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Interesting article. We call them split-toe socks in India. Only read a few of the HN comments here so far, and then the first two paragraphs of the article,
by vram22 3y ago
Interesting article.
We call them split-toe socks in India.
Only read a few of the HN comments here so far, and then the first two paragraphs of the article, but immediately thought of a point, so putting it here, although I'll surely read the rest of the article and more comments here a bit later:
>They're plain better for your toes. Toes want to spread out and be free. Having your toes cramped together by a sleeve all day will fundamentally change the way the foot is shaped and how you walk.
Spot on, IMO, and this is why I never buy shoes that become narrower towards the front, and pinch your toes together. Sometimes I have to search more, because that kind seems to be a bit of a fashion in India, where I am, from quite a while, but the idea seems really dumb to me. Whenever I buy shoes, I still search until I can find and buy the right kind for me, which don't narrow towards the front.
The kind that don't narrow used to be called naughty-boy shoes in India, when I was in primary school, for some reason :) Probably people can guess why ...
If that is the case, I wanna be a naughty boy all my life ;-)
- checkyoursudo 3y ago> The kind that don't narrow used to be called naughty-boy shoes in India, when I was in primary school, for some reason :) Probably people can guess why ... I have been sitting here for a few minutes trying to come up with a guess, and I have not even a bad guess as to why. Any hints?
- mardifoufs 3y agoMaybe it's because they are better at uhh.. hitting kids who are naughty? From experience, flatter shoes hurt more lol. Not sure though, I'm puzzled myself!
- pkd 3y agoNaughty Boy is a name brand product of black leather school shoes made by the shoe company Bata. Although it is a Czech company, it is probably the biggest shoe brand in India - at least in recognition. I would say that most people in India think that Bata is an Indian brand. As to why they decided to call their line of school shoes "Naughty Boy", I would guess that it's a reverse psychology marketing thing.
- vram22 3y agopkd gave a factual answer (sibling comment). Mine too is only a guess, like others: "Naughty" boys are unconventional, so that shoe name matches their style or personality.
- scubbo 3y agoThank you!
- RGamma 3y agoLook up "barefoot shoes". They're usually like you described and additionally undampened (requires different walking technique, no heel-walking anymore).
- Nifty3929 3y ago"Probably people can guess why ..." I cannot guess why, and now I'm super-duper curious. Why area they called naughty-boy shoes?
- scubbo 3y agoAdd one more to the set of people who can't guess why they were called that. My best guess is that "wider shoes are better for hitting misbehaving children", but I have no idea if that's actually true or not.