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i know you're like, my homie and my DM and all matt, but i would like to state that i will be wearing flip flops as much as humanly possible this summer. i deserve it and can't no one stop me.

I don't understand people's disgust with feet. Must stem from some puritan-based deep-seated fetish.

This is a losing war, gentlemen. Particularly in the battles you're looking to wage. Parks? Parties? During the day? That's life in Seattle. What I would like is to not see digusting hirsute man toes at night in the freaken Opera House. Makes you feel pretty dumb to bother dressing up. Busting out the tux to impress a lady friend certainly didn't help matters. I'm Bronx-bred, but have fallen in love with my adopted home here. I've even loosened up a bit and rock the jesus cruisers as happily as the natives and Californians. But since that dark day in 1998, I've fruitlessly hoped we could all agree that a precious few places could be toeless sanctuaries: the opera, El Gaucho, maybe at least one place where you can expect adult males to be wearing ties in an unironic, non-hipster manner. But as the old adage goes, shit in one hand, wish in the other, see which one fills up first.

I have Sméagol feet. Flip flops are for bitches, anyway.

Erin -- my problem is really only with guys wearing flip-flops. Ladies look wonderful in flip-flops, as everyone knows.

I have to agree with cF @5.

Shorts tomorrow!

but feet are cute!

Simple solution: Don't look at their feet. Look at their tits (or whatever body part floats yer boat) instead.

Unless they're real stanky feet 'n shit. Then mock them.

I agree as well. I feel about men's feet the same way Muslims feel about women's hair. Keep that shit out of sight, for FSM's sake.

Fuck that shit. I'm a dude and I'll be wearing my flip flops all summer. They're comfortable and my feet stay cool.

Like I give a fuck what Matt Hickey wants me to wear on my feet.

Fascist!

Who the fuck cares.

I think feet are ugly -- especially man feet or any feet when they get all dry and icky -- but I love me some flip flops and/or birkenstocks. My own comfort far outweighs my desire to prove a point about feet by asking that others not wear sandals.

There's no way that flip-flops are more offensive than socks with sandals.

Wow, places like Hawaii and Mexico and must suck for all you feetophobes. Given that feet and hands are similar in appearance and function (and propensity to be dirty), do you weirdos also freak at the sight of guys hands?

eat a dick, flip flop haters. i'm trying to force feed summer by wearing them every day i can. frizzelle can take a long hard stare at my hairy toes for all i care.

God, you people in Seattle are fucked-up.

FLIP-FLOPS? You guys are worried about flip-flops?

Before you pick nits, why not go after the real culprit of urban uber-ugliness: UTILI-KILTS!!!

You want a real eyesore? Top that!!

No problem recognizing me wearing flip-flops if you think you're seeing a monkfish and an ostrich paw racing neck-and-neck down the sidewalk.

Pedicure houses are in just about every strip mall now. Go visit.

And just about every drug store sells medication for fungal toes.

Start now.

If we held a foot beauty contest, my feet would win.

Flip flops are slightly atrocious. There are nearly bare foot alternatives. Ugly ugly feet are atrocious. Pedicure before flip flopping.

I'd rather look at flip-flops than crocs. I'd rather look at almost anything than crocs.

@23 - seriously! And it's so much worse when people put those little charms into the holes, like, "look at my feet and know that I love watermelon, gardening, and baseball!"

The rest of you - I agree that most man toes are grody, but I feel that the larger issue is man thigh. Before we pour all our effort into getting rid of male flip-flops, lets rid the world of itty-bitty shorts on dudes.

Sure, while we're at it, why doesn't everyone wear a burka so I don't have to look at everyones ugly face.

Hey, you can just lick the jam from between my hairy un-pedicured toes.

I wasn't going to, but after seeing this posting, will be wearing my Tevas today.

Thanks for the public service, o Enormous one!

setting aside the general inappropriateness of flip-flops in polite society, what really grosses me out about them is people willing to get that close to being barefoot downtown.

