Throughout the day my left sock slowly rotates around
6d 22h ago by lemmy.world/u/hactar42 in dull_mens_club
It must be how I sit because it doesn't happen to my right foot.
Ah yes. The philosopher's sock. Sockrotates.
Wittiest joke of 2026. Bravo.
I had holes in mine so I took them to a tailor. "Euripides" he stated, "Eumenides?" I asked.
I’m totally using this on my adult children.
Bravo sir 🤌
The skin mites on your left foot socialized and joined forces to shift your sock so they could share the most nourishing parts.
The right foot's ones may be more individualistic.
that's a special feature of hanes socks from walmart.
Self cleaning I see.
I have those same shit socks. Never buying Hanes socks again.
Finally, some dull content!
When I pointed it out to my wife and she just replied with, "I don't know what you want me to do with that information," I knew it was perfect for this community
Think you're due for an alignment
Yeah, it's a combination of toe-in, and negative camber.
The sock topologically rotates because it remembers the wash spin cycle and the dryer.
It becomes entangled.
Socks which disappear in the dryer, well, they just do the equivalent of rotating beyond gimbal lock, in hyperdimensional space, of which our reality is merely a 3D shadow.
... the 'quantum spin' theory of 'socks doing somewhat odd things'.
Then explain the right sock, nerdddddddd
You mean the anti-sock??
You mean quasi-sock
... what right sock?
The right socks spin faster and it’s right side after 12 hrs.
Right sock wants to spin the opposite direction so everything cancels out
You need to buy a new foot.
Just get a new foot so this stops happening. I have some old, discount feet if you want one for cheap. Most are Australian, though I do have some Maltans in here, somewhere.
Officer, right over here.
(an offering of officer feet for your collection)
If I wanted pig feet, I'd take pictures of my own
Ah shit, I fucked up guys. Pack it up in the van. Now the battle is lost!
Pics? I may be interested, but I need to know if they are quality or not. Gotta make sure I'm not getting scammed.
Bro, this is the internet. If you want to look at feet, you can do that. Just don't look at kids' feet. That is unacceptable and I will have to contact the authorities, so I'll leave myself a post-it note or some shit.
It was just a set up for a very played out internet joke. You win some, you lose some I guess. It's all good. No worries.
Tf is a "joke?"
You kids get into some weird shit, I tell ya
Since I'm in North America will they route the other direction
East coast or west coast of North America? Or are you Canadian?
US east coast
Well that's redundant, but that's where the money is. The fame is on the west coast of North America.
It's actually your foot rotating inside the sock.
This is due to the Coriolis effect. In the northern hemisphere the sock rotates clockwise, and in the southern hemisphere it will go counter-clockwise.
How you walk as well maybe. Get scientific about it and keep a notebook where you track the position and what you were doing at the time.
Attach a gyroscope and beam data to your phone!
film it to check how bad your pronation is
Your socks don't fit. Your right foot may be slightly bigger or maybe sticky?
Has the quality of the socks decreased? My last set of those was awful. (Switched to Tesco's workman's socks, last forever)
Anecdotally, every article of Hanes clothing I have ever worn has been of remarkably poor quality.
Can confirm -- i have the same socks and they fucking suck. They started wearing through in like 3 or 4 months. Trying out some Duluth socks.
I'm a dress socks guy, but yes, I have some old socks that were comfortable, the elasticity was perfect. New socks are either stiff, shitty elastic, bad material. I cannot find good ones anywhere, besides one brand in particular. I used to go to express or men's wearhouse and they had great socks (and boxers), and it's like those are t a thing anymore.
I use Tesco workman's socks (I imagine UK only) and step one underwear - really good, but have been advertising recently, so I don't know if they are enshiterfying.
Boxers from Costco, the 32° COOL brand or whatever, do not disappoint.
I get kirky boxer briefs and I'm very much satisfied with them. Unfortunately I just went to Costco yesterday, and the odds I remember your suggestion the next time I go are incredibly slim, but maybe I will!
I know that struggle well. 5 years from now you'll remember the tip at a time and a Costco when you can finally use it...only to discover they've been discontinued mere months prior.
Such is life, we tried lol 🤷♂️
Toe socks! (Also available in non-rainbow)
These come free with your arch distro
I did not get them :(
Mine came free, just $25 in shipping and service fees
Why would you get them in any other color? I mean, every toe is a different color. That's not going to happen with black or blue socks.
Your left sock doesn't follow earths rotation.
Maybe they live on the other side of the globe
My right sock does it! Sock bros
Swap socks with OP to create singularity
Looks like you're making too many left turns.
me getting lost in a fallout game
There's a small beetle living in your shoe whose sole job is to slightly inconvenience you in any way possible. It has arrived on this method of podiatric torture.
If you are lost in the woods just follow the direction of your left sock otherwise you'll end up walking in circles. /s
Foot rotation syndrome
Buy smaller socks?
Wait my left sock does this too, whether I wear my orthotic insoles+sneakers or my house slides, I thought I was the only one
There are dozens two of us
You may pronate on one side. It could be fixable with orthotics.
Your left foot is probably slightly smaller than the right, so the sock is looser, and gets twisted.
It's common to have feet of different sizes. There's nearly a half size difference between mine.
Oh yeah, yeah, definitely. I know some of these words!
You said "how you sit" which makes me think you're not walking much. Do you rub your feet on the floor, carpet, shoe, other foot, etc? Stimming like that can rotate my socks, but I don't have it happen when walking. I don't exactly rub them in the same way
Your big toe is laughing at you.
I have a brand of shorts (Lucky) that I liked so I bought another pair several months later. Both rotate to the left during the day, about an inch and a half. No idea why. No other shorts I own do this. Is there a kinesiologist with a minor in sewing that I could talk to?
OMG, it's THOSE SOCKS
I have several multipacks of those, and while some of my other socks rotate around some, those light grey hanes with the large red letters will not stay put.
Your left foot is a fan of Bonnie Taylor. This is normal.
Is this inside your shoe or walking around in your sock feet. One of my feet turns out a bit (maybe due to a knee injury when I was a kid) and my sock would do this.