A couple of months ago, my sock drawer was running low. Like any normal American, my first thought was "I need to go out and buy new socks." I don't usually buy any of the clothing in our house, but I figured I could handle plain, white athletic socks without too much controversy.
So, I bought some and put them on the next weekend. They had that cushy feeling on the bottom, and I figured everything was fine. Later, I noticed a dull pain in both legs. I pulled the socks back and discovered deep indentations from the top elastic band. I'm thinking, "What kind of an idiot messes up buying socks?!" Though, I was sure I had purchased the right size. I scrunched them down closer to my ankle thinking this would help. After a short period of time, this was also painful and indentations had already started forming.
I tried a second brand of new socks, then a third. Pain. Indentations. All of them. I don't weigh any more than I did a few years ago when athletic socks were last purchased in my house. Nor have I worked out any more and developed calves of steel. My old, frighteningly threadbare socks do not leave indentations. I'm afraid of sounding like an old codger here ("back in the good old days ... "), but I'll say it anyway. Socks aren't made like they used to be. Now, you kids get off of my lawn!
Rather than cutting off circulation to my feet (I figure I need 'em for a few more years), I started cutting through the elastic bands of the new socks. This seemed to work reasonably well, though wearing shorts was out of the question; I may be a geek, but I'm not a dweeb.
After many Google searches as to the cause of the new sock circulation strangling situation, there does not appear to be an answer. That, in and of itself, means there is an answer and someone is hiding it (no, not on the "dark net"). The ONLY thing that makes any sense to me is that sock manufacturers are colluding to get us to mangle their product so that it won't survive many washings. And we'll have to buy more of their product.
Has anyone else noticed this phenomena? Does anyone have a more plausible explanation? Does anyone know of a good therapist in the Chicago area?
So, I bought some and put them on the next weekend. They had that cushy feeling on the bottom, and I figured everything was fine. Later, I noticed a dull pain in both legs. I pulled the socks back and discovered deep indentations from the top elastic band. I'm thinking, "What kind of an idiot messes up buying socks?!" Though, I was sure I had purchased the right size. I scrunched them down closer to my ankle thinking this would help. After a short period of time, this was also painful and indentations had already started forming.
I tried a second brand of new socks, then a third. Pain. Indentations. All of them. I don't weigh any more than I did a few years ago when athletic socks were last purchased in my house. Nor have I worked out any more and developed calves of steel. My old, frighteningly threadbare socks do not leave indentations. I'm afraid of sounding like an old codger here ("back in the good old days ... "), but I'll say it anyway. Socks aren't made like they used to be. Now, you kids get off of my lawn!
Rather than cutting off circulation to my feet (I figure I need 'em for a few more years), I started cutting through the elastic bands of the new socks. This seemed to work reasonably well, though wearing shorts was out of the question; I may be a geek, but I'm not a dweeb.
After many Google searches as to the cause of the new sock circulation strangling situation, there does not appear to be an answer. That, in and of itself, means there is an answer and someone is hiding it (no, not on the "dark net"). The ONLY thing that makes any sense to me is that sock manufacturers are colluding to get us to mangle their product so that it won't survive many washings. And we'll have to buy more of their product.
Has anyone else noticed this phenomena? Does anyone have a more plausible explanation? Does anyone know of a good therapist in the Chicago area?
