Oh My God I Hate Flip-Flops

(I bags being the first Ilxor to say "flipflop'll")

I used to think the bit between my toes would bother me too but it really doesnt. Still I prefer slides (still rubber, just with a band across the top of your foot). STarting about this time of the year, these are the only shoes I'll be wearing through the end of September.

(btw, I have lovely feet and always have nicely painted nails.)

YES! And stay inside!

(Never flip-flops.)

and when you see them shout "HOBBIT!"

They're more like the Vespa of feet.

(I wear t-shirts and trainers to work, but flip-flops seem so... slovenly. They should be banned, although I shall go with S's suggestion and allow them to bo worn on 100 degree plus days. Which would mean that for one day out of the entire modern history of Britain they'd have been acceptable.)

X-post - okay, FFs are the micro-skooter of feet.

Jack Purcell's
Stan Smith's

Sandles are extremely problematic, not for beginners.

http://freakout.jp/sneaker/converse/JackPurcellW3F.JPG
http://www.sneakerland.com/images/img/adi_034813_img.jpg

xpost feet polarise people awfully, don't they?

This statement perplexes me. Oh no! The instruction manual is missing! Oh no!

What?

I'm also sketchy on shorts for women unless you have legs like Betty Grable. I myself never wear shorts. (make what you will of the quality of my legs)

Care to rephrase that???

lol

for clarification purposes, shoes are not likely a make or break for humongous dude in tiny "I BEAT ANOREXIA!" t-shirt

i mostly wear black chucks or adidas

is there an adi dassler movie? there should be...

my flip flops are $5 ones I found at a random Asian market in SF. I like FloJos, might get some of those as my next pair. But $20, $25 is the most I'd ever spend...I mean, they're flip flops.

Those fucking toe shoes are the worst. I don't like toes much anyway, or feet really...but accentuating the toes like that really creeps me out for some reason.

Feet are gross and terrible, basically

http://www.bogoboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1ugly-feet.jpg

sb'd you for that

Study the physiological harmony that steers the big toe nail towards the center.

NO

why are havaianas so expensive? are they especially nice?

they are much tougher than $5 drugstore flipflops. (the downside is that they're kind of heavy in comparison)

like 10 years ago i was out strolling around w/my family and i bought a $40 pair of flipflops, they all totally made fun of me and thought i was a rube, of course I STILL HAV THEM FLIPFLOPS

deal w/it family B-)

40% chill and 100% flip flop.

you got that right chooch

I like flip flops for indoor wear only - i find them stylish and tasty. I fee like a real gentleman in them, and what's more, the ladies approve. I feel quite better tha nother people when I wear them.

i had havaianas once and wore them out a few times but they were kinda murder on my feet, better for the quick errand run imo

it's raining and a key thing people have forgotten to mention is that flip flops are u+k in the rain

http://donkeyshines.com/donkeyblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dress.jpg

havaianas - I have 3 pairs and they're way more comfortable than other FFs.

saw a dude pull off flip-flops today -- he had kind of a former adventurer w/ swag vibe tho, like hed just gotten back from safari

Wait, so all you folks who refuse flip-flops and shorts, even when the temperature hits 90, are you just sweating bullets? I'd wear shoes and pants year-'round if it were temperate here, but it's not, and if I don't lighten up I'll be dripping and far more uncomfortable (and unsightly) than I would be in flip-flops or sandals.

Those who do wear shorts, what kind of shoes do you wear with them, if not flops or sandals? And then, do you wear socks? Low cut? Tube socks? I've never really looked at the footwear around me to learn answers that must be obvious to others.

i wear shorts fwiw ... 95.68% of dudes have aesthetically unpleasing feet tho, self included -- & i mean, this is aside from hygiene, which is another story -- but i generally dont have problem w/ breathable sneakers in summer

i wear super-low cut socks, or no socks, depending on the kind of shoe & how hot its likely to get

i also recommend runners' socks for summer to avoid blisters, they dont trap moisture

NEVER SOCKS EVER

thats crazy -- your feet will smell like mad in the wrong shoes -- thats why i said 'super low cut'

they are not visible

x-post But isn't no socks with shoes kind of ... gross?

