Shoes
Lifts and trains, these are places where the smart person checks out the shoes of others.
Beats looking them in the eyes. 9 times out of 10, all you see is the terror that is reflected by their choice of shoes.
It’s bad karma to see that terror. The good you feels empathy and wants to do something for them, but doesn’t, for practical reasons.
Back to the shoes, Oliver.
The centre point is comfort with no compromise. The near-universal deviation that comes with the terror is simultaneously individualised and corporatised, by branding, design, colour, cut and material.
And often along with just sheer stupidity. Geez there are some dumbarse options out there.
And so [many/much] bunions, hammertoe, heel spurs, ingrown toenails, neuroma, plantar fasciitian, sesamoiditis, tinia, and shin splints.