How hard is it to /out/ barefoot? Obviously our ancestors did

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pretty easy for me lol

>>1025724
Nice.

How'd you get your legs blowed off?

>>1025705
>Obviously our ancestors did it

The oldest known leather shoes is 1000 years older than the great pyramids.

You want to hike like your ancestors? Just make a simple pair of leather sandals.

>>1025724
Don't lie to us.
You are wearing shoes

>Obviously our ancestors did it

Shoes have been around for 40,000 years. And human's feet now are vastly different compared to humans 40,000+ years ago.

>>1025742
Car crash
>>1025751
Never actually gone /out/ barefoot desu. Probably should give it a try though

>>1025755
>don't wear shoes
>become a manlet

no thanks

>>1025755
What the FUCK is on their dicks?????

>>1025705
Our ancestors have worn shoes for tens of thousands of years, actually. You don't have the same feet that your pre-human ancestors had.

>>1025776

Dick sheath.

>>1025705
It's not worth it unless you have some deep spiritual reason to try getting into it. There are distinct reasons we developed footwear, chief among those being not stabbing our soles on every branch in the entire forest. You'll feel like hot shit until you're 15 miles into the wilderness and gash your foot on something and be wishing you had that precious inch of rubber.

>>1025755
>only one group of ancient people ever wore shoes


Thanks for letting the whole thread know you're retarded, we'll use small words from now on.

>>1025795
Way to be a complete buffoon

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All this chaos reminds me of the last barefoot thread. Seems like people on both side of the fence get pretty salty over a lot of nothing. Either way, I highly advocate for going barefoot whenever possible, but you NEED to know what you're doing if you want to go /out/ without shoes. Definitely make sure to ease into it. Start on pavement and loose gravel, then make your way up. Forest floors tend to be nice and soft, but they do hold hidden dangers in the form of rocks and twigs. I've developed thick enough soles that I can get fairly deep gashes without drawing blood, but I'd for sure be screwed if I did what I do now with normal, soft feet. Another thing to keep in mind is that your feet are built to carry YOUR OWN weight. That means hiking with a heavy backpack is a big no-no. I'd recommend getting Lems boots for the actual hiking around bit. They provide enough cushioning that you won't mess up your feet with the weight of your pack, but they're thin enough that you still feel what you're walking on. Also, never run on your heels. It's kind of a meme in the running world that guys read "Born to Run" and then go off preaching to everybody about how terrible heel-striking is, but for real, do not do this barefoot. You'll get shin splints if you do it too much.

I've seen a guy go off track hiking with no shoes. He hardly ever wears them day to day so is used to it.

>>1025886
Running barefoot actually saved my shins. I fell for the vibram meme, but they do actually help where you strike your foot

>>1025705
Something something "semen demon", something something "who".

>>1026003
Something something "reverse image search", something something "shelle-chii".

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>>1025886

Most useful reply. Thanks, hoss.

>>1025705
>take a good pair of shoes with you
>walk barefoot as long as it's comfortable
>put on shoes once it starts sucking too much

it takes time to get used to it.
just keep doing it and it will feel more and more normal.

watch where you step
bring a needle and tweezers in case of spikes or splinters

There was a drama teacher at my school who always used to walk around barefoot. We'd see him uptown during the summer walking on hot tarmac like it was cool grass. I guess you get used to it eventually. My feet are fairly leathery because I walk around the house barefoot all the time, but I'm yet to actually go /out/ like it.

I hope you're okay, Mr Benson. I've not seen you in years.

>>1025705
My mitochondria could kick Dave's mitochondria's ass.

>>1026191
top kek

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>>1025993
Heck yeah! I used to have absurdly flat feet when I was younger. Like, bigfoot track flat. Been barefooting for around 2 years, and I can actually see the arch starting to come back now.

>>1026048
Any time, buddy.

>>1026003
I would like to go 'bare' with her.

>>1025768
>car crash
You could've lied and said you got your legs blown off by an IED in Vietnam or something..

>>1026282
lol why?

>>1026322
Thank for your service man.

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>>1026348
if I had a dollar for every damn stranger that came up and said this...

>>1025724
Lmao kys leglet cuck

>>1025705
>Is there a way to ease into it without tearing the crap out of your feet?
No, there isn't. There's not really a reason to go barefoot

Australians wear thongs (flip-flops) everywhere and regularly just go barefoot. Can't even feel hot tarry roads anyone when walking on them

>>1025886
>I highly advocate for going barefoot whenever possible
Why though?
What do you gain from it?

