Anonymous wrote:What is the context of the feet pictured? I haven’t noticed.

Like laying on a beach chair with a view of the ocean. The person's feet at the end of the chair are pictured with the ocean in the background. They could just as easily just post a pick of the ocean/beach minus the feet.

I don't get the PP who said "showing off a pedicure." I mean, most people who can afford nice summer travel can afford a pedicure.

Geez it’s a photo cliche. Like taking a sunset. “Look here I’m relaxing and the view through my feet is this glorious beach!” What a thing to worry about

They are doing this Instead of posting full body shots at the beach. I don't think it has as much to do with feet, as it does posting a pic that doesn't show their bathing suit. Which I appreciate, I don't want to see that.

Anonymous wrote:They’re getting off on it in some capacity.

Do you think that about other non-sexual things:

Why do people eat ice cream cones in public? They must want people to imagine what they could do with their tongues.

Why do pregnant women leave the house? They just want people to know they had sex.

Posting wedding photos is gross. No one wants to think about what they will do later that night.

It's a way to get the view, show you are there, but not be in the pic since you look terrible. That's why they do it.

They’re getting off on it in some capacity.

It’s actually gross to see and beyond anything I can wrap my head around. I hope their feet fall off.

Anonymous wrote:People like to show off their pedicures. I find nothing creepy with this. Sounds like you have a foot fetish or an irrational fear of feet, which is bizarre. Highly recommend therapy.

Our cat has an irrational fear/disgust of feet and attacks them if bare. Sounds like she and OP would be chums.

Not as bad as constant selfies or pics of your kids. Both parents and people without kids do this- it’s nothing new.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this some sort of coy fetish? Why do so many parents do this? It’s obviously deliberate. So gross and creepy.

Do you have an issue with non-parents doing this?

This is a parent forum and all of my social media friends are other parents on family holidays at moment. The perpetrators will use the backdrop of a family photo but half the picture will be the mom or dad’s toes or feet. Or they’ll upload five photos at once and one picture will be their feet in sand or feet in shallow water or something along those lines. It’s disgusting. What motivates seemingly normal people to deliberately do this?

The answer is so simple! Because the parents are chubby, out of shape or fat and don't want to have their bodies or faces in the pix. Tah dah! mystery solved.

This is a situation where the person is so disgusted is the one with "issues." No need to explain to her what's up with photos like this.

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Anonymous wrote:I usually post pics of my kids. Once every year or so I may post a pic of my feet with view of beach while I’m on a beach chair. I’m sorry if this offends you so much.

Yes, this is the most popular way perpetrators do it. What exactly motivates you to purposely put your foot/toes/feet in the photo? There’s some abnormal kink that motivates people to do this. It’s not accidental.

Oh yeah of course it’s not accidental they take the picture on purpose to show people their view. Now I say this as somebody who is involved in the BDSM lifestyle, so I fully admit I have many kinks. None of them involve feet. So trust me when I tell you that if I take pictures of my feet on vacation it has absolutely nothing to do with sex.

Pp here. Uh yeah it is nothing sexual. It is to show the view we have. I always have a perfect pedicure, not that it matters.

I have a friend who will video a 360 of the view. She takes selfies. She takes pictures of her feet in the water. She also takes pictures of herself in mirrors.

I take pictures of my kids or it is a family shot. She has to get more creative since she is childless.

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Anonymous wrote:I usually post pics of my kids. Once every year or so I may post a pic of my feet with view of beach while I’m on a beach chair. I’m sorry if this offends you so much.

Yes, this is the most popular way perpetrators do it. What exactly motivates you to purposely put your foot/toes/feet in the photo? There’s some abnormal kink that motivates people to do this. It’s not accidental.

Oh yeah of course it’s not accidental they take the picture on purpose to show people their view. Now I say this as somebody who is involved in the BDSM lifestyle, so I fully admit I have many kinks. None of them involve feet. So trust me when I tell you that if I take pictures of my feet on vacation it has absolutely nothing to do with sex.

Better than hot dog legs, amiright?

I am pretty sure I have done this (maybe in my 20s so you might not hate it as much?) but I really don't understand the disgust. Why not just keep scrolling?

If there's one thing I hate, it's selfies of yourself all the time. Why would anyone want to see you just going about your day every day? But feet, you can imagine yourself there in their (lack of) shoes.