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Re: Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

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Post by the_only_law »

___del___ wrote: post #672

There are lots of comments here, so I hope this get some visibility. I feel like there is a lot of "the grass is always greener on the other side" fallacy happening here (at least in dating). I'm 199cm (just over 6'6") if that adds any weight to my experiences. I dont mean this to be a humble brag, I sympathize with anyone under stress over these issues. Interims of dating: Being taller definitely had some advantage…

> In university I feel like I was more of a novelty to most of the people I tried to have a relationship wit

This is how I feel in most social relations nowadays, except it’s not my height that’s the eccentricity. It does get old feeling like no more than a side show.

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Post by jseban »

skeptikal wrote: post #361
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-…

Its not the height, its the strut. Online women cant see you strut so heights the proxy. My wife's cousin’s 5’6’’ but Ive seen women go up to him and strike a conversation by the way he walks. Ive been in parties where he’s nailed every girl (including sisters and wives) in the room. Me? Nothing much, and Im 6’2’’

Strut? Who are you, Mick Jagger?

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Post by LoveMortuus »

xvector wrote: post #570
LoveMortuus wrote: post #183

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I'm 159cm/5'2.6" and people quite often mistake me for a woman. In school people did call me short but in time I learned to ignore it and to just not hear it. Because there's really nothing that I can or even should do about it.

> and people quite often mistake me for a woman. Do you have really long hair? This could be why

I had both long and short, I would usually let my hair grow and then shave to 0 and then again let it grow.

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Post by Giorgi »

jl6 wrote: post #592

I’m not here to deny that short men face challenges, the same way that anyone with any characteristic deemed negative by the prevailing dating culture faces challenges (plenty of examples to choose from - age, weight, ethnicity, wealth, disability, education, class, caste, language). I am here, though, to throw cold water on the ridiculous borderline-incel hot takes from men here who have drawn a blank on dating site…

This is most stupid comment I have ever read on hacker news.

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Post by psbp »

flyandscan88 wrote: post #679
psbp wrote: post #658

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A scary amount of men just don't think of women as people.

It's really quite simple a lot of men just want to be able to experiment sexually before they settle down. A lot of women do too. The difference is for women this is easily available in the dating world.. for men.. especially short men.. it's a distant fantasy. If these needs were met they would harbor no resentment towards women.

I honestly think a lot of men just don't like women, or at least don't respect them.

Maybe it's because I was exposed to a lot of sexism in my CS undergrad (and even some jobs I've had), but it really does seem like some men think of women as inferior.

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

daenz wrote: post #448
rectang wrote: post #417

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It's an example of the harms that emerge from hidebound gender roles, preconceptions about the desirability of male dominance and female submission, and stultified ideals of attractiveness. Just as women benefit when society learns to accept and appreciate a wider variety of body types, so do men.

Doesn't this only make sense though if patriarchy is a priori defined by gender roles? It falls apart if any non-patriarchal system develops or prefers any gender roles. On what basis is it claimed that only a patriarchy has gender roles?

You are talking about “a patriarchy”, they are talking about “the patriarchy”. In other words this particular one we are living in with it’s built in assumed gender roles.

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Post by satyrnein »

flyandscan88 wrote: post #679
psbp wrote: post #658

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A scary amount of men just don't think of women as people.

It's really quite simple a lot of men just want to be able to experiment sexually before they settle down. A lot of women do too. The difference is for women this is easily available in the dating world.. for men.. especially short men.. it's a distant fantasy. If these needs were met they would harbor no resentment towards women.

Sure, and if Elon Musk gave me all his money, it would alleviate my resentment toward him. But he doesn't owe me anything, and my demand is not reasonable.

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Post by dwighteb »

chrischen wrote: post #116
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…

Lucky for short people, height is a lot less of a factor in modern society. Wealth is a much bigger factor. And what's the best path to wealth? Software . Even more lucky for them, software and internet doesn't care about height.

What is not so lucky for short people is how our modern society rewards tall people with more wealth. S&P 500 CEO’s have an average height of 6ft, compared to the average height of 5ft10in in the US. Also, 30 percent of SP500 CEO’s are 6ft2in or taller, compared to only 3.9 percent of the rest of the US population.

These things matter across the board, not just in the top tier management positions. Each inch of height adds $789 of average yearly salary, which makes a huge difference between a 5ft5 in person compared to someone who is 6ft tall. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/naija-fashion/2...

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