fuck

In Turkey, you take off your shoes and they give you comfy slippers as a sign of hospitality.

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>>143271869
Are you retarded?

>>143271880
Not even jap and I wear slippers indoors. Why the fuck would you wear shoes 24/7. Your feet must be dying.

>>143271249
>>143271390
>When you walk into someone's house you take your shoes off and put them to the side at the entrance unless you're planning on leaving in a little awhile.
Do you not manners non-Americans?

>>143272024
>bugs in carpet

what the fuck is going on

>>143271203
Americans that dont take there shoes off disgust me you come to my house theres carpet nigga get ur shoes off

>>143272119
American are trapped in a vicous spiral of unhygenic customs

I bet you Eurocucks aren't allowed to own pets, either.

>>143271390
I do. Why the fuck would you subject your carpets to extra wear and tear?

>>143272119
>>143272024
I just skimmed past that assuming it was germs but holy fuck
anon

Those are from your shoes.

>>143271989
>wearing body indoors

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>>143271203
Wait, there are people that don't?
And then I read the thread.
I wear slippers inside.

>>143272174
do you let your pets shit on your carpet?

>>143271390
depends on if the house has carpet or not.

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I'm American and take my shoes off before I enter my house.

Does that make me a weeaboo?

>>143272169
was there for a year
fuck almost never wash their, maybe once in a blue moon when they start to get all sticky.

It's american tradition rooted in past, when they had to be always prepared to go out and defend their land.

>>143272228
Of course, not, dipshit. But they run around outside all day collecting mud and shit on their paws.

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>watching anime at desk
>silverfish crawls over my feet

>>143272261
It makes you a commie.

>>143272261
I think the fact that you're browsing the anime board of a site like 4chan makes you more of a weeb.

>>143271203
>Americans don't take off their shoes at home
Fucking why ? You are not truly comfy at home unless you take off your fucking shoes and that goddamn jean.
I can't bear walking around my house with my feet constricted in outdoor shoes.

>>143272296
>not having a spiderbro

>>143272261
Same. Everyone I know takes off their shoes when they go inside, they just don't wear little slippers like our cartoons do.

>>143272324
He means at someone else's house.

>>143272227
yeah, I was disguted, terrified, and saddened when I first read that many Americans wear shoes indoors.

>>143272337
I've got a lot of spiders in my house, up in most of the corners. About every week or so I go and clean their webs or move them to different places. There's even one in my bathroom :3

>>143272261
It's regional even within the US. Usually rainier regions where there's snow in the winter up north there's less tendency to wear shoes inside. And in drier regions in the southern parts you tend to wear shoes inside more. This isn't necessarily something only in the US, but it's a pretty global tendency.

>>143272274
so give them a fucking bath or don't bring a dirty fucking animal into a clean human residence

>>143272368
>tfw know a friend that wears his shoes indoors and is America

Why are you wearing shoes inside?

>my feet are cold

>>143271390
unless I'm going to be coming back and forth inside and outside, I don't wear shoes indoors.

when I go to parties I wear my shoes because usually half the fun is outside.

idk where this meme comes from

>>143272396
>Bathing a cat.
Good luck with that, cuck.

>>143272024
t. indoor shoe wearing amerifat who doesn't own a vacuum cleaner

>>143272396
>bathing your pets every time you take him/her outside

I walk my dog like 5 times a day, there's no way I can bathe her that much. It's much easier just to keep my shoes on when I come inside.

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>wearing shoes
>inside a fucking house with fucking carpet
>having dirty carpets
Everyday I wish more and more I was not American

>>143272362
Oh I guess it depends on the person's house like if the flooring is dirty or they don't have slippers and it's cold.

>>143272422
>>143272437
then don't bring animals into a human house>>143272024

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>>143272024
where do you think the bugs and dirt come from if not your fucking shoes?

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>>143272446
Do you live in the south or something

because no one does this in Idaho, Minnesota, Arizona, or Georgia, and I've lived in all of those places.

I don't use carpets they are unhygienic. You guys are fucking filthy shits.

>>143272337
>watching anime
>spider falls from the ceiling right in front of my face
>watch it crawl back up

>>143272474
What's the fucking point of a pet if you can't cuddle? My cat sleeps on my bed every night.

>>143271390
It's fucking disgusting

>>143271390
Depends on the circumstances, if you're leaving in a few minutes or only staying in a common area then taking your shoes off is construed as getting too comfortable. It's only slightly below taking your pants off in someone else's house.

>>143272437
No, but you could wash her once every few days. And your fucking floor too.
You have no idea how unhealthy you live. If you think all that dirt just stays on the floor and does not affect you because you wear shoes, good luck to you.

