Conversation at family dinner: how do you hold your foot when you cut your toenails?
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Ambivalent gender, assorted positions for toenail clipping
Why do it the same way all the time?
I hurt my back badly this year, so my most frequent position recently is butt on wheelchair, one foot on floor, heel of other foot up on the bed
@NilaJones Yikes, that sounds like a pain. Has it been difficult adjusting? Has your back recovered?
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@NilaJones Yikes, that sounds like a pain. Has it been difficult adjusting? Has your back recovered?
Yes, and no. I hurt it in April and it gets a little better when I do less and then worse again when I do more. It's pretty frustrating and I don't really know what to do about it
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@deadDuck Male. I had to think hard about what "heel to butt even meant." Looks like I follow what your family thinks of us men.
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@deadDuck female, foot on toilet seat, clippings go in. So closer to the (maybe?) typical female position, but with a twist.
(If that grosses anyone out, I'm truly sorry. Imo it's just logical.)
@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com @deadDuck@zeroes.ca
Yea, toilet, tub, heck sink if I'm feeling bendy… Or sitting on my bed with like a towel or something… HEEL TO BUTT?! How is that even supposed to work?!
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@deadDuck female, foot on toilet seat, clippings go in. So closer to the (maybe?) typical female position, but with a twist.
(If that grosses anyone out, I'm truly sorry. Imo it's just logical.)
@alisynthesis @deadDuck Exactly my method!
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@deadDuck I think it has to do with flexibility.
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@deadDuck
Either, at random - sometimes one way with one foot and the other way with the other foot. (My name/pronoun buttons say they/them/any) -
@deadDuck Femme-Nonbinary, also have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrom which is likely relevant for my answer:
I hook my leg over my arm/shoulder. -
@deadDuck Those who put your ankle over your opposite knee - how do you get to the invisible side of your toenail to trim it well?
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@deadDuck
Most of the men I know don’t cut their toenails but rip them off with their hands. They even do it at the office. 🤮 -
@deadDuck I stand on one leg with the other foot resting on the seat of a chair, cut toe nails, then swap.
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@deadDuck @Bowreality The "heel to butt" position sounds like the one you'd use if you were putting nail polish on your toes, and would need to keep your foot horizontal & steady while getting a clear view, with both hands in a controlled access. So I wonder if the influencing factor is not gender directly but whether or not someone paints their toenails.
(For myself, it sounds awfully uncomfortable given the size of all the body parts that would have to collapse together! I'm ankle-over-knee, foot extending over waste bin. But I also have no patience for nail polish.)
@AmeliasBrain I’m F, heel-to-butt, and don’t wear nail polish.
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@deadDuck One foot on bathroom floor, other foot on bathroom sink. Cut the toenails on the sink
Gender = bi@SnyperWolf Toilet seat, but same in other respects. @deadDuck
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@deadDuck AFAB demiboy, heel to butt
and I feel like doing it the other way would be actively unhelpfulwonder if it's an assigned gender thing
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@deadDuck non-binary/agender, heel to butt
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For me it's like some kind of bizarre astrological alignment that I have to wait around for.
1. When the muscles in my legs are not rock solid
2. When the muscles in my rib cage also won't seize up.Then knee and foot on edge of bed half cross-legged or standing with foot on towel on edge of bath or toilet seat.
The non-binary agender way, I guess?
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@deadDuck
Most of the men I know don’t cut their toenails but rip them off with their hands. They even do it at the office. 🤮 -
@deadDuck Female: foot over ankle, propped up on tented knee, usually with foot turned under to cut nails on curly, smaller toes.
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@deadDuck Femme-Nonbinary, also have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrom which is likely relevant for my answer:
I hook my leg over my arm/shoulder.@miss_rodent I should try that. I need to get my foot close because my vision sucks, and I'm pretty bendy. @deadDuck
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@miss_rodent I should try that. I need to get my foot close because my vision sucks, and I'm pretty bendy. @deadDuck
@spiegelmama @deadDuck Worth trying, my hands are really shaky, and that position helps me avoid clipping my foot while trying to clip my nails, it lets me have both my elbows on the ground/surface I'm sitting on to stabilize against, but, also means my foot is close enough to aim even without my glasses easily.