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barefoot shoes are comfy

>>1025742
In my country, by a mine.
Greetings from Colombia

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>>1026799
I'm about ten times more nimble than I used to be.
I've got abs on the bottom of my feet.
I'm faster.
I balance better.
I save tons of money on shoes. (I would generally wear through one pair a year)
My legs and ankles got stronger
If I ever get kidnapped as a P.O.W, I can escape without needing to find my boots.
It's fun.
It's a conversation starter.
My posture is better.

>>1025705
>How hard is it to /out/ barefoot?

Not hard. Take your shoes off and go.

>>1026243
Ha!
>me too

>>1025724
wtf freak why dont u fuck off

>>1026877
>It's a conversation starter.
As a misanthrope, no.

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>>1026955
>T. feeling threatened because a guy with no legs is more /out/ than you

>>1026956
I should specify. In my experience, it'll only start conversations with people that are like 50 years old and up. As somebody who despises humanity to an unreasonable degree, I personally find people who fall into that age bracket to be pretty cool to talk with. I suppose it's all personal preference though.

test

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>>1026955
Don't worry I will. I'm going camping for the next three days. But I'll be back this weekend

>>1025776
That would be a penis gourd. It's traditional clothing in Melanesia. Maybe we can have a thread about wearing penis gourds while /out/ someday.

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>>1027032
Do you wear them?

>>1027033
Why don't you take a peek and find out ;^)

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>>1027038

>>1027042
C'mon big boy. No one has to know!

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>>1025705
That's what beaches are for

This guy is popular in my country, regardless of his believes (he's kind of a show off) his travel books (south murrica mostly) are cool - and he walks barefoot everywhere.
Hmm..... I'm don't think his books are in english, even though he often lives in his home in Texas...
He does often mention how to walk barefoot.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Cejrowski

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I did some walking around barefoot this weekend. I walked up a pretty high ski slope, which was mostly sandy but also had rocks and dry weeds, which are hard on the feet. The rest of the walk was harder because there was less sand and more dry, prickly weeds. I only ended up with a few holes in my feet, so I am well on my way to Hobbit-mode.

I have been walking around barefoot outside for most of my life, so I think I do have some sort minor tolerance. Wearing socks and shoes/boots all the time during the winter is what sets us back up in colder climates.

>>1025705

Why the fuck would you not just make shoes?
Split a log, make a plank, sand it down on a rock, tie it to your foot.

>>1027611

that's uncomfortable and you can't run in them. When humans were running down deer for food in the cave man ages, were they really running in primitive shoes? It seems like that would be painful and difficult.

>>1026964
Yeah, old rednecks, farmers, mechanics, hunters, fishermen, coal miners, ex-soldiers, etc are my dudes. I learn so much from people like them. Former Yuppie Boomers can go hang though.

>>1027513
There are plenty of people in Texas who cannot be bothered to speak the King's, friend0.

>>1026359
Have you ever considered strapping on two pogo sticks?

>>1027814
Well now I have

>>1025705
>our ancestors did it
Our ancestors also routinely died of the common cold. You could spend a few months beating the shit out of your feet until they're covered in rock hard callouses. You'll still get cut when you step on glass. You'll still be in danger of contracting worms. A snake will still be able to bite right through your skin. Then again, you could just wear some fucking boots.

>>1027841
Never reply to my posts ever again

>>1027847
>someone doesn't like my bubble-world

>>1027891
This

>>1027268
Beaches are not /out/

Seriously, it's not the hard just do it. Haven't worn any shoe in the past 10 days (got off of work, the only time I wear shoes period). Ask me anything.

>>1028252

Yep

They're holidays.

>>1028465
Do you have calusous?

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>>1028465

I do this too. I love not wearing shoes. The tricky part is walking through the woods or fields or anyone away from society really. It can really hurt. Are you able do this?

>>1025755
>thinking people too retarded to invent shoes are good

>>1028605
My feet can take me pretty much anywhere, up there are some surfaces I don't like, mainly poorly kept gravely streets. Love walking on trails and forests
>>1028482
Nope! Some buildup on my big toes after a long day, but I get rid of it in seconds. I have soles that are like thin, supple leather pads. You only actually get callouses by abusing your feet and wearing shoes!

>>1025705
Hard, because every holiday assholes love to leave broken beer bottles everywhere, even on public beaches.