ITT: Americans come up with as many excuses as they can to ignore the fact that their houses are dirty because they're too lazy to clean the damn floor.

>>143272051
>They don't wash their butts with water either after defecating.
>intentionally giving yourself swamp ass

>>143272592
>The snail says as he inhales his eighth cigarette of the morning.

>>143272592
>ITT: Europeans pretend to be Americans so they can make up shit that either don't actually happen in America, or exclusively happen in one part of America

ftfy

or should we start saying everyone in Europe eats frogs because French do?

>>143272133
>you come to my house theres carpet
Carpets are the most common floor type in America, it's nothing special.

Now had you said real hard wood floors then you could have bragged about your flooring.

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>this thread

>>143271203
I always thought it was just common sense for every household to not wear shoes indoors rather than as an south east asian tradition.
Burger people are really dumb.

>>143272592
We have brooms.

>>143272511
Dude I told you, dirt comes from everywhere. If you sneeze in your house the boogers go on the floor. You walk around in your socks over all your old boogers? That's gross dude.

American here, if my guests don't automatically take their shoes off or at least ask if they should, they're not coming back.

I'd understand wearing sandals or slippers inside but wearing shoes inside is a fucking crime.

>>143272133
I bet you're that faggot that sleeps naked and only changes his sheets once a week. fucking disgusting

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>>143271203

>>143272556
>It's only slightly below taking your pants off in someone else's house.

This. It's literally undressing in someone else's home which is generally frowned upon unless you're very close friends or something. Maybe family.

You don't take off your shirt or pants when you visit someone, right? Why take off your shoes?

>>143272567
>crying over a little soil residue on the floor
I didn't know having a weak immune system could cause bitch tears.

>>143272786
>Not changing the entire interior of your house twice a day.
Wow, you're literally festering in your own shit.

>>143272511
>where do you think the bugs ... come from if not your fucking shoes?
Everyone small opening in the structure that hasn't been hermetically sealed.

Using outdoor shoes indoors is fucking disgusting. Why would you want to drag shit outside indoors?

>>143272893
Because I don't live in Beijing and I don't go stepping in dog shit.

>>143272613
>swamp ass
what is up with all these american misconceptions about hygiene?

Has anyone ever had formal guests take of their shoes? So like business or government guests, so they dirty my home every time but im too afraid to ask.

>>143273040
Why would they be visiting my house?

>>143271203
>watching memegatari.

>>143273040
If they're fine with standing in the entry-way, they can keep their shoes on,.

>>143273081
Because you're European and you live in a police state.

>>143271203
Holy fuck i can't believe burgers

>>143272818
>It's literally undressing
no, it's taking your shoes off.
shoes aren't clothes idiot, they're shoes.

>>143273081
>never had your company's CEO visit you at home to have dinner and fuck your wife with his shoes on
no wonder you've never been promoted or gotten a raise

>americunts
It sucks living right next to them, I swear they are the only ones who don't take off their shoes.

>>143273228
Never claim British heritage ever again.

>>143273209
>fuck your wife with his shoes on
I keked

>>143273209
>Takes off his pants and socks
>puts his shoes back on
I respected the class. Wouldn't go without shoes even in the shower

Yes. There are even some cafe's that require you to do it.

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>>143272818
>You don't take off your shirt or pants when you visit someone, right?

>>143273303
I've been wearing this pair of shoes for so long that I can't remember how to tie this laces.

>>143273262
Don't worry we're taking the French's.

You wear shoes in someone's home because you don't trust their cleaning habits

>>143273392
>Quebec.
My condolences.

>>143273158
If someone was in your house completely naked save for shoes and socks, would you tell the police they were totally naked, or wearing shoes?

You'd say they were wearing shoes because shoes are clothing.

>>143273451
Why would I tell the police on them?

>>143273450
Better than the rest of cuckland

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Okay really now, why the hell would anyone want carpets anyway? They just get dirty. You can wear shoes all over wood floors, it's what I do.

>>143273450
>hating on the only part of the country that still has national pride

>>143273929
Carpet is just the cheapest flooring option, and it looks "nice" to old people who grew up in the 60s and 70s who think carpet is classy.

I would literally prefer just poured concrete floors with maybe a rug or something than carpet, I hate it so much.

>>143271203
The rules for my house are you have to take off all your clothes off when come inside.

>>143273947
Quebec doesn't have national pride
It has a section of crazy people that have provincial pride and everyone else who just wants to get on with their day and bitch about road-work contracts being bullshit and never actually fixing anything

>>143272513
Virginia

my own family doesn't do this, but other peoples floors might as well be naturally created dirt

>>143274073
I guess all your guests have been sluts then?

>>143273451
>would you tell the police they were totally naked
yes, naked with shoes on you dumb piece of shit

>>143274216
Polish hookers, I imagine.

