Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢
You don’t notice when you step in dog shit?
Piles yes, but there be smaller trace amounts too
I treat my shoes like I treat my cutlery - if the pieces of shit are small enough that I don’t see them, I’ll gladly lick them
Same with anuses tbh
Insert Summer making ass eating noises.
You don’t brush your teeth?
you eat dog shit?
You eat dingleberries?
Make sure you take your dog’s shoes off, too.
I don’t have a dog.
Solution: adopt a dog.
If I got a dog it would be half way to having a kid. I can barely take care of myself, I don’t need another soul to disappoint.
A lot of people’s dogs are trained to wait inside at the door for their paws to get wiped down before walking into the house/apartment/whatever.
But sure, if the dog did go walk outside with boots/shoes then yeah their owner would obviously take them off once they were back inside.
The two dogs I had were easily taught to wait on the floor mat right by the door. Once someone wiped their paws with a towel they would proceed forward. 🤷🏼
If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet
My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.
Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm
You can wash your dog’s feet you know.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
Your keyboard or phone are far more disgusting than any shoe. You’ll live sunshine.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
I love this ‘why try; give up’ attitude. Getting out of bed must be hard if you’re just going to be back there later.
Its more, theres no harm in wearing your shoes inside. It’s like saying we should all wear gloves inside to not touch germs, just kinda silly y’know. Humans evolved barefoot, a bit of dirt on the floor isnt the be all and end all of existence.
Nobody said it was lol.
Welcome to Lemmy
The ley is the amount. If you’re actively tracking more shit into and all around your house you’re going to have more than someone who doesn’t.
Guess what, my floor is cleaner than yours.
Are you eating off it? Or are you just very concerned about keeping your socks clean?
Well I change my socks every day regardless, I guess I just think it’s gross to bring the street into your space.
Guess what, it makes no difference.
I’d rather less shit particles, thanks.
Your phone and your keyboard maybe lol.
Everyone’s
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/Germs/story?id=4774746&page=1
Shit mines probably cleaner because I change keyboards more often than the average user.
Been disinfecting my phones and keyboards long before 2008 lol.
Birds and dogs shit in my house.
My condolences.
Worth
Meh
Wait til you learn what’s on your toothbrush
Less shit I tracked in from the street than y’all.
Less shit is still shit on your toothbrush.
I take precautions to minimize the amount of shit I’m exposed to. Tooth brush goes in the shower bag, which doesn’t live in the bathroom. Take my shoes off at the door, so I don’t get street shit in my house. You follow?
Not mine, it’s separated from the toilet by a door and has a uv light. Not perfect, but not straight up doodoo
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Nah it’s real I’ve tested it. I replace my brushes monthly, no issues with breakage it anything.
You don’t know shit about my life, quit assuming.
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Wut? Are you suggesting uvc test cards aren’t a thing? The fuck does Lemmy have to do with this?
Seems like you’re just out here assuming all sorts of stuff
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Oh, you even breathe in shit. Nevermind the carpet.
Even worse than that - I wear SHOES in the OFFICE. How disgusting is that??!!??
Makes more sense than your private home.
Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes inside (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we really wouldn’t wear shoes in the house would be when it snowed or if we had mud on our shoes, otherwise it helped keep your feet warm. It wasn’t until I met my wife that she was like, “What the fuck?” She grew up in Kenya where it was mandatory to not wear shoes. It’s so dusty out there most of the time that the house would be a mess if you did wear your shoes inside, so it was just an automatic thing to take them off.
I’ve only ever seen this done by Americans. They also have really car centric cities. I guess it kinda makes sense to just keep your normal shoes on to warm your feet if they can’t get dirty since you mostly only walk indoors.
I’m American and I know people from multiple states and I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. Always surprises me to see it assigned to us online. I’m sure it must happen in some region of the country but I don’t know where.
It’s a reoccurring internet discussion you can google. The rest of the world thinks Americans wear shoes inside, even on their beds, because that’s what we see in US movies/series, and Americans always deny they’d ever do such a thing.
