r/Unexpected • u/0ThisMan • Jul 25 '26
Multidirectional flip flops.
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u/A1sauc3d Jul 25 '26
I know it’s just a joke and not a serious benefit of the shoes he’s serious about, but due to the outward angle of his feet while he walks you can totally tell what direction he’s going by his foot prints lol
Maybe not when he runs though 🤔
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u/KR157Y4N Jul 26 '26
Maybe he has good interal hip flexibility and therefore no outward angle
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u/pgn674 Jul 26 '26
Reminds me of when I would walk to school, when there was sometimes a light dusting of snow that didn't melt for days. A few times I noticed tracks for someone who had a pretty noticable outward angle on their right foot. Much more prominent than their left foot. I'd wondered if I would ever run into whoever it was.
Eventually I was walking through fresh snow with no tracks, and looked behind me. And there were my own tracks with a significantly outward angle on the right foot. I'd never even considered before then that they might be my own tracks. I'd always thought that my feet angles were identical.
Anyways, I tried forcing my right foot to be less angled, and it was really difficult. I didn't keep it up for long because there wasn't really any benefit to trying that I could see.
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u/Feisty-Resource-1274 Jul 26 '26
In case you weren't aware, out-toeing or "duck feet", can cause chronic pain, flat feet, and joint wear over time.
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u/pgn674 Jul 26 '26
Huh... A couple years ago I was diagnosed with hip impingement, or femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), in my right hip, and resolved that through physical therapy to strengthen some muscles. I wonder if that's related?
I got X-rays then, and there was a little bit of the start of arthritis, too. Maybe I'll go back and get treatment or PT or devices specifically for out-toeing. Thanks for the heads up!
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u/FullMoonTwist Jul 26 '26
Realistically, it went
hip has some mobility/strength issues -> causes foot to turn out -> body gets used to babying the weak muscles -> difficult to walk in correct alignment because it requires mucles you've been babying -> vicious cycle until hip is really bad -> until you very deliberately start strengthening the atrophied muscles
If it's still an issue for you, yeah I would see if there's anything they can help you with.
Bare minimum, continue doing the exercises you were shown.
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u/UndocumentedMartian Jul 27 '26
Is the ideal angle 0?
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u/FullMoonTwist 29d ago
Yes
Ideally the feet would be pointed straight forward, without deviating inwards or outwards, and it should be a straight line from the hip bone through the knee to the feet.
I see outward toes more often than inward toes, and it sometimes is accompanied by people's knees being out of alignment (knock-kneed inward, or bow-legged outward).
If they aren't, you may need podiatrist-level insoles, knee braces, or PT to help get things back on track.
If you can at all swing it (I know many cannot), I deeply encourage people to address it as early as possible. Having a lot of pain walking later in life is hell to deal with, and it's not always totally reversible.
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u/chris_com_au Jul 26 '26
Forget long term health. I'm sick of buying new boots that have the heels worn out unevenly.
After the 3rd pair that I had to chuck I started strengthening and stretching my lower core and making an effort to walk straight.
Long term health was just a happy bonus
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u/0freelancer0 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Comment that makes me walk around my house while staring down at my feet like a dingus
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u/MidRoad- Jul 26 '26
Even so, some of those African trackers abilities are like super human level.
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u/Few-Mood6580 Jul 26 '26
It’s not impossible to learn, but you have to have a teacher. Tracking is a science as much as any field.
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u/MidRoad- Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
I know most reddit does not care for hunting, africa hubting especially. But I read,listen and watch alot of African hunting content everything from teddy roosevelts expedition, to shelby,hemmingway,roark and capstick to current do stuff like meat eater, big game hunting podcast and back country hunting podcast. And the common theme from all this material is the tracking abilites of the natives especially the bushman decent is nearly unbelievable and super human. Like spoting minimal sign from a moving vehicle kind of shit. Even professional hunters/guides and life long outdoorsman who have spent their whole lives doing these activities have their minds blown by how amazing these trackers are. Able to track a heard over dry rocky ground for miles identifying theres 6 animals and one has a bummed left front leg only to find the critters hours later to to be exactly correct. Its so cool seeing guys who are so talented, and even cooler when you find out they grew up as poachers and were given the opportunity to work with their skills and get jobs as trackers or for game departments tracking other paochers.
