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▲ 14 r/barefootshoestalk

Be Lenka Rebound comics black & white first impression

Very cool. Pain in the ass.

By my measurements my right (longer) foot is 23,95cm and 9,35cm. I got those measurements from standing front of the wall and next to wall. Width is the width or forefoot. I have drawn outlines of my feet few times and by that method got different measurements every time. Also drawing is more about the part that touches floor (expect arches). My feet is highish volume. I got these in size 40. Most often I wear 40.

Upper: textile + microfibre

Lining: textile

Insole: recycled PU + polyester (antibacterial, removable)

Sole: rubber (EverydayComfort Neo)

Made in: Vietnam

Based on what my local cobbler said textile is synthetic.

I have wore these less than ten times. I got these purely because they're so cool, but most of my life is working and going to work, sometimes some sports. So I will not have much of use for these. I am planning to update after using these for a while but it might take a time.

I am usually not fan of city sneakers, but I have been eyeing these for some time and now they were on sale in local retailer.

These are rigid shoe like shoes with hard sole as Be Lenka tends to be. There is some tiny cushion in the sole which I find good.

These are borderline too narrow and these have barely enough volume for me. I use 3mm Poron insoles with these. In my opinion this rigid and hard shoes require insole. These also require insole because of the way Be Lenka uses tape for the strings.

These are not super pleasurable to walk with but that was expected. I prefer way more flexible and softer shoes. Still, these don't bother me hugely either. It's difficult to find a spot where laces are loose enough for the volume but tight enough for the heel. Maybe I need to try some different lacing technique. With these it is possible: often brands use too short laces but these are long enough.

I have needed to clean these after almost every use so far. I can't get the stain inside of the heel removed. But again something to expect with white shoes. I sprayed these with this twice before the first use. My local cobbler advice to use this for cleaning the fabric (spray and wipe with paper towel immediately after). I use normal soap for cleaning soles and the toe protecting plastic part.

Plastic toe protecting part has started to crease.

I like the details. I like how these are not exact copy of each others but made of random parts of textile. Also if you get these yours won't be identical with mine either.

Pros and cons:

+ very cool overall look

+ vegan

+ details

+ tiny cushion in the sole (but this wasn't needed if it wasn't so rigid and hard..)

+ long enough laces

- pain in the ass to try to keep clean

- borderline too narrow for me

- barely enough volume for me

- rigid and hard sole

- synthetic materials

- made in Vietnam

- tape strings thing

u/MxQueer — 19 days ago
▲ 46 r/barefootshoestalk

When you're showing off your shoes, could please tell what shoes they are

I have seen several posts like this recently and I like to see what you all have. But it has no use for me if I don't know what shoes those are. Maybe there are brands I don't know. Maybe I own some same brand as you and would like to learn what others fit to me. Maybe I have tested some same shoes and they didn't fit to me at all so I would like to know the others to avoid them as well. Maybe I want to ask you how has some of your shoes been.

Also please tell the sizes. It gives at least some idea how sizing varies. Again I might have some same shoes so it's help to know which size is similar when it's some other brand/shoe.

I am not mod or anything, this ain't rule.

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u/MxQueer — 19 days ago
▲ 5 r/AutismTranslated

Learning English involves knowing intonation. Emphasize different words to change meaning.

First of all, I am not sure does this fit here, so feel free to delete.

My friend linked this to me, and even I hate this game, I find the person teaching this well. They pronounces words clearly, photo show the word they highlight as well and meaning is told.

I thought this could be useful for some of you too.

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u/MxQueer — 1 month ago
▲ 10 r/AutismTranslated

I hate small talk but I love rules and knowing what will happen / what I need to do. Why?

I have no idea is this something other person can answer.

Small talk is 100% following script that can be learnt. Sure, no one bothered to taught it to me as child or I refused to listen, I don't know which one. But now in my 30s my dad and people in Reddit had taught me some.

Usually I love when things follow rules / happen every time in same way. Because then I can learn what I need to do. And improve that.

Normal conversations with meaning are great in email. But in real life I am not big fan. There is not enough time to think. And people add some shit like saying one thing and making faces that should signal they mean something else. Sure, sometimes they work out. Lately I have learnt to say I need time to think about this and I'll get back to you later. But it's not practical to use all the time. Also I have learnt people can kinda see my thoughts. It's not only faces I make with purpose they see, they also see those I don't know I make. So either they see my real thought even I don't want to or they see the first reaction which isn't real opinion and judge me based on that.

