Wait, do japs actually take their shoes off when they go in their

Do you just wear your shoes 24/7?

>>159003671
Wtf I'm not even japanese and it's just common sense to remove your (DIRTY) shoes when you enter an household.

>>159003671
I know it's a jap tradition, but who the fuck actually wears there shoes inside? Op you're a fucking weirdo

>>159003671
House floors are generally clean as long as you vacuum and clean regularly and don't walk all over the place with your filthy shoes.

Christ, it blows my mind that not only do people apparently wear their shoes around in the house, but they also believe that everyone else does and that it's the right thing to do.

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>>159003671
>wearing your shoes inside
Do Americans really do this? Are your floors really that hilariously dirty?

We Americans are the minority in this matter, OP

only a barbarian would wear their shoes inside

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>people like to walk around on a hard floor with out foot support

>>159003671
>shoes in the house
that's disgusting.

>>159003946
We're also in minority on matters involving flags on the moon, so...

>>159004054
You're in a living room, not a hiking trail. How the hell do you manage to walk around a house so much that it would cause your feet discomfort.

Also slippers exist.

>>159004054
>foot support
>not knowing that walking and running barefoot is one of the best ways to strengthen your feet

>>159003946
A large chunk of the western world also does this. It isn't exclusive to U.S. desu.

>>159003671
Fuck, I'm not american but I do wear shoes inside my house, except on the rooms or carpet floors. We do clean daily tho

>>159003671
Take off your shoes, you filthy ape.

Californian here who just got back from visiting Texas for a month.

Nobody wears their shoes inside their own homes. I don't know what backwards hole you live in where slogging your filthy shoes inside all over your floors or your hosts' floors is normal or socially acceptable.

>wearing shoes in the house
Yes, Am*ricans are disgusting uncultured pigs, color me surprised

>>159003671
not a jap, but shoes can damage wood floors, also i use slippers in home, or crocs

>>159003927
no it's because most of people that live here are pussies because of the news and shit like that

>>159003671
The only kind of shoes I wear inside my house are slippers. Why would I dirty my carpet with all the crap I've tracked in from inside

>>159004113
what, now I have to buy twice as many pairs of shoes just to be comfy in my own house? what the fuck is wrong with just keeping my regular shoes on?

>>159004100
Due to solar radiation, the flags on the moon have been damaged to the point that they are now just plain white. Therefore, this can be taken to mean that America has surrendered the moon to the rest of the world.

>>159003671
I'm an american and we don't wear our shoes inside. I think this practice is only popular in some rustbelt states because everything's shit there so there's nothing to preserve.

>>159003671
I bet you don't take off your hat before entering house.

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>>159003671
enjoy washing your floor twice a month

>>159004321

Additionally, why would you dirty someone ELSE'S carpet/floors with all the crap you've tracked in from outside when they've been courteous enough to invite you into their home?

The only way I can rationalize this is maybe it's a WASP thing? I grew up in a lower income and we always took our shoes off. The only way I can rationalize this is the "Don't bother taking your shoes off we'll just have the nigress clean up after you ohohohoho care for some caviar and wine?" type of people.

>>159003671
>wearing shoes while at home

Absolutely degenerate.

>>159004416
Burger #2 here, my house has a mudroom where you take off your shoes before entering the living area.

>>159004054
>not enjoying the smooth, cool feel of hardwood floor on your bare feet

>>159004356
>twice
Just one pair of slippers, you need to have one pair of brown dressing shoes, one pair of black dressing shoes, one pair of running shoes, 3 pairs of casual shoes and one pair of slippers, nothing more

>>159004385
We did that long before flag bleaching. There's been a treaty since the 1970s that we signed (like globalist hippie retards) stating no nation can actually lay claim to the lunar surface. It's everybody's Moon, all we can do is be tourists on it.

>>159004429
You don't clean daily??? How's central africa doing?

>>159004546
>not recognizing a joke that blatant

>>159004573
If you need to clean your whole house every day, you clearly don't take care to keep it clean enough.

>>159004278
Minnesota here. Pretty much everyone I've ever met takes off their shoes and expects others to take off their shoes. Sometimes people invite others to wear their shoes in if they're just there for a short period of time, like to discuss something with a contractor for example. When entering someone else's house, I'd consider it polite to ask permission, as it could be seen as rude to make yourself at home right away if you don't know them well. And at that point I would never walk past the entryway with shoes still on unless they specifically said it was okay.

I don't know where the idea that Americans wear their shoes around inside homes comes from, but I don't like it.

>>159004487
I have a mudroom as well. I guess non-Americans don't know what that is, but basically it's a small room right at the entrance where guests can bang the mud and animal feces off their shoes before continuing into the house. It's a really clever idea in my opinion, and the carpet can be replaced every 6 months or whatever.

