2w ago

Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public

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I'm always amazed how some people have no self awareness. They have no concerns for others. And yet if you acted like they did and it affected them they would be so pissed.
- Just sit in the seat next to their feet and put your bare feet in their lap.
  
  I'd just sneeze on their feet making sure they could feel the particles of spit landing on their toes. That'll hopefully gross them out and force them to put their shoes on.
- They had the thought to take off their shoes as to not get ground dirt on the seat.
- I'm always amazed how some people have no self awareness. They have no concerns for others. And yet if you acted like they did and it affected them they would be so pissed.
  Like the person sneaking photos of people in public to ridicule them anonymously on the Internet?
  What's wrong with taking your shoes off before putting them up on the furniture? Seems the polite thing to do so you don't get snow or mud or whatever other shit is on your shoes on the seat. It's not like there is someone else using either of those seats opposite at the moment. Maybe you're just feeling shame about your foot fetish? It's okay to have a kink about feet, but non-consenting voyeurism is not okay.
- Remember when you posted scat porn in autism communities?
  EDIT: I brought receipts https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=6787945
  They've bounced around servers to avoid their past but for some reason not changing their name.

i see right through your bullshit excuse to take candid feet picture you perv
edit: you are some spoiled bunch of pearl-clutching snobs. cant tired guy stretch his limbs without some nerd photoing him and making him into a spectacle? seen a lot of sick people in this thread but none of them was the guy in the photo.
- Ikr? There are real problems in the world and this is what gets posted? OK...

Gotta sit next to the feet and start licking your lips. Look em dead in the eyes and go, "those piggies look soooo suckable."
See how quickly they react. Worst case scenario, they're a freak AND a slob.
- start licking your lips
  
  The way Jason’s head slides across Tarantino’s shoulder - smoooooooooth.
- Sounds like the best case scenario to me. ;)
- The Internet is truly a bizarre place sometimes.
  
  That's what makes the internet so great!
- they’re a freak AND a slob.
  you're riding public transit and expecting people not to be a little freaky?
  
  Yes
  The vast, vast majority of civilised people

TBF, I keep the socks on, but other than that: If no one else needs the space or sits next to me? Why not?
I'm a big guy, so anytime I use public transport either my back hurts because the top edge of the back rest pushes into my lower back, my knees hurt because the space between seat rows are too small or both at the same time. So let me at least stretch my legs when it doesn't inconvenience anyone. Shoes off, socks on.
To anyone saying "Booooh! Unhygienic!": I dare you to tap hard on the cushions a couple of times. For even more shock effect, do it when you are the first passenger of the day.
- Totally agree with you, what's the big deal? Those public seats are disgusting and absolutely rife with bacteria, there are studies on that. Some reasonably fresh socks (or bare feet) absolutely will not matter there. If anything, your feet will get dirty because somebody's feces and urine are already on that seat. (they really are)
  And for the smell: alright, if there are a lot of people and your feet stink, that's a no. But the smell usually isn't great in public transport anyways.
  
  Those public seats are disgusting and absolutely rife with bacteria, there are studies on that.
  I wonder how they could have possibly gotten that way.
- Why not? Mostly smell for me. Because feet being imprisoned in shoes most of the time gives them an aroma most people don't like.
  
  It's interesting to me that so many people assume by default that others have smelly feet. I guess we have all met the stereotypical sweaty guy at the local nerd convention. But in general, if your body produces a notable bad smell when you are not exercising and despite basic hygiene, there is probably something wrong.
- totally true those people who booing at everything that doesnt fit into social norms someone made up for them probably think that they will never have health issues and bare feet
  
  I'm booing. I have health issues. I have bare feets.
  The fuck are you trying ot say?
- So let me at least stretch my legs when it doesn't inconvenience anyone. Shoes off, socks on.
  
  Not everyone has stinky sweaty feet all the time.
- If I smell your raggedy ass feet I will tell the Zugführer
  
  Mein Führer ...
  ... the Zugführer has not kicked the dude off the train.
  Also, I hope you keep your well aged salami and cheese sandwich in your Tupperware. And don't you dare sit next to me with your cloth smelling like an ashtray because you "had to" smoke one more before the train arrives.
- It's a shame people have to share public transit with you
  
  Yeah, I should probably just cut my legs by like 20 centimetres, so I fit the body model the designers used. Shave off some width on the shoulders too, so I can have more arm space as well.

At least they took of their shoes. Some people don't even do that
- I would have preferred shoes on in this situation. Ideally, keep your shoes on and feet on the floor.
  
  the shoes are on the floor

This is outrageous and unacceptable. Who the heck wears a beanie indoors?!? Winter hats come off when you go inside, this is just basic human decency.
- Umm, since when?
- I wear a beanie at all times, especially indoors. And for reference, basic human decency is for the birds!
- I wear my winter headwear in bed because it makes me feel comfy >:3

Maybe his feet will catch some sort of ass disease as karma.
- I'm hoping for plantar warts. The dumbass deserves an uncomfortable reminder of their stupid decision with every step they take.

