How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house?

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• HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  TIL I learned some people wear shoes all the time. What a time to be alive.

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  • Shirasho@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These are the same assholes who sound like a jackhammer when they walk in apartments.

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    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your neighbors probably aren’t particularly loud, your landlord cheaped out on sound insulation. And probably regular insulation.

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    • Starb3an@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well my 250lbs upstairs neighbor makes the ceiling creak and groan, but the jackhammering they did to fix the slab on the apartment behind mine rattled my bed.

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  • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I learned from TV, American shows like Seinfeld or Simpsons where the characters are always wearing shoes. Growing up in Canada we didn’t do that and I thought it was weird

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    • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have been rewatching Friends and it drives me nuts. They regularly jump on top of the couch and the coffee table with their outside shoes on…

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mr Rogers had inside and outside shoes so that’s the end of the line, champ

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait that’s not just artists being lazy?

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    • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Uh ya, it’s called TV not real life.

      They are on set, not in their comfy house.

      At least that explains Seinfeld. Not sure why they would do it in the Simpson I’d imagine it’s because the writing does this shit at home too like a savage.

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• Scrof@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People wear shoes indoors? That sounds utterly barbaric to me lol

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  • ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not American in any way, but I am fond of urbanism. Imagine your cities built in a very car-centric way, so to get anywhere any time you always use a car. Your shoes are almost clean all the time. Home, car, groceries, car, home, car, office, car, bar, car, home. A park is miles away, you don’t pass it by when you walk from the office. So I disagree with the barbarism. The concept is just suitable only for a specific urban design.

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    • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a lot of dirty parking lots you’re walking through… even the cleanest surfaces outside have way more dust and grime than inside.

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    • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You make it sound like sidewalks are sparkling clean

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    • thesystemisdown@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ever use an ill-maintained public bathroom?

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  • DBT@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Go on with your bubble boy mentality. Git.

    Do you wear gloves before opening public doors too?

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    • 0xD@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lmao living in filth and being proud of it. Congratz, you’re the epitome of intellect!

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How often do you vacuum mop your floor?

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think in this example it’d be the shoe wearers wearing gloves inside all day

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t imagine sitting on my couch with shoes on.

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So… I keep crocs at the door for those moments where I need to step out for a moment. slip on, slip off. For anything more… extensive than checking the mail or running out the trash; yeah, I put on proper shoes.

  You’re house will be cleaner if you don’t wear shoes inside. If your feet get cold, socks, or slippers that stay inside are useful, but I generally just go barefoot. (or socked,)

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  • livus@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is probably why crocs are so popular.

    I own a pair a couple of sizes too large for winter, so that I can step into them without even taking my slippers off.

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I own a pair a couple of sizes too large for winter

      I Alexa knew what you meant by this point, although I assumed it was for giant wool socks, lol

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Updoot for Crocs!

    I have a shoe tray near the front door, so anyone coming in has a place to put their shoes.

    For mine, it has

    • Crocs, for those quick errands like taking out the trash. Easy on and off!
    • Sneakers, for anything longer, like walking the dog or going to the grocery. It’s no big deal to take a few seconds putting them on, since it’s for something that takes a while
    • if I wore boots or work shoes or dress shoes, I’ll leave them there until they dry. No big deal to get them from my closet, since I don’t use them every day, and it would be only once

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  • reallyzen@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just wear them 24/7/365

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How many fucking doors do you have that you’re concerned about multiple shoes and multiple baskets brother?

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  • Entropywins@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Come on down to real fake doors...

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• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When you come in you leave the shoes in the mudroom and when you go out you put those shoes back on. What exactly is the issue here? This is like asking how do you shower without clothes on.

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  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    shower without clothes on.

    There are dozens of us!

    Image

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  • lost_faith@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Exactly. I have my outside winter boots (simply called winter boots), outside shoes (simply called shoes), and a dead pair (last outdoor pair) at the back door to take out the garbage. Rest of the time I and the others in the house are barefoot or in slippers

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• gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t understand this question. Are there people who wear their filthy, disgusting shoes around there nice clean house? What animals and monsters do this? And how do you afford to constantly sweep and mop your house five times a day to keep your house clean? Or do you actually not do this and live in a disgusting, filthy, dirt-covered house all the time?

