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Re: Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

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Post by skeptikal »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #416
skeptikal wrote: post #393

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Ya, that happened to me once (Im almost 6’2’’). A guy who couldn't have been 5 10 was insisting he was 6 and that I was taller than stated. What was weird was that we were alone. He was only lying to himself. And you know what, he was a bit weird looking. He had bad posture. But he was a good guy. A smart, hard working guy with a big heart. This height thing is annoying. Id gladly trade inches of height in exchange f…

one thing that people don't realize is that they shrink as they age past a certain point (common to lose an inch), and I believe that bad posture can increase this. When I was 18 I was 6'4 but I'm pretty sure I must be around 6'2 - 6'3 by now. So maybe he got measured one time, without taking shoes off, and stood up really straight and he got told 6 when he was 5'11.6, and it's been like that in his head ever since.

Interesting, but we were both 19 in college.

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Post by trophycase »

paulcole wrote: post #131
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…

> Except that in dating, women overwhelmingly prefer men over 6’ Is this actually true? > if you are short, you are very likely to die alone This also seems like nonsense.

Yes, height is the single biggest determining factor for attractiveness in men. This is obvious both in data, and if you've ever talked to women.

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Post by dqpb »

throwaway7266 wrote: post #338

I'm a guy of median height and great fitness, and I had a partner recommend limb lengthening in passing to me once. At the time, I had no idea what it even was but became disgusted as I learned the details. When I asked her why she would ever recommend such a thing, she said it was a joke. However, she had also purchased some pairs of 3 inch elevator shoes for me (also had no idea these were a thing) and insisted I w…

I find it very strange that a partner would want this. Presumably the desire for a taller mate is fundamentally a desire for taller children. The procedure is obviously not inherited.

This must have just been a cruel strategic denigration.

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Post by [deleted] »

jmrm wrote: post #15

This could be helpful to people who wants to enter some kind of jobs who need more height (like being a police agent in some European countries), but I find a huge thing for other reasons. For what it means to dating, I think the requirement to be at least 6 feet tall for US women would disappear due to statistics (the mean male height in the USA is 5'9"). Heck, some guys who are 5'7" or 5'9" says to those women they…

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Post by shortzportz »

omginternets wrote: post #160
bscheckerhere wrote: post #154

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Again, I recognize the injustice you are facing. But surely you can recognize that there are important, meaningful differences with respect to racial discrimination? To put it differently: I object to your sense of proportion.

No omginternets, you are wrong here. Heightism and racism really is the same thing. If someone who is 160 cm doesn't get the manager job because however is recruiting don't believe his subordinates would respect him because of his lack of stature, then that is just as bad as a black person would't get the manager job because perhaps his subordinates don't respect black people. The point is how limiting the discrimination is, not whatever the historical background was.

In many countries, some jobs are de facto unavailable to short men. Next time you visit a schoolyard. See who the bullied kids are. They might have something in common. It might not be their skin color. It's not talked about a lot because it is taboo. It may be your sense of proportion (haha) that is incorrect.

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Post by ummonk »

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 America is probably a few inches taller on average than the cities. Also the gender ratios there for young singles tend to be as bad as Silicon Valley.

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Post by Tao332 »

Well that took an unexpected turn. Tired of being degraded, he funds his operation by degrading people via OnlyFans:

> a few months on the platform, he zeroed in on a niche: financial domination, a form of humiliation kink where clients pay him to degrade them and take their money

Stock character hubris from the surgeon. Very cliche:

> “The majority of my patients... have zero complications. The ones that do, it’s either because they didn’t listen to me, or didn’t do the proper therapy.”

Right. Because the only thing that can go wrong when inserting an expanding rod into bone is a lack of accountability by the patient... ~

Something sick is going on. I was just reading about the absurd mortality statistics from Brazilian Butt Lift surgery, the popularity of which must surely be driven by what kind of flesh influencers can get away with showing on social media. Rightfully or not, people are so deeply dissatisfied that they are literally being butchered out there.

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Post by PuppyTailWags »

aortega wrote: post #402
Darmody wrote: post #341

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The average here is 1,75 so my friend is shorter. My point is, it doesn't matter that much. It matters, sadly, but not to the point where you can't find women that are attracted to you.

Women don't go for average, they go for 20% top percentile or higher. That's the Pareto principle and most mammals follow the same rule.

Come on, women aren't a monolith. We're talking about one factor (height). It might be important to some women, it might not be as important to other women.

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Post by ummonk »

miramardesign wrote: post #200
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-…

Brother do what I did move to south America, the dollar goes a long way and the ladies love their short kings. I'm amazed walking around here in Argentina how many couples where the woman is a head taller than the guy. Spoiled american women won't go for a guy a head taller than her.

I don't understand how some men will adopt the belief that they're doomed to die alone and would rather accept this fate than simply move to a better dating scene, or just get a mail order marriage.
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