nnullzz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoA sock is just a foot bag.message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareA sock is just a foot bag.nnullzz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoThat’s still a pretty advanced sock… For a disturbingly long time “socks” were just two long strips of cloth. While “foot bags” existed for a long time, they were just for the wealthy until less than a century ago in some places.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoRussian conscripts were being sent to the front with foot wraps instead of socks in 2023.
That’s still a pretty advanced sock…
For a disturbingly long time “socks” were just two long strips of cloth. While “foot bags” existed for a long time, they were just for the wealthy until less than a century ago in some places.
Russian conscripts were being sent to the front with foot wraps instead of socks in 2023.