well thats just a safe thing to do...

Safety first

Brains first.

You could have just looked. I mean if you really wanted to know what it was.

"Hey, there's a thin shiny thing on the floor, maybe if I step on it, I'll know what it is!" -OP

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There's not much a sock can do in this case. When I've stepped on something pointy and sharp before, my sock didn't do me much justice.

At least we now know where the OP got the idea: "Hmm... this animal looks dangerous. I should poke it with a stick!" - Steve Irwin

God wears slippers?

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or maybe it was

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Not so safety pin

Danger pin

New super villain?

who would be his nemesis, band aid man? this is horrible, please ignore it.

I'm sorry but why would you rub your bare foot on an object to see what it was? It's not that hard to bend down and look.

Also, shiny tends to mean sharp as far as small objects on the floor go, whether it's glass, a safety pin, a sewing needle etc

Your carpet was only giving you a free acupuncture session

Oooorrr you could just bend down and see what the item was. The first thing I think of when I see something shiny on the floor is a thumb tack or some change. To be safe, I definitely wouldn't have put my foot near it. So, YDI.