• macrocarpa@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Why do people go barefoot in public

    Why do people wear shoes in the office

    Why dont3 I ask women if they’re pregnant

    Because arbitrary customs that exist which might have a good reason behind them but largely have become things that are considered polite or rude, both of which are societal concepts which themselves are worthy of questioning

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      8 months ago
      1. Because they’ve given up on life.

      2. Because everyone else wear shoes in the office. That being said. I don’t wear shoes in my office. Because no one does. (It’s also a small office)

      3. I don’t know why YOU don’t. I don’t Because it’s none of my business and the risk of being wrong heavily outweights the reward of being right.

      It’s not arbitrary. If you start wearing shoes inside the floor will get dirtier. And now I can’t not wear them because I will get dirt all over my socks from the dirt the shoe wearer tracked inside.

      Office workers might have to move around and walk a lot. Shoes help with that. It’s the exact reason we invented them in the first place.

      Just because you don’t know, doesnt mean it’s arbitrary

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      8 months ago

      Because in public, the ground is probably more gross than your feet (dogshit, car oil), but in your home, your shoes are probably more gross than your own feet.

      Similarly, in public, seeing other people’s feet is gross. But not as much at home.

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      8 months ago

      Bro the dirt under your shoes don’t give af whether you’re being polite about going inside the house with them or not