No?
At least in my experience, I've never looked at someone and wondered what their feet look like.
Or realistically, what any covered-up part of them looks like.
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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Ngl, had me in the first half
My friend just had part of his toe amputated.
Like an hour ago maybe not even....
Can you tell by looking at his face?
Not why i commented but I'll answer anyway, i cannot
It's a condition called Morton's toe
So this is who shoes are made for!
Honestly jealous
is it not supposed to be??
Without looking into the actual stats, it's so incredibly common it's normal. There are pedantic pros and cons to both; it's trivial. But more people have a second toe shorter than the first.
Pedantic, haha.
Feet causing you problems?
Pedantics.
Gotta call a toe truck
Sorry to rain on the parade... but ya'll know that the prefix indicating something pertains to the foot or ankle is pod-, right?
Podiatry. Podiatrist.
Ped- refers to children.
Pediatrician. Pediatrics.
Wait... what is a pedometer counting????
So I looked into this a bit and...
it appears to be based on whether a word is using Latin or Greek as its etymological basis, for words pertaining to feet.
In Latin... it is ped-... but in Greek... it is pod-.
... And, you are correct, English has a mish mash of both.
But also, a lot of English words referring to children use the Greek derived ped- or pedo- to refer to... children.
....Which is why in British English, the spelling 'paed-' is used, to minimize this confusion.
But us clever Americans dropped that, rofl.
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Don't listen to them. These weirdos just have extra long foot thumbs
it's an anatomical variant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton%27s_toe
The Culture section of that article is a wild ride. Like phrenology for feet.
Indeed but also the carvings and painting are quite nice lol
Hello fellow person who can’t wear Birkenstocks
No, but I will now....
My mom has longer second toes, and she always said “It’s a sign you’re descended from royalty.” She also said stuff like “An ancestor ran away with an Indian princess” and “We’re descended from Sir Francis Drake” so my mom, though I love her, does not have a fully-functioning bullshit sensor.
Dunno, kinda sounds like shes bullshitting you
The toe thing was definitely a little tongue-in-cheek, but the other two she seemed to fully believe. When I pointed out that Drake didn’t have any children, or at least not legitimized, she acted confused and said it was something that the family had always said. Well… someone was bullshitting someone!
Are we counting the big toe?
My own personal no-evidence theory is that if the person has particularly long fingers, their second toe will be longer than their first.
I comply with this theory.
Hello fellow Mo-Toe-er
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I'm one of those. It sucks. I keep breaking them.
I've only ever broken one bone... And it was the tip of my second toe on my right foot.
All I'm hearing is that you guys have inferior skeletal systems which is completely unrelated to the toe length
Your big toe is the protector. Have you never stubbed your toe? Now imagine that the little one is the one that gets hit instead. Snap.
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Really? My mortons toe is a good amount longer than my big toe, but neither foots has ever been hurt. Also, my toes are very controllable and I can pick up all sorts of stuff. They're sweet.
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I'm a half and half. Left foot has a shorter second toe, right foot has a longer one.
We're gonna need you to pick a side.
Yeah but can you wiggle your little toes independently?!
New form of racism unlocked
I was always told people with a long second toe have dominant personalities
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