>>159003671
Do you burgers not know the joys of sliding around on hardware floors in socks?

>>159004385
>To the world
You mean the French?

I wear socks and sandals inside.

Honestly I think whether or not you remove your shoes really depends on that context and the house itself.
I always take off my shoes when I get home, because we have smaller rooms and all of our floors are carpeted.

I've been invited to houses with really big rooms with hardwood floors and taking off my shoes didn't really feel right.
It's okay to keep your shoes on in bigger houses where your feet are far away from anything important and messes are easy to clean up.

I can see why people generally take their shoes off in Japan because most of their houses are on the smaller side and sitting on the floor is more common where your feet are close to your face.

I'm pretty sure most Americans will take their shoes off when they get home but not at the front door. Most of the people I know will take them off in their room or closet and either go barefoot or wear socks/slippers afterwards. This is especially true if you live alone. Going barefoot with guests isn't common.

>>159004742
???

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>>159004054
finally, after all these years I have a reason to post this

>>159004678
Also Minnesota here, pretty much the same.
I've never really had people ask if they could wear their shoes inside, but rather "Where should I put my shoes?". Seems like everyone around where I live just assumes no shoes in the house unless you're just popping in and out real quick.

>>159003806

When I was in Afghanistan we went to sleep in our dirty boots all the time.

Because of the war, y'know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhBw80Y54gg

Just wear slippers, then it doesn't matter what is on or not in you floor.

Some rooms in my house are carpet, some are hardwood. I take off my shoes when entering a carpet room and put them back on for the wood. I've been to numerous other people's houses and most of them don't even go that far, and just tread all over their own carpet without taking a second to remove their shoes, which, personally, I find to be irresponsible, but to each his own I guess. Whenever I enter another person's home, I simply do with my shoes whatever they happen to be doing, since it's their house, their rules. Most people would get really weirded out if they invited you in and you took off your shoes despite the fact that they themselves still have their shoes on, and the opposite is just plain rude. I live in California btw.

>>159003927
Depends on the day, sometimes I'll forget because work or whatever sucked and I just want something to eat or need to take a shit. Most of the time I take them off right after getting in my home

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Fact: The only acceptable shoe for home use is the slipper.

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>>159004703
Or I could just have one of these and replace them once in a while instead of replacing a whole carpet.

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>tfw you have to replace your bathroom carpet every 6 months

>>159003671
Wait, why is your house so dirty that you feel like you need to keep your shoes on?

>>159003927
No, we don't actually do this, it's just a stereotype that comes from nowhere (maybe Hollywood or something?) It's unfortunate because whenever I go to hang out with my Japanese friends, they force me to keep my shoes on in their house because they think it's part of my culture when it's not.

>>159005562
>[
>bathroom
>carpet
NIGGA WTF

>>159005562
>americans

>>159005918
in most cheaper apartments in the US they put in carpet instead of tile to reduce costs

>>159005562
holy shit that's awful, i'm sorry anon

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>>159003671
>he thinks it's normal to leave his shoes on at home
Fucking muricans man, their ignorance never knew any bounds but it's hilarious to see that they seem to be fucking filthy too

>>159003716
I do my feet smell

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>>159005562
Is this real?

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>>159005167
>leaving his shoes on because his fragile feet can't handle wood for some reason
this thread is fucking hilarious man, I seriously didn't know people like you exist

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>>159003671
Who the fuck doesn't take their shoes off inside?

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>>159006356
a large number of murifats seemingly

>>159006256
Hey now. Fellow burger here and I take my shoes off indoors because I wasn't raised by savages. Momma would beat me for tracking mud through her house.

>>159003671
>Do they want to get their feet dirty?
Where is the logic here? What third world country are you in where you wear shoes but don't wear socks? They take off their shoes when they come INSIDE, the shoes that you put on when you go OUTSIDE, and just wear socks around the house.

Ignoring that, why is it so unrealistic that people would be barefoot in their own house? Seriously where are you from? I'm American and it's just common fucking sense to not trample your dog shit covered boots inside the house.

>>159006256
>>159006407
But this thread is 97% burgers calling OP a filthy animal

Aside from making your floor dirty, shoes are...
>often loud on floors and highly unpleasant to listen to when compared to the potentially silent bare or socked footstep
>much less comfortable than bare feet and make your feet hot and stinky
>much more difficult to relax in, because of the reduced comfort and the fact that shoes indicate psychologically that you're out and about
USA here, I never wear shoes in the house unless I'm just very quickly running back in to get something and I'm wearing something like winter boots that aren't easily slipped on and off. I actually wish at times that shoelessness were standard practice for public buildings as well, like in mosques, and we just wore socks inside (for some barrier against the bare floor and strangers' foot sweat, but far amplified comfort and reduced dirtiness). But then there's the issue of where to put shoes if it's a large building with hundreds of people (like a single-building school or office), and the fact that some floors are disgusting regardless of footwear like when people pee on bathroom floors. If I'm going to track around pee residue I'd rather do it fully shoed, but the comfort and reduced noise of wearing socks indoors publicly would be really quite nice. Imagine this: floors never having that filthy salty residue in the winter.