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Outside shoes …. In a carpeted house!

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, and also no

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Throw in a fully carpeted bathroom too.

      Jesus Christ, some places…

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  • dmention7@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or do you actually not do this and live in a disgusting, filthy, dirt-covered house all the time?

    Sadly, in my limited experience with people who wear their shoes inside by default, it has been this one.

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  • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not everyone trudges through mud when they go out. My state has asphalt and concrete most of the places I want to walk.

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I live in a major city that is almost entirely concrete. That doesn’t mean it’s free of filth, grime, and dirt.

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    • Scrof@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Street asphalt and concrete are incredibly dirty. Car exhaust, dust, whatever the wind brings, bird droppings, insects, trash, there is like a thousand contaminants.

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    • originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Clean asphalt, of course. Pristine, even

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mud doesn't really have anything to do with it though.

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  • Montagge@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My house is held together by mouse shit and the chucks of flesh I’ve lost trying to keep it up right lol

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ya know what, I work at Home Depot. Maybe we could help you with that.

      And I know Jimmy Carter is in hospice now, but I bet he knows a few people who can help!

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• Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People wear shoes in their house like it’s normal? Wtf?! Fucking savages

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  • iliketurtles@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We did growing up. Most people I know are indifferent minus a few friends. I don’t wear them at home now, but I don’t see the big deal in keeping them on once in a while.

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    • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you not have carpets or what?

      I couldn’t imagine fucking up all my carpets and furniture over time from being too lazy to take shoes off.

      Plus I just don’t understand how it’s comfortable to wear shoes all day long. I usually can’t wait to get home just so I can take my shoes off. I don’t feel like I can truly relax without them off.

      Do you wear your shoes when you’re in bed and snuggling on the couch under a blanket too???

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  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My mother sewed. She lost pins all the time. As a result, I am pretty much only barefoot in the shower.

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    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hate having litigious family members - they’re always leaving sharp objects around the house.

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  • dditty@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    OP specifically mentioned grandkids, so I’m assuming they are on the older side. When you get old, it can be nice to have the extra support of shoes, even inside your house. I never wear shoes inside but my parents (in their late 60’s) always do since their house has hardwood floors.

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    • Sylvartas@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My dad has a few pairs of boat shoes for this reason, and my mom uses her old pairs of Birkenstocks.

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  • JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have sneakers that I only wear indoors.

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  • ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I actually noped out of a potential roommate situation when I saw 20 pairs of shoes on the stairs leading to the apartments front door.

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  • clark@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right? It’s disgusting. I don’t even see how some people can rationalise it. Would rather hurt my feet going barefoot/with socks on than drag in a thousand contaminants from the outside.

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    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I had a rule at my house, If you want to wear your shoes inside, lick the sole from heel to toe and I will grant you can wear them. no one ever took me up on it

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• otherbarry@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Perhaps you’re overthinking this? In the house you can go barefoot, keep socks on, and/or wear slippers/loafers.

  When you go outside you put on shoes.

  So yes most people would have a shoe rack or just keep their shoes placed near the door. If you have multiple doors sure you can consider keeping extra pairs of shoes there or some sort of in between like outdoor slippers/something for when you just need to go check the mail or whatever.

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• Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sandals for a quick trip outside shoes for everything else. No shoes inside.

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• LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is the craziest thing to me…

  I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I put my boots or shoes on at the door before I go out, and I take them off when I get home. If I get cold feet, I may put on slippers.

  Inside the house, I’m bare foot or in socks. If I take the trash out and it’s nice, I go out barefoot. If it’s snowy or frigid cold (I’ll leave the Winnipeg weather up to you for a fun google) I put on my boots.

  I don’t know anyone who wears shoes indoors unless they are elderly and need the support. It’s a sign of middle age / senior age living here.

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• account_93@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t imagine wearing shoes indoors, My feet are kept warm by socks.

