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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

Shoe then shoe. I generally don't wear socks because I am always wearing dress flats for work, and they are comfy enough for weekends too.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Obviously sock sock, shoe shoe.

Because you grab your pair of socks from the drawer, unroll them, put one on, then you're still holding a second sock... It would be madness to just put down the sock you're already holding.

Finally, shoes, you left them... in some room in the house. Go find them.

[–] Sour_Kabos@reddthat.com 7 points 9 hours ago

Wearing shoes around the house is filthy.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 hours ago

Those two activities are unrelated to me. sock/sock after the shower, shoe/shoe before leaving the dwelling.

[–] BLAMM@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRtcQz8Uqk

[–] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

That depends on if you are a psychopath or not

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 3 points 9 hours ago

In most cases socks then shows. My shoes are by the door so it doesn't make sense to do anything else; shoes are gross and not wearing them inside is better.

Exception: I injured my back and doing sock+shoe was easier but, still, by the door

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 2 points 9 hours ago

Want to weigh in with one more sock/shoe situation: when I'm in the changing room at the pool and the floor around me is wet from me dripping all over, there is no other place to put a socked foot down, so it goes straight into the shoe.

[–] resterWink@lemmy.darkc0de.one 2 points 9 hours ago

Why are am I being interrogated?

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 10 points 14 hours ago

sock/sock shoe/shoe because I put in my socks in the bedroom but don't put in my shoes until I get to the closet by the front door.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Sock shoe for me. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. There's no amount of sweeping and two Roombas that gets all the hair, even with hardwood flooring.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Sock/shoe then shoe if you're playing dwarf fortress...

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone wearing one sock and shoe with one fully naked foot is either deeply deranged or some kind of alien pod person. It is a pale approximation of human behavior. Unless you are stumbling away from a grenade attack or something, there is no reason to ever exist like that, even momentarily.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

This is the best response in the thread!

[–] Janx@piefed.social 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Sock/sock, then shoe/shoe. Because I'm not a psychopath...

[–] AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shoes belong in the entryway. Socks in the bedroom. Socks will always be put on before shoes.

There are a couple of niche situations where one might put socks and shoes on at the same time/place, but the norm of socks first then travelling to the shoes dictates that socks first, shoes after.

The one exception is when for example, changing in a public space, or outside, where you don't want to get your sock dirty, so you put sock then shoe and then sock then shoe

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 15 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Sock/sock, then shoe/shoe, because the shoes are in a different room. Walking around in shoes indoors is a big nono.

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 55 points 1 day ago

Sock, sock shoe, shoe.

Usually because I put my socks on in the bedroom, but my shoes are by the back door: i don't put them on unless I am going outside.

[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shoe/shoe then sock/sock so your shoes don't get dirty

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

Makes sense - socks are way cheaper than shoes!

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago

Sock/sock and then shoe/shoe, BECAUSE the shoes may not be in the same room as the socks.

How do you like them apples?

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Sock, sock, show, shoe.

Sometimes you grab two socks and then one of the socks is wrong. I'm not walking around in one shoe to fix my sock problem.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Sock/sock, then shoe/shoe. If you had to RUN FOR YOUR LIFE in the middle of putting on shoes, would you rather have one shoe on or two socks on?

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Sock/sock, shoe/shoe. I'm not a monster.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Left sock right sock left shoe right shoe

I dont want a shoe and sock on one foot and nothing on the other, how does that not drive you nuts

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[–] micgerne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

I like to be different and go shoe/sock

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago

Socks, then shoes. My socks are stored in my bedroom, and my shoes near the entryway of my home. I'm not one of those filthy casuals who wears their shoes inside.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My shoes stay at the door and never used in the house.

So sock sock first then shoe shoe.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Maybe it's cultural but I don't understand why would anyone wear shoes at home.

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sock shoe, sock shoe, because I have a golden retriever and don't want her fur on my socks.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sock Sock Shoe Shoe.

because I'm not a fucking lunatic sociopath.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Came here to make the exact same comment. Now I just have to upvote it.

[–] fork@feddit.online 3 points 23 hours ago

Depends on my mood. I'm a moody person.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Shoe/shoe.

Take it sleazy.

[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

I'm rarely in the position where I put my shoes on at the same time as my socks. Socks go on when I get dressed, shoes go on when I go out, unless maybe I'm camping in a small tent getting dressed rarely coincides with when I go out. I assume this is the case for most people.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Normal shoes I'll do sock/sock shoe/shoe. For lace up calf length boots I'll do sock/boot sock/boot because it's a whole process and if I don't adjust the sock just right it gets super bunched or overly tight on the toesies.

So, really, it depends on the context.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

sock shoe, because that foot is already up in the "operating theatre" so to speak

then the other sock and shoe

one foot at a time

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand the logistics.

Do you go to your bedroom, grab a pair of socks, walk with them in hand to the door, and then juggle them while putting everything on?

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago

Yes, except for the juggling: I have a seat by the door like Mr. Rogers and change there.

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This was on an episode of Archie Bunker.

Socks first. Some days I don't go outside at all but am wearing socks around the house.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Sock/sock shoe/shoe. Because having one foot warmer than the other while I'm tying my laces is unreasonably annoying.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

socks. I walk around in socks before I go up and put on shoes.

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