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Re: Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

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Post by havelhovel »

10000truths wrote: post #303
havelhovel wrote: post #295

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What a remarkably insensitive and dismissive take on someone providing primary sources to bolster their case.

Cherry-picked "primary sources" are as worthless as no source at all. What some randos on Twitter say is not at all representative of the world at large.

And no one claimed this was representative of the world at large, although I must be cheeky and note there’s currently more evidence in favor than against since you haven’t provided anything to the contrary.

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Post by werdnapk »

lupire wrote: post #218
Darmody wrote: post #207

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Plenty of women don't care about that. Just stop using apps like Tinder, they attract the worst of the worst, by what I see, especially in the US. Even if you were above 6', you wouldn't want to date a woman obsessed with height. In my group of friends, the shorter ones (around 1,73m) are the most successful ones.

1,73m is oddly specific.

1.7m vs 1.8m is a difference of 10cm. That's WAY too large of a difference to not settle on using cm. Adding an additional decimal point would be oddly specific.

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Post by fny »

throwaway515 wrote: post #168
aortega wrote: post #99

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>there aren't really downsides to short stature in modern life It even have several health benefits. Except that in dating, women overwhelmingly prefer men over 6', and very small differences like 5'7 vs 5'9 double or triple the matches in online dating sites. If we are talking about 5'6 vs 6'0 the difference is ridiculous, like over 200X more matches. Women even divorce short men at double the rate of tall men. Thos…

> Basically this means that in modern dating, if you are short, you are very likely to die alone and this trend will only get worse in the future. I'm 5'6, and after almost 15 years of dating sites to modern dating apps, I have indeed accepted that yes, I will very likely die alone. My therapist has even half-seriously suggested I try lying about my height, and qualms aside, from the studies I've read, any plausible-…

I'm 5'4" my fiance is 5'6".

Stop thinking about it and grow a pair. It pays off. I had a lot of anxiety too when I started dating. Just act like its not a issue and the right girl will too.

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Post by Xeronate »

teaearlgrey-hot wrote: post #317
SamoyedFurFluff wrote: post #206

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Yeah ngl I wish people would move on from denigrating people on factors like appearance, poverty, disability, etc. and more on things like being inauthentic, unempathetic, manipulative, etc.

That would require the persons in question to self-reflect. It’s not often a process that people who denigrate others generally engage with.

And following that I think people need to think about if they really want a person that thinks that. I'm 5'10" and feel like I do fine in the market despite not being over 6 foot and not mentioning my job or any of the other stuff people don't want to be judged on. I'm sure plenty of girls pass on me, but I truly wouldn't want to be with them anyway.

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Post by darkmarmot »

throw__away7391 wrote: post #194
throwaway515 wrote: post #168

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> Basically this means that in modern dating, if you are short, you are very likely to die alone and this trend will only get worse in the future. I'm 5'6, and after almost 15 years of dating sites to modern dating apps, I have indeed accepted that yes, I will very likely die alone. My therapist has even half-seriously suggested I try lying about my height, and qualms aside, from the studies I've read, any plausible-…

I'm a tad over 6' but girls are so used to guys lying about their hight that they usually say I'm 6'2". On multiple occasions I've had my date insist over my objection that I must be taller than that. It's not a stretch for me to imagine that widespread lying by men about their hight has actually collectively made the problem worse for men, e.g. women insisting on 6 feet because they've dating 5'10" guys claiming to…

So awkward. I'm just over 6'2" -- and at a recent family reunion had to deal with everyone saying I must be at _least_ 6'4". Because I was much taller than the other 6' guys there... and if I dispute it too vociferously, it's almost an attack on all the guys around me who are lying about their height. It seems there's a 2 or 3 inch bump across the board.

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Post by Crabber »

ponder4722 wrote: post #294
Crabber wrote: post #244

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The problem is that you see yourself as a completely isolated individual rather than a continuation of your ancestor's genetics. You don't have a "random dice roll of DNA", you have a very specific lineage of DNA passed to you by your parents. You are the sum of your parents, and a reflection of all of your ancestors before you. I don't see anything irrational with taking pride (or shame) in the ancestral line that r…

I also had nothing to do with picking my ancestors. I agree, it's not a dice roll in the physical sense; it's connected to previous DNA.

>I also had nothing to do with picking my ancestors

You are the product of your ancestors. What you're saying is like a tree branch saying "I had nothing to do with picking my tree". A tree branch doesn't exist as an isolated individual from the tree and then get randomly assigned to a tree, it only exists because it was created by the tree.

If the tree hadn't created it, then it wouldn't randomly belong to another tree, it just wouldn't exist at all.

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Post by ambicapter »

aortega wrote: post #261
LAC-Tech wrote: post #214

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IME Dating apps are a terrible way to meet women. All they have to go off are a few pictures and some numerical stats - and it's a sausage fest, the odds are stacked way against you. Hang out with people IRL.

Dating apps are a way to gain insight into psychology. If you don't use dating apps, the preferences remain.

Datings apps change the way the game is played. Meeting people in real life is not like "meeting" someone via pictures and a bio.

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Post by bsder »

djohnston wrote: post #6

Do you think remote first companies will be at an advantage because physical biases like height, age, and weight have less signal to form against?

Hardly. Eventually people are going to figure out that being "prettier" matters on online and start the arms race there. "Dress For Success" still matters and too many people still ignore it.

Ironically, online video has made things quite good for me as a greybeard. I invested in a good camera and good lighting early in Covid. I always look better than anybody else in the meeting and it gives me gravitas that I really haven't earned.

The downside is that I can't look like shit on calls or it shows. I generally make a point of exercising and then taking a shower directly before starting meetings for the day.

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Post by ambicapter »

aortega wrote: post #177
throwaway515 wrote: post #168

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> Basically this means that in modern dating, if you are short, you are very likely to die alone and this trend will only get worse in the future. I'm 5'6, and after almost 15 years of dating sites to modern dating apps, I have indeed accepted that yes, I will very likely die alone. My therapist has even half-seriously suggested I try lying about my height, and qualms aside, from the studies I've read, any plausible-…

My theory is that if you stay in a city, you are very likely correct. In a city you have to compete with men much taller and attractive. And women have access to hundreds of those men 24/7 through their cell phones constantly hitting on them. You won't win, but in a smaller city/rural town, you have much more chances.

Rural people tend to be taller on average than city folks. That combined with the sheer numbers difference, you're still better off in the city.
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