• Xanthrax
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I learned it from guys in the army. It’s because dress socks reduce friction, and the normal socks absorb sweat.

      • @JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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        27 months ago

        Why doesn’t the army just make blister-preventing socks?

        That really sounds like some amazing government invention that gets everywhere. Like accelerometers. Or Tang.

          • @JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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            17 months ago

            Nah a lot of times government inventions get sold under license. Gov invents it and private industry perfects it. Within 5 years you’d have Darn Tough blisterproof socks and gov gets a fraction of every sale. It’s how NASA has the best ROI in the government.