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I seriously hope all these people ITT saying they wear shoes inside and have dirty carpets are baiting because otherwise I might be tempted to start a purge

wearing dirty ass shoes in your own house is retarded, but wearing them in someone elses house is just fucking rude.

i thought all westerners wearing shoes inside house

OP was born in the woods and that's all there is to it

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>>143271714
>friend takes off her penis at my house

>>143272884
Let me tell you a secret. Bugs like dirty places. They don't come in if your house is clean.
I moved to some place that had bugs a few years ago. The more often I cleaned, the less bugs I met, until one day, they disappeared completely and never came back, even when I got a little lazy with the cleaning.

>>143274291
>carpets
You need to die, and everyone who uses that shit. You are all disgusting.

>>143274291
I wouldn't have to wear my shoes inside if you cleaned your dirty ass carpets. My socks get washed every time I wear them with soap and water. People rarely shampoo their carpets every YEAR much less every day.

Fuck off.

>>143274427
Was it cute?

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>tfw my super white friends wear shoes while going to bed
Absolutely disgusting

>>143271249
>>143271390
But we do though, at least the ones with a little decency.

>>143273947
>Quebec
>nation
Kill yourself.

>>143271203
Even here at hueland the polite people do this. House cleaning can be anything from everyday to once a week, depending on person laziness

>>143271203
Stupid Question

>>143271390
Used to know a guy who would wear his shoes while lying in bed.

>>143275798
Don't lie i've lived in brazil for 3 years and nobody ever takes their shoes off.

Also taking your shoes off is fucking retarded and whoever does it is a memelord.

>>143271249
uhh, no?

>>143271465

This house has no carpet, no landing area indoors and only wooden floors/tiles. I wear my shoes indoor until I reach my room. Without a suitable landing area out of the rain dirt will be tracked inside either way. Even more so because I am barefoot when I am in the yard anyway, can't take my feet off. Just vaccum daily or weekly.

>>143275999
Well it is dumb when the inside's as dirty as the outside, but other countries keep their houses clean.

Or, ya know, don't want to track in snow everywhere

>>143275226
The ones we a little decency don't their shoes out on someone else's house.

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>>143276076
>I wear my shoes indoor
>I am barefoot when I am in the yard

>>143274503
>>143274800
I vacuum my carpets weekly

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>>143276076
>I wear my shoes indoor
>I am barefoot when I am in the yard
I hope our country gets nuked in WW3

>>143275999
As I said polite people, everyone I know will take their shoes when coming to my home, basically because it's clean their shoes are dirty

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>>143271390
>>143271932

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>>143276144
>The ones we a little decency don't their shoes out on someone else's house.
In English, please?

>>143271714
>his

ew

>>143276253
Literary nobody I know ever does this, nobody.

In fact, I'm of the opinion that taking your shoes off in someone's else's house is the impolite thing to do, since it's fucking undressing.

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Fuck, even Canadians take their shoes off. Are you Americans this dense?

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>>143271989
>wearing socks indoors

There is literally nothing wrong with this

>>143276330
So this should be a regional thing, since br is huge, where are you from?

>simply wiping your butt after a shit with toilet paper, then putting your undies back on and getting back to your day
What the actual fuck is wrong with Americans? I take a bath after every shit and make sure to clean my butt thoroughly.
Of course if im at a bidet/showerless place then that's not possible so I simply won't shit for as long as I can help it

>>143276369
Only in winter.

>>143276371
South, I live in SC.

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>>143274291
>he's not a part of the tile/wooden floor master race

I agree though, no one should ear shoes in the house.

>>143276330
What the fuck?

The last person to come into my house and leave their shoes on inside was swiftly kicked out. We have a mat inside with trays to leave your shoes.

Pig fucking disgusting amerifats

>>143276464
I'm from MT/MG

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>>143271989
>wearing socks in doors

Socks were literally made for that

>>143276456
That's what you get for being Canadian

>>143276512
You are mentally retarded if you actually believe that.
Not that socks indoors is bad though. I go barefoot in my house, but guests just take off their shoes and go in socks. It would be rude to ask them to take their socks off.
Canada here

>>143276481
most of my house is wood or tile, I just haven't finished it yet. I still don't want faggots coming in wearing shitty shoes though

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>>143276553

>>143276369
>>143276512
your feet might get sweaty and you'll miss out on that great feeling of your feet being clean and fresh and open to the air

>>143276492
>likes to have random people undress on his house
I'd rather stay out. It would leave me beyond uncomfortable if I had to take my shoes off at someone else's house.

>>143276361

Every American house i've been in, taking off your shoes is customary. Some houses even have dedicated closets near the front door. In my apartment we have a shoerack right near the front door.

