Yeah, I learned it from guys in the army. It’s because dress socks reduce friction, and the normal socks absorb swet.
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DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 months agoThis is the first I’m hearing about double socking needing to be dress socks, are you sure that’s a thing?
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Why doesn’t the army just make blister-preventing socks?
That really sounds like some amazing government invention that gets everywhere. Like accelerometers. Or Tang.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Military grade stuff generally sucks, lol.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Nah a lot of times government inventions get sold under license. Gov invents it and private industry perfects it. Within 5 years you’d have Darn Tough blisterproof socks and gov gets a fraction of every sale. It’s how NASA has the best ROI in the government.
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Not really, but because dress socks tend to be thinner, they won’t feel as bad as two regular socks in one boot.