>>159006407
>murifats
>non anime image
>said image makes no sense
Shoo back to your containment board faggot.

>>159003671
Better question, why the fuck do japs sleep on the floor?

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>>159006477
I kek'd

>>159004054
>>159004973
I just want you to know that I appreciate this interaction.

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>>159004100

>>159006585
Because tons of japs live in tiny apartments, so they need the extra space of having a stowable bed.

If i was in that position, i'd still have an off-ground bed so i could have under bed storage

What's with all this talk of your shoes being "Filthy"? Where are you all walking to make your shoes so dirty that you can't wear them in the house? I refuse to believe that all of /a/ has some blue collar job and muddy work boots.

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>>159004703
>t. yankee

mudrooms don't exist in the south, or in cities / suburbs. they're a rural or yankee thing. it's unfortunate, bc it's a good idea.

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>>159004157
>I do wear shoes inside my house
>We do clean daily tho
But... you could just take your shoes off and save all the time and effort cleaning... What logic is this? You could so easily avoid making the floor need to be cleaned in the first place.

>/a/ - Animu & Mango

From what I can tell, the only actual cultural difference is that some Americans wear their shoes inside until they get to their room. It depends on if there's a good place to take them off once you come in the door.

Japanese houses are pretty much always built with a little step next to the door to put your shoes before you come in so their shoes never go beyond that point.

I don't wear shoes in the house
t. burgerfat

>>159006585
I wish frameless traditional JP furniture were more common/accepted in the US. Sleeping on the floor, sitting on the floor, etc. There really in no point at all to having a frame on your bed, and it'd be much cheaper and save wood. Only benefits to high beds and high tables I can think of is easily setting things on them from a standing position. But doing things low seems so comfy.

>>159006755
You don't need to be tracking in mud. You still track in small amounts of dirt constantly. Not to mention if you live in a northern state most of the year is a wet, messy, and covered in salt.

>>159006755
Your shoes are filthy no matter what you're stepping in you fucking retard. There's a reason why shoes were invented in the first place and it wasn't just so you could brag about your pair of snot green nikes.

>>159003671
Your floor is dirty because you wear your shoes inside you fucking mongoloid

If you take your shoes off and live like a decent human being, your floor and feet will be clean

>>159003671
I have a pair of sandals for indoor use only.

>>159004429
>Not sweeping and mopping a minimum of every 3 days

absolutely disgusting, wouldn't want to visit your pigsty

>>159006775
I like how these threads occur occasionally and they're always the same - confused OP, vehemently angry respondents, Americans saying they don't do that while people continue to blame Americans.

>>159006810
But if you wear them to a certain room the whole area up until that will become dirty...? My house has no accommodations (step, mudroom, etc), we just leave them by the door. You need to have a special place to put shoes to be able to remove your shoes.

>>159006843
Sleeping on the floor is for plebs
Fuck having to stand up to get out of bed

Nothing's a waste if it's convenient

>>159007049
I guess if you have bad knees it's a good thing.

>>159006889
>Your floor is dirty because you wear your shoes inside you fucking mongoloid

The floor was made to get dirty you inbred yuropoor. Maybe because you're too poor to afford a vaccuum and the $10 worht of electricity to turn it on once a month you feel the need to belittle rich americans like me because I prefer to be comfy, warm, and clean in my home. You probably live in a dirt hovel and own a single pair of shoes which were passed down for generations, because you're so poor you can't afford anything else. Then your family and all other yuropoor families made up a gay little story about how "everyone takes their shoes off indoors" because they don't want you to wear out the shoes because you'll never be able to afford another pair.

And don't deny it, my friend went to europe and told me this is literally how almost every european lives, in a shitty little communist house with dirt floors and no running water. He said the toilets only had like half a gallon of water in them and could only flush turds if they were small and fragile, like the ones europeans produce on their diet of grass and bog water. He also said a lot of kids were missing one or both feet because in the winter it gets so cold and they can't afford heat, and because they don't wear their shoes they get frostbite.

SO fuck off you idiot yuropoors, just because you can't afford the luxuries americans take for granted doesn't make you in the right.

Massachusetts here. I take off my shoes when I get inside my house, but that's for comfort more than anything. When I go to other people's house, or they come to mine, the shoes usually stay on, and if I do take off my shoes at someone else's house, I ask them if I'm allowed first. Spent a year in California, and I think it's the case their too, but I haven't been to many other people's houses there, so I can't say for sure.

