shirtless in parks-how do you feel
slithernoggin said:I see a shirtless man, his rolls of fat glistening as the sweat oozes down his hairy rolls. Drawing closer, the rank odor of his sweat wafts past my nostrils. Suddenly, my stomach starts to churn and I feel bile rising in my throat.
Hey, hey, hey, hey--- just because someone's overweight or has body hair, don't assume they know nothing about personal hygiene. Some of you buff types and skinny boys aren't exactly the Yankee Candle Scent of the Month either.
1. Your skin is a big sensory organ basically, like your eyes and your ears. When youre forced to wear a shirt its comparable to having eyepatches over your eyes and earplugs in your ears as far as your body is concerned. Yoru body wasnt designed to have some artificial peice of cloth over your skin.
Wearing a shirt cuts off alot of the sensory information your body assimilates and processes and thus really cuts you off from the world and prevents you from getting the full experience of the environment around you and your surroundings.
The same goes for wearing shoes, your feet were meant to be able to come in contact with the ground, when they cant its like they have blinders on to the world.
Wearing shirts and shoes can be just as dangerous to your well being as you might think going barefoot or shirtless is. By wearing shirts/shoes your body is unable to know whats going on around it and isnt able to react to things that might keep you safe and from getting into accidents.
If you go barefoot for example, your feet feel everything beneath them and if you step on something hazardous, your body automatically knows this and you step away from it, if youre wearing shoes your body doesnt know this and you can step on something that might cause you to trip and fall or break your foot.
When barefoot you automatically have the urge to be more careful about where you walk because you know youre more vulnerable and thus youre more likely to watch where you step and thus avoid accidents.
Wearing some flip flops doesnt keep your feet safe nearly as much as going barefoot does and if you do it enough your feet get tougher and thus youre more likely to prevent injury if you do in fact step on something that might hurt you.
As for going shirtless, if you go shirtless youre more aware of temperatures around you and youre more likely to seek cover when it gets too hot or too cold because you body automatically knows when it gets to the point it cant tolerate something.
Also when your torso comes in contact with something harmful to your body like a hot seat on a ride or if you get too close to something sharp or dirty your body can feel this and you avoid it before you would otherwise hurt yourself if you had to wait to feel it through the shirt. Obviously the shirt might offer some protection against some of these things but then again it also prevents your body from detecting these things sooner so you can avoid them.
Alot of people also like the feeling of taking their shoes off at the end of the day, well what if you could have that feeling on your torso as well and could feel that feeling on your torso and feet all day everyday. If people had the choice to go barefoot and shirtless whenever they wished, im sure alot of people even those who dont like to see other people barefoot or shirtless would do it and then they would find out that its not so bad and thus they wouldnt have a problem with other people who do it because they would realize how much fun it must be for them.
2. Being required to wear a shirt at a park is comparable to being required to wear gloves on your hands at a park. Most people would be appauled to be required to wear gloves on their hands in order to come into a park. Yet people worry more about their hands and getting them dirty or poking their fingers on something than they do about going shirtless and yet its going shirtless that is banned at parks and not gloveless hands. For me being required to wear a shirt at a park is the same as if you were required to wear gloves on your hands at a park. Im sure all the risks of going shirtless at a park could be said of having your hands exposed without gloves on as well.
Anyways those are just two things I think it would be good to consider. Maybe some of you never thought of it like that but I thought it might help to give some people a different perspective on the issue.
Mike131 said:
I want to make a couple extra points why going shirtless at a park is a good thing. So consider this...1. Your skin is a big sensory organ basically, like your eyes and your ears. When youre forced to wear a shirt its comparable to having eyepatches over your eyes and earplugs in your ears as far as your body is concerned. Yoru body wasnt designed to have some artificial peice of cloth over your skin.
Wtf, your comparing a shirt to being blind or deaf?
By the way Mike131, its "your", not "yoru".;)
what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
The same goes for wearing shoes, your feet were meant to be able to come in contact with the ground, when they cant its like they have blinders on to the world.
Wearing shirts and shoes can be just as dangerous to your well being as you might think going barefoot or shirtless is. By wearing shirts/shoes your body is unable to know whats going on around it and isnt able to react to things that might keep you safe and from getting into accidents.