Anyway, small talk should be perfect if there must be talking, right? Scripted and meaningless. Nothing personal gets shared voluntary nor involuntary. Or maybe I just wish people would in general talk less. Even I can hide that quite well behind talking a lot.

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u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
▲ 26 r/cisparenttranskid

Who do so many cis people ask what do my parents think of me being trans?

I am in my 30s.

This is often ask by close to strangers, like coworker I work with first time (often we have been in same company for a while, can be weeks or years). Or if we have talked bit more, they often ask it first time we talk about trans people / me being trans.

I tried to ask that first in different, not trans related subreddit but got only one answer. After reading your rules, I am not sure is it okay to ask here. Feel free to delete.

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u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
▲ 19 r/AutismTranslated

Difference between autistic vs neurotypical masking?

I have googled it, but answers are quite vague and I am looking for practical examples.

Like "autistic people mask that they're not autistic". Okay but where is the line? If neurotypical is bad in social situations and doesn't like to look at eyes of other people, how they differ? Or isn't it common in general to hide that you don't know/understand something and social game is just one of the skills you can be good or bad at?

Or "autistic people choose the answers for small talk". Don't all people? I mean that is conversation without meaning. No one is answering from their feelings, people have just learnt to say certain words after they hear certain words. And this differs in different languages and cultures. So it can't be born with skill, it has to be taught to people.

Or "autistic people laugh to jokes they don't find funny". Isn't this common? I would have thought this is more neurotypical thing because I have understood they play better this social game of pretending? No?

I have seen mentioned the difference is what consequences person faces if they drop their mask. But that doesn't explain what is the difference in those masks.

What I think I get is I get when I put smile on, I choose to smile in the situation when I wouldn't do it naturally. But that smile is still mine. Sure, I have practiced to do it realistically on command but that was for photographs. While someone doesn't smile naturally and all their facial expressions are built from nothing front of mirror. So I am looking this kind of comparisons. Please correct if I got this wrong. And also, some people do this often and well ("customer voice/talk") while some are very bad at it (we fight with coworker and they don't even try to smile minutes later when we meet customer). I would assume since majority of people are neurotypical, also majority of those who suck at this are neurotypical. So if this is easy for neurotypical and expected from society, why do many choose not to do it?

I have seen people also mentioning tone or tune (I don't know which one is the correct English term). I am quite bad with it so this is probably not worth of explaining, I doubt I can get it.

I am not meaning to belittle anyone. I do believe autistic people masking is more total and more tiring. I am simply asking you to draw the lines between autistic and neurotypical masking.

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u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/jimgreen

People with knowledge of shoemaking: what does this video tell to you?

I understand it's advertising so the point is to make them as company and their boots look great.

Still, can you get something out of this? Something that makes boots repairable? Did they cut corners with something? Something you think is done as it should? My questions are just poor examples, I have no knowledge of shoe making. So please explain with your own words. And please mention which part of video you're referring to. Preferable by time because I might not understand terms you use.

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u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
▲ 38 r/barefootshoestalk

Bahé Revive Original first impression

These are not minimalistic shoe but foot shaped shoes with thicker sole. Minimalistic shoes are not suitable to every person nor every purpose and having shoes made for human feet is still important. Personally I don't like to run on asphalt with minimalistic shoes, it feels too harsh. I also might need these in daily life if my plantar fasciitis starts to hurt again.

I have only run with these once. I'll get back to you when I will have bit more experience of these.

I am going to compare these to Altra Rivera 4 women's. Altra is smaller size, has more cushion and is purely road shoe. So these are not so much comparable. However, I do think same people are considering both brands so I don't think comparing is useless either.

That Altra is too small for me (too short, too narrow and barely enough volume). Also it has so much cushion I don't like to run with it. That much cushion makes my feet kinda feel numb and running wobbly. So, I have been asking around of other brands and eyeing Bahé for a while in order to replace Altra. I chose to order Bahé because I want/need no arch support, zero drop, no toe spring, reasonable flexibility, high or highish volume, enough width for toes and midfoot, not too much cushion, no awful quality reputation and delivered from EU. If I have got the right information, no other brand meets all of those criteria.

My right, longer foot is by my measurements about 23,95cm long and about 9,35cm wide. I got those measurements from standing front of the wall and next to wall. Width is the width or forefoot. I have drawn outlines of my feet few times and by that method got different measurements every time. Also drawing is more about the part that touches floor (expect arches). Most often I wear size 40. I got these in 41.