>>1028855
And yet, they have penis gourds, so I think your point is pretty much invalid.

>>1025705
>How hard is it to /out/ barefoot? Obviously our ancestors did it,
eh
shoes have been around for a very very long time, some would say since before we were really human
your ancestors, or at least the ones you're thinking of, probably didn't go around barefoot all the time, possibly not even most of the time

>>1025776
a sheath
it's supposed to be protective and fashionable

>>1027616
primitive shoes were made of leather
hell modern shoes are made of leather if you don't get cheap ones, it's incredibly good for shoes and jackets and a few other uses

>>1028956
Well it's not

>>1026955
>Not being transhuman masterrace

>>1025705
Your ancestors that wandered shoeless were not the genetic result of thousands of years of pampering their feet. The ones who survived to adulthood assuredly had tougher feet than a modern human. We adapted by inventing shoes thousands of years ago, so modern human feet are not as tough. You won't last too long without something covering your feet before you get miserable and change that, or you step on something dangerous.

>>1027847
>>1027891

Middle class college boys detected. If you ever had to subject yourselves to anything physically dangerous, you would realise how stupid that kind of willful bodily destruction is.

That being said, I walk around barefoot all the time.

>>1029184
Liberal hippy detected. Enjoy your callasous and snake bites

>>1029395

I'm a blue collar worker. I'm advocating the use of good shoes, but I do like the feel if soft ground on my feet.

Learn2read, asstard.

>>1029631
Learn2spell, asstard.

>>1025724
So lucky
https://youtu.be/CDsNZJTWw0w?t=2m3s

>>1029697
Yeah, the guy with no fucking legs is sooooo lucky

>>1029692

>His argument is invalid because he hit the i instead of o key.jpg

>>1025705

It's completely stupid, and our ancestors didn't unless they wanted to chance getting a bad cut on your foot and then dying from infection.

>>1025705
Have you ever gone out camping for a week or two in the cold, and when you get back, you can't sleep because your house feels stiflingly hot? Same exact thing; your body adjusts to its environment pretty quickly.

>>1029823
Except they didn't know about infections back then genius

>>1029992
Thay did know about getting cuts and dieing because of them

>>1030003
>pulling shit from THIS far up your ass
Umm no, they didn't. Try again sweetie

>>1025705
>Obviously our ancestors did it
Then they invented the shoe

Why do you think you know better than the people who invented shoes to avoid slicing their feet to ribbons?

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>>1028252
>Beaches are not /out/

>>1030068
He's not wrong

>>1030068
He's right.

>>1025724
barefoot, not nofoot

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>>1030194

>>1025798
The argument was, that despite there being cultures and people who developed shoewear early, lots of others never did. And kept having demanding lifestyles while staying barefoot.

And the topic of this thread is ascertaining, whether the a person who has worn footwear for most of their lives, could in theory "train" to function similarly well during/ /out/ activities, and how best to go about it.

>>1030199
Don't worry. Being crippled and despite that standing fully in your life and going on /out/ adventures is admirable.

>>1025705
I've done it a couple times. Would not recommend

>>1030345
How come? Your a pussy?

>>1030425
Yep, I'm a massive pussy because I don't want to get tetanus every step I take

Seriously, everyone should at least try being barefoot for a week. You were not born with shoes, and you are depriving the use of a part of your body, a part of you. If you enjoy it the first week, no reason to stop.

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I am barefoot pretty much half of my time outdoors. Here is what a foot is supposed to look like.

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>>1031414
That is after coming home. Notice how it isn't THAT dirty, nor is it calloused. Instead, your soles become leather, and can feel everything around you. It's also wonders for your back. Notice how the toes aren't cramped, and there's an arch.

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>>1031417
Once you stop crippling your feet so your toes are well spaced, that's when you starting going and starting slow in nice hiking paths. I recommend leafy or mossy trails with no too many rocks. As far as city barefooting goes, concrete is just another surface. That being said...

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>>1031419
You may get some buildup on toes or heel if you really push yourself, but it is nothing a LIGHT file at night won't take care of.

>>1025705
no point if youre terraining rocks or shit like that. If your on dirt just need to harden your feet. takes time but makes the shit rough

>>1025755
why are they still so small|

Going barefoot is great way to get lymes disease.

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>>1031419
>Once you stop crippling your feet so your toes are well spaced
I believe you. I heard from Cejrowski that that's how feet of wild tribes look, that's how it SHOULD look, it's the shoes that disfigure our toes.