If you go barefoot for example, your feet feel everything beneath them and if you step on something hazardous, your body automatically knows this and you step away from it, if youre wearing shoes your body doesnt know this and you can step on something that might cause you to trip and fall or break your foot.
When barefoot you automatically have the urge to be more careful about where you walk because you know youre more vulnerable and thus youre more likely to watch where you step and thus avoid accidents.
Wearing some flip flops doesnt keep your feet safe nearly as much as going barefoot does and if you do it enough your feet get tougher and thus youre more likely to prevent injury if you do in fact step on something that might hurt you.
Man.... this puts you into a whole new category of a joke on these forums.
Going barefoot is FAR from safe, especially on a hot day. Most people's feet aren't made of rubber so let us count thy ways why it's best to wear some protection, whether be sneakers, sandles, or "flip-flops".
> On a hot sunny day, your feet will ROAST on the cement and black-top. Most waterparks have cement to help reflect the heat, but it doesn't always help. The blacktop is much worse. I saw a video of some retarded kid your age that was dared to run down his street in Arizona in the middle of July for maybe 100 yards. The showed his feet afterwards and they were literally melted! Skin was oozing off and had to be carted to the hospital. It's your own safety.
> Wearing SOMETHING on your feet protects you from stepping on something you may otherwise hurt yourself on, including glass and sharp objects.
> A lot of parks have cement that is textured, and when you walk/run around on that for awhile, your feet take a beating and will make it sore vs. sandles or other foot wear that will protect the bottom of your feet.
> Wearing some kind of footwear will protect you more from slippage on melted food or water, especially on blacktop. Barefeet have a much better chance of slipping on a wet blacktop surface than someone who has traction on their footwear, therefore not holding the park liable if you get hurt.
> Safety is the biggest factor. A rusty nail or rusty object that would have otherwise been deflected from real footwear would go right into your foot (no matter how "tough" you make it), and wham, you're stuck with Tetanus poisioning.
Finally... it's safety against guests. You know how many foot fungi's there are? How many foot diseases, and other problems that exist from the feet? Imagine if they did allow those onto dry rides and others then step in it. I don't want your diseased foot problems travelling to mine, that's why they make you wear shoes on coasters that are not suspended & all flats where your feet touch the floor... because the next guest can easily touch the fllor where your disgusting feet were touching. No thanks!
I don't want "tough feet". That is just a retarded statement... why do I want feet that feel like a leather shoe? It doesn't feel good on me, and I'm sure my woman doesn't appreciate it either. Nobody would be willing to give me a footrub anymore.
Feet with blinders? It needs to breathe? You're almost saying that every part of the body is an individual living thing with a personality of its own. That makes absolutely no sense. It's called PROTECTION, buddy. It's safety. Welcome to 2006, where medical discoveries found out that there's very little ozone to protect your skin, the planet's heating up & we know long-term effects of exposed skin, not to mention the conseqences of walking around bare foot in the heat of the day on blacktop during a 90 degree day with the sun glaring down without shade.
Me being shirtless doesnt "make" you vomit. You vomit because you chose to, I dont force you to do it.
Oh, I don't think so. I have been sick many times in my life and never have I "chose" to vomit. It's a reaction. And, if you're a dumpy, ugly little monkey, looking at you might cause me to vomit. Just like some people vomit at the sight of someone else vomiting.
Mike131 said:
1. Your skin is a big sensory organ basically, like your eyes and your ears. When youre forced to wear a shirt its comparable to having eyepatches over your eyes and earplugs in your ears as far as your body is concerned. Yoru body wasnt designed to have some artificial peice of cloth over your skin.Wearing a shirt cuts off alot of the sensory information your body assimilates and processes and thus really cuts you off from the world and prevents you from getting the full experience of the environment around you and your surroundings.
(begin wondering) Hmm, what would be Mike's take on circumsicion?(/end wondering)
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I guess this means that wearing a condom also cuts off sensory information? Wonder what Mike131 thinks?
Wtf, your comparing a shirt to being blind or deaf?
