Wrong, wearing socks is required to not get blisters. And shoes keep featsies safe.
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We should call lemmy “reddit’s bottom of the barrel”.
Funny, but wear your god damn socks when wearing hiking footwear etc. Even in the summer. You will suffer horribly, otherwise
“Sure socks are a social construct, but so are the things that let you eat ice cream, watch your favorite streaming service, or play your favorite video game. In fact the only non-social construct actions you involve yourself in are eating, sleeping, and expelling bio waste. Even those you seem to have no problem follow the social rules around. If you’d like to abandon society and escape into nature free of the bounds of social constructs, you’re welcome to do that when you’re 18 and can afford enough to buy a plane ticket to Fairbanks, Alaska. Until then, you have to put on your socks.”
If you’d like to abandon society and escape into nature
Where, exactly, can you do that? There’s really no unclaimed nature out there anymore, at least none that can let a person survive on their own. And if you’re not surviving on your own, you’re part of a society.
Dying by exposure to the nature or elements is very natural. Living a long and healthy life is a social construct.
“You’ve made a correct observation, now please provide an argument why the social construct of x should not be adhered to. X is dumb and I don’t wanna is not sufficient.”
I think something being dumb is a perfectly valid reason to not do the thing.
“it’s just dumb” is as valid of an argument as “it just makes sense”. You need a thesis along the lines of “X happens because Y”.
That’s just dumb.
It’s dumb to shoot yourself in the foot or jump off a cliff.
Don’t do dumb things.
Both examples are similar to anapodotons. They include an implicit thesis. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot because bullets do way more damage than movies let on, your foot will likely never work right again, and even if it does you’ll have endured months of easily avoidable pain and suffering. Don’t jump off a cliff because you’ll likely die and, even if you survive, you’ll have to endure a lifetime of debilitation, pain, and suffering, that could have been easily avoided.
These are also similar to thought-terminating cliches and tangentially related to mondegreens. Anapodotons can be insidious. Fluent speakers unfamiliar with the phrase can tell there’s more to it and, since the general meaning can be implied through context, folks avoid the awkwardness of admitting their ignorance (something we should all be more comfortable with - but that’s a separate discussion) and miss out on the nuance of some “common wisdom”.
A bit of common wisdom is that “common sense isn’t common”. These cultural and psychological quirks manifest in our languages are part of the reason why. Not shooting yourself is a great example because for most people this is an obviously stupid thing to do and, yet, hundreds of people accidentally kill themselves via negligent discharge every year and thousands more are maimed. How often do we believe “don’t shoot yourself” is sufficient advice when, in reality, proper safety training is required to keep that person alive? How often do those hearing the common wisdom believe they know all they need for that cliche to work its magic?
There’s a lot of value in being aware of these linguistic traps and avoiding them when we think to do so. Like being the child that chooses to stop perpetuating generational trauma and abuse. We can choose better words, better phrases, and stop expecting that other people already know what we take for granted.
Was kinda dumb of you to write all that
Nuh uh. 😝
Sorry, we’ve already established that’s not a valid argument.
You’re not wrong, it is terrifying to remember that half of the worlds population is dumber than the average person
RIP George
Carlin spoke his voice properly :/
Those sound like good enough reasons to me
Socks keep your shoes from absorbing sweat and help prevent blisters. They’re useful beyond the social construct.
Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn’t wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.
Wearing shoes is definitely not just a social construct. They protect your feet.
Protecting feet is a social construct.
You are a social construct.
And brother, I’m about to collapse.
To some degree that’s true. But these days the ground contains more dangerous objects than it used to. Specifically hazardous man-made stuff
If it was just nature and we still mostly had like forest floor and such, then probably for the most part it’d be safe yeah. Well, with the exception of plants or animals that could damage your feet or bite you
The cholla cactus:
When Moses was walking through the desert for 40 years, he wasn’t just trying to fit in.
Arguments like these don’t work with kids. Let them experience themselves what is best for them. And have spare socks ready in case they change their mind afterwards
Even if the argument doesn’t persuade them at the time it still makes sense to point it out to them so that they are (hopefully) aware of it later.
Fully agree. Always verbalize your thoughts and intentions. Give the kids the ability to learn.
