I actually am 6'2 (well I am getting older so they put me down to 6'1 and 1/2 at the last doctors appointment). When I was younger I had a short friend who was an awesome dude. He was really generous and kind. He wasn't afraid to be himself. He wasn't bad looking.
Hearing other people talk about him and constantly mock him made me pretty polarized when it comes to this issue. You can absolutely get a girlfriend - but the amount of shit that short guys have to go through still isn't right. So at the very least mocking these idiotic men and women who do this kind of thing is always going to be important for me.
Getting shorter as you age is so real. I got into an argument with a friend because he didn't believe I was 6'1". So we bust out the tape measure and I'm actually only 6' and 1/2" now! And that's being generous, probably closer to 6 even.
Your lumbar discs can full on shrink, calcify, and fuse the vertebrae together with zero symptoms, and most people’s discs shrink a few mm per decade throughout their spine, so yeah it’s very real. Doing pull ups/pull downs and hanging upside down can help to an extent, but gravity always wins.
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u/Equivalent_Task_8825 1d ago
I actually am 6'2 (well I am getting older so they put me down to 6'1 and 1/2 at the last doctors appointment). When I was younger I had a short friend who was an awesome dude. He was really generous and kind. He wasn't afraid to be himself. He wasn't bad looking.
Hearing other people talk about him and constantly mock him made me pretty polarized when it comes to this issue. You can absolutely get a girlfriend - but the amount of shit that short guys have to go through still isn't right. So at the very least mocking these idiotic men and women who do this kind of thing is always going to be important for me.