Outsole : 65% natural rubber

Midsole : 5% sugarcane EVA

Insole : EVOCO’s FATES Bio-foam, 72% bio-content

Upper : 30% recycled polyester mesh

Lining : 30% recycled polyester mesh

Organic cotton laces

TPU heel and toe reinforcements

Certified to be conductive in accordance with EN ISO 20347:2022

Pros and cons:

+ high volume and if you need these would work without insole too

+ wideish toebox

+ zero drop

+ no arch support

+ no toe spring

+ different cushion options

+ versatile sole

+ reasonable flexibility

+ vegan

+ long enough laces

+ nice colors

+ very accurate printout

+ fitting insoles

+ very accurate photo of flexibility in the website

- made in China

edit. - tongue doesn't have loop for laces

For many these might seem too long. I want this kind of not minimalistic shoes to have bit more room front of my toes. Okay, I might could have go with bit shorter shoes but not whole cm shorter as the smaller size would have been. These don't feel too long when running. Toebox fits me very well. These are bit too narrow from midfoot but I believe I can live with that. Heel fits me well. Volume fits me perfectly with insole. And since so many shoes are so low volume, I am very happy about that. If you have lower volume feet, I recommend getting extra insoles. If you have very high volume feet, you can remove insoles. The shoe below insoles is similar material as the top of the insoles (while Altras I have seen are sticky) so it will work without insole, even obviously wear out faster. All Bahé shoes are the same last.

Revive Original is basically same shoe as newer Revive Adapt. Both have 11mm sole + 3mm insole. There are some small differences like loop behind heel in Adapt. Nothing that would make me want to pay 30€ more. Also I glued piece of velcro to behind of the heel in order to be able to attach my Altra gaiters so I believe the loop would actually be liability for me.

There is very, very little of ground feel. But that was expected. These don't feel wobbly nor make my feet kinda numb so the cushion isn't too much for me. It does it's job well: running on asphalt is pleasant. I was considering between this and Flex. I believe I made the right choice.

These have 4mm outsole with 2.5mm lugs. I am not going to trail run with these, I have minimalistic shoes for that. But I still like the versatile sole. I guess I am more used to soles like that. And sole feels sticky, so I believe these work in wet asphalt too.

These are reasonable flexible. Way more than Rivera 4, but these also have lower amount of cushion. However, based on the photos in Bahé's website, I would assume also Endurance to be more flexible (even that either doesn't have as much cushioning as Rivera 4).

These have some water repellent finish. I have no idea how it works. These are bit warm but also my Funq Wear Wide+ Active cushion quarter socks are quite thick.

Bahé has some grounding thing. I am not interested of that. I can feel that in insole but it doesn't bother me.

These have loops for runners knot. And for once laces are long enough to do that.

So far these have the most accurate printout I have seen. This is the way it should be done.

Insoles feel like they're made for this exact size. They're actually bit difficult to remove because there is no gap or anything.

Overall I am very happy with my purchase. I haven't really run on asphalt since transitioning to foot shaped shoes few years ago. Roads I am back!

Review of Altra Rivera 4:

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1qtc7ja/altra_rivera_4_and_vj_sarva_xter_short_time_review/

First impression of Funq Wear Wide+ Active cushion quarter socks:

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1uifq6c/funq_wear_wide_socks_first_impression/

Toe spacers in the photo (I have not reviewed them, I simply link where you can buy them):

https://bahe.co/en-eu/products/toe-spacer-kit

https://myfootfunction.com/products/toe-spacer-2-0

edit. Toe spacers in photo are Level 1.

edit. 2 I emailed Bahé about do all of their shoes have same last. They answered. This shouldn't be worth of mentioning, but not all brands answer to their customs at all.

edit. 3 As u/crent1st pointed out, this kind of soft and sticky sole most likely wears out fast on hard surfaces. I run just for fun so I believe for me these can still be long time shoes. Sons of Sever has plenty of videos Bahé. But they seem to use them mostly on gym and woods if I remember correctly. Also since they test so big amount of shoes, I wonder can they really use any of them enough. Anyway, I recommend to watch their videos and follow their channel for more information about Bahé.

u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
▲ 6 r/barefootshoestalk

Back when using average shoes, did you ever stood on too narrow insole without realizing it?

Time to time my.. front page? shows me people asking sizing advice for their average shoes. And they're standing on insole that can be many cm too narrow. I don't know if I lie but some look 5cm too narrow or something. From toebox and often from midfoot too. But I guess those people are looking for length only and miss the width.