You idiots, Americans don't walk on streets. They use cars and carts to ride to McDonalds behind the corner, eat, and ride back home.

>>143276614
I think we're being trolled, no one would actually keep their shoes on inside right?

>>143276612
Why do you think it is acceptable for you to drag your disgusting shoes into someone else's home?

>>143271390
I do

t. American

>>143276641
I do. But only if I'm staying for less than 15 minutes.

>>143276667
Why do you think dragging a bit of dirt is on the same level as sexual harassment?

>>143271203
Your thread make my shoes sick
the cancer of human civilization

>>143276641

Of course this is a troll thread, it's one of those "you faggots will argue about anything" thread. I could post an image of "A IS BETTER THAN B" and I would get 300 posts of people arguing.

If you have carpet, shoes are never acceptable. My house growing up had a kitchen with tile, that was connected to our outside patio and grill area. So for that area is was common to wear shoes for obvious reasons. But the main house was a no-shoe zone.

>>143276699
Never come near me you filthy pig.

>>143276736
Sure, I'm not the one who forces people to undress on his house.

>>143276640
American here, can confirm.

We don't walk. We drive everywhere.

> these people don't know the joy of walking in army boots through any dirt and mud like a one-man tank all day long and the joy of taking them off to sleep

>>143276922

>army

By that you must mean the joy of sitting around on base until 1300 and then going home.

>>143271249
I have people take shoes off at my house.

>>143276922
Please tell me you at least wash your fucking feet in the shower after wearing that shit all day.

>>143276868
Holy fuck. Undress?! You'll still have your socks. You literally aren't going to show any extra skin

Nips sit and sleep on the floor like savages. Too bad their tiny prison cells can't accommodate real furniture.

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>>143276922
>mfw you just made me remember that I still have to fix my conscription papers from 4 years ago because I lost them when I had to present myself
I'm so fucking fucked, fuck me.

>>143277073
>not sleeping on the floor
It feels good man. Way better for your back too

>>143271390
Our shoes are clean you filthy third world peasant.

>>143276481
Is Nadeko really autistic?

>>143277070
It makes me uncomfortable.

>>143277299
No, she's just really, really dumb.

>>143277327
You're not naked if you're still wearing knee-socks.

>>143277371
Take that back, NOW!

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>>143277483
She's a baka.

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>>143277292
others' standard of clean dont same as yours

>>143271886
To this day, it boggles my mind why people are so off put by a person taking their socks off. Unless the person did some intense workout or walked through a flood or have some weird foot disease. There's no reason to be disgusted by a person taking their socks off.

>>143272024
if you grow in the shelter than maybe you have allergy to that

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Carpets are fucking gross. Stick to wood unless you live in the hood. Tile is for pedophiles.

>>143271390
>Parlor for the guests. Shoes allowed.
>Foyer for the deliveries. Shoes allowed.
>The help has to change into their house shoes when they get here.

I thought everybody did it this way.

>>143271390
>Americans

It has to do with white people in general.

>>143272090
American here. never wear shoes in the house unless im putting them on to go outside or come inside real quick to get something.

>>143271203
>Lurking /a/
>Not being fond of general Japanese culture and maybe some common anime words.
Get the fuck out

>>143277715
As much as I love hardwood or non carpeted floors. I just can't do it. If shit falls from just a few feet, its gone for good.

>>143271203
Everyone takes their damn shoes off in their houses, even americans. The weird thing is taking them off when going to school, is that shit real?

>>143278880
>The weird thing is taking them off when going to school, is that shit real?
I think it's a good idea, because nip students have to clean their own classrooms.

Also comfy and light loafers made of cotton like soft material for indoors seems like a good idea.

>>143278880
Don't they wear the school shoes/slippers when they do that though? I always figured it was to keep the inside of the school from getting too dirty too fast.

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>>143277715
>tile
>not supreme

Maybe I'm biased because my dad is a ceramics engineer, but tile is fucking amazing. They even have tile with the look and texture of hardwood floor (for a fraction of the cost, maintenance, and way easier repairs). Pic related.

It's super fucking easy to take care of and you can't fuck it up. Like anything that would fuck up tile would probably kill you.

They even have devices which go under the tile and can be set to keep it warm. You can have a path from your bedroom to the bathroom which is heated internally so your feet stay toasty even in the dead of winter.

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>>143271390
>>143271249
>Americans don't take their shoes off in the house
I have no idea why people still believe this meme in 2016. It's just not true.

I once heard that it's because American actors don't take their shoes off in TV shows (because it's a set obviously) and foreigners misinterpreted it. The only time you wouldn't take your shoes off in someone's home is if you were just stopping by to chat for a couple minutes.