I can think of much better places for the fashion police to go, like New York or to hell or how about go fuck yourselves. I walk into bars all the time in my Spandex, especially on a nice day like today - I just might stop in for a beer on my way home from work - and I see people giving me dirty looks. But I just don't fucking care! I spend more time on my bike than most people do in their cars, so why shouldn't I wear what is most comfortable? If someone finds flip flops to the most comfortable shoes, why is it anyone else's concern? You are only identifying yourselves as shallow people bent on enforcing your own arbitrary ideas about what is appropriate for other people to be wearing.

I am all about the Teva's in the summer. It is all about the Teva's!!!!

An alternative. Sanuk Sidewalk Sandals

Socks. Socks with flip flops. So geisha.

Who gives a flying fuck about flip flops or crocs? Or what anyone wears? I like seeing people wear things like that. What a waste to worry what other people think of your clothes. I don't wear them cause I don't like the thing between my toes, but I don't give a shit either way. You should start telling people you don't like their shoes so they can tell you to go fuck yourself. Any self respecting person would.

Now that I am firmly in middle age, I am fully aware that my feet are not the most gorgeous feet on the planet. But you know what? Fuck it. I couldn't care less. When it's 80+ outside, I wear what's comfortable, and screw your dainty sensibilities.

I will be out on Alki this afternoon, and I WILL be wearing flip flops. Beware.

@24: there are fucking CHARMS for Crocs now? The apocalypse must be nigh.

Flip flops are awesome. They're cheap, my feet can breathe, I don't worry if they get wet, and if they start to stink or hurt, I toss 'em. $2.50/pair at Old Navy.

Now, if you were bitching about flip flops in winter, you'd have a valid point. But unslightly, normally-covered body parts are part and parcel of PNW summers. Deal.

@17 nailed it.

my man took me shoe shopping the other day and made me try on some sandals. i haven't worn sandals since my high school prom ( it was in '71 and i worn an african robe - power to the people right on)i took off my shoes and socks and discovered i have cankles ( or should we call em mankles?) i was horrified. my man said 'whathefuckever how do they feel ?' i'm thinking. 'they feels pretty frickin GOOD he says 'when you feel good, you look good'
so watch for me today, i'll be the one with the impossibly dark sunglasses, with an espresso shake in one hand and sandles by keen on my ashy fat feets.. and you better watch your mens. it's supposed be 90 degrees and i ain't taking prisoners !

@34, yeah, they're part of Seattle summers. So is me giving dirty looks to ugly-footed flip-floppers. Just a heads up.

Ooh, just for that - Tevas AND Survival kilt tomorrow.

The popping noise you hear at around 1:00 p.m. will be the sound of George's head going 'splodo.

Just for the love of god, don't wear the fucking sandles in a chemistry lab.

And don't go barefoot! (I swear to god .... people try to go barefoot in the organic chem lab in Oregon.)

I'll tell you what flip-flops...an enormous whozeewhatsit!!!

I wear flip flops all year long, and nothing short of snow will stop me. If there's a chance of sun you can bet I'll be wearing them.

But then again, my feet are nice :D

my eyes never make it past the doughy muffin tops exploding out from atop a pair of too-tight low rise jeans on some girl who is in denial about how hot she isn't. if i can learn to see that without inwardly groaning,(which i finally have), feet are nothing.

@30: I'd rather see someone's toe fungus than see them wearing those ugly things.

And nobody wears sandals in New York anyways. The streets are kind of groddy, and you can't walk fast in any sandle without a back, especially flip flops.

After reading this thread I found myself paying closer attention than usual to what men were wearing on their feet. Personally I dislike the look of dark socks with sandals and shorts. But it is the NW so I gave up long ago being aghast at what people wear.

Remember the flap a few years back when those girls wore flip-flops to a ceremony at the White House? Gotta say, perhaps being honored at the White House is one time when the flip-flops should be left behind.

Flip flops come with three sets of problems:

1. obvious feet ugliness.
2. they dont look good on anyone (even women)
3. THAT FUCKING SOUND THEY MAKE!

Thats where I draw the line. They have already degraded one sense (sight) but they must invade my fucking hearing?? Bullshit.