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought about actors almost always wearing shoes on set. I guess it would look like everyone does that in their home.
I should wear shoes in bed. My feet got attacked by a cat this morning at Oh God o’clock.
You just think it was a cat because your brain can’t handle the truth. There’s a reason we use bursery rhymes to teach kids not to let their arms and legs hang over the side of the bed. You are so lucky you still have feet
I thought those nursery rhymes were because of the cat.
I hate that shit. When someone wears shoes in bed it’s all I can focus on and it ruins the scene. As a fat American slob, I’d never wear shoes to bed. The only time I wear shoes inside is if I have to run inside quickly for something on the 1st floor or in the basement.
Not American myself. However, I’ve seen people from Pennsylvania do this.
Otherwise, for some reason it happens a lot in movies.
From Michigan, it’s about 50/50. I don’t really think twice about it.
I’m not American and I always wear shoes in the house. Why the fuck not?
So… do you clean them every time you get home? Or is there just not much rain, snow or even just dirt in your area anyways?
We do have a lot of rain, specially in this time of year, but we have something here that is called a schoonloopmat which cleans/dries your shoes quite good. That together with hard wooden floors throughout the house makes I never take off my shoes at home.
I keep my fuzzy slippers at the door. Much nicer than street shoes.
Slippers are great. I used to have an awesome pair of gorilla slippers… until my dog shredded one.
Sadly I can’t find replacements that fit my feet now.
Bummer
gorilla slippers
Good dog, those things are freaking scary.
Mine were super comfy and warm… sadly they don’t make them in size 13 anymore that I can find.
Too bad my dog didn’t like them, maybe he was jealous.
They are monsters. There is NO EXCUSE for wearing dirty shoes indoors, outside a party to which you immediately clean.
In winter, my feet get cold
Why not have a cozy pair of slippers?
what are slippers but inside shoes?
Slippers never go outside. If they do its for but a few seconds to avoid picking up a ton of dirt.
What people seem to miss when thinking about how dirty their shoes are are the chemical residues from vehicles. Exhaust pipes drip contaminated water, oil drips from cars, brake dust accumulates in those wet and oily spots on the road, etc… Every time you cross the street or walk in dense public areas your shoes pick that stuff up. If you walk around your house with those same shoes, you invite toxic residues into your living space. The effect might be negligible but the thought makes me wanna gag.
I love me some cozy socks
floor is cold
Have you tried slippers?
Are slippers not considered shoes?
No
“Slippers are a type of shoes…”
😂
As other have said, they’re usually not the same shoes I wear outside.
But generally, for the same reason I wear them outside: to protect my feet. Especially if I’m going in and out a lot, like when doing yardwork or grilling.
Every time this question comes up, I can’t tell if it’s that homes outside the US are much cleaner or streets are much dirtier.
What are you protecting your feet from when relaxing in the living room? Is your coffee table regularly attacking you.
I wear slippers inside mostly to protect agains cold floor, coffee tables, and most important of all, Lego bricks on the loose.
Also another reason to wear shoes inside is when you are constantly going inside and outside. Which means then your floor is dirty… which means you want to protect your feet from the dirt. That’s a vicious cycle but can be one of the reasons.
This is what Crocs were invented for. Just slip your feet into “outdoor slippers” on your way out, and kick them off on your way back in. You don’t even have to search for matching socks, and it still works in the rain
Loose nails in the floorboards, kids’ toys, yes table legs, things dropping on them from height, cold floors, cold air, pouncing cats, slipping in puddles, hot oil spatter in the kitchen… life in a 140-year-old house with three kids and five cats, basically.
Intresting, we have around the same aged house, four cats, a dog but no kids and have never really felt the need for shoes indoors.
My coffee table broke my toe last year, vicious thing!
I had taken some shoes off 5 mins earlier as well 😞
In that case I perfectly understand you. Society really doesn’t take coffee table attacks as seriously as they should, really vicious things if left on their own.
I had a pinky toe pointing backwards courtesy of a door jamb. I now always wear crocs inside
I was a barefoot all the time person until I got a bunch of cats. Now I need socks.
