potd: you americans and your shoes

[Kalahari Inkantation]

No, I do not, nor will I ever.

[YPrrrr]

Only if I've recently come in and plan to go back out again

In the Czech Republic they told us it was considered rude to wear shoes inside someone's home so I've kind of just kept that going

[Kalahari Inkantation]

czechia is correct, of course

actually i'm pretty sure the us is the only country in the world in which wearing shoes in living spaces is common and even expected

[Hiro]

sometimes? it doesn't really make a difference to me

[Kalahari Inkantation]

sometimes? it doesn't really make a difference to me

but the dirt and debris

do you not have any carpeted areas

[Hiro]

how dirty are your shoes

[Samus Aran]

i've always taken off shoes when coming inside

[Joice]

no because i am not a filthy animal

i have kawaii pompompurin house slippers that i love

[C.Mongler]

usually, but sometimes i dont if im gonna leave again soon or my feet are cold. i have hardwood floors anyway lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

or my feet are cold

do you not have socks

do you not have slippers

parts of my house are hardwood and tile too

[Kalahari Inkantation]

how dirty are your shoes

not really the point

shoes are naturally going to be much dirtier than a fresh pair of socks no matter what

[C.Mongler]

or my feet are cold

do you not have socks

do you not have slippers

parts of my house are hardwood and tile too

yeah i have socks. no slippies, though tis a fair point, i've been meaning to get a pair. but then there's really no difference between wearing slippers and wearing shoes lol it's not like i'm trudging through mud all day and it's not like my floors are some magical disinfected surface

regardless the floor is the floor and i really couldn't care less how much bacteria is down there because it's the floor lol i eat on the table for a reason

[Kalahari Inkantation]

but then there's really no difference between wearing slippers and wearing shoes lol

if you limit the use of that particular pair of slippers to indoors-only, then no matter what, it would naturally be cleaner than a pair of shoes worn outdoors

regardless the floor is the floor and i really couldn't care less how much bacteria is down there because it's the floor lol i eat on the table for a reason

but wouldn't it be nice to be able to eat that random french fry (or w/e it might be that you accidentally dropped) off the floor rather than be forced to throw it out

because i could eat it, safely, because nobody in my house ever wears shoes indoors

[C.Mongler]

i do eat those french fries as a matter of fact and as a matter of fact, i'm straight chillin'


bacteria is good for the gut

[Kalahari Inkantation]

so your eating-on-the-table-rather-than-the-floor excuse is just that, an excuse