BTW: I'm in NM where the sun shines all year, its 65+ for at least 9 months a year and virtually no one wears flip flops. It's a disgusting NW thing I am convinced. People who really care about their feet, and the people around them will get nice respectable (and might I add: arch-supporting longer-lasting less-waste generating) sandals.

There. She's done.

The thing I object about flip-flops is how fucking filthy they get. When the ingrained black grime starts staining your crusty, dry skin, take a bath and buy another $5 pair from Old Navy, ok?

#18 - I'm breaking out my kilt and Tevas just for you!

Gotta air your piggies and pork sometime. It's been a loooong winter.

Let me clarify my views on flip flops.

If you're on a beach or near a pool or maybe, maybe in the park and it's nice, I'm ok with flip flops. But! If you're in a restaurant or bar or fucking grocery store, wear shoes. For god's sake don't put your flip-flopped dirty feet on the seats. Gross. Really. Stop it.

I'd agree that Christopher should not be wearing flip-flops.

If for no other reason that his feet are bigger than most aircraft carriers.

I once made the mistake of dating a chronic flip-flop wearer: No hiking, no running, no jumping, no climbing, no kicking, no skating, no dancing, no jaywalking. Worst was the pout, "But I'm wearing flip-flops!"

I just want to chime in on the side of the pro flip-flop lobby.

Wearing flip flops everywhere is one of the big joys of summer. And since I can't wear flip flops to work, you know I'm going to wear them everywhere else including to bars and supermarkets. Although I have taken pains to prepare my feet for summer, (toes polished! heels buffed!) I don't think people with unattractive feet should be discriminated against either. Equal flip flop rights for all!

You can continue to be lame in your sweaty shoes and socks, but the rest of us are going to be cool and comfortable!

If I can watch all the hipsters walk about town in their skinny jeans that look good on NO ONE. And I mean NO ONE, not even if you're a size 0, without making comments (until now), then ya'll can look at my nice, clean, well maintained feet in some flip flops. My favorite pair even have arch support! And they are an inch thick so my feet do not get grimy! And they don't make the weird noise! No I would not wear them to the opera or something more formal, but I'll wear them wherever the hell I feel is appropriate including the grocery store. People bring their dogs into grocery stores and you're worried about flip flops? People go to the bathroom, don't wash their hands and touch all the produce and you're going to complain about the chick wearing flip flops? Ya'll need to get over yourselves and your foot and germ phobias, cause there is no stopping it.
And PS, my boyfriend looks hot in his kilt.

I am not a fan of flip-flops. However, to those who dislike flip-flops, I say this: you are the one who chose to live on the West Coast. Accept responsibility for your decision.

@46 Really, no one wears flip flops in New Mexico? I'm from Phoenix and some people own little else.

I look forward to showing off my hairy, translucently white legs, my middle-digit toe hairs, my extra-long, armor-grade toenails, and those weird sock-polished hairless patches on the front of my ankles.

"my problem is really only with guys wearing flip-flops. Ladies look wonderful in flip-flops, as everyone knows."

PHEW!
I totally agree then. I can understand dudes wearing whatever around the house, even to the store or the beach, but not to dinner or the bar or whatever. I suppose exceptions could be made for those who take the time to make their feet look nicer, as we ladies generally do.

I think flip-flops on guys are sexy. Girls too, but especially guys. My boyfriend thinks that they are evil and refuses to wear them. It makes me sad.

The only thing: don't buy the two-dolla ones! Spend fifteen or twenty bucks and get some that have a little substance. The cheapo ones are only to be used as shower shoes, as they are ugly.

The absolute hottest ones? These.

http://www.simpleshoes.com/productslist.aspx?g=Men&categoryid=105&page=1

Seriously, I would be happy to see the grossest feet out there in flip-flops if it meant the destruction of Utilikilts.

"Hey! I'm MANLY enough to feel COMFORTABLE in a SKIRT, which makes me automatically HOT! Plus, kilts are like the ancestral attire of the Scottish people and I think I might be Scottish on my great-grandmother's side! Arrrrrr! Also this kilt has like loops for my tools and stuff so that I can build things, also super manly, although I usually use that loop for my blackberry, but whatever. I'm hot, right? I'm hot?"

all those flip flop haters need something to with all that time you seem to have on your hands. try volunteering or summin, but you live in seattle, we wear thongs on our feet...deal

I'm going to the opera tonight, and I'll be wearing hard shoes and socks, and a beautiful suit and tie.