Slip-on shoes at the door seem to be an alien concept.
Did you not have mothers who’d throw things at your head if you wore your shoes in the house? Were you not better than ‘shoes in the house’ people?
I explicitly said the shoes I wear inside are different then the ones I wear outside. Don’t insult my mother.
This is most common in the US. At any point, a policeman might barge into your house, shoot yout dog and start looking for something else to shoot. If you’re wearing shoes already, you’ve got a head start and a chance to live.
Because we want to. It’s our house. We can do what we want.
So, how often do you wash the floors?
He washes them when he wants, okay?
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Even in more tropical countries it’s healthier to take off your shoes so place in which you sleep and eat is not filled with dust and dirt. I’d say it’s mostly cultural heritage and a bad one at that. I’ve been into many more tropical countries than Spain where people take their shoes off all the same and their winters don’t drop below 18°C.
Why is it bad to culturally take your shoes off? I am from Hawaii and we always take our shoes off. I think it’s cleaner and a good cultural practice here.
Cultural not to take your shoes off and is bad. Taking them off is clearly better.
When I lived in the Midwest, indoor carpeting was everywhere, and everyone took their shoes off at the door. Probably due to snow and muck and whatever else.
Moved to the east coast and people thought it was weird that I would try to take my shoes off at their door. Most people had hardwood.
I still live on the east coast, and basically I just do what people ask. It generally seems like places that have carpeting ask for shoes off, those that don’t, don’t.
That’s when you’re going to someone else’s home. In my own home, I have indoor shoes and outdoor shoes. The indoor shoes are basically slip on types. I wear them everywhere inside until I’m going to bed, then they go by the bed.
I have children and I got tired of stepping on shit and walking with a limp because I stepped on a metal truck the size of a dime or whatever.
Indoor shoes are fine, but wearing outside shoes in is wrong.
Wrong why, though? Is the ground outside really THAT dirty? Even if it is, can you guarantee that the floor in your house isn’t effectively as dirty?
Living in Southern California, where we don’t get much inclement weather, tracking in muddy or otherwise physically dirty shoes in the house isn’t really a concern 95% of the time.
The ground outside is literally made of dirt. It is as dirty as it gets.
The only way your shoes don’t get dirty is if you never actually walk on dirt. Which, sounding like you are American, is probably true since everything is concreted over to make space for your cars.
And even then, you never encounter dog shit, right?
Living in Canada the outdoor shoes are unthinkable! So much mud and snow.
But even in good weather there’s dog pee and gum and all sorts of junk on the bottom of your shoes.
Ah, this reminds me of uwabaki (上履き) back when I went to elementary school in Japan. Outside shoes and inside shoes which are called Uwabaki are different. The only time I use Uwabaki outside is in an emergency situation. I remember doing this in 2011 Earthquake
Those are similar to what I wear indoors: typically slip on shoes with a soft sole.
For some reason I don’t feel productive if I’m not wearing shoes.
My dog refuses to wear shoes outside so she’s already tracking dirt (visible or not) in several times a day. I’m always wearing either my outdoor shoes or slippers to keep from exposing my feet. If we did not have a dog than it would make sense to remove shoes as soon as we come inside.
Same. I required people to take shoes off in my house until I got dogs. They track dirt, pine needles, fur all over the place. I still mostly go around in my socks, but I don’t expect anybody else to.
If you have plantar fasciitis, it can really help with the added support.
There are slippers like Oofos that you can wear at home instead of using shoes.
Those look nice, but I don’t know if I can justify spending $120 on slippers.
That’s fair. I’ve never bought from them for full price, as I find them quite expensive as well. I always wait for sales or discount codes. Having said that, they are amazing. They are the plushiest/softest footwear I’ve experienced so far, even better than the popular Boost, React, and ZoomX foams. They have a very pronounced arch, so if you need arch support, you’ll definitely get it.
No one near me sells oofos, I can go to 3 stores nearby and buy a pair of Hokas that I can also wear at the Gym instead of needing a separate pair of Gym shoes.
