Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢
You don’t notice when you step in dog shit?
Piles yes, but there be smaller trace amounts too
I treat my shoes like I treat my cutlery - if the pieces of shit are small enough that I don’t see them, I’ll gladly lick them
Same with anuses tbh
Insert Summer making ass eating noises.
You don’t brush your teeth?
you eat dog shit?
You eat dingleberries?
Make sure you take your dog’s shoes off, too.
If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet
My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.
Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm
The two dogs I had were easily taught to wait on the floor mat right by the door. Once someone wiped their paws with a towel they would proceed forward. 🤷🏼
A lot of people’s dogs are trained to wait inside at the door for their paws to get wiped down before walking into the house/apartment/whatever.
But sure, if the dog did go walk outside with boots/shoes then yeah their owner would obviously take them off once they were back inside.
I don’t have a dog.
Solution: adopt a dog.
If I got a dog it would be half way to having a kid. I can barely take care of myself, I don’t need another soul to disappoint.
You can wash your dog’s feet you know.
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My condolences.
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Meh
Wait til you learn what’s on your toothbrush
Not mine, it’s separated from the toilet by a door and has a uv light. Not perfect, but not straight up doodoo
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Nah it’s real I’ve tested it. I replace my brushes monthly, no issues with breakage it anything.
You don’t know shit about my life, quit assuming.
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Wut? Are you suggesting uvc test cards aren’t a thing? The fuck does Lemmy have to do with this?
Seems like you’re just out here assuming all sorts of stuff
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Less shit I tracked in from the street than y’all.
Less shit is still shit on your toothbrush.
I take precautions to minimize the amount of shit I’m exposed to. Tooth brush goes in the shower bag, which doesn’t live in the bathroom. Take my shoes off at the door, so I don’t get street shit in my house. You follow?
Oh, you even breathe in shit. Nevermind the carpet.
Even worse than that - I wear SHOES in the OFFICE. How disgusting is that??!!??
Makes more sense than your private home.
Why are you stepping in bird and dog shit? Are you Charlie Day?
Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes inside (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we really wouldn’t wear shoes in the house would be when it snowed or if we had mud on our shoes, otherwise it helped keep your feet warm. It wasn’t until I met my wife that she was like, “What the fuck?” She grew up in Kenya where it was mandatory to not wear shoes. It’s so dusty out there most of the time that the house would be a mess if you did wear your shoes inside, so it was just an automatic thing to take them off.
I’ve only ever seen this done by Americans. They also have really car centric cities. I guess it kinda makes sense to just keep your normal shoes on to warm your feet if they can’t get dirty since you mostly only walk indoors.
I’m American and I know people from multiple states and I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. Always surprises me to see it assigned to us online. I’m sure it must happen in some region of the country but I don’t know where.
It’s a reoccurring internet discussion you can google. The rest of the world thinks Americans wear shoes inside, even on their beds, because that’s what we see in US movies/series, and Americans always deny they’d ever do such a thing.
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I hate that shit. When someone wears shoes in bed it’s all I can focus on and it ruins the scene. As a fat American slob, I’d never wear shoes to bed. The only time I wear shoes inside is if I have to run inside quickly for something on the 1st floor or in the basement.
I should wear shoes in bed. My feet got attacked by a cat this morning at Oh God o’clock.
You just think it was a cat because your brain can’t handle the truth. There’s a reason we use bursery rhymes to teach kids not to let their arms and legs hang over the side of the bed. You are so lucky you still have feet
I thought those nursery rhymes were because of the cat.
I’m not American and I always wear shoes in the house. Why the fuck not?
So… do you clean them every time you get home? Or is there just not much rain, snow or even just dirt in your area anyways?
We do have a lot of rain, specially in this time of year, but we have something here that is called a schoonloopmat which cleans/dries your shoes quite good. That together with hard wooden floors throughout the house makes I never take off my shoes at home.
This is not the norm in the United States, only for the oddball family here and there. I have yet to go over to anyone’s house where you weren’t expected to take off your shoes.
floor is cold
Have you tried slippers?
Are slippers not considered shoes?
No
“Slippers are a type of shoes…”
😂
They are monsters. There is NO EXCUSE for wearing dirty shoes indoors, outside a party to which you immediately clean.
This is most common in the US. At any point, a policeman might barge into your house, shoot yout dog and start looking for something else to shoot. If you’re wearing shoes already, you’ve got a head start and a chance to live.
Because we want to. It’s our house. We can do what we want.
So, how often do you wash the floors?
He washes them when he wants, okay?
It’s a cultural thing. In Poland because of the climate, central heating and probably some other habits everyone has a carpet so you take your shoes off because carpets are hard to clean. In Spain because of the climate you don’t have carpets because stone floors help cool the apartment down. Bare stone floors are easy to clean and are cold during winter so you keep your shoes on.
Even in more tropical countries it’s healthier to take off your shoes so place in which you sleep and eat is not filled with dust and dirt. I’d say it’s mostly cultural heritage and a bad one at that. I’ve been into many more tropical countries than Spain where people take their shoes off all the same and their winters don’t drop below 18°C.
Why is it bad to culturally take your shoes off? I am from Hawaii and we always take our shoes off. I think it’s cleaner and a good cultural practice here.
Cultural not to take your shoes off and is bad. Taking them off is clearly better.
I like to cook, and I like big cooks. My favorite thing to do on a Sunday is wake up and immediately start dinner. Fresh bread, slow roasted meats, things that take time in the kitchen. It’s not weird for me to spend hours in there, and a kitchen needs a hard floor because carpet will just absorb spills and become disgusting really quickly. My old ass gets really sore after 5 hours standing barefoot on hard tile, so I have some house shoes that never go outside and help me stay comfortable.
Damn, Sunday sounds decent at yours.
Come thru, we’ll make you a plate.
You spelled “incredible” wrong.
Will you marry me?
off the market as of about two weeks ago. sorry chuck!
Cooking up wholesome copypasta
we have those squishy princess pads we put down and wear house slippers but yeah same idea
My dog refuses to wear shoes outside so she’s already tracking dirt (visible or not) in several times a day. I’m always wearing either my outdoor shoes or slippers to keep from exposing my feet. If we did not have a dog than it would make sense to remove shoes as soon as we come inside.
Same. I required people to take shoes off in my house until I got dogs. They track dirt, pine needles, fur all over the place. I still mostly go around in my socks, but I don’t expect anybody else to.
Because I’m Mr Rogers. When I come home, I take off my jacket & work shoes, and put on my sweater and home shoes. I also sing a song.
Holy shit… I didn’t know I was him…
We have dogs, cats, and kids, trying to maintain the level of cleanliness people are implying you could get by removing shoes just isn’t going to happen here. Hardwood floors, Roomba twice a day, and biweekly deep clean.
Cos they want?
Because I haven’t taken them off
I wear them only to maintain being productive. This is an actual thing a LOT of people with ADHD do to avoid just sitting down and not moving. I give myself about an hour then switch to my slips and usually only maintain my work level for a few more minutes at most.
