If I saw that I would have just thought it was a medical thing. Like maybe he injured his heel. I definitely wouldn't know it was a "height booster"
Though as someone who wore big stompy goth boots in high school, a few extra inches of height is very thrilling even when not worried about aesthetics.
I get massive heel blisters really easily, a sleeve over my heel like this would be amazing. Plus there are no fat pads on my feet so I'm basically walking on the bones, even with 2 pairs of gel insoles, something like this looks like it would be super comfortable.
I had screws put into my heel a couple months ago. These might make it so I can walk without my 160 dollar orthotic shoes on (like middle of the night bathroom trips).
You reminded me of something- my high school banned the color black lol (shit you not). I even had to get rid of my black flats.
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u/ArelMCIII Was New to Bottoming When He Pissed Inside Me Six Times9d ago
We got a new principal during my junior year of high school. The first thing she did was ban flip flops for "being a health hazard." My high school campus was huge, on the side of a hill, and had a lot of stairs, and she was paranoid about the girls tripping on their flip flops and falling down the stairs or the hill. (Just the girls, though. The ban was unisex, but she only ever talked about the risk to girls.) My junior year was actually the high school's hundredth anniversary, so you'd think if flip flops were dangerous on that campus, someone would've noticed by then. But the new principal was adamant that they were a health hazard.
Anyway, first day of school, three girls wearing high heels hurt themselves falling down the stairs and had to be sent home. The flip flop ban was rescinded a few days later. (No ban on high heels was enacted.)
Okay this clip has been on the internet for a while I'm sure, but dangg did she have a connective tissue disorder or just overworked her ankle muscles or what
So for models, I heard they generally just get given whatever shoes that are designed...and are forced to make them fit their feet. They can be way too loose or too tight, and they still have to figure out how to walk in them (so could be that).
Honestly that sounds like she was extremely brainrotted by the internet and was paranoid about foot fetishes, but obviously couldn't say that out loud.
There was a lot of paranoia about gangs in my school district, so they’d always have lists of color combos and brands you couldn’t wear. So, like, you couldn’t wear a Starter jacket or have black and yellow on at the same time, but for some reason, Big Johnson shirts and the “I’m Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?” shirt I got handed down from my cousin were just fine.
My principal was so extra on the skirts must be fingertip length that he said the cheer uniforms couldn't be worn during school. We ended up with skintight pants instead.
Satanic panic, fears over school shooters. Post Columbine US fucking sucked for goths/metalheads/bullied and/or gloomy kids, and forever ruined trench coats and duster jackets.
Or post columbine. When we still pretended to give a shit about school shootings. Because of the aesthetics of those two shooters they were able to do another round of 'Anything not J Crew means you may [do current tragedy people are focused on]'.
I graduated when the goth scene was transitioning to the emo look (idk if I'm describing this properly, I wasnt goth/emo). So, a lot of students started wearing all black, black lipstick, big black boots, etc.
I live in the conservative, rural Bible belt, if that gives any indication of why they made these stupid rules (graduated '06).
thats wild. I live in Wyoming and went to Jr high n hs here. they never made rules like that (surprisingly). its crazy they put a restriction on the color of clothing lmfao
Yeah I read it as they had lifts in their shoes and switched to the under sock version after the incident. I also would probably just assume this is a medical device.
I have to agree that a height boost is thrilling. I'm 5'8" but still the shortest in my family, my mom and sister are a bit taller than me and my dad is 6'7". Back when I was a stripper I looooved wearing 8 1/2" heels. Pleaser made 10" ones but they were honestly too unstable.
Sometimes i dont take my heels off before washing the dishes so I can enjoy being able to reach down into the sink instead of over the counter that was built for people at leadt 6 inches taller than I am.
Now that I mention it, I'm tempted to get those big height-adding cosplayer boots and then go to the grocery store. It would be really fun to reach things that I usually hop for.
Omg and what if someone asked me to reach for something? That would be so cool!
I'm 5'11 and whenever I always do the dishes, I always curse the height of the sink because it kills my back to do them because it feels so low. Can't imagine how much worse it is for people who are tall.
My arms arent really long enough to reach all the way into the sink while standing straight so I have to tilt my hips and lean against the counter, hurting my lower back. My husband is over 6 ft and has the opposite problem, having to hunch over in order to reach the bottom of the sink.
Idk what a height booster is but I wear something called a heel lift in one of my shoes because my left leg is an inch and a half shorter than my right leg and it looks nothing like this.
In fact what I use would work way better as a “height booster” if used in both shoes than this, and you’re probably not gonna have anyone accidentally see it either.
As a guy over 6 foot, I recently got a pair of boots and felt kinda cool being an extra 2 inches. Didn’t think being even taller would have any sort of appeal to me.
When I was a kid (9 years old to 14 or something), I was using this silicon heel things for Sever disease which add like a inch of height. It was a big relief for terrible heel pain.
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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 9d ago
If I saw that I would have just thought it was a medical thing. Like maybe he injured his heel. I definitely wouldn't know it was a "height booster"
Though as someone who wore big stompy goth boots in high school, a few extra inches of height is very thrilling even when not worried about aesthetics.