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@vivify saidOnce at work I walked without shoes to the toilet and back.
Unwritten social rules are kind of fascinating.
One I've noticed: it's okay for women to go barefoot at work, church or weddings. Every office I've worked in, at some point women kick off their shoes and walk around barefoot, usually near the afternoon. Same for church and weddings.
At the same it, it would most likely be inappropriate of guys to kick of their shoe ...[text shortened]... oken thing every just seems aware of.
This is not a complaint, just something I find interesting.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidThe father of sociology? Perhaps. The idea certainly dovetails with his other ideas, such as structural functionalism. He also brought science into social science. As a student of Jung, I liked how his ideas of "collective consciousness" is similar to Jung's "collective unconscious". Overall, good call.
Durkheim maybe?
@A-Unique-Nickname saidI've never heard of this "nuddism" of which you speak.
He's clearly never been to a nuddist beach...
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidWhere I work, you'd be escorted out if you did that. It's a semi-industrial atmosphere and it is a safety issue.
Can't say I've ever noticed a women take her shoes off at work, especially if barefoot. - Even if it was cool for men to do that, I don't think I would on communal flooring.
But yeah. On communal flooring? Er, no.
@Drewnogal saidBah. I smile at everybody, and if someone's going to twist their knickers over it, I say let them.
I’ve started acknowledging stranger’s dogs if they come near my dog while we’re out walking. The reason being that my dog is a rescue border collie and she’s anxious about other dogs coming near her. She’s much calmer if I chat to a stranger and chat to their dog rather than say nothing to them. As for the strangers? They probably just think I’m old and a bit nutty which is ...[text shortened]... at older men but never at men in general or schoolboys because that wouldn’t be acceptable would it?