Is it asking for trouble to even wonder what constitutes an "aesthetically pleasing" foot?

"The single-axis articulated unit has been manufactured longer than any other modern prosthetic foot. The foot is usually made out of wood with rubber or felt in the toe section and a vertical bolt joint connecting the foot and the leg. The joint along with an axle allows for dorsiflextion and immediate plantar flexion after heel-strike. However, rubber bumpers restrict the range of both flexions, which makes the articulated unit only affective on level ground. The rubber bumpers are adjustable according to the amount of walking the wearer does and are sometimes replaced by rough felt. Unfortunately, the single-axis foot is not aesthetically pleasing with a large gap between the bolt joint and the leg. The gap also allows water and dirt to enter the prosthetic that make it more prone to wear and hinder the prosthetic’s function. The metal parts and the heavy rubber add to the weight of the lower-prosthetic and, although it has been proven that weight does not affect stride, it is cumbersome to the wearer."

"It has been proposed that the feral horse foot is a benchmark model for foot health in horses and can be used as a guide to optimise care of domestic horse feet. The adoption of this model by some groups has shifted the focus of hoof trimming away from the traditional farriery model with a tendency towards excessive removal of the bearing border of the distal hoof wall and sculpturing the foot in the shape of the popular hoof model.

It appears that the paradigm model for the feral horse foot was obtained from limited studies of desert dwelling feral horses and may not represent the general appearance of feral horse feet across a range of habitats. The external appearance of the typical desert dwelling feral horse foot appears aesthetically pleasing with little visible pathology. However, the foot morphology and foot health of feral horses has not been formally investigated in detail.

idk i dont have a foot fetish or anything but ive seen some women w/ sexy feet

there are men w/ feet that swag it out too no lie its just way rarer imo

Huh. There are gnarly, nasty feet, for sure, but I think most feet can be categorized by their anonymity.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Pddab74UAAw/TgCkWi8pInI/AAAAAAAAAe0/tlV01IGw-Os/s144/flip%252520flops.jpg

The HR lady at my last job was trying to explain that flip-flops were unacceptable work shoes, but she kept using every word but flip-flop, and it eventually confused everyone deeply. "No communal shower shoes. No 'thongs' – I don't mean the garment that covers your private lady bits. No beach sliders. If it makes a 'Y' on the top of your foot, if it has straps that sneak between your wee little piggies, you can't wear it. If it doesn't connect to your ankle somewhere, it's a no-go." She brought in a drawing of a flip-flop but it didn't really look like anything.

unlike my aweseom draking

How has this thread not been revived in 8 years? Do people not hate flip-flops any more?

I hate wearing them but like seeing them on people.

I wear pool slides every day, but will probably never wear a flip-flop again.

been busy, poundin squak

when I was young and stupider I once wore a pair of flip-flops as my everyday regular shoes and managed to give myself blisters, don't do this.

The cargo shorts 'n' flip-flops look is the worst example of 2000s fashion.

i have basically been wearing only flip flops since quarantine started. i'm lazy. i sit around in my house 90% of the time

i made this, i don't know why

i'm not proud

https://i.imgur.com/ONZeADR.jpg

I hate seeing them and hate wearing them even more

I'm wearing cargo shorts right now

I have a pair that I wear around the RV park but nowhere else. They make my feet and back hurt.

Socks and slides are way worse, who tf came up with that?

yall hate comfort

I would genuinely rather be uncomfortable than wear cargo shorts and subject other humans to my legs

socks n slides is very sports centric. like after a bball game you want to take your expensive hoop shoes off so you dont have to walk on the concrete/asphalt out to your car so you take them off and throw on some slides. convenience and comfort. flip flops are pretty essential for living in Arizona.

yeah, was gonna say, basketball chic of the late '90s started the trend