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dinosaurcharcuterie · 5 months

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On my most recent shoe buying outing, I noticed that some brands have decided to start calling G a "comfort width".

I've been forced to buy in widths since 2009. G has always been the standard width. H is comfort width. In case the shoe fetish crowd are interested, I've been a K for the last decade, though for reasons science can't explain I've recently, occasionally, started fitting a J in some brands that very definitely are not calling G "comfort" anything.

Doctors everywhere have already been surgically excising pussy toenails since as long as I can remember, not to mention there was that hallux valgus trend in time with that trend for skintight ballerina flats. G being a standard foot width is a stretch at best--and they're trying to change it to F???

Oh, and because they *list* the width, and offer G, they're trying to brand--and price--themselves as orthopedic footwear.

#rant #orthopedics #footwear #eu sizing #do not pay 120 euros for a bland black sneaker that will wreck your skeleton #“it's fashion” it's you trying to save on material and giving people WEIRD body complexes #if you're in Europe and you wanna spend 120 on a bland black sneaker #get some Gabor Rollingsofts #they come in dude and dudette #some widths available #they take insoles #and are comfy as sin #also rain proof #don't reimplant toenails into your flesh #apparently these are all selling points now #apart from the insoles those were called “the bare minimum” at some point in history #get decent shoes #otherwise you'll end up having to deal with guys like my orthopedist #he's a creep who is sadly decent at this job

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