>>159007280
>I prefer to be [...] clean in my home.
Does not compute with having shoes on in your house, unless you clean after every step the second you did it.

>>159007343
Also MA. Guests often leave their shoes on and I hate it, it feels totally intrusive. If I'm a guest I also often leave them on because it feels like I'm forcing intimacy if I take them off, but sometimes I'll ask if I can.

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>>159007280
>my friend went to europe and told me this is literally how almost every european lives, in a shitty little communist house with dirt floors and no running water.

>>159007086

It also elevates you away from the heavier-than-air gases that build up in your house so you are exposed to a lower concentration of them. There's other methods you can utilize to reduce their buildup, like being fortunate enough to have a sliding door or some other way of letting the gasses roll outside, or having houseplants.

But a lot of people don't do gardening or only buy generic houseplants instead of peace lillies, snake plants, and variegated pothos that cleans that crap out of the air.

Sick building syndrome is a real thing and the extra few feet can pay for itself, long term.

>>159007280
4/10 for effort

>>159007908
Why should the pothos be variegated? What does the amount of chlorophyll have to do with anything? If anything I'd think non-variegated pothos would be more effective since they're presumably more active.

>>159008010
>Why should the pothos be variegated?
Are ye making up funny words again, son?

>>159008041
Do you not know what variegated means? You can use Google if you don't know.

>>159007849
You better tell those fuckers to take off their fucking shoes next time I swear to fuck.

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>>159003671
>tfw you've been in America for too long that you forget to take off your shoes.

>>159004512
My nigga.

I always found the asian idea that europeans do not take their shoes off before entering their homes to be a kind of ridiculous ignorant form of bigotry

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>>159005455
The carpet he's talking about is basically just a big doormat. You generally can just hose it off or vacuum it, only really needs to be replaced every couple years. Pic related.

I spit on my carpet

Idgaf

>>159009367
Forgot to mention, these are different than the ones you keep outside because during the winter the snow makes the outside ones useless. They also are better at drying your shoes off.

>>159003849
People in some parts of the southern US do it. Anywhere in the northern parts/Canada/Europe take off their shoes because rain and snow actually exist.

>>159004356
I dont know how you can possibly be comfy wearing shoes indoors.
>>159004703
I think we called our mudroom "the inside porch" because I have a family full of polacks. I would have gotten my ass beaten for trying to wear my shoes inside though, especially during the winter.
I have only met one family that wore shoes inside. They looked at me like I just insulted them to their faces when I tried to take my shoes off. They were weirdos though so I refuse to believe the majority of Americans do that.

>>159003671
Nigger, we take our shoes off at work here in Japan. No joke, most people wear slippers inside of labs.

>>159004054
>being so fat you can't walk without foot support

>>159010234
That's not safe

>>159006843
>There really in no point at all to having a frame on your bed
But I want slats or springs under my mattress. It's very comfy.

And then I don't want it all to move separately, so a frame is pretty useful.

> save wood
What for. We can grow trees no problem. And a bed is like 1/8 of a tree.

>>159010234
Here in Central Europe, we took our shoes off even in school. Everybody just wore indoor shoes or slippers.

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>>159003671
>not being a hobbit
>not walking barefoot everywhere
Shoecucks.

>>159010706
Here in America we wear our shoes to bed and in the shower

>>159010852
I bet you wear clothes and shower with them on too.

>>159010852
>in the shower and bed
Woah, now let's not go THAT far.

Although I imagine in tropical climates that its a good idea to wear shoes where there is poisonous spiders and scorpions.

>>159010638
It's not a scarce resource, but it seems nonsensical to use something if you don't need to. Also, price.

>>159010450
Yes it is. We don't use many dangerous chemicals except for some mutagens and etBr.

The only time I don't take my shoes off in someone's house is if they have a filthy dog. Stepping in dog saliva is not something I want to do.

>>159011365
Did that. And broken glass, too.

Barefoot walking definitely works better in the shire than in burgerland.

I don't even wear shoes outside unless I'm going innawoods or to the store, and then I just wear sandals. What kind of faggots can live without shoes? I bet your soles aren't even calloused properly.

>>159011618
>What kind of faggots can live without shoes?
Fuck, I meant *can't

>>159004290
what the fuck does that have to do with wearing shoes indoors?

>>159011646
It's okay babe, I understood.

>>159003671
The only time people wear shoes indoors is TV sitcoms and dramas.

>>159011412
> it seems nonsensical to use something if you don't need to
But the result is more comfy. And you spend like 1/3 of your life on a bed.

> Also, price.
No problem to anyone who can afford to rent a room. Everyone but the desperately poor has a bed.

But yes, just a blanket or sleeping somewhere on the ground without anything is cheaper.

