A Sock's Purpose: 5 Reasons Why You Should Wear Socks – Darn Tough

Why do socks exist? Here's five reasons why socks matter, because they do have a purpose. Multiple actually.
Why do socks exist? Sounds like a question a fuzzy-eyebrowed professor might scrawl on a blackboard during a college philosophy course. Since we’re talking socks, let’s bring that navel-gazing proposition closer to the ground with the top five reasons why socks matter (We know you saw this spoiler coming: Socks do have a purpose. Multiple actually).

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