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  • ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Added benefit of socks is being able to do a ‘turn on your heel’ little spin 180 move.

    It’s fun and satisfying, for me at least.

    We have tiled floors and a sock lets you rotate easily on one heel, when you want to turn around. I never gave the saying any thought before this(“to turn on ones heel”).

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  • dream_weasel@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My feet are kept warm by keeping my house at a temperature where I am comfortable.

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    • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So… burning energy rather then improving local insulation.

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• DBT@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ITT: a bunch of fragile mfs who never walk barefoot outside.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you can walk outside in -20 f (-28 c) barefoot and still feel your feet after ~15 seconds and avoid frostbite inside if five minutes, I might accept that I’m weaker than you.

    But, assuming you’re human and not possessed of prosthetic feet…. I’m going to assume your toes would fall off just the same as mine.

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    • Leviathan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I go out in the yard with the dog or take out the trash in winter here in Montreal. Granted it’s a minute here or there but it’s true. Not calling anyone weak or anything but it’s just a little snow or cold.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be fair in that kind of weather going outside is a 15min, 12 layer ordeal, the shoes are a small concern at that point.

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  • dream_weasel@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t this defeat the point of taking your shoes off inside? If your concern is tracking in dirt or germs on your shoes, tracking them on your feet is arguably worse unless you’ve got foot wash stations at the doors.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I live in the UK so if I did that I’d get wet feet. It never really dries here.

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• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Um… I have one pair of shoes by one door. The main door. A second pair by another door you use regularly wouldn’t be a stupid idea.

  I don’t change shoes though, I just wear socks in the house. No slippers.

  You come in the house, you take the shoes off. You want to leave the house, you put them on.

  It’s that simple.

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• TheDoozer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I live in Alaska, so… Basically just a pair of Xtratufs by the door. Sandals and running shoes get added during the summer. Big snow boots come out for the heavy snows.

  Inside I just wear socks. If I need to pop out, I pop the xtratufs on.

  I can’t imagine not taking shoes off and just wandering around the house with shoes on, tracking the outside in everywhere. I don’t even know anyone who does that.

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Quick trips outside - get something that is easy to slip on. Sandals, crocs, or sneakers without laces.

  Standing in the kitchen - house shoes

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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This. I have a pair of Vans slip ons near the door, and wear their checkered goodness to the garbage bins. No need to mess with laces or even crouch.

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    • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ah those are last years Vans, this years Vans are usually in the closet next to the FRESH out of the box “Going out” Vans.

      Yes, I have 3 pairs on rotation at all times.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you have to put socks with these if you’re gonna wear them slightly longer say to go to the shops or something?

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Word. I have some chucks and tigers without laces. Those are my daily drivers.

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• littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m sorry, what? 😶

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  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Poster heard about people who don’t wear their shoes in the house, except for slippers. They want to know how to make it work for quick jaunts out of doors.

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• poo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t imagine wearing shoes indoors because of how filthy the outdoors is, but good for you for taking the leap!

  Wear socks in the house only. Have an indoor doormat near the door where your outdoor shoes sit. Treat your indoor doormat as the “outside” and treat it like lava, not to be touched by anything but outdoor shoes. When you come in from outside, you remove your shoes near the edge of your indoor mat and step your clean socked feet one at a time off of the mat and onto your normal flooring (not on the mat, the mat is dirty).

  When going outside, step your clean socks from your flooring into the shoes on your mat.

  TL;DR: the outside is lava, your indoor door mat (because your outdoor shoes touch it) is lava. Your shoes are all lava-walking shoes. Your socks will burn up in the lava 🔥

  Your floors will be so much cleaner and more sanitary and won’t have to be cleaned as often, and you won’t have microscopic amounts of dog poop and piss and grime and dirt everywhere.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What? This is like asking people if they wear a coat inside the house.

  We have outside clothes and we have inside clothes, and the outside clothes are not worn inside, because they’re outside clothes.

  say I’m cooking all day on Sunday then need to take the trash out. I’m assuming it’s change shoes, then say the grandkids stop by and want to go go for a bike ride? I’m assuming it’s change shoes.

