Well no, expression is precisely a function of intelligence and the face has evolved specifically to pass non-verbal signals of that sort whereas the feet have not. However, I know whereof you speak and me and your mum are worried about you.
Feet are as expressive as the face. Moreso because they are uncorrupted by intelligence.
Submitted 2 days ago by Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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seven_phone@lemmy.world 2 days ago
hogmomma@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You were doing so well…
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
I appreciate your concern. But to your first point.
Intelligence is biased towards intelligent expression and interpretation. That limits it, in expression and perspective. Seeing through intelligence-colored classes. Expressing though an intelligence-preferring filter.
But we are larger than our intelligence. And this larger form has its own expressions.
Though we, as individuals and a culture, are in the habit of ignoring this larger self. It exists. Like the invisible part of an iceberg underwater.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m either too high or not high enough to have any idea what this means.
punkwalrus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
When I was in theater camp as a pre-teen, one of our actors was a very enthusiastic foot guy. I had heard of foot fetishes, but never understood them. But this guy was like an overexcited fan boy of feet. My curiosity triggered this guy into a huge brain dump, and one of the things he went on about about how feet were the “true expression of a person’s feelings.” Feet turned towards you? They like you. One foot pointed away? They don’t. He then showed me how girls’ feet would match their mood, so no matter what parts they were rehearsing, he could tell their underlying mood: anxiety, sadness, anger, happiness, etc… I have no idea if he was right, but that was my first exposure to another person’s fetish. I could only understand it abstractly, but I found it fascinating.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Oh, really?” said Devon, tilting his little toe dubiously.
Railison@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ew
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Never really thought about it this way, but my wife’s little piggies do have a lot of personality!
Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 days ago
A lot of people I meet everyday have uncorrupted faces as well.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Everybody I know wears shoes, so, I couldn’t say.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That doesnt make it okay to lick them
toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What if they ask really nicely first
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They lack intelligence. You must first determine if the feet can consent.
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 days ago
It’s generally not okay to lick faces, either