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In other words, tons of young men are getting surgeries that will make their legs less functional for a few inches of height.
Meanwhile I'm 6'5 and would gladly give up a few inches if it meant my back didn't hurt all the time.
On the one hand, if surgery and/or various enhancements are an effective tool to give someone more confidence, and it's not really directly hurting anybody else, then my opinion is go for it.
To me, shorter men are hot, the size of your penis is pretty much irrelevant (bigger is not always better), and bald/balding/shaved heads are the bees knees. I mention the dick and the head o' hair because those are, in my experience, two other areas where men are commonly insecure.
Obviously I admit that as a gay man, my view on things may be different than that of a typical heterosexual woman. But overall, I really wish guys didn't feel the need to obsess over things like their height.
I don't have a link right now, and probably won't bother to go looking, but I was scrolling through posts a few days ago and saw one with a guy, who I would consider good looking, mentioned his height and weight. I clicked into the comments, and literally like the second most upvoted one in there referred to him as short. He was 5 feet 9 inches (a bit over 175 cm). Granted, it wasn't a derogatory comment if I recall correctly, but just the fact that it referred to a very average height as short really caught my attention. Now imagine if the guy was sensitive about his height and what that might do to his confidence.
Balding is fine, but to me, shaved head with a beard is kinda gross. I’d prefer the Homer Simpson hairdo to the weird hairless rat with a beard combination.
Bezos may have ruined shaved heads for me.
Nah bruh that’s fucked.
Sorry folks, I'm 5'6" and I don't give a shit if you don't like it.
Men will do anything but go to therapy.
W.T.F. This insane. Like movie!
I wonder if they'll now develop the lower back pain that comes from being tall. I'm quite tall and know a few tall people, we all love to complain about back pain!
but by being taller does it not make their dicks shorter?
If you're under 5'5" what you do is exercise and bulk up, then grow a magnificent beard and speak with an extremely aggressive tone.
Yosemite Sam?
Weird. This was featured as a kind-of plot point in a recent rom-com I saw, Materialists. The character who had it done gave it glowing reviews...
Can I pay to be shorter? 🤔
According to the article yes. Personally, even though part of me does wish I could be normal height I've done the mental work to appreciate the size I naturally wound up
Though, if there was a low risk way to shrink hands and feet that one might get me
I have long thighs and short lower legs. Pretty hairy too. I already look enough like an ape. No thx.
There goes your chance to become a short-king influencer and change how society sees shorter than average men!
You've doomed your bros, and your baby boys.
okay yeah but body positivity is cringe amirite? shattering my bones means at least I get to be an asshole to people over superficial reasons again