>>143279109
My problem with tile is that it is generally way too naturally heat conductive, if they start pushing non conductive ceramics I'd go for them.

Wood is heat insulating so even without heated floors, you're feet aren't freezing in winter nor getting pan fried in summer.

>>143279198
>Americans do take off their shoes
>proceeds to explain situations in which they don't

See, that's why the rest of the civilized world is so baffled. Every time you enter someone's home you should take off your fucking shoes. I don't care if you're going inside for less than 5 seconds, TAKE OFF YOUR FUCKING SHOES IT'S NOT FUCKING HARD STOP TRACKING DIRT IN YOU PIECE OF SHIT!

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>>143279198
>Americans don't take their shoes off in the house
>It's a meme. It's just not true.
>But let me give you an example that it's actually true.

You're a fucking retard. Even if it's only five seconds you're STILL not taking your fucking shoes off inside the house.

>>143279249
Maybe it depends where you live. Growing up my family usually had tile in most rooms and I never really noticed that issue.

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>>143279272
>Every time you enter someone's home you should take off your fucking shoes. I don't care if you're going inside for less than 5 seconds, TAKE OFF YOUR FUCKING SHOES IT'S NOT FUCKING HARD STOP TRACKING DIRT IN YOU PIECE OF SHIT!

Because in the US, taking your shoes off means you're getting comfortable and plan on staying. A guess taking their shoes off in someone else's home means they plan on staying for a long time which is pretty rude if they're uninvited.

Plus these exist for a reason. They come in many forms and sizes, both indoors and out.

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>>143271203
>this thread
>>143273209
>fuck your wife with his shoes on
My fucking sides

>>143271203
I'm in the US and have been to people's houses were they made people take their shoes off but it was only rich white folk in the suburbs.

Carpet and hardwood (including engineered, laminate and other pseudo hardwood): socks

Tile and stone: shoes

Linoleum: yuck

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>>143279760

I'm a white dude from Canada and I've come to say: LOLWUT

Outdoor shoes are outdoor wear. Like winter coats. You don't wear them inside unless you are going outside. That's just common sense.

This is the dumbest American thing since cut-and-switch.

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>Americans get bad rep for wearing shoes inside when visiting for short periods of time
>Yuropoors don't shower for days
>Koreans leave shit sitting in the toilet
Fuck it, compared to you nasty fucks I'm ok with this

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As far as I can tell, in my own travels and travails, it's pretty much home-by-home. Even in my own house, we didn't habitually take our shoes off indoors until we got new carpeting. But even then, we don't ask, nor expect it of guests.

I remember at one childhood friend's house of mine, they did indeed insist that we take our shoes off when we came in. I always found it a little strange, to be honest. The mother was something of a neat freak.

I think the gist of it is that in America, taking off your shoes is somewhat synonymous with being a houseguest. If you're taking off your shoes, you don't expect to leave for a good while. Keeping your shoes on is a sign of transience.

The thing that's probably most peculiar to Americans though, as well as some other Westerners, is the concept of guest slippers. Americans often consider feet to be inherently dirty, and so they wouldn't want guests to be sticking their feet in something they own. And requiring a change of footwear in a public place like a school? Unfathomable, unless you do something like show up to lab/shop wearing open-toed sandals.

Going back to the feet thing, the source of the difference is that while the Japanese view the shoe as being the dirty thing, Westerners view the foot as being unclean. It's a fairly common gag in Western animation for someone to take off their shoes, only for others to tell them to put them back on because they can't stand the odor. I have no idea if that's the result of Westerners historically wearing closed and insulated boots, which cause feet to sweat up, whereas the Japanese traditional footwear is the open geta sandal, but for whatever reason, such is the way those two societies have developed.

I fully admit to wearing shoes indoors and there is nothing any of you can do to stop me.

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>>143280936
I will find you.

Middle-class suburban white North Americans bathe daily, only wear fresh clean clothes, brush their teeth, gargle, trim nose and facial haies, use anti-persperant and have clean toilets. Anything less to us is like being an animal.

Don't be an animal.

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>>143280841

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>>143280879

That's... pretty awful actually.

I'm with you Ameribro. Even if I know how to take off my shoes.

>>143281003
Easy enough to escape while you're habitually taking off your shoes in the doorway.
See, wearing shoes constantly puts you at the adequate level of preparedness to respond to any threats.

>>143281251
So you sleep with your shoes on

>>143271203
Not just the Japanese. Asians in general do that. Unlike you uncivilised westerners, we know what courtesy is.

>>143281364
I bet you don't even sleep in a plate carrier as well.

>>143280936
As do I. I keep shoes clean, I clean the floors and I'll do as I please.

>>143271203
Yes they do, and you should too.

Can't believe this old meme still works. bakkas!

