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SkylightFlow t1_iul67q8 wrote

Reply to comment by RiceCakeAlchemist in TIL that Koreans have had heated floor technology since at least 1,000 B.C.E. by Nice-Violinist-6395

Maybe I'm just being thick, but I don't get what you mean. I understand it's custom to take your shoes off inside, however I'm not sure why this might be an indication that the person is untrustworthy or should be fled from.

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RiceCakeAlchemist t1_iumn2vh wrote

If a Korean is wearing shoes in anyones home where there isnt some kind of emergency or moving going on, it means

  1. He is there breaking a law.
  2. He is batshit crazy.

Koreans take no shoes in a home rule more seriously than religion.

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InkIcan t1_iun16ko wrote

Suddenly, that Frank Costanza plot line makes so much sense.

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SkylightFlow t1_iuny7ik wrote

Ah, thanks for educating me on how seriously they take it.

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Human_2468 t1_iupbei6 wrote

In college, I went to a party at my friend's place, an American's apartment. The roommate was oriental. Most people took off their shoes. I didn't since my doctor told me not to go bare-footed outside my own house. I didn't want to have my feet injured.

Someone accosted me about not taking off my shoes I said it's an American custom to wear your shoes in the house. They said it was an oriental house, but since my friend was American I said it was an American house.

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SecretInflation6937 t1_iuli79g wrote

Shoes track in germs, heavy metals, and toxic chemicals from outside.

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Reddit_means_Porn t1_iumgj94 wrote

Instead, I take off my own life if I was ever forced to go outside into all the germs and heavy metals.

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