• tomjuggler@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Picking stuff up with my toes. I use the two big ones like chopsticks or just scrunch something up with all of them together. My toes can spread out as wide as my fingers, so it’s easy to manipulate things with them. Also, I am very well balanced on one leg, probably because of doing this for so long.

    This power is more and more useful as I get older and find it more of a chore to bend over, with my beer belly getting in the way (I’m almost 50, it’s a sign of success!). If it’s below my waist I’m going to pick it up with my foot 50% basically.

    I live in a warm climate and hardly ever wear closed shoes luckily, I know some places it wouldn’t be practical…

    • Serpent@feddit.uk
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      3 days ago

      This was almost the complete comment, answered all the questions it raised as I read along except one thing.

      How wide can you spread your toes? I just checked and my fingers (without thumb) is ~18cm.