Do American people really not take off their shoes when they go to someone's house? Or is this some kind of Hollywood, cartoon meme?

>it's another "hurr why do Japs do this?" thread
This should be an insta-ban

>>143283654
America as a whole is nothing but a meme.

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>>143280841
>Canada

>>143271203
I dunno about the rest of the world but Australians are usually no shoes/socks inside friends and family homes.

Usually most people have tiled floors because its hot af so people don't want shoes marking em up and socks would be dangerous.

>>143281085
>bathe daily
>on /a/
You don't belong here.

>>143272024
>rich American buys super soft expensive carpet
>never knows what it feels like because he never takes shoes/socks off.

>>143284090
Being neet=/=being disgusting

>>143271203
Russian people do this.

People don't usually mind if they live in tropical countries/regions where practically everyone wears open-toed shoes all year provided the floor is not carpet, which is unlikely in the first place due to the heat.

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>Americans are uncultured animals
>this comes as surprising to some people

>>143277715
>he doesn't know what its like to lie on tiles with the ceiling fan going in 40°C heat.

bliss.

>>143284172
>walking around barefoot is more civilized than appreciating the products of technology

>>143277588
Coincidentally this is one part of my life where I have no idea what to do. I go to the shower after I work out and I have to take my socks off. I usually just use my towel to wipe my feet clean before putting them back on and wash that towel same day, but it's a little uncomfortable still.

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>>143284222
>I usually just use my towel to wipe my feet clean before putting them back on
>putting them back on
Spare socks nigga. What the fuck are you doing

>>143284216
>barefoot
No they have indoor slippers, and separate ones for going to the toilet. You know, like civilized people.

>>143284216
>barefoot

ever heard of slippers, my overweight friend?

>>143278488
That's what rugs are for

>>143284280
>needing slippers
Bet you guys don't even walk around naked in your own home.

I don't care if my shoes are all muddy or if I stepped in dog shit. I'm still stepping inside your house. Having so little freedom that you can't evem wear your shoes in your house is just communism at its best.

>>143279000
yeah, i know WHY they do it, its just fucking autistic

If americans take off their shoes will they die ?

>>143273209
I keked so hard at this

>>143284458
It would be extremely uncomfortable.

>>143272261
it makes you a fucking normal person


people who don't take their dirty shoes off are the weird ones

>>143284480
It's a big shoe.

>>143284371
why would I? most of the time it's too cold, in summer its impractical as you open your windows and neighbours see you

>>143271249
All that moon dirt we're tracking in and what not.

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Also, Americans can't imagine that Japanese schoolgirls of all ages use this.

When they imagine that, they start masturbating.

>>143284746

Are you implying you don't? A cute little schoolgirl dropping a few soda cans out of her ass is high class fap material my friend.

>>143284800
There's more options than just imagination. It's Japan we're talking about.

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>scat fetish

>>143280879
I'm from an north-asian country (hint: somewhat rare on /pol/). To shower every single day is considered OCD-tier. Showering twice or once a week is what most people do. It's more than enough for us.

I can understand why americans have to shower every day though - the shitty food they eat permeates through their bodies.

I can tell almost everyone here hasnt been camping, or even spent time outdoors for that mater. This thread is literally filled with neckbeards.

>>143272174
But i have a dog and cat

>>143284746
Romanian guy here - squat toilets are stll used in schools today, as they're cheaper to repair if broken.

Every other place uses the normal western toilets, though.

>>143285156
What the fuck am I looking at?

>>143285098
But north Asia is Russia and only russia. Are you siberian?

>>143284746
Man what I wouldn't give to give up using sitting toilets over squat toilets. Hemorrhoids are a bitch.

>north-asian country
Do you also practice singing deep-throat-music to arouse your local men?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rmo3fKeveo [Embed]

>>143285288
Huh, is that so?

Монгол-desu...

>>143285312
Sadly, no... I kinda wish I could sing like that.

>>143285379
How do you even have internet in Mongolia?

Unless you're from an asian-american household, 95% of americans will not have you take off your shoes in their house, especially in the lower class. It's somehow grosser to have socks on the carpet than whatever dogshit they stepped in earlier

>>143285412
It's not uncommon to have internet in the cities (where I live)

>>143285312
I wish i could sing as well as that finnish guy.

I wear my outdoor shoes inside the house. Brother and I vacuum every morning. There's nothing wrong with wearing shoes inside if you don't have carpet.

>>143285548
>vacuum every morning
If you didn't wear your shoes inside, you wouldn't have to do that

>>143285478
Ok, so it only applies to subhuman filth? Gotcha

>>143285548
>I wear my outdoor shoes
Are you still in elementary school kid?
Even if you dont have carpet you can still dirty hardwood or tiles you know. Just don't wear them in the first place and you won't have to worry about that.

