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thebryanjzx90
Ace Attorney is the meme-maker there, since it takes a story that constantly relies on procedural detail peculiar to the Japanese legal system, and “Nick” has a junior miko / itako side-kick, and the localization transplants all that and more to the Ambiguous States of America.

Gaagaagiins

Just want to put it out there as I sit on this couch and drink this pop (the colour of which is pink, somewhat idiosyncratic for a cream soda I’ve learned) that not taking your shoes off indoors is absurd and offensive to me

rejj

For what it is worth, I don’t think taking one’s shoes off is a Japanese thing, rather I think not taking one’s shoes off is an American thing.

I keep forgetting about that little US cultural quirk and get mildly surprised and put-off by it every time it resurfaces.

Gaagaagiins

rejj There are plenty of American cultural quirks that are perceived as defaults by a lot of the English speaking world but wearing shoes indoors is one I feel only revulsion for

yeso

I’ve heard of that perception but I don’t think it’s true, but maybe I’m in an immigrant family bubble. I’ve literally never encountered a shoes on household in my life. Maybe it’s a WASP thing

saddleblasters

yeso I didn’t grow up in an immigrant family, and I also haven’t encountered anyone in the US who doesn’t take their shoes off, other than in atypical situations (e.g. while moving). Maybe it’s something only a vocal minority do, who happen to be in charge of directing all movies and tv shows?

I remember as a kid I went to a (mostly-grownup) dinner party that my friend’s parents were hosting, and the dad very apologetically asked people as they came in to take their shoes off, as though it were a bizarre request that only he was making. That was the first time that I started to wonder if taking your shoes off was not the norm. but since then every gathering I’ve gone to everyone took their shoes off voluntarily without being asked. “People who don’t take their shoes off” feels like this mythic creature that everyone likes to attack (usually in jest of course), but which I personally haven’t seen (though I’m sure there are people who don’t do it). I think lots of people don’t really find shoes super comfortable and want to take them off as soon as they get home, like loosening the tie after leaving the office.

beets

Is the shoes staying on a British thing? My neighborhood had a lot of brits living there and most people have never had a problem with wearing shoes indoors. In the last few years I’ve noticed that taking shoes off is done by asian families and people living in apartments. However as a kid we’d also go around wearing bare feet 90% of the year and you can’t exactly take those off.

rootfifthoctave

i dunno, maybe it’s more to do with the available types footwear, and how likely you might need to pop back outside in potential frostbite temperatures. i understand the shoes off thing if someone keeps a clean house and it’s their preference, but also, i’ve been in people’s houses where i didn’t want to take my shoes off because my shoes were cleaner than the floor. what am i gonna do, put dirty socks inside my shoes? i don’t think so!

wickedcestus

Might be a British thing. My parents came to canada from england and they often wear shoes around the house, and i remember doing so as a kid. And their house is immaculately clean.

LeFish

Brit here and it’s definitely not a Brit thing. If you want to wear shoes in my house then you can get out.

I very much imagine that it’s just a “rude, arsehole person” thing.

rootfifthoctave

LeFish rude, arsehole person

bit harsh? it’s not my instinct to take them off but if i see it’s the expectation of wherever i am i’ll go along with it.

antillese

Syzygy … like in a McDonalds?

I have “inside shoes”. Because I also have plantar fasciitis that makes it incredibly uncomfortable to walk on hard surfaces. I mean, I certainly do it when I visit others under request, but then I mince around and just sit still. So I guess I can’t go visit LeFish . 😥 (But neither can Sora.)

Did y’all see Sony invested in Epic, or is that old news now? More PS+ skins in 🍴 I guess.

LeFish

rootfifthoctave Perhaps it is, however I’m basing this on a generalised experience of who has, or hasn’t taken their shoes off in other people’s houses, even when verbally or visually prompted to do so, and they are typically people that I do not wish to especially associate with.

This is also based on living in a laughably rainy country in the countryside for my entire childhood and adolescence where getting mud on your shoes was a guarantee. Similarly in a country where litter is so common in towns and cities that avoiding dirt is a Hard Mode expedition.

yeso

maybe it’s a regional thing like soda and pop

pasquinelli

yeso i say pop and don’t wear shoes indoors and i’m a taurus and i was born in the year of the rat

Gaagaagiins

pasquinelli year of the snake here (am also a taurus)

saddleblasters

The thing that really messed me up as a teenager was that the floor of every bathroom in my high school was covered in urine. I imagined all of that being trailed through the whole school. I’d see people put their bags on the floor in one classroom, then put their same bags on chairs or lunch tables an hour later. I concluded every surface of the school had a thick layer of human bodily fluids over it. I came home everyday feeling like I was covered in filth, so I’d immediately take a shower and change my clothes. I’m not that bad now, but I still do notice that most public restrooms I see have big puddles of pee, so it’s hard for me to disassociate that from my shoes.

edit: i’m a taurus too! lots of birthdays coming up it looks like

Syzygy

saddleblasters
Never use a black light in a public place.

sabertoothalex

Leo and year of the horse here (video game news)

wickedcestus

i think there’s a big difference between wearing shoes in your own house and wearing shoes in someone else’s house. if it’s your own house you can wear gosh darn skis for all i care

yeso

taurus here

the rocky connrrr picture show

I will keep my shoes on if I’ve just put them on and forgot something in the kitchen or my bedroom and the floor’s dirty anyway so I need to mop it soon, I tell myself, but I still know I shouldn’t do it.

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