Don't get me wrong, I am not mocking those people. I am 100% sure if I ever would have done that back then, I would have missed the width too. Because from small child I was taught to measure length by putting thumb front of longest toe. But no one told me I should look for width as well.

Did you do it? Did you realize the width is an issue? Did you notice width at all?

Also do you think I should comment the width? When it's about Jim Green, I have recommend AnatomX. But when it's about some brand with no anatomical last I have keep my mouth shout.

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u/MxQueer — 2 months ago
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A collection of photographs from an ethnographic expedition to the Russian Far East (1900–1902)

  1. Russian orthodox priest wearing deerskin

  2. Two Yakut ladies in modern dresses

3. Old Yukagir man

  1. Young Yukagir couple

  2. Rich Yakut woman in expensive traditional clothing

  3. Two Japanese fishermen

  4. Camp of the Tundra Yukagirs

  5. Koryaks in wooden ceremonial masks

  6. Koryaks in wooden ceremonial masks 2

  7. Russian cossack with his family

  8. Yakuts meeting with Russian officials

  9. Koryak children

  10. Koryaks sacrificing a dog

  11. Yakut shaman in ceremonial clothing

  12. Yukagir shaman in ceremonial clothing

  13. Koryak warriors

  14. An Evenk with his children

  15. Koryak woman fishing

  16. Koryak women in grass masks

  17. Young Yakut woman

u/JohnJohnovich228 — 3 months ago
▲ 93 r/NonBinaryTalk

For those who are not planning to transitioning: if you could press a button and get some physical change(s), would you?

Doesn't need to be realistic. Like for example if you're genderfluid and you could become sexfluid, would you? Or can be realistic, maybe you can't afford what you need for example.

Maybe obvious, but the question is not for people who are post-transition.

I got this idea from different subreddit from post made of someone else. I understand rule 6 as it forbids me from telling more, but I also don't want to take credits of this myself.

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u/MxQueer — 3 months ago
▲ 0 r/BuyItForLife

Gustbuster umbrella from EU or to EU?

I have no idea what flair I should pick so please let me know if I got it wrong and I'll change it.

They should be durable and some models go to small space. But do far I have only found them from their UK and USA sites that don't ship to EU, Umbrellaworld that ships to EU but has shipping cost about same price as the product and Ebay where I can't tell is it real or fake.

I understand EU is vague but I do not want to reveal in Reddit where I am from. If you know some EU retailer, please tell me and let me check does it deliver to my country.

If you think Gustbuster doesn't fit to the idea of subreddit or you have some as good or better recommendation, please let me know. Francesco Maglia Storm is unfortunately too expensive for me and too big for my mom. I do not set clear budget limit because she can buy way more expensive than me.

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u/MxQueer — 3 months ago
▲ 0 r/barefootshoestalk

Arches suddenly collapsing. What could cause this?

I have not seen doctor, this is my own observation (and I do not work in health care).

While ago, I felt parts of my feet touching ground that usually are not. I have not trained my arches for a long time, but in my own time I either wear minimalistic shoes or am barefoot. It's summer, so I walk barefoot in the woods time to time too. Sometimes I wear foot shaped shoes with thicker sole but quite rarely. My job requires safety shoes. This is how I have lived maybe 3-4 years. For 2 years, I have balanced daily. Not much, often just brush my teeth while standing on one foot. Time to time my stretching includes balancing. I have not gained weight, I have lost few kg during this summer.

I admit I didn't react as I should and started to train my arches. Now my knees hurt little bit. Now I train.

Years or maybe more than decade ago I went to doctor because of knee pain. They said I have flat feet and I need to train. I did. Problem went away. I stopped training.

Do any of you have any idea what could cause this? Please mention where your information comes from (for example podiatrist, some other doctor, nurse, same happened to you and you went to doctor, you watched Youtube video etc.).

edit. In the beginning, I felt my arches got higher after switching to minimalistic shoes.

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u/MxQueer — 3 months ago
▲ 8 r/barefootshoestalk

Saltic Fly sandals short time review

These are my first pair of sandals since childhood. So I can't compare these to other sandals. Please keep that in mind all the time.

I got these sandals about month ago.

