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Comment by socalgal2

5 hours ago

Obviously, in an emergency, yea, keep them on. That said,

> In Dutch culture it is far more common to keep shoes on literally everywhere

It is in many cultures, including my own family's, but having gotten used to taking them off from living in Japan, I find it extremely strange taking them off is not more common.

It feel similar to doctors refusing to wash their hands during surgery, though I get I'm not doing surgery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

I never thought about it growing up but once I got used to it I can believe I used to walk across my house carpet in shoes that had dog shit, grease, and other grim in them, and then later lie on my floor and watch TV or whatever. I don't get why people don't see that and get grossed out more.

Sure, if they were covered in mud or feces then I'd take then off but for small amounts I wouldn't notice. Why that doesn't matter to more people seems more strange to me than the status quo.

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hbcdbff  3 hours ago

I also take my shoes and off and find it gross when people don’t.

That said, I don’t think it’s really rational. Our houses are full of bacteria and dirt one way or another anyway. It’s impossible to avoid that without having some kind of airlock equipped with a shower in your porch.

  • embedding-shape  3 hours ago

    > That said, I don’t think it’s really rational. Our houses are full of bacteria and dirt one way or another anyway.

    True, but I don't know about you, but we don't have literal rocks, sediment, dirt pee, or literal poop on our floors in our home, anywhere. But shoes do occasionally step on stuff like that no matter how small, and neither of those things I want inside of my house on the floor.

    But you're right that there still is bacteria or dirt all over the place, no doubt. But still, I don't step on something slightly soft with my socks in the living room and then inspect my foot to find poop stuck to it, and I think I'm gonna continue to prefer this way.