I will also be letting off one unbelievably corpse-smelling fart bomb every eighteen minutes throughout the performance.

I also think Utilikilts are hot, though many men make absolutely tragic shoe choices while wearing them.

Hey, you know what would look great with a Utilikilt? FLIP-FLOPS! :D

Much scarier than even the crustiest flipflips (or "thongs" as I've called them since 1965):

http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/products_footwear.cfm

#59

Do you get camel toe much when you wear your tight jeans?

This post is about flip flops anyway, the ancestral attire of the Spartans. I trace that back to my great-grandmother's mother side of the family. Stay on topic!

@55 The only people I see parading flip flops here are the people from the Northwest. Honest!

Ok, maybe a handful of locals wear them, but its nothing compared to Seattle where its embarrassingly noticeable. And loud. Dont forget LOUD.

The big debut unleashes tonight: Flip-flop dudes with button, short-sleeve shirts with some kinda stripy pattern at the Del Rey, etc. You know where to be either way.

Look, it's not about the bare feet. Not really. It's just that I hate when you see a guy or a girl who's put a lot of thought into their outfit -- nice jacket, hair's just so, etc. -- and they finish it off with flip flops from the fucking dollar store.

Seriously, what's the point? There are nice sandals and shit out there. There are options. Flip flops aren't one. Not in polite society.

Frizzelle, since when have you ever minded staring at guys feet? :)

What is this "polite society" thing and where can I get a copy of the hand book?
And it is rare out in the night life scene that I ever see a girl all dressed up but wearing flip flops. Maybe at a bar or pub, wearing jeans or a casual dress, but not anywhere nice.
NOW, let's start making a list of things that should not be acceptable according to "polite society" which apparently is encompassed within the public areas of Washington State:
Flip flops
skinny jeans
low rise jeans with your underwear or butt crack hanging out
socks with sandals
jeans that produce "muffin top"
crocs
visible bra straps???
What else...

I feel like I'm on LJ.

Are Birkenstocks still okay?

Birkenstocks have never been OK.

Unless you're wearing lederhosen too.

I hate to brag, but I just so happen to have the prettiest feet that have ever been gifted to a human being. Ever.

Nobody's ever been to Hawaii? Rubbah slippahs, bra.

Flip flops should not be worn to evening parties or formal events but are absolutly appropriate for casual wear, even dining at an outdoor restaurant. You are welcome to harbor your dislike but there is absolutely no defense for it. Do you dislike all sandals? I think well-cared for feet in open shoes, sandals or flip flops are a delightful celebration of warm weather for both sexes.

Go fuck yourself Matt Hickey.

See, there's your polite society and your not. You don't need a handbook, just a ghost of a glimmer of a clue.

C'mon, people, admit it: flip flops are the sweatpants of shoes. Think about it.

C'mon, people, admit it: flip flops are the sweatpants of shoes. Think about it.

Boners show through flip-flops, too?

I'm going to break my rule and wear sweat pants to the grocery store. And flip flops. And probably some sort of tank top that exposes half my bra. Then maybe I'll hit up one of the bars nearby.

you've just described what i wear 50% of the time.

Actually, I've changed my mind. I'm going to go to AMBER or VESSEL.

Re: http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/i_fully_agree#c1026414

Why, yes, kilts are the ancestral attire of the Scots.

Utilikilts, on the other hand, are not, nor did they ever claim to be. In fact, the goal is to remove the Scot from the kilt and make it a utilitarian garment.

FWIW, I am manly enough to wear a kilt. Does that make me hot? No. It makes me confident. Perhaps you may want to sit down with your therapist and discuss why you have such a deep seated hatred of a garment.

Uhhhhhh, muhhhhhh, me no like feet, me duhhhhh. Muhhhhhh feet uuugggly! Muhhhhh no like ugggly!!!