My right, longer foot is by my measurements about 23,95cm long and about 9,35cm wide. I got those measurements from standing front of the wall and next to wall. Width is the width or forefoot. I have drawn outlines of my feet few times and by that method got different measurements every time. Also drawing is more about the part that touches floor (expect arches). Most often I wear size 40. My Saltic Outdoor High is size 40. I got these in size 38-38,5.

I bought these because I wanted sandals that are as adjustable as possible, have some protection for big toe because I tend to kick the ground time to time but don't have edges that would trap rocks in and are not sensitive. These have meet my expectations. And honestly there isn't many options for all that criteria.

So far out of the brands I have tested, Saltic fits me the best. And as with my Outdoor, I wasn't super big fan of these in the beginning but I find myself wearing these most often. I have got mild tan lines from these even I wear safety shoes when working and am barefoot big part of my own time.

First time I put these on it felt weird to see how much my feet can move in these. And I was worried my feet go over the sole. First times wearing these it felt like my big toe would be too close to edge. But after while I forgot to think about that. And my feet have kept inside the soles. And when walking, it doesn't feel like my feet would be moving inside these.

No matter how carefully I close the velcros I can feel them. So for longer use I would recommend socks.

I tend to kick not only the ground but myself too. And edges of the sole are quite sharp. Since the day I broke the skin I have mostly used band-aid. But maybe that's issue with all sandals? Usually there is shoe protecting the spot I kick.

When these get wet, they become rather squishy than slippery (and maybe my feet being so well strapped in there makes these not feel slippery too?). But that has down side: these dry slowly. After getting these wet from puddle water I thought tap water can't be so bad (Saltic advice against washing their shoes) and rinsed these. After about 9 hours they were still damp. Okay, so would be my laundry so not big surprise. I can't tell how long it took to dry but after about 20-22 hours these were dry.

I have run with these, and it was okay. These are quite flexible and my feet didn't move in these. But I prefer my Ahinsa Chitra Trek&Trail even Ahinsa doesn't fit me very well. Ahinsa is more flexible and I like the small cushioning my 3mm Poron insoles I use with them offer.

Saltic sole is great for wet rocks but doesn't work in mud. Soft sole wears out fast in asphalt but so far they have almost no signs of wear. I assume these to be resoleable as other Saltic shoes. But I am afraid upper won't last that long.

These came with lot of glue stains. I tested size 39-40 and those had glue stains as well. These are not for look but for use so not a big deal for me.

Saltic shoes are made in The Czech Republic.

+ highly adjustable

+ shape fits me well

+ protects my big toe

+ works greatly on wet rocks

+ made in the EU

+ decent flexibility

- velrcos feel

- doesn't work in mud

- dries slowly

(- possibly less durable than Saltic shoes usually)

Socks I use with these (I have only used Active cushion quarter socks with these):

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1uifq6c/funq_wear_wide_socks_first_impression/

Sole comparison on wet rocks (these have same sole as Outdoor):

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1u50tlt/comparison_slipperiness_on_wet_rocks/

My posts about Saltic Outdoor:

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1pxyi6r/saltic_outdoor_high_first_impression/

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1s07k09/saltic_outdoor_high_winter_other_notes/

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1rifpmu/saltic_outdoor_is_not_the_shape_nor_the_size_of/

My post about Ahinsa shoes I mentioned:

https://www.reddit.com/r/barefootshoestalk/comments/1segp2j/ahinsa_chitra_trektrail_first_impression/

u/MxQueer — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/barefootshoestalk

Anatomical (not toe) socks for 25cm long and 11,5cm wide high volume feet?

They would be for my friend. My Funq Wear Wide+, Voxx and Be Lenka / Barebarics socks are all too narrow for her. I have listed foot shaped socks so I have a pretty good idea what socks there are. So, I am not asking about wider than average tapered socks. I am not asking from people like me who have quite narrow feet. I am asking help from people who have as wide and high or close as wide and high feet as her. Is there anything that fits? If not, is there anything that isn't awful?

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u/MxQueer — 3 months ago
▲ 0 r/honesttransgender

Transitioning and living as trans in Russia?

I would also be in interested to hear how things have changed. And how and how much it makes difference where in Russia you live. And how easy/difficult it is to move some other country if you consider that as needed/better.

I would like to get answers from people who live in there / are from there / personally know someone from there. I am not interested to hear what Western people who have never visited the country have heard about it.

I ask simply about curiosity. I saw post about FFS made in there and I have Russian cis het coworker I have talked with about his homeland. And one old post of mine got some answer from there. So I decided to made own post about this.

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u/MxQueer — 3 months ago