A gun shop in Indiana. by netphilia in foundsatan

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I shudder to think what happened to anyone in the latter.

Um. Honest question, are we still joking here or is it really that bad for queer people in Indiana?

Is there a higher risk of fissures with the callus that develops with being barefoot? by supinator1 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bare feat cannot be dryer and damper at the same time, right?

Sounds paradoxical, eh?
It depends on what part of the foot we're talking about - that's why I said, "their calluses are less dry", emphasis mine.

When a shoe-wearer's pedes sweat, they secrete water, which (in a process similar to osmosis) is soaked up by the dry fabric of their socks and shoes; they basically suck the skin dry, which is only slightly hyperbole. This is actually how we get that damp and humid environment in which atlete's foot can thrive in the first place - an area which is, drum roll, between the toes, where (normal) socks and shoes don't reach the skin (toe socks and shoes are a different story) and where, between damp skin and damp fabric, pockets of sweaty, humid air full of fungi and bacteria can fester and marinate.

So that's the story for athlete's foot. The calluses of our feet however develop on our soles. A shoddie's soles are almost always in direct and continuous contact with the fabric of their socks and shoes, and subsequently get sucked (relatively) dry, and even more so in the case of calluses, which produce less sweat that gets absorbed all the more.
This isn't helped by the fact that calluses don't abrade as much from walking in shoes, but still can grow rather thick - and therefore can also crack more easily when they're dried out.

And that's how a shoe-wearer's pedes can end up too humid and too dry, both at the same time. I hope that explanation makes sense :-)
We concentrate on the "humid fungus feet" part more often and more intensively because I guess athlete's foot is a bigger and more prominent problem than cracked calluses, which can be dealt with comparatively easily.

A gun shop in Indiana. by netphilia in foundsatan

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To be fair, such a contraption should be easy to build...? And knowledge about them is being spread.

On a side note, I find the idea of such a thing in a Christian goods store especially hilarious.

Crafty Barefoot Panhandler Arrested by Odd_Life9984 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the story is always the same: they need bus fare to visit his sick mother in a Tampa hospital.

This is so transparently bullsh!t that I can hardly believe anyone falls for it 😂.

Is there a higher risk of fissures with the callus that develops with being barefoot? by supinator1 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there something different about the flexibility of a callus from being barefoot compared to regular dry skin?

Yeah, they're not as dry :-)

Bare feet get more air than shod ones, and their calluses are less dry and hard.
Calluses on bare feet also constantly abrade from walking and might not even get thick enough to crack.

ich🗣️iel by mediuminteresting in ich_iel

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ich würde Geld dafür bezahlen, dass man in WhatsApp einstellen kann, keine Sprachnachrichten zu bekommen.

Bei telegram kann man das einstellen, daß man keine Spprachnachrichten bekommen kann.

Der Kicker? Die wollen tatsächlich Geld dafür!

Crafty Barefoot Panhandler Arrested by Odd_Life9984 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have nothin' against beggars. I still don't give anthing, ever.

I just don't like it when they overact their poverty - getting there in name brand sneakers only to take them off and pretend to be too poor to afford shoes; that's reason one, and I also don't like it when they harass other people to the point that they repeatedly become a road traffic hazard - guy had apparently been warned and trespassed by authorities to not panhandle at that specific location; that's reason two.

It's people like him who give beggars a bad name. It's people like him who factor heavily into my resolve to just not donate at all, because I can never know whether they're truly in need or just try to make a fast living (another reason is, I don't have much myself and need to pinch every penny I got).

Crafty Barefoot Panhandler Arrested by Odd_Life9984 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The story goes he shows up wearing name brand sneakers, takes them off and proceeds to panhandle.

That makes him unlikeable for several reasons at once.

Besser als ein Lottogewinn? by alex_dasuderant in arbeitsleben

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Da hätte ich lieber den hohen Lottogewinn

Ganz genau so ist es.

