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11-08-2023 , 10:14 PM

PointlessWords

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I’m 6 ft tall with boots on so I don’t experience much height discrimination, but I don’t think this is the same for everyone.

What do people think?

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11-08-2023 , 10:31 PM

wolfbook

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Does our society have a systemic bias against short men?

The short answer is yes.

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11-08-2023 , 10:37 PM

September.28

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Originally Posted by wolfbook

The short answer is yes.

I see what you did.

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11-08-2023 , 10:44 PM

d2_e4

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I think the question needs another question:
- Bro, have you ever been laid, that is, like, taking a vagina to the penis?

The answer to this will inform the remainder of the answers ITT.

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11-08-2023 , 11:22 PM

DonkJr

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Obviously the answer is yes, just like there is systemic bias against fat women.

Why is this question being posed in the politics forum?

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11-08-2023 , 11:45 PM

wolfbook

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Why is this question being posed in the politics forum?

My guess is that it is in response to the rumor that Desantis has been wearing lifts in his footwear. Search Desantis + boots + lifts.

In the last 100 years or so I think the taller presidential candidate has won except for maybe Romney being slightly taller than Obama.

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11-09-2023 , 04:44 AM

PointlessWords

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Originally Posted by DonkJr

Obviously the answer is yes, just like there is systemic bias against fat women.

Why is this question being posed in the politics forum?

Want to see if there is any opposing dissent

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11-09-2023 , 05:16 AM

d2_e4

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Want to see if there is any opposing dissent

As opposed to concurring dissent?

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11-09-2023 , 05:35 AM

PointlessWords

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As opposed to concurring dissent?

Yep

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11-09-2023 , 05:49 AM

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d2_e4

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

Yep

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3 days, bro. Or did you already take the test and you're deeply ashamed of posting your results so you're having a few more goes till you can beat my score?

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11-09-2023 , 05:57 AM

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PointlessWords

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3 days, bro. Or did you already take the test and you're deeply ashamed of posting your results so you're having a few more goes till you can beat my score?

No I have a brief window of time Friday

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11-10-2023 , 09:05 PM

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I am grunching this thread, but the correct answer is humans generally have a systemic bias against short men. Same as with morbidly obese women. There are clear evolutionary reasons for this, but I wont bother.

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11-10-2023 , 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

I’m 6 ft tall with boots on so I don’t experience much height discrimination, but I don’t think this is the same for everyone.

What do people think?

If you went back to when you were 18 and lived the next 15 years as 6'4" I suspect you would realize you faced much more discrimination (or lack of positive discrimination) than you currently realize.

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11-10-2023 , 09:24 PM

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Wolfferine

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I blame it on that damn Randy Newman song.

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11-14-2023 , 03:08 PM

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I hit my head on **** at least once a day. The vanity mirror in my hotel room this past weekend didn't even come up to my chin. The most important part of choosing a new vehicle is, "Does the dash dig into my knee when I have my legs at an otherwise comfortable angle?" As I age, the frequency of the phrase, "Jesus Christ, why is the ground so far away?" coming out of my mouth has increased significantly, followed by exaggerated grunts and groans when I get back up from grabbing stuff from the back of a lower cabinet, feeding cords through furniture, getting something that rolled under a dresser, etc.

Count your blessings, shorty.

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11-14-2023 , 03:27 PM

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PointlessWords

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Is this a joke

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11-14-2023 , 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

Is this a joke

Sort of, in a cosmic joke kind of way.

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11-14-2023 , 03:47 PM

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In the last 100 years or so I think the taller presidential candidate has won except for maybe Romney being slightly taller than Obama.

there were a few more.
that is an exclusively American thing, do you know that?

The country with the most morons due to the worst educational and medical system.

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11-14-2023 , 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

I’m 6 ft tall with boots on so I don’t experience much height discrimination, but I don’t think this is the same for everyone.

What do people think?

only an idiot measures himself in boots. wtf? boots can be 8 inch or 2 inch wtf??

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11-14-2023 , 03:52 PM

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Well, not actually once a day. But it's no joke and I've been on the losing end of an encounter with a door frame or exposed and sagging pipes/conduit more times than I care to admit.

When you stand up on a bus or an airplane, you have to crank your neck to damn near a 90 degree angle, too. Very uncomfortable.

I was married long long before Tinder existed, so I've gained nothing from the glorification of giants in modern dating, either.

All for what? Not having to bust out a chair or stool to get something off a high shelf? Dying early because of all that extra real estate for the cancer cells to operate out of? Not worth it.

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11-14-2023 , 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

Is this a joke

good luck finding a place to sleep with 6.3 or even 6.2, a car, a bed, clothing, pretty much anything.

Last edited by washoe; 11-14-2023 at 04:05 PM.

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11-14-2023 , 03:55 PM

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Metod Tinuviel

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Originally Posted by PointlessWords

I’m 6 ft tall with boots on so I don’t experience much height discrimination, but I don’t think this is the same for everyone.

What do people think?

It depends what is meant by discrimination.

Being tall is going to make a man more attractive in the eyes of most women and being short unattractive. I don't think that is discrimination, just a fortunate/unfortunate fact of life depending on which side you end up on.

Tall men tend to be overrepresented in leadership roles and short men underrepresented. I do think that is discrimination.

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11-14-2023 , 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by washoe

only an idiot measures himself in boots. wtf? boots can be 8 inch or 2 inch wtf??

I think it was a jocular way of him saying he's less than six feet tall.

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11-14-2023 , 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I think it was a jocular way of him saying he's less than six feet tall.

everyone is under 6 feet. well 99%
the rest is ****ed finding beds and cars.

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11-14-2023 , 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Metod Tinuviel

you should be looking at all the presidents of the western world.
nobody almost nobody is over 6 feet, ever. more like all 5 feet, at least in France and Germany now and always. putin Berlusconi are all 5 feet something...

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