Sure, if that’s a reasonable option, but letting the kid hurt themselves isn’t always practical. Letting the kids find out ‘messing with the pot of boiling water is bad’ the hard way, as an example, is not what I would consider good parenting.
I think it’s pretty clear they’re referring to uncomfortable stuff, not dangerous stuff. Obviously don’t let them do dangerous stuff.
Exactly. Always protect your little ones. It is okay if they experience negative consequences, as long as it doesn’t harm them.
Trying to drink from a glass of water and get fully soaked is okay, even if the experience is not entirely positive.
Touching a hot oven is not okay. Here you have to protect them. The best you can do is try to explain why it is not okay to touch it.
Not wearing stinky shoes is a social construct.
I got me some of them washable insoles
washable incels
theyd be less likely to be incels if they were washable
Functional construct
I don’t know what the social aspect is apart from how the socks appear, but this isn’t why they exist.
Then why do they exist?
if you didn’t wear socks then you’ll have to wash your shoes daily or risk getting something like a yeast infection of the foot or athletes foot.
Right, so what Boomer already said.
Warmth, protection, hygiene.
If you were born the only person on earth, you would eventually have something like socks on your own accord. This is function, not social. They wouldn’t be Xmas themed though, since no society exists to have invented Xmas and to show off your socks to.
Social constructs are, belt definition, ideas or concepts.
The guy they found frozen in a glacier in the Alps had grasses stuffed into his moccasins as primitive socks.
I love when people say “ackchyually you’re wrong” without offering an alternative.
Replying to wrong comment?
You’ll have to explain otherwise, since it makes no sense based on what I said.
Very, good. That’s correct. However social constructs have consequences for non-adherence. As much as I agree with and wold like to support your stance, this is not something for which I’m willing to invest my energy or time to resolve.
Your compliance and the requirement from me, the adult, to you the child; yep, this sucks. When I’m no longer charged with your care and have completed my duty to prepare you to operate with the constructs of society, you may make this decision for yourself.
Until that time, you can put your socks on, or I will. Your choice. Love you.
In the other vein of this, I hate sock and shoes, so I’m pretty much good with skipping all of this. There are consequences that come with that decision too.
Society is a social construct.
This would be a great time to remind him that we live in a society…
Nah, kinda the worst time really. Take a good look at society right now and one could argue we utterly failed and should reject it.
Reference. I was just suggesting that he encourage his son to become a gamer memelord is all.
Gamers rise up?
Bottom text
Is best text.
Wait till he finds out that time is a flat circle
And the thing stopping the kid from being forced into child labor is a social construct.
“You can either be a social construction-worker, or a real-ass child construction-worker.”
And this is why right-wingers want teaching this shit banned in schools.
My feet are uncomfortable without socks. Yes, even when it’s hot.
Some social constructs exist for a good reason. Part of growing is learning to tell which are good and which are bad.
Technically clothes are a social construct.
Religion as well.
Clothes as a concept started with utilitarian purposes like staying warm or cool. There are a lot of social constructs around clothes including when and what is worn in what contexts, but not the reason they exist in the first place.
Dad: Boning your mom is a social construct.
Mom: The fuck you just say about me?
Dad: Uh…
They get that from their stuffed tiger.
“That’s exactly right… now DO it you little shit.”
As someone that grew up hating socks (parents only bought the ones with a thick seam at the toe), yes, the requirement to wear socks is a social construct. There are other ways to avoid smelly feet.
Currently, I wear shoes with washable insoles and I have multiple sets of these insoles. I also rotate between shoes, and these shoes can also go in the wash.
I do wear (nice, seamless) socks when I go hiking, but for day-to-day at the office they’re unnecessary.
If my socks have seams at the toes, I wear them inside out. I believe I learned that from Sean Connery in Finding Forrester.
You’re the man now, dawg!
If the sock seams bother you ,you either wear your socks or shoes, or both too tight
huh, i did not know there are more reasons for wearing socks than your feet being cold.
after a certain temperature i physically cannot wear socks as my feet get too hot. i either get to put on sandals, or i’ll take those full shoes and socks off in the middle of whatever bullshit forces them on me
I was going to reply with “wait until their feet are in pain after a day without socks”, but then your post happened. Looks like not everyone is built the same.
“You’ll stop smelling after the first month of using my all natural body wash” vibes
