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Gen alpha is trying to get everyone to wear socks with sandals
As a millennial, it will always be a no. It will forever have a Middle Aged Maths Teacher on Holiday vibe to it for me.
Meh, middle aged math's teacher sounding like a solid reliable job right now. Nothing to shy from.
Also, I've put on some Birkenstocks with wool socks before. I feel no shame for it. It's comfy.
Definitely not gatekeeping other folks wearing them, I just couldn't without my grade 9 maths teacher popping into my head.
No worries, I was just playing along. :P But I have embraced the unfashionableness.
I think gen alpha has become increasingly aware of foot fetishes so they avoid showing their feet. I have a 15 year old and she never wears open toe shoes in public.
I very much agree that it's related to the recent extreme sexualization of feet
I don't get it... Feet are gross.
For some that is also an extra fetish on top
Nah, they're just there
well gen alpha are babies, 15 year olds are gen z
but also yeah society is getting more puritan and it’s bad
Well that explains why Quentin wants to retire after his next film.
would have to start with socks that are split between the big toe and the index? toe, like a ninja, for starters.. but even then still not comfortable or safe. might as well wear crocs or slippers.
I typically hand grown adults wearing crocs a card with the suicide hotline number on it because it clearly a desperate cry for help.
I think most sandals don't have a divider between the big toe and the rest. I think of sandals as any casual, open-toed shoes.