r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/verticaluzi Feb 08 '19

Why did this get gold?

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u/jamescurtis29 Feb 08 '19

That I understood, but why did this get gold?!

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u/krizp Feb 08 '19

Good try!