{"items": [{"author": "Lee", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999352931592", "anchor": "fb-999352931592", "service": "fb", "text": "Amy, \ud83e\udd2a", "timestamp": "1561171163"}, {"author": "Amy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999352931592&reply_comment_id=999386229862", "anchor": "fb-999352931592_999386229862", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I've been going barefoot for 64 years! \ud83d\ude02", "timestamp": "1561201354"}, {"author": "Amy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999352931592&reply_comment_id=999386244832", "anchor": "fb-999352931592_999386244832", "service": "fb", "text": "→ (Except in the snow...) \ud83e\udd23", "timestamp": "1561201385"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999353600252", "anchor": "fb-999353600252", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff, I think you might enjoy my friend Shane Steinkamp, another barefooter.", "timestamp": "1561171586"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999353610232", "anchor": "fb-999353610232", "service": "fb", "text": "Evolutionary designs generally work.", "timestamp": "1561171591"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999353610232&reply_comment_id=999559193242", "anchor": "fb-999353610232_999559193242", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Mac tell that to the pharynx, scurvy, male urinary tract, birth canal (or human childbirth in general), the lower back, knees... evolution favors the worst possible thing that can *possibly* work.", "timestamp": "1561291587"}, {"author": "Theresa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999356953532", "anchor": "fb-999356953532", "service": "fb", "text": "I have been having knee issues. I think the \"supportive\" sneakers that were recommended to me by a physical therapist for plantar fasciitis have made things worse over time. I am going to take a cue from you and try walking barefoot as often as I can. Thanks for sharing this!", "timestamp": "1561173291"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999356953532&reply_comment_id=999395127032", "anchor": "fb-999356953532_999395127032", "service": "fb", "text": "→ My plantar fasciitis went away once I started wearing minimal shoes (mostly Lem's boots in the winter and Xero sandals in the summer).", "timestamp": "1561206622"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999359623182", "anchor": "fb-999359623182", "service": "fb", "text": "http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/bf/amcmud19.html", "timestamp": "1561175443"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999370172042", "anchor": "fb-999370172042", "service": "fb", "text": "I always thought you were joking about the frugality aspect.", "timestamp": "1561184047"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999370172042&reply_comment_id=999387671972", "anchor": "fb-999370172042_999387671972", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I mostly am. Thinking \"my shoes are wearing out; do I really need shoes\" is what got me trying things in this direction, though.", "timestamp": "1561202328"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999370172042&reply_comment_id=999407916402", "anchor": "fb-999370172042_999407916402", "service": "fb", "text": "→ And any health effect on my knees (or feet) is not only much more important al but also a larger monetary impact", "timestamp": "1561212302"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999370172042&reply_comment_id=999500296272", "anchor": "fb-999370172042_999500296272", "service": "fb", "text": "→ At the time my argument was \"injuries from glass are costly\" but then there weren't any", "timestamp": "1561248122"}, {"author": "Sweet", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999381419502", "anchor": "fb-999381419502", "service": "fb", "text": "Re stores, lunch: according to the barefoot activists I follow online, there are no health department codes forbidding customers to be barefoot, and many places don't care about barefooters.", "timestamp": "1561198049"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999381419502&reply_comment_id=999388136042", "anchor": "fb-999381419502_999388136042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ While stores like to blame nonexistent board of health regulations, enough of them just don't like having barefoot patrons that I don't have a good way to figure out which is which.
I used to look to see if the store had a sign, and figure no sign meant they didn't care, but that's not very reliable.", "timestamp": "1561202592"}, {"author": "lydia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999384144042", "anchor": "fb-999384144042", "service": "fb", "text": "Diane Frank for Erik", "timestamp": "1561199526"}, {"author": "Nir", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999404163922", "anchor": "fb-999404163922", "service": "fb", "text": "What types of shoes encourage toe striking or weaker heel striking? Have you experimented much with that", "timestamp": "1561210269"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999404163922&reply_comment_id=999408914402", "anchor": "fb-999404163922_999408914402", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Nir I haven't tried much in this direction. For a while I was trying to toe strike in whatever shoes I was wearing, but that didn't work well. I tried five-finger shoes for a while, which worked but were too much effort to put on and take off.", "timestamp": "1561212882"}, {"author": "Nir", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999404163922&reply_comment_id=999428555042", "anchor": "fb-999404163922_999428555042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Thanks! It's weird that everyone happens to learn this movement pattern", "timestamp": "1561221454"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999404163922&reply_comment_id=999429607932", "anchor": "fb-999404163922_999429607932", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Nir I'm not sure it's so weird? It's much easier to make shoes with stiff soles, and once you have that then heel striking comes pretty naturally", "timestamp": "1561221934"}, {"author": "Nir", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999404163922&reply_comment_id=10100111015660562", "anchor": "fb-999404163922_10100111015660562", "service": "fb", "text": "→ this looks interesting, a heelless running shoe: https://fbrconcept.com/en/
i'd be interested in testing these, but they're not in US stores (and only ship to europe)
there's an american company doing something similar, but they have a less drastic heel scoop so they're meant for casual wear too, not just medium-to-long distance running https://www.smthedifference.com/collections/frontpage
they have a silly logo but the reviews are good https://www.amazon.com/the-DIFFERENCE.../dp/B07HK93Q86", "timestamp": "1568350517"}, {"author": "Divia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999508454922", "anchor": "fb-999508454922", "service": "fb", "text": "I went barefoot very often for years and also found glass wasn't an issue.", "timestamp": "1561252447"}, {"author": "KC", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999508928972", "anchor": "fb-999508928972", "service": "fb", "text": "I used to go barefoot in Boston too. Such a clean city! I also spent a lot of time in the midwest barefoot, largely because my feet are a weird shape, and I can't even find 5 fingers that fit them. It took living in NYC to understand why some people were grossed out by the practice.", "timestamp": "1561252781"}, {"author": "Jenny", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999687655802", "anchor": "fb-999687655802", "service": "fb", "text": "I danced barefoot for a decade--contra, ECD and folk--until the high impact of Scottish forced me into shoes with spenco insoles. I still love the sensation and control you get dancing with no shoes.", "timestamp": "1561377721"}, {"author": "Debra", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999687655802&reply_comment_id=999755669502", "anchor": "fb-999687655802_999755669502", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I sometimes dance the first two English and contra dances barefoot. It lets your feet breathe and yes, I like the sensation as well. But only on nice floors.", "timestamp": "1561411466"}, {"author": "Martha", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/999351948562?comment_id=999734901122", "anchor": "fb-999734901122", "service": "fb", "text": "I used to go barefoot at work, in a theatrical costume shop. My boss disapproved because of pins on the floor, but the only time I got a pin in my foot was when I happened to be wearing shoes! I miss going barefoot but can't anymore (at least, not outside) because I wear a support stocking. Talk about things that are expensive to replace! $50/pr on sale -- insurance used to cover it but doesn't anymore. But I digress...", "timestamp": "1561403006"}]}