Barefooting in the street

I like to wear shoes, I'm apart of civilization.

 

No offense, but why are you here????

 

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_reproduction

personally, glass, and plastc, thorns, and splinters usually have a hard time getting through my thick foot skin... i find that i get more foot inguries inside than i do outside(damn thumb tacks). outside, the worst that happens is a scrape/burn from running barefoot.

 

Barefoot-boy, while Willy_Wonka_27 took your question on a purely biological premise, I think that a more helpful and accurate answer to your question would be this following entry at the Wikipedia:

crudeware, I think personally that you're just trying to be funny (I've seen far worse attitudes and behavior on this and other forums). The problem is - you aren't and remarks like this are getting close to crossing the line between humor and poor judgment. If you want to contribute something to this forum, please do so - even if it's to take the opposing viewpoint to the majority of the users here.

But your implication that the folks in here are somehow not a part of civilized society because of a lifestyle choice - well, that's just classless and doesn't speak very highly of you.

 

As a college educated, former government auditor, I fail to comprehend how shoes makes one more civilalized. Please take your childish, immature and hateful comments, remarks, opinions and observations elsewhere.

 

The first thing I take off when I get home from work is my shoes. I guess since birth I have prefered to be barefoot. I haven't gone barefoot while walking around in the city. Note to self - do this. I think what turned me off of that was one summer walking down the road and got blistered before I realized it.

It is true that once you feet toughen up you won't notice what you step on. Once I felt a small twinge in foot, after a couple of hours I decided to check it out. I had a sliver of glass about 1/4 inch long in my foot. No problem pulled it out and kept going. Your feet are made to have very thick skin on the bottom.

Never thinking twice I put down the little white rocks on my patio. No problem, they look good. I've gotten cussed over this many of times. :tongue: I guess that do feel sharp to tender footed people.

 

this is the last time i will go of topic in this thread, sorry.
but, one could argue that the use of tools makes one more civilized.... and shoes are tools.

 

Well, there's a health hazard. I'm 'into' Parasitology, and I can tell you that every barefooter is at risk to such parasites as hookworms.

 

Going barefoot does assume some risk, true. But so does walking outside one's front door or getting into one's car. Your example of hookworm is not a particularly good one - most species of this parasite have been controlled in this and other countries, with the most prevalent infestations being in tropical and subtropical climates, where sanitation is poor and there are human feces in the soil. Not saying that it's impossible but I would worry more about injuries before I would worry about hookworm.

 

Hmm where do you live? Africa? Some Small town in South America maybe?
Yeah in
those area hookworm is a threat. In the USA or any civilized country its virtually impossible to get Hookworm.

Are you realley part of civilization because its sounds like if you have hookworm in your area its pretty far from it.
And before it get mentioned because they always do.If ugo Barefoot you will not
get Athletes Foot, Ringworm,Warts (slightly possible only if you put on shoes right after being barefoot without washing your feet) or Hookworm.

 

Go ahead, one time a buncha guys smashed a bottle on the street in front of me, I didn't look up, walked straight on.... of coursse I didn't get a cut or splinter. I haven't diverted my step in ten years of barefooting when I see glass and have never had as much of a splinter from visible glass. I pick brambles barefoot too. The occasional tiny splinter I get about once a year has always comes from some place I hadn't seen any glass, usually when I'm shuffling my feet a bit or such a careless thing.

I don't think you know much about parasitology at all, if you do not know that hookworm is almost eradicated in the Western world, and never was a problem in cooler climates even before modern plumbing.
And even if I were to get it, parasites aren't as terrible when you have good access to modern medicine; the serious cases of anemia have all been in poor countries and/or times where infestations could get out of hand. Moderate hookworm infections have even been shown to have beneficial effects, although since I don't suffer from asthma I'll pass on getting them on purpose.

Fungal & bacterial infections tend to get a hold mostly in shoes; take athlete's foot, you may pick it up when stepping barefoot on a lockerroom floor, but it can only become a problem if you put your foot in a closed shoe afterwards. Such a warm, dark and moist environment is exactly the right breeding ground for bacteria. On the surface of my bare foot there may be quite a bit of bacteria, however they don't get a chance to multiply enough to cause trouble in such a dry, light and well-ventilated environment. Part-time barefooters may be at some risk here if they have to wear shoes for a good part of the day & don't have a way to wash up before putting on their shoes; the biggest risk is when a full-time shoe wearer takes only a few steps on a lockerroom floor and wears shoes for all the rest of the time!

/ten years barefoot, done loads of research too, not worried.

 

I've gone barefoot in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco and so many other cities, subways, etc. The worst was a sliver of glass in one of my callouses which I easily removed with a tweezer. Once you get used to it, you will be more comfortable and going barefoot will just be natural. You won't even think about it.

"God didn't invent shoes...man did." Ok, so now us guys gotta take it on the chin. I liked the reply one man gave in Annie's Mailbox (formerly Ann Landers) recently. Answering the question why women need so many pairs of shoes he said "Ask a man what the difference is netween a 6 point wrench, an 8 point wrench, open end wrench, combination, ratchet, etc" That was a good one! I prefer a barefoot girlfriend. Never have to go shoe shopping!

 

exellent remarks everyone o agree totaly i have had to wear "shoes"(more like sandals and slipons) cause the snow we had made my feet too cold and i was recovering form a nasty cold, but i am now back to bearfooting as long as the snow stays away.

glass no problem, rocks, has to be a prity sharp rock to even feel it or has to be a big rock

the snow is a pain only if its powder and it gets on top of my feet cause the top isn't as thick and then the snow melts and freezes to my feet and thats what i can't stand
packed snow isn't an issue for short trips