I myself use flat, thin, kung-fu slippers, they work well for me. But there are other solutions, if you want to walk flat, capitalism made sure of it. :P

Tried to jog barefoot but skin is to delicate, and I don't have the time to work it into being thick.
Also - jogging flat helped my fucked up knees a lot.

>>1031537
You're a fucking basement dwelling retard if you think walking barefoot increases your chances of being stung by a tick. That idea is so stupid I wouldn't even make it up myself, and I've removed hundreds of those fucks from my skin. They literally cling to any place on your body they can, and even wearing pants tucked inside high boots isn't a safe solution. Only one is proper tick repellent.
Just fucking hang yourself.

>>1031550
>Stung

Damn you dumb

>>1031419
Frodo Baggins browses /out/ confirmed.

>>1031537
This

>>1031554
I'm not a native speaker, you troll.
>>1031647
No.

>>1031550
>bedrocks

my nignog, i rock bedrocks everyday
if you're ever in the bay area go check out their office/factory/store/etc they're super cool people

>best footwear ever
>hike mountains, bike, walk on coral reefs, go to school, do literally anything
>cozy as fuck
>perfect amount of protection while still being able to feel ground

>>1031537
>>1031647
Obvious samefag

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>>1031756
Umm try again sweetie

>>1031689
I'll probably never visit north america, but thanks :)

>>1031770
>sweetieposting
>on /out/

>>1031823
>her masculinity is THIS fragile
Lmao

>>1031665
I bet you are

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>>1028930
Holy shit this
>go for my daily jogging routine
>its finally spring
>weather is nice, what a beautiful day toda-
>hear cracking
>look down
>I stepped on a broken shard of beer bottle that says budlight
>remember that faggots get drunk near this path every couple of weeks

>>1025747
Preach it brother

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>lets check out /out/ haha
>immediately want to jerk off
its not safe here anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fWo0P0MdJM

This is porn for some people isn't it

>>1032637
Yeah? What's wrong with it?

>>1032637

That's some beautiful straight wood.

I want me a girl who can split firewood.

are vibram fivefingers (treksport precisely) worth buying? Or are they just a meme?

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>want to toughen my feet
>literally surrounded by acres of bindi weeds

I've been walking barefoot most of my time these last 3 years, avoiding cities as much as possible.
I've never found any suitable shoes to my feets, and the more i would experience walking barefoot the harder it was to put on shoes.
I would eventually compare wearing shoes to wearing mitten.
There's no such things as feeling what you are walking on : leaves, mud, branches, rocks, sand, grass ; these are matter and textures that are PART of going /out/ : theres no way to know your environment if you can't feel it.

So take of your shoes, close your eyes, and feel the adventure of walking barefoot :)

>>1033188
I have owned both Bikila and KSO EVO. All I have to say is the thinner, the better.

>>1033188
Literally fedoras for your feet

>>1025755
>Implying having 4 inches of dead skin and back problems is worth not having to spend $60 on a pair of boots every two years

>>1033537
>he doesn't realize that shoes cause back problems, not the other way around

stay pleb

>>1028252
If I am not in and I am not out then where am I

>>1033554
>Perfect support for my arch and lower back
stay homeless

>>1033560
You're /on/ the beach

>>1025705
Enjoy your parasites

>>1033627
Enjoy your blisters, bad posture, and toenail fungus :^)

>>1031421
>>1031419
>>1031417
>>1031414


Look at anon's feet guys. Do they look calloused, crippled, infected, or pale to you? Of course not, feet are supposed to look like this.

>>1033710
What are you talking about they look worse than legless anon's feet

I did a brief googling which led me to try putting rubbing alcohol on my feet for about two weeks. Then I started walking barefoot on paved surfaces every other day. I started at five minutes and added five each time.
When I got to 20 minutes I got greedy and went for about 27 instead.
Earned big blood blisters on balls of my feet, put me mostly on my arse for weeks.

>>1033804
wint? that you?

>>1033808
No.

>>1025776
Dick Sheath

It is a fashionable codpiece. If anything modern fashion is weird for not having codpieces.

>>1029718
Not wanting to be augmented

>>1033980
>wanting to be a useless cripple

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>>1033993
Anon I think you're being more hurtful than you mean to be.

>>1033994
It's true though

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>>1033998
Leglets eternally btfo

>>1034001
the fuck's a leglet..?

