▲ 322 ▼ What were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 546 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 year ago (1 child) Don't you have different sized feet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child) This was the first thing I thought of. I wonder what percentage of households consist of members who all have the same foot size? That's got to be abnormal. What, do the 5 year olds suddenly sprout size-12 feet? They don't wear socks before then? This story sounds utterly suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) ~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe That's a "Large" sock Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a "Large" sock and be fine. ~75% of women wear a size 7-9 Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock. Families have genetically similar feet I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It seems easy, until you walk a mile in their socks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] isyasad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* Yeah it's definitely more reasonable than maybe it seems. As kids we had pretty similarly sized feet. And I don't think I noticed if the socks I was wearing were too big or too small anyway, even now I have some socks that are bigger or smaller than others. And my parents had their own socks, so the sock basket was just for me and the sibs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child) This was the first thing I thought of. I wonder what percentage of households consist of members who all have the same foot size? That's got to be abnormal. What, do the 5 year olds suddenly sprout size-12 feet? They don't wear socks before then? This story sounds utterly suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) ~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe That's a "Large" sock Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a "Large" sock and be fine. ~75% of women wear a size 7-9 Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock. Families have genetically similar feet I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It seems easy, until you walk a mile in their socks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] isyasad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* Yeah it's definitely more reasonable than maybe it seems. As kids we had pretty similarly sized feet. And I don't think I noticed if the socks I was wearing were too big or too small anyway, even now I have some socks that are bigger or smaller than others. And my parents had their own socks, so the sock basket was just for me and the sibs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) ~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe That's a "Large" sock Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a "Large" sock and be fine. ~75% of women wear a size 7-9 Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock. Families have genetically similar feet I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It seems easy, until you walk a mile in their socks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] isyasad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* Yeah it's definitely more reasonable than maybe it seems. As kids we had pretty similarly sized feet. And I don't think I noticed if the socks I was wearing were too big or too small anyway, even now I have some socks that are bigger or smaller than others. And my parents had their own socks, so the sock basket was just for me and the sibs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It seems easy, until you walk a mile in their socks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] isyasad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* Yeah it's definitely more reasonable than maybe it seems. As kids we had pretty similarly sized feet. And I don't think I noticed if the socks I was wearing were too big or too small anyway, even now I have some socks that are bigger or smaller than others. And my parents had their own socks, so the sock basket was just for me and the sibs. permalink fedilink source parent