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Because they are careful to avoid bad situations

If an American steps in dog poop and then wears the shoes in the house, there will be poop all over the house. Then when the people in the house leave, they will track poop everywhere they go. Poop will be everywhere in every building and every street

>>159008972
shut the fuck up retard only white people can be bigots

>>159005085
How many weebs are there in the military? Did you guys watch anything together?

>>159003671
>americans have retarded traditions
>they believe its what everyone does around the world
>get surprised when they realize the opposite happens
I'd make fun of you but this kind of shit happens way too often, on differing subjects

>gets suprised that the rest of the world doesnt have forced tipping

>>159011815
It's not like you can make america anymore shit though.

>>159012397
>Retard cries about muh America without even reading the thread

I wesr my shoes inside. The floor is not clean fags

>>159012937
Because you wear your fucking shoes inside

>>159012960
>he doesn't have pets

>>159013109
What, are they shitting on the floor? What's the issue besides shedding, which is easily solved by the occasional vacuum cleaning?

>>159013109
>he lets his pets shit all over the place

>>159013185
No, cat litter and hair, also I take the dog for walks every day. Do they have shoes that can be taken off? Taking off shoes from outside is not going to stop the dirt that comes from outside, but then I remember Japanese don't have pets, they eat them in meals.

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>>159012937
*Clears throat*

Tired of muddy floors? Wish you could walk around the house without stepping on those cockroaches all the time? I am honored to be the one to introduce you to this marvelous invention. I call it THE SOCK! If properly implemented, you can use The Sock as a barrier between your foot and the ground without the need to wear shoes! Not only that, but you can wear shoes over top of The Sock as well as safely remove them. That way, you can have the cleanliness of not wearing shoes in your house, but the comfort of being barefoot all at the same time!. With The Sock you will never have to worry about tracking your cat's shit and fur through the house after a messy night of litter play ever again. Available at $4.20 per unit but if you call now, you'll get a second one FREE. This offer won't last long.

>>159005918
>>159005956
>>159006075
>>159006305
whats wrong with carpet bathroom? Your feet wont get cold

>>159003999
Trips don't lie

>>159013976
The occasional droplets of piss, toothpaste, and water gradually building up in the carpet

>>159014134
then don't be a klutz? simple

>>159010824
fuck off you hair-footed manlet

>>159003927
>Do Americans really do this? Are your floors really that hilariously dirty?

This is a little like asking "Do Americans really wear pants inside?" sure we do, but not all the time. And most of us don't go to any special trouble to avoid wearing pants inside. Generally in someone else's home you'd wear them unless they preferred otherwise to avoid appearing to casual.

>>159007280
>The floor was made to get dirty
>a vaccuum
You can vacuum mud completely off of carpet? Rain does exist in most parts of the US. Dirty ape, wearing shoes in your house.

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>>159013632
>steps in glass
>has to get stitches

>>159003927
We have real sidewalks here in burgerland you commie

>>159004901
He's making a joke saying that the french flag and the flag that symbolizes surrender are one and the same.

>>159014160
I said droplets, nigger. DROPLETS. The occasional piss droplet when you're in a hurry to shake and wash your hands. The small drops from your hands when you reach from the sink to the towel. The microscopic droplets splashed into the air every time you flush the toilet and turn on the sink. Even assuming you're careful and vigilant enough to never manage to let a drop of fluid fall from you to the floor, every single thing you, and everyone else does in the bathroom still leaves some residue and that all settles into the carpet and it holds odors.

The problem isn't the carpet itself, but the inability to practically keep it clean over long periods of time without either replacing it, or getting a deep cleaning.

>>159014696
>No socks
>Steps on glass
>Bleeds to death

i have just been conditioned to wear shoes in my house, because most of my life my house was under remodel so it was just safer to leave them on.

>>159003671
I never understood why people would wear shoes inside their own houses. If you keep your floors clean why would your feet get dirty. Wearing shoes indoors just means if you want to keep a clean floor you have to work constantly to remove all the dirt.

>>159007280
I have a robot vacuum cleaner + shopvac + buildin vac + steamer + tons of lysol. If you force people to take off their shoes it means you can spend a lot less time cleaning less wear and tear on robot replacement parts, brushes inside vacuum, less consumable usage. The amount of dirt that builds up on the landing where people take their shoes off requires much more effort to get clean than every other area which you can just let the robot deal with. Even if your rolling in money it doesn't hurt to be efficient with cleaning to minimise costs.

>>159003671
Shoes are dirty, hot, and uncomfortable. Wear socks. You do wear socks with your shoes, right? If not, you're bound to get a fungus sooner or later. Or chaffing.

>>159004708
Of course we do. I enjoy the feeling of a finely mopped floor and sliding across half the room before possibly slipping and or slamming into something.

