Wearing socks *is* a social construct
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As someone that grew up hating socks (parents only bought the ones with a thick seam at the toe), yes, the requirement to wear socks is a social construct. There are other ways to avoid smelly feet.
Currently, I wear shoes with washable insoles and I have multiple sets of these insoles. I also rotate between shoes, and these shoes can also go in the wash.
I do wear (nice, seamless) socks when I go hiking, but for day-to-day at the office they're unnecessary.
I was going to reply with "wait until their feet are in pain after a day without socks", but then your post happened. Looks like not everyone is built the same.
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Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn't wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.
Wearing shoes is definitely not just a social construct. They protect your feet.
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"Yes, but that doesn't automatically mean it's wrong or a bad thing.
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Just tell them: Socks to sock..
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This would be a great time to remind him that we live in a society...
And the thing stopping the kid from being forced into child labor is a social construct.
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And the thing stopping the kid from being forced into child labor is a social construct.
"You can either be a social construction-worker, or a real-ass child construction-worker."
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See, I dunno about that one. I have a very strange and almost primal urge to feed kids. I think it's generic programming.
Same with wearing socks... in my case at least.
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A society is a social construct and there is a social contract to live in one.
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As someone that grew up hating socks (parents only bought the ones with a thick seam at the toe), yes, the requirement to wear socks is a social construct. There are other ways to avoid smelly feet.
Currently, I wear shoes with washable insoles and I have multiple sets of these insoles. I also rotate between shoes, and these shoes can also go in the wash.
I do wear (nice, seamless) socks when I go hiking, but for day-to-day at the office they're unnecessary.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]If my socks have seams at the toes, I wear them inside out. I believe I learned that from Sean Connery in Finding Forrester.
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If my socks have seams at the toes, I wear them inside out. I believe I learned that from Sean Connery in Finding Forrester.
You're the man now, dawg!
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I got me some of them washable insoles
washable incels
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if you didn't wear socks then you'll have to wash your shoes daily or risk getting something like a yeast infection of the foot or athletes foot.
Right, so what Boomer already said.
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Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn't wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.
When Moses was walking through the desert for 40 years, he wasn’t just trying to fit in.
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See, I dunno about that one. I have a very strange and almost primal urge to feed kids. I think it's generic programming.
It took me a while to learn to control my rising angst when my son started deciding he didn't want to eat much some days. Had to learn to trust what he's saying and play it cool with bargaining with him to try things he's decided he suddenly doesn't like and eat just a few of the key food groups he hasn't eaten before deciding he's full.
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Your mom is a social construct.
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Your mom is a social construct.
Fuckin’ gottem.
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Something being a social construct doesn't mean it's not real, or ignoring it won't negatively affect you.
Laws, money, etc. are all social constructs.
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Arguments like these don’t work with kids. Let them experience themselves what is best for them. And have spare socks ready in case they change their mind afterwards
Sure, if that's a reasonable option, but letting the kid hurt themselves isn't always practical. Letting the kids find out 'messing with the pot of boiling water is bad' the hard way, as an example, is not what I would consider good parenting.
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If my socks have seams at the toes, I wear them inside out. I believe I learned that from Sean Connery in Finding Forrester.
If the sock seams bother you ,you either wear your socks or shoes, or both too tight
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Sure, if that's a reasonable option, but letting the kid hurt themselves isn't always practical. Letting the kids find out 'messing with the pot of boiling water is bad' the hard way, as an example, is not what I would consider good parenting.
I think it's pretty clear they're referring to uncomfortable stuff, not dangerous stuff. Obviously don't let them do dangerous stuff.
