Mere coincidence, or surge in numbers?

Today, I actually saw barefooters four times, spread throughout the day. One adult in his 30s or so in the morning, jogging along a sidewalk on a quite busy highway, Another in the grocery store, an older man, A group of guys around a local park walking towards, I'm guessing, the stream and lake to fish since they had fishing rods, and one girl who seems to be around my age just going along near my neighborhood. (There was that guy in the McDonalds last week too,) so I'm wondering if there's a general upward trend on a barefoot lifestyle, even if it's just barefoot running (Cause even Jake Gyllenhaal mentioned he goes barefoot running on Letterman, and even his brother is a frequent barefooter in New York) or it's just a coincidence and seeing barefooters that often isn't common. Please leave your recent experiences seeing other barefooters~

 

It may just be a "summertime" thing. The temperatures, leisurely laid-back attitude of the season, etc.

When we today passed through Vadnais Heights on the way to the barefoot hiking event after the Barefoot Runners Society's, I briefly mentioned you and this forum.

 

We have a thread for this named "Others barefoot in public".

 

or just you may want to rename this thread into «outcomes of recession»

 

He's Young....

He's Just Discovered The Wonderful World Of Barefooting....

He's Full Of Youthfull Enthusiasm....

Cut The Guy Some Slack....



Cheers Glen.

 

Okay

 

Sorry If The Last Line In My Post Came On A Bit Strong....



Cheers Glen.

 

before this thread is closed and buried, i'd suggest to think about asking to turn some of the most recurrent topics into sticky ones to make them gain visibility. just an idea, ignore if this sounds like a crap one.

 

Hey, kids, remember...this is a PUBLIC forum where new people (HOORAY!!) pop up all the time...the fact that a topic has been "covered" before doesn't mean it can't be refreshed. That's what keeps barefooting current. Besides, new threads automatically start at the top, for maximum visibility, Be grateful they exist at all...more time spent barefooting, less time spent cataloging!

 

No worries mate:smoking:

 

Yes, the bare feet were everywhere yesterday evening. I don't know why, but that is the day they chose.

 

walking around barefoot is not a life style. Why must we categorize everything to the point of redundancy ? I know marketers do this to marginalize our lives, to make our consumer purpose more profitable, but why do it if you consider yourself free ?

 

I think the reverse is true:

There was a "damper" put on barefooting.

First, when the hippie movement died because of speed freaks and junkies, and due to the nature of it's death, was VERY easy for the media and "man" to put down, going barefoot was cast in a "barefoot hippie" light-which still exists today.

Second of all as life for many got more mechanized, had more "sanitation" and similar rules introduced, more corporate control and advertising introduced, and that manner of thing, in the last 20 years even more people began wearing shoes all the time.

This is currently pretty extreme, a lot of people are embarrassed to show their feet in public, simply because they're not used to people being able to see them.

However, right now I think a lot of people are seeing the extreme atmosphere of making everyone wear "proper" clothes, where we can't go shirless, barefoot, even have an open shirt, cutoff jeans are a big deal, etc. Everything needs to be corporate, polished, and have a brand name in direct visibility. And a lot of people are realizing that until the last half of the 20th century, that's now how it was: it never used to be a big deal to go to the park barefoot, that was just the way you WOULD go fishing, shopping doesn't involve anything that poses an imminent danger to your feet, etc.

So, far from a rebound in "barefooting", I think a lot of people, like me, are simply realizing there's less reason to wear their shoes as much as they currently do, and that there's no downsides and many advantages to having tough healthy feet: you can still put on shoes to ride a bike, do manual or dangerous labor, whatever. You don't have to be an organic spiritual vegan nutjob to relax and free your feet.

Shoes are one of the first and most important tools man developed, but it's important to use the right tool for the right job. The hammer is an important and early tool too, but I don't carry one every time I go out.

 

And you don't have to be a bearded hippy to enjoy barefooting.

 

Lol, Thanks for that, But I still don't mind other comments since I'm still learning the ropes around here.

I just thought that since that "others barefoot in public" thread hasn't had a post for something over a week now, (new post yesterday) I didn't want to make a post there, and make a fresh post instead. I still don't know the estimate of how old a thread should be that a resurrection of it would be frowned upon.

That, and I'm new to Forumming in general, other than my Calculus forum for school, last year during my Sophomore year of High School. Doesn't really count anyway.

That would be true, I guess. Come to think of it, I used to only see around two or three people barefoot in public, and only in summers.

And I'm bummed I wasn't able to attend that event, but I'll definitely try to join sometime in the near future!

LOL. I shouldn't be laughing at this, since the recession is a big deal to some people, but that just made me laugh.

 

I'm always the only barefoot person around here - haven't spotted another barefoot person in public for ages now.

 

I guess you cannot market or profit financially or ideologically over something everyone is born with. In a world where personal expression has gone to extremes, this is not being allowed to follow. Maybe because it is visible and can be attacked directly.
I have heard much nonsense coming out of people about someone being barefoot, "someone might step on their toes" being my personal favorite.
At least they care...

 

you people in this forum think you are a special race of people. News flash: everyone goes barefoot from time to time.

 

I Know I'm Special, And I Don't Need To Be Reminded Thank You Very Much...:toetap05:.



Cheers Glen.

 

Yes Glen you are special. But not because you go bearfoot or not. Every single person is special and specialty is not reserved for the bearfooted or other quirky things white people do to separate themselves from others.