I wish I was a little bit taller
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#2wow
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#3Tall people die younger, have more joint and back pain, and have trouble finding shirts that fit.
See a shirt in a store? On me a L is a belly shirt and an XL is a baggy belly shirt.
I’m tall and wish I was average and I’m not even “super tall” just 76”/193cm. I straight up feel sorry for people taller than I. They end up on crutches before dying in their 60s.
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#4Tall people die younger, have more joint and back pain, and have trouble finding shirts that fit. See a shirt in a store? On me a L is a belly shirt and an XL is a baggy belly shirt. I’m tall and wish I was average and I’m not even “super tall” just 76”/193cm. I straight up feel sorry for people taller than I. They end up on crutches before dying in their 60s. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1600586/
> See a shirt in a store? On me a L is a belly shirt and an XL is a baggy belly shirt.
Seriously, as another skinny-ish tall person, I wish "L-Slim" was a thing. That would be so nice. I'm tired of wearing shirts that are way too wide.
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#5> According to a 2009 study of Australian men, short guys make less money than their taller peers (about $500 a year per inch); are less likely to climb the corporate ladder (according to one survey, the average height of a male Fortune 500 CEO is six feet); and, for the cis and straight among us, have fewer romantic opportunities with women (a 2013 study conducted in the Netherlands found that women were taller than their male partners in just 7.5 percent of cases). I’m five six on a good day, and I’ve found that being short is great for flying economy class—and not much else.
Unbelievable :(
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#6> According to a 2009 study of Australian men, short guys make less money than their taller peers (about $500 a year per inch); are less likely to climb the corporate ladder (according to one survey, the average height of a male Fortune 500 CEO is six feet); and, for the cis and straight among us, have fewer romantic opportunities with women (a 2013 study conducted in the Netherlands found that women were taller than…
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#7"I wish was a baller, I wish I had a girl, if I did I would call her".
Sorry first thing that came into mind when reading the title.
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#8I'm trying to be less judgmental, but John Lovedale is pushing me to the limit.
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#9"I wish was a baller, I wish I had a girl, if I did I would call her". Sorry first thing that came into mind when reading the title.
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#10I did industrial tech support in an automobile assembly plant. I would get calls to fix something, and I would tell them why it was someone else's responsibility, or I would try to explain something.
When I went out to plant floor, it was like my perceived IQ went up by 20 points. Suddenly the things I said made sense. I think most of this effect can be attributed to the fact that I cared enough to show up, and that it's easier to communicate in person. That's most of it, but I'm also a large-ish white male (6 feet tall, 250 pounds at that time) and that physical presence does seem to have an effect on some people.
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