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I would imagine it's not mentioned because those costs are somewhat negligible compared to the positives of being a tall man. The things you've listed seem pret

I would imagine it's not mentioned because those costs are somewhat negligible compared to the positives of being a tall man. The things you've listed seem pretty trivial to be honest, and I imagine any man shorter than 5'9" would trade positions with you in an instant. It's like listing the bad parts of having more money, sure nothing is ever 100% positive but when it's 99% positive, it's not always worth mentioning the negative 1%.

necovek 6y ago
Or maybe they are not mentioned because nobody thought of it? Like, the OP study happened, and it's nothing but "wealthy people are less likely to want wealth redistribution, even if they are tall". From personal experience, I'd say it's far from negligible when you put it down on paper. Only people outside the average size (5-95th percentile usually) have to think about these. I'd go on to say that everything in life is on average 50% more expensive for me (eg. custom bed is 2-3x more expensive than those available in stores of comparable quality, my custom height kitchen-top as well, or baby changing station... But plenty of things are the same price, thus only a 50% increase). For the same amount of money, "average humans" are getting more out of it. If that should not be accounted for when it comes to "wealth", I am not sure what should. But I guess without properly accounting for all the things I've "had" to pay extra for just to get basic comfort, people are going to continue to claim costs are negligible. Not saying I'd change with anyone, and I am probably lucky to have ended up in IT (otherwise, my feet would be dangling off my bed :)). And sure, it's way better for males to be taller than average than shorter than average in the society today, but there's a whole lot of average in there that simply don't have to think about any of the things I do.

necovek 6y ago

Or maybe they are not mentioned because nobody thought of it? Like, the OP study happened, and it's nothing but "wealthy people are less likely to want wealth redistribution, even if they are tall". From personal experience, I'd say it's far from negligible when you put it down on paper. Only people outside the average size (5-95th percentile usually) have to think about these. I'd go on to say that everything in life is on average 50% more expensive for me (eg. custom bed is 2-3x more expensive than those available in stores of comparable quality, my custom height kitchen-top as well, or baby changing station... But plenty of things are the same price, thus only a 50% increase). For the same amount of money, "average humans" are getting more out of it. If that should not be accounted for when it comes to "wealth", I am not sure what should. But I guess without properly accounting for all the things I've "had" to pay extra for just to get basic comfort, people are going to continue to claim costs are negligible. Not saying I'd change with anyone, and I am probably lucky to have ended up in IT (otherwise, my feet would be dangling off my bed :)). And sure, it's way better for males to be taller than average than shorter than average in the society today, but there's a whole lot of average in there that simply don't have to think about any of the things I do.