• TheObviousSolution@thebrainbin.org
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    16 days ago

    There’s basically two sorts of people: the one’s willing to overlook the aesthetics and the one’s who aren’t. There’s a reason hospital staff wear them. They are not designed to look good, they are designed to let the humidity from your sweat evaporate instead of letting it accumulate into a damp breeding ground ripe for a host of foot conditions. For some people it will matter more than others.

    There’s plenty of Crocs designs that don’t look ugly, but I hope they continue to be unpopular as that keeps them cheap. It’s risky to switch to other brands with this sort of design, Crocs got it right.

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      14 days ago

      A. hospital staff definitely don’t wear Crocs, they’re actually forbidden at every hospital I’ve worked at for being open-topped

      B. The last time I bought Crocs they were 75USD for an adult and 35USD for babies sizes. That’s not far off the price of actual running shoes

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        14 days ago

        A. Another comment (and my own observations - not even in the US, so no idiocracy factor either) prove otherwise. They claim it’s to deal with bodily fluids (I guess sweat doesn’t count for them). B. Not a shared reality. Your market, your choices I guess, but even amazon.com (US market) disagrees on the prices you are claiming.

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      16 days ago

      Medical people are wearing them to avoid ruining shoes with body fluids, not for sweat or breathability.

      Hospitals are gross.

      Source: have medicaled before.

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          15 days ago

          I personally can’t be sure, longest I’ve ever worn them on clinicals was 12 hours. I didn’t really feel they were that comfy that long. I did more EMT work and that required a different shoe. I had 24 hour shifts there. So I just used cute leather boots and they stayed outside my house cus they got gross. I felt more comfy and support in proper footwear personally. Kind of the same when in the military and deployed.

          But everyone is different.

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    16 days ago

    Based prince. There are two types of people in this world: ones who like Crocs, and ones with good taste.

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      No. There are two types of people in this world: ones who like Crocs, and ones who never tried them on.

      The only time when I don’t wear Crocs is when it’s raining.

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      16 days ago

      Meh, for short distances or just standing around maybe. There are much more supportive clogs that don’t feel like all the energy in every step you take gets soaked into a rubber sponge and that don’t look like you’ve given up on life.