Next time you're going to say you're a woman! God forbid!

Buy Vans, they're unisex and look hella good on everyone. I'm a man who wears the platform Vans. They're dope.

I bought shoes in the boys' section pretty regularly, as a girl, until the boys' shoe size growth dramatically outpaced girls'. So you could not shop in the men's section because their smallest size is one half or one size (or more) above yours.

They are flimsier. Look up "fast fashion".

Frequently buying new clothes is pushed on girls from multiple social and economic directions, including ones that really are conspiracies. For example, an industry working together (alongside partner industries) to make their clothes degrade faster so that they need to be replaced that much more often.

Do you consider yourself a Tomboy? Just curious.

Ah, you think dorkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dork. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see mainstream until I was already ... obsessively hyperfixated on a niche set of personal interests that normally cause neurotypical people's eyes to glaze over as they completely shut down from infodump saturation ^-^;

also i love that your name, Zorque, seems to rhyme with 'dork' when i sound it out in my head ;3

i honestly genuinely think that's cool as heck!

YAAASSS go get it fam!!

live free of social convention!

honestly LOVE that for you <3

Please tell me you also wear a fanny pack.

I live in a rural city. It's pretty common for high school kids to "volunteer" to go shuck corn on local farms. The boot in this picture is a Chelsea, a slip on shoe that's only a boot because it covers the ankle and is generally made of leather. There's a large patch on the side made of stretchy material, and it would be absolutely the worst boot to wear on a farm.

Also, have you tried sock garters? Boots with no socks might be less comfortable than a garter. Though I avoided that problem by just buying new socks constantly

I have what is ostensibly a desk job, but when I was in the Marines, my go-to socks were, believe it or not, dress socks, and inside out so you wouldn't feel the seams on your toes. A buddy turned me on to it and I never looked back. I was always fortunate enough to not have issues with blisters or anything, so maybe I'm just lucky, but a good, calf-high dress sock was my sock of choice.

But my regular life shoe is the Puma Classic, and if I have on short pants, I'll don the lowest possible sock. As some others have mentioned, the rubber grips in the heel are great. But if I'm doing a hike, for example, and wearing boots, even my mid-ankle Merrells, I'll wear a calf-hig sock, no need to play games.