I used to live in Hawaii, which has adopted a lot of Asian culture including the shoe thing. So I do both. Sometimes I wear shoes inside but mostly I don't.

Also, it's not like I'm walking on anything dirtier than sidewalk, so it doesn't really bother me when shoes are worn inside. If it's been raining or I've actually walked around on dirt, then I'll definitely take them off.

>>159003927
Some people do, others don't. It's usually dirty savages who wear their shoes indoors; people who clean their fucking floors usually have the cognizance to not dirty them up with dirt and dust from the outside.

>>159014816
Still have to go to the hospital and get stitches, a sock isn't going to stop you from bleeding. Also bugs that could be poisonous. If your an Aussie or live in southern US, wear shoes around your house.

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>>159015111
>wear no shoes
>get bitten by one of these suckers
lolol

>>159006949
>absolutely disgusting, wouldn't want to visit your pigsty
... he types onto his keyboard, with cheeto encrusted fingers and piss bottles at his ankles.

>If you don't wear shoes in the house won't your feet get dirty?
>If you don't trek dirty shoes through the house your floor won't be dirty
>Oh... b-bu-but-
>Yes the same applies when you're sleeping
>O-oh...

Fuck you burger

>>159004512
This.

>>159006843
It's mostly a cost issue. For some reason, nobody wants to invest in a nice futon. When I was an older teenager, I lived on my own in a fairly small apartment. With everything else I needed in the bedroom, there was no room for a framed bed or even a single mattress, so I found a really nice folding futon.

I've had it restuffed and it's still very usable.

>>159007849

If it bothers you put up a simple sign on your front door. Especially if there are toddlers about as well.

>>159010852
I fucking hated the showers in my barracks. Shower slippers were annoying and gross.

>>159003927
I'm really curious where in America this is the norm and where it isn't
Where I'm from it's bizarre and kinda rude not to but seems like there's good portions of the US where it's different
I also really wonder where these people keep their shoes. Do they leave them beside their bed and then put them on as soon as they get up? Or do they leave them in the entryway and put them on when they go out but just never take them off when they come back?

>>159015711
I'm originally from New England. Everyone I knew had a carpet or little entry way to take your shoes off in when you enter a house.

>>159003927
It depends on the kind of flooring and the personality of the homeowner. In southern California it's generally seen as obsessive and excessive to ask someone a prerequisite for entering their house. Plus taking off one's shoes would reveal the state of one's feet and socks, with odor and all that.

Easier and more gracious to just clean the floors later. Otherwise you are basically calling out your guests add uncleanly fucks.

>>159015711
I leave them by my bed and wear them when I leave, but I expect people to keep their shoes on if they've come to have dinner or something.
I don't get the obsession with carpet though, I like wood.

>>159003671
>Wait, do japs actually take their shoes off when they go in their house?
Tradition and hygiene.

Do they want to get their feet dirty??
The floor is clean in the first place because no one walks in with dirty shoes.
Also they clean the floor.

>>159011701
So they can run the moment they hear gunshots. Reason why Americans sleep wearing pants with a belt on.

>>159003927
>>159003999
>>159003774
>>159005570

I think it arose from wealthy families, maybe some of the first Japanese visitors to Europe/America were hosted by the economic elite?

Have you ever been to a ritzy dinner party at some rich dude's house? Everybody wears their shoes and walks without concern over expensive rugs and carpets. Probably because they don't give a shit, not like they'll be cleaning those floors.

Wearing shoes in your house is a mark of decadent character just as much as it is of barbarism.

>>159006662
nice trips

>>159014696
>Steps on you
>*OwO what's this?*

I have shoes specifically made for wearing indoors.
They're called, slippers.

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>>159015993
>6662
>nice trips

>>159015900
Not like it's any weirder than how yuros all sleep wearing a hijab

>>159016057
Well to be fair, the reason why Eurofags have to wear full body armor to sleep is to increase the chances of surviving a suicide bomb.

>>159005562
My dad put carpet in front of bath as a anti slippery surface
It's way better than the foam rubber mats because it can dry, and not just cover puddle of dirty water

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>>159015993
Uh
Nice dubs?

I want to punch Kurisu and tell her that women don't belong in STEM

>>159003671
do you have any idea how filthy the bottoms of your shoes are?

>>159014515
Why would anyone be stepping in mud in the first place? In any city, everything is paved and everyone drives.
You walk on the paved sidewalk to get to your car, drive to your destination, exit onto a paved parking lot leading to another sidewalk. If it rains, your soles get a little wet I guess and that's about it.

>>159016455
You gotta be a Japanese person if you think America is 100% city with 0% grass in it and that every single person drives and drives all the time.
You also seem to think that paved surfaces aren't dirty at all. What kind of sad, sheltered life have you been living?