>>1034003
Someone with no legs obviously

>>1034004
that makes no fucking cents if you think about it

>>1034005
It makes perfect sense you nit wit. Useless cripples should all be rounded up

>>1034005
>cents

>>1034074
Yes, sents

>>1034210
>sents

>>1034217
Yes, cence

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>>1034219
Ok that one was on purpose

>>1034221
They all were ya dingus

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>>1034227
>not getting the reference

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>>1026359
Isr*el thanks you for your service.

>>1033629
If lived in South America or Africa, you can be damn sure I would wear at least some kind of sandal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wvmJMIROk

>>1034586
>Kenyan jigger removal
Just call the cops?

>>1025705
hard?

its easy, you don't even have to put on your shoes

>>1034657
Well memed

>>1026180
That's how I would go about it.
Also, do it when you have time for things to go wrong.

>>1034689
Then make time

>>1033994
Cute!

>>1025724
Bad fucking ass mate

I routinely go barefoot on weekends, and am perfectly fine going all day with no shoes as long as I don't have to walk on gravel. ITT I was more thinking about walking through the woods with no shoes. This is still difficult for me to do. It is one thing to walk around your yard or even pavement barefoot. It's completely different to walk on a gravel road or dry fields filled with prickly undergrowth. That's why I'm wondering if it is even possible to build up a tolerance to that level of abuse.

when I was a kid I used to do it all the time. can't do it at college because of the scrutiny but it doesn't take much time to get thicc soles. i used to walk around in 3 inches of snow with no problems

>>1035009
Colleges tend to be very barefoot friendly.

>>1035038
Your mom's barefoot friendly hahaha

>>1035038
Not mine.

>>1035681
Prove it witeboi

>>1027616

Doesn't mean they didn't want shoes.

Pretty fucking hard, we're not our ancestors. Even injuns use some kind of feet protection.

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>>1025705
Everytime I see the OP image thumbnail in the catalogue i think this is a Bailey Jay thread for some reason

>>1036833
That's because it is

>>1026282
Because it could turn your handicap to an advantage

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>>1034238
>actually using caps on captcha

>>1036865
Explain

>>1036866
>using legacy capcha at all

>we're not like we were

Really? I know shoes deform feet but in terms of resistance to pointy and abrasive things I doubt there's nothing our recent ancestors had that we can't get through conscious effort.

I'm thinking more that our ancestors started making the shoes because there was environments they simply couldn't or didn't want to walk in even with conditioned feet.

>>1031414
How the hell can they maintain that shape? Are you barefoot at work?

>>1037808
I'm at a cubicle. As soon as I walk in, I take off my shoes. And when I do have to wear shoes, I ALWAYS wear toe socks as traditional socks can also cripple feet.

>>1037883
>tfw no barefoot job
Why live

>>1038013
>barefoot job
What

>>1025705
Your ancestors probably wore moccasins or sandals for at least several thousand years.

That's reality.

>>1025886
Who/what is this image parodying?

>>1038779
You're dog

>>1031417
They aren't callusus... they're like paws?!?!?

>>1038603
A job where you get to be barefoot, presumably.

>>1040053
Sounds like a shit job

>>1041263
I am barefoot at my job, it's not shit at all.

>>1041855
What job is it?

>>1042633
I work at a comic book shop.

>>1034919
Gravel is a lot easier if you walk with the upper part of your foot down before your heel. I've had 0 problems doing that.

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>>1033804
Ive walked for hours barefoot on concrete, gravel, grass and dirt, and nothing happens to my feet except they are sore from walking so far.

>>1043180
NEERD!

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>>1043214
>>1043380

Interesting. I thought that walking on loose gravel for any distance barefoot was pretty much impossible for any human. Looks like my feet still have a ways to go.The sharpness of the rocks really hurts my feet when they are sandwiched between the gravel and the weight of my body.

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>>1043571
Yeah gravel is the hardest to walk on. I only walk on it when I have no other option

>>1043571
>>1043572
Loose gravel is a piece of cake. It's the compacted stuff that you gotta watch out for. I find stuff like back roads and driveways are actually quite pleasant to walk on.

Can anyone else post pictures of their soles? I wanna see what feet should look like.

>>1043180
>>1043383
https://youtu.be/gZEdDMQZaCU

>>1025705
Depends on the trail, but once you relearn how to walk it isn't too difficult. I wouldnt recommend it though. To ease into it, get some shoes made for parkour, very thin.

