As a baby I was born with a pituitary issue which meant my hands and feet were abnormally small. They never grew that large at all. I can run and walk fine and they're not deformed or anything, just tiny. I might have some weird world record for smallest hands and feet on a fully grown adult!

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 1 points 50 minutes ago

Is this what it sounds like when you walk?

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You should snowboard! I've got size 12 and I'm always getting toe and heel drag when I carve too deep. But you would never need to worry about that. Fucking super power.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah for sure. I wanted to go snowboarding once but the rental place only went down to a kid's size 4 which was too big for me (I'm really a size 2 without orthotics). So if I could find boots that fit, I'd be up for it!

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Do you work at Dunder Mifflin ? Or is this standard office decor in America ?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I showed this to my fiance; she's 5' and has the same exact shoe size.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Haha nice! Small feet united.

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

It always bummed me out that the larger size sneakers were usually ugly compared to the smaller display models. Consider yourself lucky there.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In some dark corner of the internet, there is someone willing to pay a LOT of money for videos of you doing weird shit with your feet.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which dark corner tho?

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not that dark at all. Its called OnlyFans. Although I am sure more "specific" communities more devoted to feet could yield better income. Where those are? No idea. I can barely stand the sight of my own feet without socks.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I can barely stand the sight of my own feet without socks.

Color me intrigued.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

I don't like feet. Not all that interesting really. Just a personal quirk.

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I bet he can also walk stilts easily

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (7 children)

You know what they say about guys with tiny feet...

They have a helluva time finding shoes that fit right.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

A friend of mine has trouble with that. Women's shoes are usually the right length, but they are skinner than men's shoes

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indeed. Have to buy online. Shoe stores are too awkward.

[–] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Upside: the variety of light up shoes you can buy must be much higher than the average adult!

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And superhero themed Velcro sandals!

[–] thatkomputerkat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 22 hours ago

And a lot of converse chuck taylor styles like the dinosaur ones, lol.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Reverse hobbit!

Glad to see you take your uniqueness in stride.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bro is built like a Gazelle

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was thinking mountain goat. Need those smaller feet to stand on narrow ledges.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

He could be the monster in a climbing based horror franchise.

Born with small feet, he was banished to the mountains where he turned his curse into a means for survival.

Wide shot of a group of hunters following a trail near a rock face

"I thought it was wolves eat'n all them sheep. Couldn't have imagined that small feet kid lived all those years out here alone."

"It's a confounding thought, Emmit, how you think that thing managed?"

"Boy howdy, that's the mystery of it all. Maybe we ought not to know."

Pan up to show small feet guy perched on a narrow rock ledge above. He jumps down, fade to black over hunters screaming.

"This summer, remember to look up."

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lucky bastard, kids shoes are tax free!

I know this cos my wife has got 34 feet too and is delighted every time she finds a bargain

[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You guys really deserve that tax break given how expensive it must be to buy all 34 shoes for your wife.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even at just five bucks a shoe, that's $170 every time you go shoe shopping. Brutal. OP's wife must be 4.25 octopuses.

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[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 20 points 1 day ago

Haha yes the lower price on shoes is certainly a perk!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago

You might be really good at rock climbing

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need more pics of your feet and had next to other people's ones.. or bananas for scale.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Here's a photo of my foot next to my friend's size 11 foot...

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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This actually gave me a much better perspective, cause I couldn't really tell from the original photo. And holy crow, that's kinda wild! I would absolutely be wearing the coolest kids shoes

Does it cause you any issues with gait/balance? Or anything else most people wouldn't think about?

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not as many issues as you might think. Of course, I have a smaller foot surface area to work with so not as steady on my toes but I have strong foot and calf muscles to compensate I think and keep me relatively stable. I can run fine but kid's shoes are not designed for a 6'1" 170 lb man to be running in them so I go through shoes like crazy. Mostly it's just social issues - my feet and hands are quite noticeably small so I get comments from strangers a lot. But I just try to laugh it off and be good humored about it.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Are you a carnie? (small hands)

[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Jokes on you, the Internet has your feet now!

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just don't get how all of your other bones grew while your hands and feet didn't. Your pituitary just outputs growth hormone (among other things), and then your liver converts that to the more active form, igf1. Seems like there must have been some lowered expression of igf1 in the bones of your hands and feet somehow which would be neat

When you shake people's hands, does it ever throw people off?

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes that's essentially what's happened. And yes, definitely throws people off. Everyone's hands inevitably swallow mine during handshakes.

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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I were you, I'd find a cordwainer to make custom leather shoes.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 17 points 1 day ago

Yes thinking about this as a treat for my birthday coming up. I have a few pairs of kid's dress shoes but they're pretty clunky - mostly designed for kids to wear at church. Near impossible to find something more stylish.

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