An illustration showing the same as above, but from our own point of view sort of, looking down at our feet:
Read about foot-binding practices in China, which apparently endured more than a millenium. Seems so outrageous, irrational, absurd... But hey, just look at most modern shoes. They are not exactly ergonomic whatsoever. We are in fact under a disguised, industry-normalized foot-binding practice.
In case you wonder why LLM's hallucinate so badly, ask them about that and they themselves can tell you. Here's what Brave's AI told me, after I discussed with it that it had made a claim assertively as if it was true/verified, when it knew it had not been verified (Machado's arrival in Oslo to receive her Nobel Peace Prize):
My Ecco Soft 7 sneakers with 4mm thick DIY cork insoles. These are very comfortable shoes to begin with, which is why I have in fact two pairs (these and black ones.) The cork insole however improves on their comfort, for me specially for the ball of the foot, that entire arc right behind the toes.
Eating some RGB pixels. They are a very healthy snack!