But dont do it on anything but the most worn trails.

>>1025705
id like to slide my dick between her feet and toes until i cum on them

>>1044554
Same

What does moss feel like?

>>1046239
Reeeeeaaaaaalllllyyyyy nice. Seriously feels like walking on clouds.

I wish those barefoot toe shoe things didn't look so fucking autistic.

>>1046273
Those are good for road and running, but don't let you FEEL the earth. Your soles are connected directly to your soul.

>>1046273
I wear mine all the time in the summer.
I occasionally have people ask if they're comfortable, do they get stanky, etc, but that's it. Don't really notice people staring, because they're on my feet,not at eye level.
Just wear em, dude. You won't regret it.
I suggest the Skeletoes, personally. I've owned the Vibram ones as well and the Skeletoes seem to last longer and are like half the price.
Also the two outside toes are joined so you don't tear off your pinky toe.

>>1025724
Prettty fucking cool of you man.

>>1046866
y-you too

>>1046847
Skeletoes are horrible. They are rigid and thick. They are Nothing like going barefoot.

>>1046239
Like sex

>>1025705
Said ancestors had the lifespan of barely 30 years, guess why.

>>1025724
Try going bare nubbed and see how you do

>>1027841
>Our ancestors also routinely died of the common cold
as children, yes. as adults, no. the myth of people living to 30 is a statistical falsehood that exists because childhood mortality used to be really high.

>>1027032
If you tripped and fell on it, would you die of sepsis?

>>1051176
It would be extremely toxic

>>1026877
same here
posture and balance have improved
always workout barefoot
favorite workouts are sprints/intervals in an open field

the body is so interconnected
wearing shoes makes your toes and feet and ankles stupid, and this goes all the way up the chain into your knees and hips and back and shoulder and neck and brain

i also find the additional tactile feedback on my feet to be grounding mentally.

>>1050767
infant mortality drove down averages
plenty lived to old age.

its not like most people died at 30.

most people died befoee 10. many made it to 60-70.

>>1025705
I don't know if there's a way to ease into it, I grew up doing it and can do it with no discomfort ever, thorns suck though.

>>1046273
get some lems
same function, but not made for dweeb attention whores.

I make the barefoot transition a couple years back and use minimalist footwear now because practicality. Regarding the transition to barefoot...biggest issue I had was the development of previously unused muscles in my legs. Would walk to and from work each day and had to do serious stretching to keep my lower/outer leg muscles from freaking out. No issues after a few months though. Feet and legs are still adapting and changing though.

>>1051298
This. Lems are good. Also check out Xeroshoes. Avoid Vivo. Their customer service is nonexistent.

>>1025705
It doesn't sound too hard, why not try it?

>>1051293
I second that about the tactility. A walkab/out/ is not just about the vistas, what you can see. You can hear the winds and the birds, feel the cold air or the burning sun, taste the water from a spring or the snow that is about to fall, smell the damp forest floor. You experience the landscape with all your senses. When you walk barefoot, you get to touch the landscape as well. I liken it to when you see a fascinating artefact in an antiques shop or a museum: you want to hold it in your hand, feel its texture, and if you are allowed, you will automatically pick it up. Well, your feet are basically hands. Same nerve endings and all of that. So much information and experience is relayed through the soles of your feet if you let them feel. Wearing shoes is like holding the wonderful artefact wearing gloves, or having sex with a condom. Lots of times it makes every kind of sense, but when it's safe, it's so much better without.

I can muse for pages on the ways barefooting is the knees of the bee, but at the end of the day it has to be experienced, yet for the full payout it takes a lot of conditioning, and for that you need to have an interest, a curiosity about it. Without it, it's like selling coriander to one of those people for whom it tastes like soap. Or something.

>>1025724
Jesus how do you even get out of bed in the morning? Seriously I couldn't go on

>>1046273
Fivefingers are no good for going off-road because sticks and rocks get stuck between the toes. There are good minimalist shoes without toes though.

>>1052390
>sticks and rocks get stuck between the toes.

Wiggle your toes...?

>>1052607
Much too difficult

>>1052607
Doesn't work, they get stuck in there and you have to actually pull them out with your hands.

>>1053675
>mommmyyyyy it's stuuuuuuuck!!!!!!11111

>>1052390
Just walk, don't run.

