The (disgusting) world of feet

Hello!!

In this month’s post I am going to expose my thoughts and opinions about things that have to do with feet, those great forgotten parts of our body during the winter and that much to my chagrin I am forced to see/endure in summer.

Feet in general disgusts me. I know it’s just another part of the body, but the ass is too, and people don’t show it around. Exaggerations aside, I really have a low tolerance for seeing feet, especially big, hairy men’s feet. Not to mention feet with fungus, long nails, etc…disgusting!!

As an exception, I love baby feet, and well-groomed women’s feet with painted nails, ok, I can stand that. But now it seems that it is fashionable to go barefoot, as it is very hipster, very naturist and I don’t know what else, and what it seems to me is dirty. You go with your feet picking up all the dirt from the floor. For example, I have become fond of watching a YouTube channel about cleaning called Clean my Space, in which the girl is very funny, explains very useful things and you can see that she is groomed, with her makeup and hair done for her videos. But she always goes around barefoot! I can’t understand it, let’s see, if you go out in a video mopping to explain how to clean wooden floors, how is it possible that you go barefoot while doing it? Your house will be very clean, but surely your feet won’t… I wrote asking but she never answered. Another thing is to go barefoot with socks on, that may be more tolerable, especially if you are in a room with a carpet or so. But, and above all, being in the kitchen or in the bathroom barefoot, even with socks, seems disgusting to me (in addition, we must add the greater danger of electrocution if one goes barefoot, because you lose insulation from the floor that sleepers provide).

I had a French teacher who once spoke about this topic, and he said that it was something cultural that happens to us Spaniards. That once he was in a summer course where the teacher came barefoot and that no one was bothered except a Spaniard who began to look disgusted. This teacher said that feet do not have to be disgusting, that they do not smell “unless they are sick”…well, I refer back to the comparison with the ass. Yes, obviously, on the beach you go barefoot, that’s normal. And now there are some theories that talk about getting barefoot on the grass so that the soles of your feet (which according to reflexology reflect all the points of the body) come in contact with the vibrations of the earth or something like that, something related to negative and positive ions. That could be accepted too, fresh grass can be nice to walk on barefoot. But I also heard about a trend that advocates always going barefoot, summer or winter, and I also heard that argument saying that not going barefoot is like always wearing gloves, but on your feet. Well, I seldom leave my feet in the air, not even to sleep, and nothing has happened to me (nor to the appearance of my feet either: in fact, this way, no corns or calluses appear).

Anyway, I am referring above all to social situations/outside of nature such as meetings, classes, or even inside the house, where I do not see acceptable that people go barefoot. Not to mention if I’m eating, I don’t eat if I have to be watching feet at the same time (I refer for the third time to the comparison with the ass). Sure, in summer, with the heat, I can’t forbid people to wear sandals or flip-flops (I like them to), but people should at least they have the consideration of leaving their feet on the ground and not putting them on the table or raised to eye level. No need to say when they start to touch them, arggg Just like people who bite their fingernails (arggg again). I have never understood why those things are more socially accepted than burping or farting (while these two are much more physiologically justifiable). There are people who even spit their nail out after biting their fingernails, without any regard.

Anyway, to my joy, summer season is over and I won’t have to see more feet until next year yuhuuuuuuuu !!!