Was born with super small feet in the 1st percentile as well as hands due to a benign genetic issue. Totally healthy but shoe shopping is always awkward. Have decent balance and can walk and run fine as my calf muscles are quite developed to compensate. No, the myth isn’t true.

  • trinsec@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    At least you get to wear the cooler shoes? The big sizes usually look so boring while the kids get all the fun!

      • ButteryMonkey@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Man I’m jealous as hell. I have a small head so I weak kids sunglasses (specifically spider man at the moment, because they are sort of like 10-year-old-boy size with nothing printed on the lense, and girl glasses for that age fuckin suck) but I would love to rock kids shoes too!

        Kids get all the cool stuff. And you, apparently.

        How many pair of light up shoes do you have?

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      That picture tells you nothing since it’s obviously squished. You can easily tell by the shape of the head. I honestly don’t get why he posted it like that.

  • Cypress@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Whoa cool–you’re like … the opposite of a hobbit O_O
    you could complement the vibe by living in a treehouse,
    which is sort of the conceptual opposite of a hole in the ground!!

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    For international readers, that’s a size 2 in UK/Australia, and approximately a size 33.5 - 34 European.

    Apparently it’s also roughly a 210 - 215 mondopoint length.

  • tatann@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I understand your struggle but I’m 6’1 too and size 46 (EU) which seems like an appropriate size for this height, and while I don’t feel that tall (most young colleagues are getting taller and taller), it’s almost impossible to find size 46 in shoe stores so I have to buy shoes online (and not try them beforehand).

    I really don’t care about fashion, so the comfort of shoes is the only thing important to me. So I’ve been buying online the same pair of shoes (brand and model) for 10 years.

    • Unimperfect@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I never got to say this in the reddit days, but here goes: “dude, are you me?”. The only difference is that I buy the same brand (Asics), and not the same exact shoe/model.

  • kazerniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    ffs I had to fire up Tor browser to look at the photo from the UK… I guess I’ll start using it more regularly with sites blocking the entire country in response to these overreaching new laws -.-

  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I’m 1.78m tall (random online converter says 5’10") and have average sized feet for my height, maybe slightly on the small side but well within normal range. My shoe size is 40-44 depending on the shoe, the shoe I’m looking at right now says size 44 is US size 10.5.

    I have awful balance. I trip and lose my balance constantly. Perhaps counterintuitively, it’s nearly impossible for me to fall because I’ve gotten so good at catching myself every time I lose my balance. I constantly trip over stuff or lose my balance for no apparent reason but my reflexes have gotten so good at correcting for it that it’s basically a normal part of my gait, lol. Many people have been “impressed” (or concerned) about how I trip and recover and pretend like nothing happened, because for me it really is a normal occurrence.

    I know it’s not super relevant for your topic but I just thought it’s interesting to share. Anecdotally, it seems that foot size doesn’t have that much to do with balance based on you and me.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        Interesting tip. I’m really fine with the way things are right now though, so no need to try to fix it. Thanks either way, I might even try it some day!