>>1055225
Just crawl, don't walk

enjoy your HIV infected syringes covered in leptospirosis infected rodent urine

>all these americans that use shoes on their hom with carpet floors
No wonder there is an argument here. Normal people have thick soles

Literally
>take off your shoes
>walk barefoot
>if it feels like shit put shoes back on

>>1055642
I won't!

>>1050888

That "statistical myth" is in itself a myth. We don't have such data to make those claims anyway and they only apply to 21st century+. Further, when looking through old burial sites you tend to find that those that did live beyond infancy tended to die before 45.

It's a fact that people used to die of complications and diseases which we consider trivial now. Those "ancestors who went bare foot" people keep refering to where likely not even human but an ancestor to the modern species of human and if their feet where anything like ours, they weren't running through the forest bare foot because that way leads to infection and death, they would've worn foot protection as well. Our closes animal relatives don't run after prey on the forest floor either.

>>1056095
There are humans alive today that never wear shoes. Not everyone has weak and dainty feet.

I want to try buuuut...

every time I do try I end up stepping on something that either cuts me open or holy fuck leeches and bugs pls no

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>>1038779
Ummmmm like a billion of them.

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Im gonna bite your toesy woesys

>>1056193

And they are?

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>>1056345
Ticks like dark, damp areas. Exposed feet are not that.

>>1056422
No snakes where I live. Feelsgoodman.

>>1056457
Pic related.

>>1056457
How have you never heard of tribal people with no shoes? Don't you watch PBS?

>>1056580
Ticks like to suck your blood better than dark, damp areas my dude.

>>1056585
Well, they're doing a pretty crappy job on me and my hobbit feet.

>>1056345
Ticks are literally a myth tho

>>1056687
I stopped counting the number of times my cats came home with deer ticks in their fur. They're def not a myth in my neck of the woods.

>>1056727
>letting your kitty go /out/

>>1056687
> mythical ticks

How so?

>>1056750
teleportation. dont go outside in southern pennsylvania

>>1034238
>>>/pol/

>>1056585
Ticks nearly always crawl into dark, damp folds before biting. Like the back of your knee, armpits, or your groin area. Even got one on my scrote one time. Your feet are not prime tick real estate.

>>1025886
>>1051293
>>1052203
please tell me great barefoot sages
how do I go about conditioning to enjoying the world barefoot?
this sounds great. where do I begin? just walking around outside barefoot more often?

>>1026802
spend 160 dollars on a pair a shoes and they tore within a few hours. Anyone wanna guess what brand and style?

pic related.

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>>1056822
Oops forgot pic

>>1027847
hahaha youve got to be kidding!

So what are feet SUPPOSED to look like?

>>1025749
Human history goes back a little farther than that, anon.

>>1031419
Never understood the barefooters in a city. Fucking shits are dirty and filled with broken glass and other shit and any wounds you get are probably going to lead to an infection once you step in the dirty everything. Also in the NE, cold ass concrete yet I saw a guy barefooting even though it was like 5 F, constantly having to rub his foot to stave off frostbite.

>>1056956
I wasn't kidding! Prepare to die

>>1057400
You first gay boy

>>1057399
Unless you deliberately inject yourself with used needles it isn't any more dirty. Glass shards are easy to avoid and won't even hurt you. Stepping into a splintered hidden branch in the woods is way more dangerous.

>>1058317
Fucking dumbass do you really think you can avoid stepping on some bad shit in a city?

>>1032551
Preach what?

>>1046273
Same, I have a very thin light pair and wear them in the gym or when running, but they really do feel like fedoras for your feet. Lately I've been using them as house slippers too, super convenient to slip them on. I took them on a canyoneering trip once; had these hiking shoes because everyone said Vibrams would kill my feet after a while, but when we deshoed to cross some water I just put on the Vibrams and went the rest of the way, including climbing up and down rocks and a few rappels. Comfy as fuck.

>>1052260
>cyborg legs
>can still type and use hands
>can see, hear, and speak
I'd rather lose a leg than a hand or a primary sense, especially in modern times where they can 3-d print you pogosticks or whatever. Hell, I think I'd rather lose two legs below the knee than a hand.

>>1056345
kawaii desu

>>1059358
You don't know if he has arms though. Or even vision for that matter

>>1025705
Use Vibram Five Fingers. Yes they're meme shoes, but they confirm to your foot and the sole is strong enough to protect, but then enough you feel every stone and pebble under your foot.

It's a good way to get used to the feeling of the elements, without getting shit stuck in your foot

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I'm just gonna leave this here.

