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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)
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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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[–] Etterra 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I showed this to my fiance; she's 5' and has the same exact shoe size.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Haha nice! Small feet united.

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I bet he can also walk stilts easily

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 19 hours ago

Do you have issues with balance or rapid change of direction?

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 day ago (1 children)

Which dark corner tho?

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

Color me intrigued.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

They have a helluva time finding shoes that fit right.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And superhero themed Velcro sandals!

[–] thatkomputerkat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

😂😂😂

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Do EE shoes work for you? A couple of work shoe/boot outlets by me are always full of those sizes.

I’m US11 and have super narrow feet, and have a hard time finding shoes that don’t wobble around on me at those stores.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Reverse hobbit!

Glad to see you take your uniqueness in stride.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bro is built like a Gazelle

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours 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."

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need more pics of your feet and had next to other people's ones.. or bananas for scale.

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

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

:::

[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Jokes on you, the Internet has your feet now!

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 6 points 1 day ago

Fucksake you two, octopii wear wellies

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 19 points 1 day ago

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

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 20 points 1 day ago

You might be really good at rock climbing

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 20 hours 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.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 15 points 1 day 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.

[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 7 hours ago (1 children)

I must have got some of it as well.

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

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Haha bro. Give my feet back.

[–] Awesomo85@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Petite feet, feminine step! Sounds just like a lady when he walks into the room!

https://youtu.be/kDg0dklwW5g

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago

So relatable! Love this show.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are there any unexpected advantages you've noticed?

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One of the hardest things about my job is getting my big hands into small spaces to put a nut on a bolt, etc. He'd probably be a great mechanic.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

With his feet?

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

He mentioned he has small hands as well.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

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

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