Not at all. This technique was taught to me by a private instructor last year. It’s pretty darn useful.
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It’s part of how you mute with a pick, so nothing wrong with doing it for slap.
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Is THAT what you find weird in that photo? 
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Is…is there something else? Socks with no shoes?
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Scott at Scott’s Bass Lessons uses one for a neurological condition he has that cause tremors in his hands if he touches strings and a fretboard. He explains it on his site. Normal thing for him.
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Thanks for the tips!! tomorrow I’ll try with this outfit and position!! 
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I use a glove. I like it. Roundwound burn gets old. I kinda like having skin on my fingertips. I use one the cut resistant, super thin high dexterity. No loss of sensation, but i don’t shred my fingers.
Actually a very efficient idea.
When you take breaks from practicing you can wash dishes and bathe.
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It’s Flea, so we know where the third sock is.
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Well played!
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Yeah. So, flea-it’s cool you crash here-but we need to go over the laundry process…
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I recently bought the Stu Hamm funk bass course recommended by @John_E . As John says above, it’s a great extension of where @JoshFossgreen leaves off in B2B.
Interestingly, I found his lesson super easy to follow along, but had a very hard time finding my way on my Peavey milestone (a J-bass by anothr name) with mid-light Rotosound rounds.
This morning, for shits n’ giggles, I took out the Peavey Patriot, with its wider neck and heavy gauge Billy Sheehan rotosound rounds.
So does anybody else find slapping easier on a wider neck with slightly wider spacing and a heavier string set? because to me the difference was night and day. I found it so much easier to find the strings and strike them accurately. and they rang out so much better.