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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

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.

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dvfjsdhgfv 1y ago
I don't understand your comment - what partner are you talking about? These surgeries exist because of the ongoing trend among young women to date tall man only.
goku12 1y ago
Ridicule based on arbitrary and frivolous attributes are shaped by jealousy and the associated urge to eliminate social competition. That's why the highly talented kids (even adults at times) are bullied. Meanwhile, such peer pressure has an awfully powerful influence on emotions and decisions. Both are fundamental human behaviors and they're not going away. The only way to overcome it is to burn some social capital by calling it out and protesting it. If you're lucky, you may even earn some social capital. > or how most westerners are very uncomfortable with "skin lightening" as a beauty thing I'm not sure I catch the meaning (due to cultural differences). Could you elaborate?
31carmichael 1y ago
We should all try it. what's a few months of pain.
general1726 1y ago
> many months of my & my partner's life, and risked dying to be a few cm taller Wrong assumption. Men who wants to be taller are doing it to have more success in dating, because women are heavily biased towards taller men.
- orn688 1y ago
  The main subject of the article, “Frank”, is already married. This is the part of the article that explains his motivation: > There were the kids at school who taunted him for his height; a longtime online fan of his artwork who remarked, on meeting him, that Frank was “shorter than I expected”; or the guys who randomly shoved him in the street a few years ago, tearing out his headphones. They wouldn’t have done that to a taller man, he reasons.

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dvfjsdhgfv 1y ago

I don't understand your comment - what partner are you talking about? These surgeries exist because of the ongoing trend among young women to date tall man only.

goku12 1y ago

Ridicule based on arbitrary and frivolous attributes are shaped by jealousy and the associated urge to eliminate social competition. That's why the highly talented kids (even adults at times) are bullied. Meanwhile, such peer pressure has an awfully powerful influence on emotions and decisions. Both are fundamental human behaviors and they're not going away. The only way to overcome it is to burn some social capital by calling it out and protesting it. If you're lucky, you may even earn some social capital. > or how most westerners are very uncomfortable with "skin lightening" as a beauty thing I'm not sure I catch the meaning (due to cultural differences). Could you elaborate?

31carmichael 1y ago

We should all try it. what's a few months of pain.

general1726 1y ago

> many months of my & my partner's life, and risked dying to be a few cm taller Wrong assumption. Men who wants to be taller are doing it to have more success in dating, because women are heavily biased towards taller men.

orn688 1y ago
The main subject of the article, “Frank”, is already married. This is the part of the article that explains his motivation: > There were the kids at school who taunted him for his height; a longtime online fan of his artwork who remarked, on meeting him, that Frank was “shorter than I expected”; or the guys who randomly shoved him in the street a few years ago, tearing out his headphones. They wouldn’t have done that to a taller man, he reasons.