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[–] 196 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Socks keep your shoes from absorbing sweat and help prevent blisters. They’re useful beyond the social construct.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Arguments like these don’t work with kids. Let them experience themselves what is best for them. And have spare socks ready in case they change their mind afterwards

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sure, if that's a reasonable option, but letting the kid hurt themselves isn't always practical. Letting the kids find out 'messing with the pot of boiling water is bad' the hard way, as an example, is not what I would consider good parenting.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it's pretty clear they're referring to uncomfortable stuff, not dangerous stuff. Obviously don't let them do dangerous stuff.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Exactly. Always protect your little ones. It is okay if they experience negative consequences, as long as it doesn’t harm them.

    Trying to drink from a glass of water and get fully soaked is okay, even if the experience is not entirely positive.

    Touching a hot oven is not okay. Here you have to protect them. The best you can do is try to explain why it is not okay to touch it.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn't wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Wearing shoes is definitely not just a social construct. They protect your feet.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To some degree that's true. But these days the ground contains more dangerous objects than it used to. Specifically hazardous man-made stuff

    If it was just nature and we still mostly had like forest floor and such, then probably for the most part it'd be safe yeah. Well, with the exception of plants or animals that could damage your feet or bite you

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    I don't know what the social aspect is apart from how the socks appear, but this isn't why they exist.

    Edit: Damn. Some of you are threatened by not knowing what a social construct is but really want to argue about socks instead of asking DDG so you can understand wtf is going on before leaving a comment.

    I'd be proud of this shit show, OP 🤣

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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    Warmth, protection, hygiene.

    If you were born the only person on earth, you would eventually have something like socks on your own accord. This is function, not social. They wouldn't be Xmas themed though, since no society exists to have invented Xmas and to show off your socks to.

    Social constructs are, by definition, ideas or concepts.

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