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>>159014968
OCD much?

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Hell yeah, a Steins;Gate thread--

oh

>>159013976
>Your feet wont get cold
What is floor heating?

>>159009843
Bible Belters take their shoes off before going inside, actually. My house growing up had one of those Japanese-style entry rooms. Usually I have to tell people NOT to take their shoes off if they're just coming in for a bit and I've lived everywhere in this country. OP is a heathen degenerate who can't navigate a house like a civilized adult.

>>159016052
>>159016165
>hurf durf missed the two at the end
pedantic faggots

>>159014696
>Has broken glass on the floor of his home

>>159016787
A thread is up already.

>>159016887
Are you actually retarded?

>>159003671
Mop your floors and stop tracking dirt into the house you caveman. Then you can enjoy the comfort of shoe-free feet around the house

>>159016887
Actual newfag.

>>159008972
>>159010706
>underclass and working class Europeans bragging about how in Europe you remove your shoes indoors

Pro-tip: civilised upper middle class and upper class Europeans also wear shoes indoors. Doing otherwise is a wading-in-shit-peasant-tier custom.

t. upper middle class European

>>159015711
In the midwest, or at least in my area, its odd to wear shoes inside, but where you take them off isn't really standardized per se. (some in room/kitchen/front door etc.) When visiting someone's house it's expected for you to take off your shoes, but leave your socks on. Taking off the socks is reserved for the home or with someone's house you're really close to.

>>159016841
>Japanese-style entry room
They're called mudrooms, have them in the Pacific Northwest too.

>>159005570
>they force me to keep my shoes on in their house because they think it's part of my culture when it's not.

I want to see this with more incorrect cultural assumptions.

>Hoshi stop trying to feed Tyrone food that's not fried chicken and waffles

How hard it is to take off your shoes and walk with slippers/socks/barefoot at home?
Or you're from a rich household with maids and cleaner who walk behind you to collect the shit you drop on the ground?
Do you also throw meal tissues and chicken wing bones on the ground and sweep over the ground with the sweeper after meal?
Do you not flush your used toilet papers and instead throw them in the garbage can you find in the kitchen?

There are so many cultural differences in here, you can't just argue like that.

>>159003671
I live in a goddamn third world country and this is considered rude in our place. What the fuck kinda hellhole do you live in anon?

>tfw ocd about feet
>put socks on as soon as I get out of the shower
>don't want to touch the floor where other people have walked without shoes or socks
wash my hands if someone touches their feet and then hands me something
>hate summer because everyone wears sandals even outside
thanks for reading pls subscribe and donate

I'm American and growing up my mother would beat me if I tracked dirt onto the floors she cleaned by wearing my shoes inside.

>>159003927
Most immigrant cultures do.

>>159004054
>not having seperate sandals to wear in the living room, kitchen, restrooms, and bedrooms

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>mfw americans call antechambers "mudroom"

>>159007280
Where the fuck was this, Siberia?

>>159009502
>>159009367
Ah I see, we have similar things here in the UK in our porches; perhaps it's the same thing. Although we don't really have to worry about the snow thing.

I wear my shoes in my house only until I get to my room so I can take it off and put it in the closet. I've never been asked to take it off when I visit someone else's house for a party or something, though I generally take it off if I'm staying at someone else's place for a whole day or more.

I would honestly rather clean my floors a bit more often than have to see and smell other people's feet every time I invite them over.

>>159015973
The stereotype probably came from american media, as any sitcom and whatever constantly have the characters wear their outdoor shoes indoors

>>159016896
Doesn't everyone smash their bottles on the floor when they're done with them?

>>159006303
Maybe they smell because you wear shoes 24/7?

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>>159003774
this, who the fuck wears shoes indoors?

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>>159004054
they're called slippers you degenerate

>>159020199
Fighting the good fight anon.

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I haven't had a read this hilarious in a long time, 10/10. This thread man

>"idiots don't wear shoes inside? The floor is dirty are you insane?"
>"what about the broken glass on the floor man, if you don't wear shoes this will cause serious problems"
>"People seriously don't wear shoes walking on the fucking hard as fucking shit wood ground? Madness"
>"hold it anon, not EVERY american is this dumb, read the fucking thread"

Fucking glorious.

Civilized people have clean floors they can walk barefoot on, yes.

>>159004546
Only reason that treaty is anything close to effective is because nobody can actually be assed to lay claim on the moon by building a facility, and good fucking luck to anyone else trying to dislodge someone who already built one.

>not walking barefeet as much as possible
Shaking my head to be honest, family.

>>159003671
>floor is cold as fuck
Nope, keeping my shoes

>>159024098
>he doesn't even have floor heating.

