I’m shorter than Frank, and I never thought it was that much of an impediment, but I wonder if culture has moved to prioritize it even more in dating and careers? Frank had a wife, so it’s interesting how it persists.
life has gotten easy enough that we're starting to value unimportant bullshit like height over the ability to make society function. go to any non-western country. height still matters but personality, integrity and intelligence is enough to get you ahead in the dating market.
I can't imagine a sense of shame that would be more powerful than the knowledge that I spent $32,000, many months of my & my partner's life, and risked dying to be a few cm taller. Definitely one of those things where its baffling to me how people consider it appropriate to mock people for. Imagine someone walking around in public today describing someone as having a "flat chest personality" or how most westerners are very uncomfortable with "skin lightening" as a beauty thing.
I got my arms broken to make them longer. This is not as common, but something I wanted to achieve. Now they are extra-long and look a bit funny, but I'm happy.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 38.4 ms ] threadI think renewed interest because of its plot points in Materialists. https://www.gq.com/story/materialists-leg-lengthening
I forgot it was in Gattaca right? That was an outstanding movie, should watch again.
There has been a weird emphasis on height even greater than in the past, maybe from online dating?
Short kings have been featured in SNL. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Wc-nLNHtl/?hl=en
I’m shorter than Frank, and I never thought it was that much of an impediment, but I wonder if culture has moved to prioritize it even more in dating and careers? Frank had a wife, so it’s interesting how it persists.
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