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 hilarious world record for smallest hands and feet on a fully grown adult! Luckily my condition hasn’t affected any other part of my body.

  • hddsx@lemmy.ca
    32·
    3 days ago

    You have the biggest hands. Some might say the best hands. A doctor once told you they were the greatest hands he has ever seen

  • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 days ago

    I’d never notice it as a passer-by. I think large feet are weirder looking because I auto-associate them with clown shoes.

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 days ago

    What wind speed will cause you to topple over?

    On a more serious note, have you found any particular activities or sports where your unique genetics have given you an advantage?

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Not OP, but the vast majority of people would have difficulty staying standing with 80 mph gusts.

      The recent LA fires were probably completely unapproachable by land or air, due to the reported 120 mph gusts that it was creating.

  • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    How hard is it to find shoes that fit properly? For me, I’m a size 13 and a lot of stores around me usually only seem to have up to 12 in stock in a lot of brands, but at least there’s still some decent options past that.

    Edit: nvm, I just saw someone else asked already.

    • TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 days ago

      Funny, I never have trouble finding size 13, but I’m more of a 12.5. They don’t sell or make them at any stores, so I can’t even try them on to test out my theory. Couple years ago, I was on Amazon looking for some Merrells, and I noticed they did have a 12.5 option available, it jacked the price up from 100 to like 250. So I guess they do make them but in very limited supply.

      • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Locally I think the only things I found at the thrift store were rubber boots in my size. Maybe I just hit them up at the wrong times though

    • Leggomylego@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
      17·
      3 days ago

      Have to just buy kid’s sizes. Women’s and men’s shoes are too big for me. Mostly buy online…I can tell you from experience it can get weird buying in store. Converse and Vans are great as they make age appropriate shoes in my size. Dress shoes harder to find in a non-clunky style. Work boots are non-existent.

  • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz
    8·
    3 days ago

    Very interesting, thanks for sharing this with us!

    Do you find that others notice it regularly in your daily life? I feel like I only notice other people’s shoes/feet if they are wearing something flashy or if they make a lot of noise like flip flops.

    • Leggomylego@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
      20·
      3 days ago

      Yes people do notice on at least a weekly basis. The size difference is quite dramatic compared to normal sized shoes. My foot next to a pair of size 9s

      And size 10

  • Ze_Rosie_Ro@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    And I thought I was disproportionate! I’m 5’10” lady with a size 7.5 shoe, I regularly share shoes with my 5’2” sister. I am regularly off-balance, I assumed from my teeny feet, but you’re making me questions the likelihood of that.

    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 days ago

      5’10 is… I’m doing the math mentally, I think it’s almost 190cm ? and your shoe size of 7,5, -is it expressed in inches as well ? that would make for roughly 18cm long feet, which does seems small for such a tall individual.

      I’l not a neuroscientist or physician but I don’t think balance has much to do with foot size. Anybody can walk fine on stilts after a day’s worth of training. I think it has more to do with the inner ear