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I'm a 6'1" (185 cm) man with stupidly small size 3 US (EU 34) feet. I've never met another adult with smaller feet than me. (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Leggomylego@lemmings.world to c/pics@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

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

They have a helluva time finding shoes that fit right.

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 35 points 1 week ago

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

[-] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 62 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 58 points 1 week ago

And superhero themed Velcro sandals!

[-] thatkomputerkat 6 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

😂😂😂

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

As someone with moderately long but exceptionally wide feet, having tiny feet seems like it'd be much easier to find shoes that fit..

[-] TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Has to be…

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[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 week ago

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 16 points 1 week ago

Which dark corner tho?

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

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 5 points 1 week ago

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

Color me intrigued.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 34 points 1 week ago

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 42 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Octopuses wouldn’t wear shoes so the math doesn’t add up.

Now spiders—spiders would wear some stylish kicks you know, not just any $5 shoe.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago

Fucksake you two, octopii wear wellies

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 21 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago

Bro is built like a Gazelle

[-] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week 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."

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

Reverse hobbit!

Glad to see you take your uniqueness in stride.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago

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 23 points 1 week ago

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

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

An old friend of mine was born with two fingers and a thumb on his right hand. Instead of awkward left hand handshakes he just owns it and freaks people out.

[-] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

A friend of a friend was born without arms and he does the same thing. His is up there on my list of most fascinating handshakes. He doesn't pay bus fare either.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

You might be really good at rock climbing

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 16 points 1 week 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.

[-] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

:::

[-] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Jokes on you, the Internet has your feet now!

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

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 4 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

Are you a carnie? (small hands)

[-] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWVVLKZ56zM

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 9 points 1 week ago

So relatable! Love this show.

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

I must have stolen your hand and foot growth. I'm 5'3 (160 cm) and wear a women's size 12 (euro 42).

[-] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I must have got some of it as well.

1.67cm and wear a men's size 43 shoes.

[-] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

Haha bro. Give my feet back.

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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Oh the plus side, you can go to any shoe store and find great clown shoes!

[-] sleepmode@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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 5 points 1 week 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!