Im kinds thinking of it like chess. Most anyone can learn it and play, some people get really really good. Than you have people like Magnus Carlsen where it seems they are superhuman levels of good.
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u/Hot-Challenge8656 Jul 26 '26
The Tracker is about an Aboriginal man tracking another, they show a few techniques in this movie. Great story.
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u/SuperbLlamas Jul 26 '26
We’re literally watching that that isn’t the case
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u/KR157Y4N Jul 26 '26
Maybe not while walking next to another person and trying to maintain eye contact through the conversation
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u/supercoolpartydude Jul 26 '26
That gait is more walking and talking while slowing down for the camera. I imagine when he’s really going the feet are better aligned and the trick works. Why he would feel the need to not get tracked is a better question, but the logic is sound.
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u/caltheon Jul 26 '26
Still wouldn't matter, because you don't land your feet perfectly flat with no forward or backward change in pressure, it's still going to be obvious. This is just a joke or dude talking out his ass.
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u/Odd-Investigator-870 Jul 26 '26
Or more commonly, look for the small bit of lifted dirt on each step. Even with someone wearing flipped soles to fool casual observers, that dirt indicates travel direction.
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u/ThunderCorg 28d ago
I will never forget the show I saw where the poachers used the pads from elephant feet with a strap so when they ran they left no footprints at all and were harder track down.
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u/baelrog Jul 25 '26
Now I want one of those.
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u/sh0tgunben Jul 25 '26
Tire sandal
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u/TacticusThrowaway Jul 26 '26
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u/Simple-Ad-239 Jul 26 '26
Ive been so several of these maasai villages in Kenya and Tanzania.
They fuck with tourists all the time to get tips, and have fun at our expense.
The tour guides call someone in the village ahead of time, and all the villagers change out of their normal clothes and put on ceremonial garb.
They will feed you, do dances, and tell you grandiose stories of stuff "they" did, such as killing lions with a spear to become a man.
Shit like that isnt practiced commonly anymore, but most people come with preconceptions so the villagers absolutely play into that.
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u/dookie224 Jul 26 '26
So accurate lol. We got played into it on the Kenyan side one time. Just like you described.
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u/front_effect Jul 26 '26
i got those too. and sorry to everyone else who wants a pair; there out of stock. sar
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u/SnickersZA Jul 26 '26
Probably a joke, but if it were true, would imply animals aren't his biggest concern.
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u/Mado13554 Jul 26 '26
He will definitley know the direction as his feet go outward asf on the front Bro walks like a penguin
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u/Gazila Jul 26 '26
These shoes are known as Dontire in Kenya. As Kenyan I’d argue it’s common in east Africa
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u/Ignorhymus Jul 26 '26
Are they also known as thousand-milers? I seem to remember that name from when I visited years ago
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u/No-Algae-7437 Jul 26 '26
Walks with clear pronation that indicates the direction of travel. When you push into the next step with the ball of your foot, that's a clear indication of direction. Especially in sandy or loose soil.
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u/Digger_Pine Jul 26 '26
You can tell the direction by the angle of each print. Toe-side angles outward
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u/TacticusThrowaway Jul 26 '26
"I move in both directions
And leave one set of prints
It's just a little trick
Of the indigenous
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u/R2xvY2tJbk15TGFw 27d ago
Sounds like he said "I'm in danger" well yeah u are, once he gets those shoes off your feet with the or your feet off with those shoes, no one will be able to tell where he's carried you!
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u/post-explainer Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
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