Air "whooshing" Sound From Shoes

rebel222 · Apr 13, 2011

Does anyone have an issue with their shoes making a "whooshing" sound when they walk?

It seems to happen on my better fitting shoes. The shoes that most closely resemble the shape of my foot seem to have a louder sound. I guess when the leather closely fits my feet, the air moving through this smaller gap makes a sound. Is there a fix?

Edgar Allan Pwn · Apr 13, 2011

That's the sound of the souls of the poor animals used to make the shoes escaping.

acridsheep · Apr 13, 2011

Inserts. I suspect the problem is due to the gap between the arch of your foot and the flatness of the sole. When you plant your foot, and the weight of your body presses the arch into the sole, it squeezes the air out. Hence, whoosh.

BoomDiggs · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by acridsheep

Inserts. I suspect the problem is due to the gap between the arch of your foot and the flatness of the sole. When you plant your foot, and the weight of your body presses the arch into the sole, it squeezes the air out. Hence, whoosh.

While this might be the problem in OPs case, I have the same problem in some of my shoes and it is not because of my arch. I have crazy flat feet so I am sure it isn't my arch making noise. I will be watching this thread closely though, because I would love a solution.

MyOtherLife · Apr 13, 2011

If the air whooshing is giving you any form of pleasure, it may be a good thing. No one need know.

fritzl · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by rebel222

Is there a fix?

thicker socks?

Dakota rube · Apr 13, 2011

Shoe queefs.

Hages · Apr 13, 2011

Heels farting.....niiice!

rebel222 · Apr 13, 2011

Just so everyone knows, I did a search for this topic before starting this thread. There is another thread on the topic, and it was also full of stupid responses and nothing helpful, just like this is turning into.

What about this topic draws the clowns?

Thanks to the members who are attempting to help me.

ter1413 · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by fritzl

wear socks!

ftfy

Dakota rube · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by rebel222

Just so everyone knows, I did a search for this topic before starting this thread. There is another thread on the topic, and it was also full of stupid responses and nothing helpful, just like this is turning into.
Where I come from, the first step in problem-solving is defining. edit: is the queef coming from inside the shoe? A friend of mine had rubber-soled shoes (I know, wtf?) that queefed. It was just the rubber compressing and venting. Unfixable in his case.

fritzl · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by ter1413

ftfy

poor fix

Edgar Allan Pwn · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by rebel222

Just so everyone knows, I did a search for this topic before starting this thread. There is another thread on the topic, and it was also full of stupid responses and nothing helpful, just like this is turning into.

What about this topic draws the clowns?

Thanks to the members who are attempting to help me.

Yeah I don't understand why it's so hard to get people to take shoe-farts seriously.

Plebians...

Flartchy · Apr 13, 2011

Means the shoes are poorly fitting or made poorly. Though I had a pair of Converse about 15 years ago that squeaked every time my right foot left the floor, and it was annoying, so I know what it's like. Nothing I did could fix it.

EDIT: Or in your case it could be that the shoes match you're feet too well, but not perfectly. The "uncanny valley" as applied to shoes results in an armpit fart sound.

Edgar Allan Pwn · Apr 13, 2011

Originally Posted by Flartchy

"uncanny valley"
Uncanny valley refers to a theory in robotics whereby if you were to have a continuum of "realism" with industrial robots on one end and completely realistic "humanoid" robots on the other end, the more realistic a robot is, the more positive and empathetic our reaction to it becomes. So you would treat a welding robot like a mindless robot, but a perfect replica of a human being like, well, a human being, with increasingly positive reactions throughout the whole continuum. The exception to this is the "uncanny valley" where robots are too realistic to appear fully mechanical, yet not realistic enough to be completely accepted as "humanoid". Robots that fall within this valley tend to, if I may borrow the scientific term, skeez people right the **** out. They're just creepy and corpse-like. Compare your reaction to this: and this: If you're like most people, you probably thought the first vid was pretty harmless, but the second one was creepy as all hell. So yeah, that's not what that means...

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