• @[email protected]
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    25 months ago

    This is the first I’m hearing about double socking needing to be dress socks, are you sure that’s a thing?

    • Xanthrax
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      5 months ago

      Yeah, I learned it from guys in the army. It’s because dress socks reduce friction, and the normal socks absorb sweat.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        Why doesn’t the army just make blister-preventing socks?

        That really sounds like some amazing government invention that gets everywhere. Like accelerometers. Or Tang.

          • @[email protected]
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            15 months ago

            Nah a lot of times government inventions get sold under license. Gov invents it and private industry perfects it. Within 5 years you’d have Darn Tough blisterproof socks and gov gets a fraction of every sale. It’s how NASA has the best ROI in the government.

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      35 months ago

      Not really, but because dress socks tend to be thinner, they won’t feel as bad as two regular socks in one boot.