I don't take offense to this.
- Agreed. Feet look clean and healthy, and if they were removed from shoes, I can guarantee they have less foreign matter on them then the shoes they were removed from, so I'd prefer them on the seat cushion rather than the shoes. If they were removed from shoes, they might be sweater and have more bodily products in general than the shoes they were removed from, but I doubt the seats on public transit are going to long avoid sweat and skin.
  Some people's insistence on covering all body parts at all times in public makes no sense to me.
- Agree. I’d be more grossed out with just a toddler sitting there touching their face and everything around them.

Lemmy is a funny place.
"Don't conform! Fight the corporate homogenization of society!"
Somebody steps outside the bounds of expected socially-conditioned behavior:
"Shame! Conform! Shame!"
- Except the norm is lach of respect toward strangers and shared public property.
  Individualism is not what the world needs more of.
  
  It's feet. We all have them. Ya'll are acting like this person just squatted and dropped a quart of chunky diarrhea all over the seat. Calm down.
  
  I'm not so sure it needs more drones either
  Maybe a nice mix like always
- I'm not gonna be convinced to conflate corporate skepticism with spreading foot cheese over the subway seats man 😭
  
  So you’ve never farted in a public chair? Or forgot to cover your sneeze? Both of those are objectively more gross and likely to get you sick, and spread germs than just feet.
- Wtf.
  Ridiculous, common decency is enemy of no one but people like the one in the photo.

And even with a "please keep your feet on the floor" sign right next to them.
- I'm guessing that's the real context behind the picture, eh? Otherwise why would you bare your feet when it is apparently cold enough to be very well bundled up?

I'd only let it slide if the person was trying to sleep and it wasn't busy. Even then, I would at least expect socks, though I suspect theirs became drenched.

I wonder how legal this is

I've never understood this. I have a condition with my feet that means i pretty much walk on bruises everday of my life. In medieval days they flogged people's feet to torture them with a condition I deal with every day.
There are days I take off my shoes and sob.
I would never do that. I keep my shoes on in public.
The bottom of this person's feet are not purple like mine are. What's their excuse? Put your shoes back on.
- What's their excuse?
  Uh. A life of freedom and happiness?
  
  Go frolic in the woods then. We live in a society, you're freedom and happiness cannot infringe on mine.
  I have read the other comments now and I will admit at second glance those feet look pretty clean and I don't see any fungus or anything to be concerned about.
  However my view hasn't changed. As a society we have to have a line that is fair, simple, definable, and defendable.
  That line is "keep your shoes on in public". Once we start saying "her feet are probably cleaner than her shoes... And the bus seat is probably more dirty than her feet already" ... I do understand that point and I would agree if there were nothing else to consider.
  It makes the line ambiguous. It jeopardizes the simplicity and enforceability of a rule we as a society put in place for a real reason to solve an actual problem that has a real benefit for all of us.
  Those feet look clean, I agree. So when are feet not clean enough? Is there a chart, honer system, or complaint regulated? My feet are clean but I have thick yellow callouses because of my unnatural gait caused by my foot pain. It's not contagious but might look like a fungus... Can I put my bare feet on a park picnic table? I mean people eat off Park tables but they are outdoors and exposed to alot worse, people should be using plastic table cloth anyway... I am I allowed to put my bare feet on a park table?
  If some with Hep C is barefoot in a flea market that has a sign saying shoes are required, with very clean feet... But someone broke a novelty glass bong shaped like frog and didn't report it because they were worried they'd have to pay for it. The broken bong got cleaned up but not before a shard got accidentally kicked into the exit near the food truck parking. The barefoot customer with hep c cuts their foot and naturally lift it to put pressure on the wound and a drop of blood gets on a childs hotdog. The child doesn't notice that because their braces have been irritating their lips and they were more concerned about that. The child contracts hep C.
  Who's responsible? The barefoot customer? The clumsy customer? The bong vendor? The owner of the flea market? The food truck? The distracted child? The dentist who didn't provide wax for irritation?
  Yes I know I'm overthinking it but that's exactly my point. As a society we need to have clear, simple, defined, enforceable rules. Once you start adding "well her feet are clean" you obscure that line.
  Keep your shoes on in public. That's the very simple line we've all agreed apon.

Are Flamethrowers allowed in public transport?
Asking for a friend...
- It depends. What's your estimated net worth?
  
  Somewhere in the negative.
  I'm guessing I'm allowed an anti-matter flamethrower?

I’d rather be an incosiderate slob than a coward who is unable to say anything to the person irl

I wonder if footshaming and footfetishism are two sides of the same coin?

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