Comment by llamageddon01 on 23/10/2021 at 22:48 UTC*

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“Rule of Shoe”

Also known as “Shoes are off, he’s dead”, which is a phrase posted when a gif or video shows someone’s shoes coming off in an accident, no matter how minor. Originating in some long-gone gore subreddits, it’s widely used these days more figuratively. The correlation between losing your shoes during an accident and your likelihood of surviving is a very old one:

The saying 'knock your socks off'[1] dates back to the 1940s.

1: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-knock-your-socks-off-and-what-does-it-mean

In late 1969 a rumour started that Paul McCartney was dead[2], because of being barefoot on the “Abbey Road” album cover[3].

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

3: https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/beatles/the-beatles-abbey-road-album-cover-facts-meaning/

In 2007, during the Summer X Games ‘Big Air’ section, skateboarder Jake Brown fell 45 ft[4] and the announcers, clearly in shock, fixate on his shoes which flew off on landing. After several minutes of unconsciousness, Brown incredibly walked off the ramp surface - albeit with assistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Brown_(skateboarder[5]).

4: https://youtu.be/CTeXKHkNqgk

5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Brown_(skateboarder

In 2009, *MythBusters: S07E12* found the amount of force required to punch someone out of their socks was way more than necessary to kill. They later revisited this idea and pairs of socks sent in by viewers were used for the testing of this myth[6].

6: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6udga1

*Because there is a Subreddit for everything:**

Relevant subs - of which there are many - include r/AccidentalShoeLoss, r/TheShoesCameOff, r/WinStupidPrizes, r/holdmyfeedingtube, r/instant_regret, r/Whatcouldgowrong, and r/AbruptChaos.

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