My number #1 rule in life (Jordan Peterson has 12, but I have 20) is "Always wear shoes you can run in. You never know what the day may bring." That's why fashion designer Beate Karlsson now has my undivided attention.
What are your fashion needs? Do you need shorts that make you look like you have Kim Kardashian's posterior? Do you need shoes that look like giant human hands? Beate Karlsson has you covered.
Now I know that it's common to scoff at fashion designers' more... imaginative improvements to haute couture. They tantalize us with designs that never appear in stores. Well, I have good news! You can actually buy these shoes!
-via Super Punch
I read a blog post many years ago which recounted paramedic statistics about snakebites. The vast majority were on the hands and arms. But so many victims insisted that they were simply walking along, minding their own business, when a snake lunged at them. If true, there should have been far more snakebites on the legs.
They lied. They saw a snake, decided it would be fun to poke at it with a stick, and misjudged the snake's range. So don't poke the snake with a stick.
More broadly: practice conflict avoidance. When you meet a dangerous person, avoiding rather than defeating should be your first option. There's no need to poke that person with a stick, so to speak.