recursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024

Someone in my life was recently talking about masked autism in adults:

The naive clinician or therapist asks, "do you have difficulty with socks?" and the autistic adult says no and concludes they don't have autism

The really knowledgeable one asks, "so tell me about socks," and receives a massive infodump about the very specific choices they made about socks and comfort

Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈
Some day I want radiant floor heat and better insulation, I don't really like wearing socks indoors at all
Dec 20, 2024 at 6:19amWeb
Show threadstudio craque 54 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024
@recursive hahaha socks no
Show threadstudio craque 54 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024
@recursive even so i own several pairs of very specific socks, ones that do not go above my ankle.
Show threadMicahDec 20, 2024

@dtauvdiodr @recursive
I'm mostly okay with socks, but can't stand socks that go past my ankle.

Also, why do socks have to be so... messy? My wife's sock drawer looks like an explosion of color (in neatly rolled up balls) while mine is just a bunch or the exact same sock. Any time I need new socks I try to get the exact ones I have, and if I can't then I throw ALL the old ones away and buy many new identical pairs.

But yeah, I don't have any difficulty with socks... because I figured out the very weird and specific way to avoid difficulties for myself.

Show threadIrenes (many)Dec 20, 2024
@recursive oh, yeah, we have good insulation and sufficient heating that we just go sockless lately. it's the time of year when we can wear our pretty striped ones, but even so, that's really only for when we're going somewhere and want to look nice.
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024
@ireneista for me it's the slipperiness that's unpleasant, and I hadn't found grippy socks that didn't feel weird (sweaty against the grippy stuff, and annoying to then slip shoes over too)
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024
@ireneista I do use a heated floor mat under my work desk though
Show threadIrenes (many)Dec 20, 2024
@recursive oh yep friction is a big issue for us, and also we have sensitive skin
Show threadIrenes (many)Dec 20, 2024
@recursive or like, lack of friction
Show threadSPICY EVIL CAET🍬🍭🎄Dec 20, 2024
@ireneista @recursive the slippery socks!!
Show threadStrfnurfnDec 28, 2024
@recursive if it helps, you can buy a paint called Sock Stop to make any sock you like into a grippy sock. It's not bumpy either. It was my salvation during quarantine 🙃
Show threadJillDec 20, 2024
@recursive i have moved to wearing cheap soft house slippers and they really work for me. They aren't tight like socks or annoying seams. They keep my feet warm enough but not too warm. Washable. And wearing them reduces the sensory experience of walking on different flooring. I usually find mine at Asian grocery stores in the US.
Show threadMurdoc Addams 🧛🏻 🇨🇦Dec 20, 2024
@JillsJoy @recursive
Slippers are indeed the way. Especially the soft and cushiony kind. 
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireDec 20, 2024

@recursive my problem with socks is that I wish I could wear the ones I make, but my feet are too sensitive

my other problem is that the socks I buy are boring, but buying more interesting ones means I have to make more decisions about what I wear, and I don't like that either

Show threadSky, Cozy Goth Prince of CatsDec 20, 2024
@WizardOfDocs @recursive hard same on not feeling comfortable in socks I handmake, the yarn/stitch size for a reasonable hand-knit is too big so it feels like walking on pebbles for me
Show threadAnkeDec 20, 2024
@WizardOfDocs @recursive When I find socks I like, I buy a dozen pairs or more, so of that particular kind (short socks, thin knee socks) I have a lot of identical ones. That means I don't have to match pairs, and I don't have to worry about the colour clashing with the colour of my pants, andif two of them get lost or too damaged, I'll only be down one pair, instead of two, like I'd be if each pair were a different colour!
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireDec 20, 2024

@Anke @recursive the kind of socks I buy tend to come in packs of six pairs, which makes this kind of thing easier

Agree about the colors; I don't like wearing mismatched socks

Show threadAndrew BartlettDec 20, 2024

@recursive I put a clearly neurospicy mind to the choice of downstairs flooring.

I have to say the days of research and work to find R and u values were worth it, ended up with compressed bamboo over a thermal break underlay. The combination of that layer of (urgh) tiny polystyrene beads and the thermal mass and mild insulation of the bamboo is just warm and just soft enough.

(Replaced 80s cheap carpet over cheap and expired underlay on concrete).

Oops: I just proved that point re an essay...

Show threadein kleines zDec 22, 2024
@recursive
I need socks or slippers indoors because the floor is never ever 100% clean and I can't stand if there's anything sticking to the soles of my feet, a crumb or a hair or anything. That's unignorable when I'm indoors. At the beach I'll be fine with sand on my feet, but indoors one grain of sand is too much.