As far as your body is concerned its the same thing. Your brain gets fed information about your surroundings from your skin the same way it does from your eyes and your ears. Thus you get the same effect if you cover either one up. Your body becomes more vulnerable because it cant connect with the world around you as well as it should be able to.
By the way Mike131, its "your", not "yoru".
Well my computer/keyboard is a peice of crap and sometimes when I write alot it makes mistakes.
Man.... this puts you into a whole new category of a joke on these forums.
Well im glad youre amused....
Going barefoot is FAR from safe, especially on a hot day. Most people's feet aren't made of rubber so let us count thy ways why it's best to wear some protection, whether be sneakers, sandles, or "flip-flops".
> On a hot sunny day, your feet will ROAST on the cement and black-top. Most waterparks have cement to help reflect the heat, but it doesn't always help. The blacktop is much worse. I saw a video of some retarded kid your age that was dared to run down his street in Arizona in the middle of July for maybe 100 yards. The showed his feet afterwards and they were literally melted! Skin was oozing off and had to be carted to the hospital. It's your own safety.
Thats because if you wear shoes all the time and go barefoot only sparingly your feet and the skin on them is not used to being unprotected thus it has no need to build up any sort of resistance to the world around you. If you go barefoot enough your feet toughen up to the point where you can handle things better. Also if you limit the amount of time your feet are actually in contact with the ground and you limit the amount of time your feet touch hot surfaces then you can keep your feet from getting hurt badly.
> Wearing SOMETHING on your feet protects you from stepping on something you may otherwise hurt yourself on, including glass and sharp objects.
Wearing some flimsy flip flops are not going to stop you from stepping on things and potentially hurting yourself, in fact it can increase your chances of stepping on such things and increase your chances of actually hurting your feet. When you go barefoot the skin on your feet gets tougher and you can step on things and most of the time your foot wont get hurt. Also when you are barefoot you notice things on the ground easier and its easier to avoid things in the first place or make sure you dont press your foot down when you do step on things. If youre wearing shoes your feet cant tell what youre stepping on and you could potentially step on something and hurt yourself needlessly because your feet dont know whats there and they are not suitably built up to protect themselves from such things.
> A lot of parks have cement that is textured, and when you walk/run around on that for awhile, your feet take a beating and will make it sore vs. sandles or other foot wear that will protect the bottom of your feet.
Ive found that if you can get your feet wet and run/walk quickly between areas out in the sun and those in the shade then you can limit the amount of hot surfaces your feet come in contact with and you can limit the amount of time your feet are actually touching such surfaces and you can limit the damage to your feet. Wearing flip flops can prevent this but they allow your feet to be vulnerable to more dangerous things and your feet cant do their job.
> Wearing some kind of footwear will protect you more from slippage on melted food or water, especially on blacktop. Barefeet have a much better chance of slipping on a wet blacktop surface than someone who has traction on their footwear, therefore not holding the park liable if you get hurt.
If you go barefoot enough your feet build up enough traction that you can stay standing and walking in most situations. Ive seen more people slip and fall while wearing shoes than when going barefoot. Besides if you go barefoot and you fall thats your fault for going barefoot, you cant hold the park liable for that.
> Safety is the biggest factor. A rusty nail or rusty object that would have otherwise been deflected from real footwear would go right into your foot (no matter how "tough" you make it), and wham, you're stuck with Tetanus poisioning.
Most people wear flip flops or really flimsy shoes now and those dont do much to deflect objects and also while wearing shoes you cant tell if you step on something like that until it is too late. If you go barefoot enough however the resistance factor comes into play again and your feet are tough enough so that the nail doesnt penetrate the foot, also you notice the nail sooner and you can avoid pressing your foot down before you do any unecessary damage. Also if you get shots regularly then youre less likely to get tetanus if you do step on something hazardous in the unlikely event that it does penetrate your foot.
Finally... it's safety against guests. You know how many foot fungi's there are? How many foot diseases, and other problems that exist from the feet? Imagine if they did allow those onto dry rides and others then step in it. I don't want your diseased foot problems travelling to mine, that's why they make you wear shoes on coasters that are not suspended & all flats where your feet touch the floor... because the next guest can easily touch the fllor where your disgusting feet were touching. No thanks!