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>>143285532
That's not what a Finnish person looks like.

>>143285571
I vacuum every morning because my youngest brother is a fucking slob and leaves food crumbs and wrappers and shit like that everywhere.

>>143271390
Im an australian and I don't take my shoes off its just a family thing i've seen both types of family in every country

>>143285667
Ok now it's clear to me the kind of people that leave their shoes on in the house

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>carpeted NEET rooms
>implying my mother cares enough about my basement dwelling anime watching habits to put carpet down
>live in fucking northpole
>-5 every night during winter
I wish I had carpet to take my shoes off but I'm just sitting here with my winterwear.

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>non-americans hate on america for not being understanding of foreign culture
>precede to hate on america for not having feet fetish
Sasuage /a/

>>143285739
How the fuck did you even come to this is beyond me.

>>143285708
I'm the only one that wears shoes. Everyone else has slippers

>>143285735
>Just -5 during night in the winter
Stop complaining and man up, you little bitch.

>>143273158
Okay then, enlighten us. How are shoes not clothing?

>>143278880
This is a thing that would never work in American public schools.
The indoor shoes would just get soaked in piss from the bathrooms.

>>143272051
>wash their butts with water
Toilet paper gets the job done Pajeet

>>143286568
Toilet paper + bidet + blow dry is godlike though

>>143273081
It happens all the time. Someone has to visit you with important papers, delivering furniture or appliances, or some plumber/electrician. They keep their shoes on of course since they are working.

>>143273929
Carpet is disgusting. Collects all sorts of shit and accumulates over the years. Best option is a hard floor, heated if possible.

>>143274159
Virginia is still hillbilly country and just the tip of where I'd cut off the south. Everything above that and towards the west coast are the best parts of the U.S who do not wear shoes in the house.

>>143277588
My sister is grossed out by feet for some reason. One of those stupid little phobia's people get.

Then again I have known a lot of people to have athletes foot and it's disgusting.

I don't ever allow anyone else in my home, but if I did, I would definitely make them take off a pair of shoes and use provided slippers. Outdoor shoes are fucking disgusting.

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Indoor shoefags will be the first to go on the day of the rope.

>>143271203
Slavs also take off their shoes. It was been a thing in Europe for a long time

>>143284537
>not walking around naked with just a comfy blanket wrapped around you
>not being proud of your body enough to show it off
What are you some kind of prude?

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>>143271203
Do you not?

>>143276293
WHAT THE FUCK

>>143272051

Kiwi here, and the last thing anyone wants to do is tramp mud and sheep-shit through a house. Most actual working people take their shoes/boots off before entering a house.

>>143272090

I go barefoot most of the time unless I'm going more than a mile from home. My feet are tough enough that I've trodden on glass and it hasn't even made a cut. Man went for thousands of years without shoes, and it didn't kill us then.

>>143272051
>That's because they are descended from hunter gatherer savages
Everyone is descended from hunter-gatherers you goddamn retard

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>>143271203
Yeah, bro, everything is an ebin meme dude! These weeaboos just lov making shit up in their shit chinese slideshows!

You should seriously consider suicide, and while you're googling how, you can google any other questions you have that shouldn't be asked on /a/.

>>143287345
Man went for thousands of years without shitposting on 4chan, and it didn't kill us then.

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>>143287061
I went camping with some friends when I was a kid and one of my friends had the worst smelling feet imaginable. He asked like 5 or 6 of us if we wanted to smell something really bad then took his shoes off. All I remember me and a couple of my other friends started almost puking. His feet stunk so bad we had to force him to keep his socks and shoes on because you could smell the stinch from a distance. I never knew feet could smell THAT bad. Even to this day, 15+ years later, I can still imagine that smell and it still makes me want to vomit. Your sister probably knew someone just like that. I'd rather deal with dirty carpets/floors with shit on them then that foot smell. Fucking keep your shoes on.

>>143272051
I masturbate with my feces. Anglo-pride. My savage ancestors were hunger gatherers, unlike inferior races like the asians, africans and hispanics who all died out millenia ago because they never gathered or hunted.

You're a fucking retard, anon. go to bed and don't forget your plastic bag to cover your head when you do.

>>143275520
The post didn't imply it at all. Are you retarded?

>>143287345
>I've trodden on glass and it hasn't even made a cut
>blatantly lying on the internet to seem tough

How edgy.

>>143287422
It did though.

>>143276699
>asking people to take their shoes off
>sexual harassment

Guess how I know you are a dumb American.

>>143287515

If it makes you feel better, there was a later time when a piece of glass went right through my foot all the way to the bone and it had to be stitched shut.