  Yeah? Why would I want mud and dirt tracked into my carpet?

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  • Syd@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I grew up in a shoes inside, coats inside house. To see this much shock at both is kinda crazy to me, didn’t realize it was so uncommon.

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• Mannimarco@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a question, do you put on your shoes when you wake up if you’re not going anywhere?

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  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep.

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• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s so many answers but no one has answered your question.

  In our house there are 4 external doors.

  Only one of which is used for egress when we intend to leave the property. This is where all our actual shoes are kept on a rack.

  We have a “pool” of slip ons which are shared between the household. Slip on like flip flops or sandals. No care is given as to where these are left. If you exit through door 2 and re-enter through door 3 then you leave the slip ons at door 3. Occasionally when you go to exit there’s no slip ons at that exit, just go to another exit. It’s a minor inconvenience and doesn’t happen often.

  You could use baskets but it’s just a pain. With flip flops there’s no “putting on” stage. You just walk over them and they become attached to your feet. Baskets wouldn’t get used if they were present at our house.

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• rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stay at a friend’s house where people don’t wear shoes inside and watch them.

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• EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You just take your shoes off at the door and put them back on when you leave.

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• Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why do you need shoes to Cook ( well one du, Imight be injured by a falling knife) also use commons sense, if I break glass, I would keep shoes until It’s cleaned.

  Garbage Day is like once a week, so not sûre why this example. If I go shopping, I take 30 seconds to pass a pair oh shoes. It’s net that long

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• paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I grew up in a house where we wore shoes all the time or just didn’t think anything of having shoes on in the house. Obviously, if you had muddy shoes or something else bad you wouldn’t traipse it around the house. It wasn’t until I met my wife that I realized, “Oh, apparently wearing shoes indoors at a house isn’t done everywhere.”

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  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What really kills me is people who don’t do this seem to get ANGRY that some do. Like, it’s not your house, what do you care?

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  • halferect@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Did your wife grow up in a house that was all carpeted? And did you grow up in a house that was cement or wood? I could understand not wanting shoes on inside if it was wall to wall carpet or rugs.

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• someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When you go outside you put on shoes. Inside no shoes, you walk around in socks or bare feet. You can keep a pair of flip flops at the door for quick things .

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• ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How does wearing outside shoes inside work? Do you just live with the muddy streak, grass and dirt that gets dragged in on your shoes? Does everyone just own a steam cleaner truck they use once a week?

  I’ve never understood that concept. Maybe I don’t live somewhere that they vacuum the outdoors so I don’t drag it in.

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• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have soft soles slippers for bedroom / office parts of the house.

  Hard soled slippers for those short trips to the garage or trash or to get the mail.

  And for everything else, an actual pair of shoes (yeah yeah I only have one).

  I actually always wear some sort of slipper inside though because 1) my feet get cold 2) I don’t want to get my socks or feet extra dirty and 3) I feel weird having my feet “unprotected”, I know slippers add nothing but it somehow brings me peace of mind.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Crocs, my homie, crocs.

  You just keep a pair by the door. That’s for outside.

  You wear either slippers, a different pair of crocs, or whatever slip-ons you prefer around the house, then just swap out.

  Me? I’m barefootin’ it inside, and slip into either crocs or mud boots, depending on weather and task. If I’m leaving the house, I go for regular shoes though. Crocs chafe over long periods.

  Generally, you’ll only need three pairs total to make it work. 1st for indoor use, 2nd for yard duties, 3rd for public wear. Obviously, you can do more, like boots or different stuff for public wear.

  For public slip ons, go with mocs or driving slippers. But wear real shoes for biking or extended walking.

  I don’t do baskets. Makes slipping on and off a pain. Just pick up some mats. You can get cheap ones for this, since you won’t be wiping your feet on them, they’re just to keep the shoes semi contained.

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What ends up happening is shoes at every door. I’m barefoot in the house nearly at all times. Floors need to be cleaned at a minimum weekly (especially with kids).

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