>>1025724
I seen you on /r9k/

>>1027841
>Our ancestors also routinely died of the common cold.
Yes but they also ran around in very cold with less clothing and survived. Humans are much more vulnerable compared to back then.

>>1025724
Awesome man. Those look sweet. How does it feel to use them?

>>1060244
kinda like walking on stilts lol. it gets hotter than hell in them though. when I'm /out/ in them summer I have to take them off every couple of hours to dump all the sweat out haha

>>1059837
What's your thesis here

>>1060256
Narrow toe-boxes are the devil.

>>1060262
Nothing wrong with it

>>1060265
With my thesis or with narrow toe-boxes? If it's the former, thanks. If it's the latter, fite me irl.

>>1060268
It's the latter. Meet me behind the Denny's

>>1025724
jeez man that's tight you're like the people in high school lyceums about overcoming obstacles

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>>1060293
I'm gonna curb stomp you with my dirty hobbit feet!

>pls don't be mad, i just joke pls.

>>1060299
pls don't do that meester

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>>1060522
Yeah, that would be pretty gross having some other guy's feet all up in your face. I'll spare you this time.

>>1060586
ty bb

>>1059116
I avoid it regularly. Not in the US though.

>>1025705
its gonna take a while for the callouses to be thick enough, but even then your feet are gonna be sensitive. They're the most sensitive part of the body for a reason.

>>1029131
Skinwalker, meet steelwalker

>>1030004
>what is cause and effect?
>implying ancestral humans were too retarded figure that one out

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>>1033995

>>1034007
Who hurt you?

>>1060838
Does it really though?

>>1030004
im certain you must be a troll but just in case you are this retarded/for anyone else retarded enough to believe you

>member of tribe gets a cut
>cut produces puss and then changes colour/swells up
>victim then gets feverous symptoms
>dies

It's a pretty easy chain of events to follow to figure out that they died from something to do with the cut.

>everyone else: "hey, lets try not to get cuts"

and so shoes were made

>>1046239
my childhood garden didnt get enough sunlight so was 90% moss

being out there barefoot was always amazing on the feet

>>1056687
as someone whos managed to wake up in the field with a crushed tick still attached to under my foreskin, im gonna call bullshit

>>1059116
but cities the easiest, simply watch the ground because theres no foliage or debris to hide anything...

>>1061384
>get proven wrong and eternally btfo
>y-you're a troll!!1

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>>1061496
You didn't prove crap, you goober. Let's summarize this.

> It's completely stupid, and our ancestors didn't unless they wanted to chance getting a bad cut on your foot and then dying from infection.

>>Except they didn't know about infections back then genius

>Thay did know about getting cuts and dieing because of them

>>pulling shit from THIS far up your ass
Umm no, they didn't. Try again sweetie

>im certain you must be a troll but just in case you are this retarded/for anyone else retarded enough to believe you

It's a pretty easy chain of events to follow to figure out that they died from something to do with the cut.

>member of tribe gets a cut
>cut produces puss and then changes colour/swells up
>victim then gets feverous symptoms
>dies

>everyone else: "hey, lets try not to get cuts"

>and so shoes were made

>>get proven wrong and eternally btfo
>>y-you're a troll!!1

Can't believe I fell for this bait, but there you go.

>>1061510
autism speaks

>>1025724
How far/long can you walk for? Do you get stump ache?

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>>1061517
Y-Yeah.

>>1061496
Thanks for clearing that up man

>>1061522
as far as I want to. longest distance I've walked nonstop was about 14 miles. my stumps get sore if I'm moving around all day but it's not much worse than sore feet

>>1061305
Buttblasted cripple detected

>>1061575
What do you have against cripples my man? Jealous that they get around more than you? You're acting awfully insecure

>>1025705
I love being barefoot but it can be inconvenient or even dangerous at times. If you want 90% of the barefoot experience with less risk just get some thin huarache style sandals. There are a lot of options out there, sometimes called barefoot sandals, or you can make your own. I have some older ones from vivobarefoot and they are great.

>>1061575
Dude, quit being pathetic. Seriously. You're making yourself look bad.

>>1061436
>a crushed tick still attached to under my foreskin
How does this even happen

>>1062339
Goyim like to keep that excess skin, which quickly becomes unhygienic and apparently provides a convenient hiding spot for small arachnids.

>>1061825
But the main draw of it is touching the earth. Your soul is located in your sole.

If barefoot all day if I could