#i so expected the joke to be 'who needs elastic shoelaces? i never tie my shoes and ive only broken my nose eight times' or smth

[fedoranon]

Okay, a couple weeks ago I asked if people were legit bending over to tie their shoes every morning and I think I've figured out the problem in my mental framework

Image ID: a sneaker, with the ends of the laces fished back through the part of the lacing that goes through the hole in the shoes, instead of being tied in any kind of way. End ID.

So at the time my work shoes had broken and I was wearing slides temporarily, but generally I either do that ↑ or knot my shoes at the very end of the laces because if I try to tie them in the normal fashion, the standard laces will be too tight while boot laces are still way too long.

I also have to buy double extra wide shoes in an above average size, hence the standard laces not being long enough to both lace and tie

So yeah, when you do that ↑ you don't have to bend over and tie the shoes, and since the shoes are only barely loose enough to be comfortable, they aren't gonna fall off.

So I guess... People with normal sized feet... don't do this? Weird.