• Zloubida@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    In German, slipper is Hausschuhe, literally “home-shoes”. I have two pairs of shoes, one for the exterior of the house, and one (my slippers) for the interior of the house, because my exterior-shoes are dirty with exterior-things, when my home-shoes stay clean. Cleanliness is the only reason I have slippers.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I know what you mean, but English, “exterior of the house” usually refers to the outside walls of the house. So I am imagining you walking around on the exterior walls of your home with your special wall walking shoes like Pipi Longstocking.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      Sorry to tell you but your house floor is still dirty. With the flesh from your body, the debris from entropy dissolving your possessions, even with outside things like tyre dust and petrol fumes and pollen and evaporated dog piss. If your shoes are wiped to where they look clean, wearing them indoors isn’t going to make much difference. And you should always assume every floor is dirty when you make a 5-second rule decision. Now excuse me, I gotta go swiff my floors.

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          13 days ago

          Changing shoes is not going to protect you from bird flu. It’s respiratory like regular flu and COVID and RSV, all of which are why I KN95 up when going indoors around people away from home.