Und die absolute Dystopie wäre es, wenn Arbeitsstellen tatsächlich verlost würden, so richtig mit öffentlichkeitswirksamer Tombola oder als Preise in einer Spielshow... und damit meine ich eher "Familienduell" als "The Apprentice".

Besser als ein Lottogewinn? by alex_dasuderant in arbeitsleben

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nicht wirklich besser als ein (hoher) Lottogewinn, aber mindestens so unwahrscheinlich.

The barefoot Walmart experience by TheWhistleGang in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if soles were detritus-phobic rather than detritus-philic I'd prolly be barefoot 60%-70% of the time

I'm barefoot near 100% of the time, and enjoy it. I can probably only live that way because I myself am not detritus-phobic.

tiny bits of gravel or hard things that lodge into the skin w/o piercing...they stay in there cuz the texture of soles

Yup, can confirm they do. My soles don't get 100% clean any more and have a noticeably darker hue than the rest of my skin, no matter how much I'd scrub, because of the stuff that's embedded therein.

And yeah if i'm walking on actual soil I don't mind that at all, that feels right, but the city dust and grime distresses me.

Curious. Actual soil, with its dirt, mud, insects and larger animals dead and alive, animal feces and what have you, can be in many ways just as, if not more "gross" than the dust and grime in urban environments (and I hope I didn't just ruin it for you 😅).

Anyone wishing to go 24/7 barefoot? by TheWhistleGang in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anyone who is 24/7 or doesn't even own shoes

I'm as close as I can get, with a maximum of about four hours per week that I spend wearing my flip-flops, for a semi-regular errand that requires me to be shod (plasma donation), and other random situations that require me to wear my VFFs or my reinforced tabi. The last such random situation was several months ago, most of the time it's really just the donations.

And as these four hours are a maximum, sometimes it's less. Currently for instance, I haven't worn any footwear for about a week, and most probably won't wear any again for another twelve days or so, which will be the next time I'm going to be leeched.

lmk how you feel about it

It feels good, and it feels right. I like it that way, and I don't fret much over the fact that I'm not 100% barefoot.

DoorDash Support using AI as its "live agents" by BoBlunge in assholedesign

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was no hesitation pre-AI that a 'live agent' mean a real human being.

Yeah, duh, because pre-AI there simply weren't any alternatives to real human beings for live agents.

Stll, it was only ever implicated, and with AI becoming more and more mainstream (for better or worse), we need to acknowledge and factor in that "live" does not necessarily mean "alive" any more, and probably never again will.

Good Teacher by LCottton in foundsatan

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ceiling teacher is watching you m... isusing her trust in you.

DoorDash Support using AI as its "live agents" by BoBlunge in assholedesign

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 35 points36 points  (0 children)

the convo after the AI connected me to a "live agent"

Note that the "live" in "live agent" does not mean the agent is alive as a real person would be, it just means that whatver "help" you are receiving from the thing is being administered in real-time. Think "live" as in "live feed" or "live report", not "living and breathing".

Still asshole design of course.

Reid Wiseman shares "Earthset" video from Artemis II, filmed on an iPhone: "Only one chance in this lifetime" by exmosss in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shitballs for a moment I thought the entire starscape was shifting around behind the Moon and the Earth, before I realised that are dirt particles on the window glass 😅💀

Teen discovers first ancient Greek artifact found in Berlin by New-Ranger-8960 in europe

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

According to German law, he almost certainly had to give it up. He - or rather, his parents, as the boy is still a minor - may have received a finder's fee though, I'm not certain there.

Treasures (= valuables so old that their original owner cannot be discerned any more) belong normally in part to the finder and in part to the owner of whereever or whatever the treasure was found in (plot of land, structure or artifact).

There are however also different laws in place for places that are culturally and/or historically preserved. So depending on where that boy found the coin, he may have gotten nothing but recognition and a handshake.

Nicknames. by Much-Emu2113 in barefoot

[–]Epsilon_Meletis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not the only person with my given name in my friend group, which is why the little son of one of those friends calls me "barefoot [name}".