>>159004891
This

I can't believe all the stupid Americans in this thread denying the truth. Your anecdotal evidence means nothing. The fact of the matter is that the overwhelming majority of Americans wear shoes indoors. If you went to a friend's house and began to remove your shoes, they would either laugh at you, or stare in horror like you were stripping naked. I don't like it, but that's the way it is here.

>>159015835
If your guests have feet dirty enough to give off an odor, you should be calling them uncleanly fucks.

It's as simple as having a shower every day and not wearing the same shoes every day, if your guests can't manage basic hygiene you should ridicule them and consider whether you want them in your home at all.

>>159004054

The extra period in that filename is stressing me the fuck out.

The first arc was executed flawlessly. When he reappears is also excellent at the beginning - however, as the story progresses i feel that the story gets dragged down in endless loops of combat that serves no purpose - there is a terrible pattern of five or six groups fighting at the same time and yet new characters show up, leading to further confusion. Also, it is clear that the tower itself is losing mystery - in the end, all that remains are game levels. I found myself scrolling more and more to skip instead to read the further i went. At this point only Urek Mazino is redeemable but he too is just a cog in the machine.

Also, the pacing will become a problem - nobody knows further from the 134th floor, yet it takes them years to pass two or three floors - so how does everyone else has immortality if you woul need at least 200 years to clear it the first time? Well, that is a minor issue.

The people as well serve no purpose - we dont see what ordinary life is like - not even background noise, the tower is a game center no matter how fancy you slice it. And now it is becoming just your average battle manga with endless prolonged battles.

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>>159025198
I think you posted this in the wrong thread buddy.

>>159025267
There are no wrong threads, only suffering.

>telling people not to wear shoes in the house
>wanting your house to smell like feet

fucking savages

>>159003671
Everyone in Russia does.
Makes it so difficult to invite people to my home, as I now live in Israel and no one here takes their shoes off.

>>159025788
>his feet smell like shit

literal subhuman

>>159025788
Man, wash your feet regularly and walk barefoot (or at least in open-air shoes without socks) on every opportunity. In a couple weeks of this your feet will smell a million times less.

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I legit didn't know americans wear their fucking shoes indoors, that's disgusting as fuck. I already noticed this thread yesterday and I'm back today since I hoped someone would claim a prank and samefag on all posts but is this really what humanity has come to? I'm fucking embarrassed

>>159025198
Back to r/le_shaman_grills

>>159003671
You know, anon, some people clean their houses.

>/a/ - International

>>159028519
/a/ is the best place in the world for nerdy virgins to call each other faggots and fawn over anime girls.

I usually take them off but if I'm doing yard work or something where I'm in and out of the house, or only home for a few minutes, I'll leave them on. No point being autistic about it, I have a vacuum cleaner.

In north america is mostly a West coast/East coast divergence.

On the West coast nearly everyone takes their shoes off when entering a house. On the East coast nearly everyone leaves their shoes on. In my experience this is true in both America and Canada.

This is not universally true, but it's extremely prevalent. I don't know what caused this.

>>159030882
All the whites are on the east coast in both USA and Canada. Latinos and asians know to take their shoes off, I guess.

>>159009370
Hi Lars. Don't you have a company to sue or something?

>>159031134
No even before that. Even a long time ago it's always been a E/W split. And all the white people on the West coast would always freak if someone didn't take their shoes off. And East coast people would be like "Wadda ya mean take my shoes off!" like it was something crazy.

>>159031273
Maybe it has to do with weather or something.

>>159003671
What's wrong with people nowadays, there is nothing wrong with walking around barefoot in your house. It is far healthier to walk around barefoot than to keep your feet trapped in shoes all day and let them sweat. Feet need to be aired occasionally and besides how dirty is your house that walking in it would make your feet dirty? There are also many benefits to walking around barefoot, for one thing it increases blood circulation to the feet and legs which helps keep then healthy and free from pain.

>>159014469
>manlet
Worth double in my pants, you dicklet.

>>159003671
>I've been in America too long
or more like America has good labor ethic so a construction worker just walks into his house without taking off his shoes or relaxing after a long day's work, instead he wonder if he needs to mow the lawn as he is still in work mode.

>>159015835
you don't ask them before they enter the house, you have a mat inside to take the shoes off and preferably a drawer to put them in.

>>159015835
>apparently in your world it's fucking normal to have smelly as fuck feet and dirty as shit socks
Fucking disgusting

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>>159005562
>britbongs unironically do this

>>159006585
Futons on rice mats aren't bad, or so I've been told.

>>159003671
Yeah we do that in Muslims countries because we pray on the floor

>>159032690
I had carpet in my bathrooms originally but replaced it with tile. I think it was a 70s thing since that's when the place was built.

>>159003671
In Britain we take our shoes off. However, I don't think that's true with niggers and other foreigners.

>>159016896
don't tell me how to live my fucking life dude