>>143271390
If they're in someone else's home, then they don't give a fuck whether they shit all over other people's house. When its their house, they take off their shoes.

Its called consideration and foresight. However as Americans are dumb, they don't realize how shitting on others means others will shit on them.

>>143287454
Don't forget, footfags get off to that.

>>143283485
>bakkas

>>143284537
>as you open your windows and neighbours see you

You should only open your windows during the night and keep them closed during the day, unless you live in a steel plate shack with no insulation or something.

>>143284376
>I'm still stepping inside your house.
>your house
That's violating my freedom and I won't stand for this.

>Having so little freedom that you can't evem wear your shoes in your house is just communism at its best.
Do what you want in your own house. Nobody will force you to change your shoes inside, bath and brush your teeth. Just don't come near me, you filthy pig.

>>143284525
UUUU
U
U
U

>>143285960
Maybe he meant inside

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>>143271390
Eh, you don't take your shoes off if you don't intend to stay long, taking off your shoes indicates you're in a position to sit and chill for a while. Simple as that. If they intend to sit for a while, we have a designated area by the front door for shoes.

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>>143271249
>>143271390
>>143271694
>>143271989
>>143272446
>>143272592
>>143272893
>>143274291
>>143276448
>>143283654
If there is carpet we take our shoes off.
If it's all tile/hardwood then we sometimes don't.

In either case it's usually people that shampoo their carpet/vacuum every day that allow shoes on. Prime example: >>143285548

>>143271813
It's a low budget tv studio, why would you take them off?

>>143273040
It's normal to not take your shoes off if you are in business attire.

>>143275077
What the fuck

>>143271203

>Tell friend come in the doors open, proceeds to come in my room with his dirty as fuck work boots

thanks, why do white people loving wiping shit all over their floors

>>143271203
i guess this is what to expect from a people that shits themselves in public

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Winter time here btw

Pic related. Im chinese btw

>tfw wearing jeans indoors

>>143287570
And now you know why humans wear shoes, dipshit.

>>143288153
That's another thing: people usually assume that dress shoes are cleaner than, say, sneakers. So there's no need to take them off.

>>143288265
Anon said Americans, not Indians.

>>143288739
>It's winter here
Oh goody, another Australian shitposter.

>>143289710
But anon-kun, apart from receiving an Australian education I'm not even that Australian.

>>143288739
>wearing sandals inside your house
kek

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>>143289830
What? They're not sandals. There's nothing at the back

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>>143280914
You have a great perspective.

>>143271203
Historically, Japanese people need to take off shoes, because of buildings of Japanese cultural sphere in terms of climate. Most Japanese houses are built of wood and a Japanese-style room is a room on whose floor tatami mats are laid in a traditional Japanese house. Tatami mats, being made of plants called rushes, offer a sense of togetherness with nature and generate feelings of coolness in summer and warmth in winter, which are features of a Japanese-style room. It would be a disaster if some slip up gets it dirtied. To take off shoes can be a traditional custom that survives the modernization of the buildings. Especially, Japanese early summer is oppressively hot and humid. The rainy season in Japan starts in June. Yeah, this month is the rainy season. As both of two air masses which compose the southern part of the baiu front are air masses which have an ocean as its base (maritime air mass), they absorb a large amount of moisture from the ocean and contain wet air. In the part where northern and southern air masses collide with each other, a baiu front is formed for several thousands kilometers from east to west and it moves to the north gradually over several months.

>>143281400
The custom of taking off shoes is not as unique as some Japanese think. In mid-June, baiu front which continues to go up to the north becomes stationary in China in the vicinity of Nanling and extends its force to the area near Honshu (the main island of Japan). Where are you from?

>>143271203
Clean houses are okay for socks. Dirty houses mean wearing slippers at all times.

Only the most savage shiteating burgerfats wear shoes indoors.

You take off your shoe to respect the effort the owner of the house put into cleaning the fucking floor, and its also to make the guest comfortable because bare feet > shoes when it comes to comfiness.
If you are using your shoes properly, your feet should be clean and the dirt and shit should be on your shoes only.

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>>143271203
>shoes in house

w w w w w

>>143288098
If you don't intend to stay long then don't bother to come in with your dirty shoes and stay on the terrace.

>>143271203
You mean, you DON'T take off your shoes when you enter yours or someone elses' house, anon? Gross!

>>143272024
Your ancestors lived barefooted. What makes you think you can't?

>>143293855
humans started wearing shoes about 40,000 years ago. Major changes to the human foot started about then, it has been noted, including toes becoming much smaller.

Be smart like your ancestors, and put some goddam shoes on, you fucking dirty hippie

>Not wearing shoes

Maybe if you're a child, I suppose. I think it's pretty odd for an adult to not have footwear on unless they are bathing or sleeping.