Fungi and bacteria like warm damp dark places, if you go barefoot all day even in the unlikely event that you do pick something up, itll probably die before it can do any damage. Youre more likely to get some sort of foot diesease from wearing shoes because it creates the perfect environment for bacteria. Ive heard of more people who wear shoes getting fungi/bacteria than I have from barefoot people. The only reason parks worry about such things is because they are paranoid and listen to the media over-exaggerate the issue needlessly and they have their own barefoot-phobias to deal with. There is no health risk otherwise there would be health codes about weairng shoes in public and there is no code in the health dept that requires shoes for guests at ANY businesses establishment. If there was such a health risk dont you think theyd have a code about such things? Dont beleive everything you hear on the news.
I don't want "tough feet". That is just a retarded statement... why do I want feet that feel like a leather shoe? It doesn't feel good on me, and I'm sure my woman doesn't appreciate it either. Nobody would be willing to give me a footrub anymore.
When I say "tough feet" I mean the skin is more resistant to penetration and damage. I dont mean that your feet would necessarily feel like a leather shoe. Ive never heard of anybody who goes barefoot having this problem. Im sure women would still find your feet attractive. Barefoot people actually have more normal looking feet than shoed people and they are more healthy as well dispite the lies of the shoe companies.
Feet with blinders? It needs to breathe? You're almost saying that every part of the body is an individual living thing with a personality of its own.
I just meant that your feet are not meant to be covered by something and when they are theyre cut off from the world and cannot sense anything like they should. I never said feet had a personality, that would just be silly.
That makes absolutely no sense. It's called PROTECTION, buddy. It's safety. Welcome to 2006, where medical discoveries found out that there's very little ozone to protect your skin, the planet's heating up & we know long-term effects of exposed skin, not to mention the conseqences of walking around bare foot in the heat of the day on blacktop during a 90 degree day with the sun glaring down without shade.
Flip flops do very little to protect your feet from the sun but parks still let guests come in wearing them. Feet are more protected when they are unencombered and allowed to do their job. Youve been listening to too much of the lies coming from the media and the shoe companies which want you to wear shoes so they make money. They dont care about your feet being healthy or your well being, they care about what is in your pocket, youre just a number in their checkbook to them. So think for yourself.
Oh, I don't think so. I have been sick many times in my life and never have I "chose" to vomit. It's a reaction. And, if you're a dumpy, ugly little monkey, looking at you might cause me to vomit. Just like some people vomit at the sight of someone else vomiting.
When youre sick you dont have a choice to vomit yes, but when you see a shirtless guy that you think is ugly you vomit because you were taught that this shirtless guy is ugly and you were taught to be grossed out whenever you see something like that so thats just a natural reaction your body has to that. If you didnt think the guy was ugly and you conditioned your body to not find him disgusting then you would not feel the urge to vomit. You chose to feel that way about the shirtless guy so in a way you did chose to vomit.
I guess this means that wearing a condom also cuts off sensory information? Wonder what Mike131 thinks?
Yes it does but in this case the saftey you get from wearing a condom far outweights the sensory cutoff you receive from it because that sensory information your body is denied is minimal anyways. You DONT have to wear a condom though, but it is advised unless your eager to have children.
When youre sick you dont have a choice to vomit yes, but when you see a shirtless guy that you think is ugly you vomit because you were taught that this shirtless guy is ugly and you were taught to be grossed out whenever you see something like that so thats just a natural reaction your body has to that. If you didnt think the guy was ugly and you conditioned your body to not find him disgusting then you would not feel the urge to vomit. You chose to feel that way about the shirtless guy so in a way you did chose to vomit.
No, I was never "taught" what is considered pretty and what is considered ugly. It's something that I determine for myself.
Yes it does but in this case the saftey you get from wearing a condom far outweights the sensory cutoff you receive from it because that sensory information your body is denied is minimal anyways. You DONT have to wear a condom though, but it is advised unless your eager to have children.
Oh, I always wear condoms. But, by your definition, this is sensory deprivation because your "wee wee" was not intended to be covered. Sorry, you either agree that it's sensory deprivation for your entire body or it isn't. No exceptions to the rules.
Closed topic.
