Post by Heightism Report on Mar 28, 2017 19:34:54 GMT
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"I'm wondering if this might be true for others, but I've found strangers will always approach me for help, directions or information almost weekly. Even when I was overseas and had less of a clue than they did! I'm wondering if shorter people tend to look friendlier and less threatening than our taller peeps?
It makes some sense, at least to my thinking. No offence intended for taller people of course, just a little observation. Also, it's not that I don't mind being approached alot, it's just I tend to think immediately "oh me?!" in my head when a 6 foot guy or girl approaches asking for help xD."
"I have found this to be very true in my life. At work and on the street. I get approached with people asking for help more than anyone else that is tall around me."
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These imbeciles are beyond pathetic. Implicit bias against short people has been scientifically-proven, yet, they're going to argue that we are privileged for being friendly helpers of the world who are masters at soothing the concerns of weary travelers. Yes, we may seem less threatening than Shaquille O'neal, but not one of them is learned enough to address the other side of the issue, which is that people think "we owe it to them" to serve them. They'd rather not approach a taller not just because of intimidation, but because of his social status, which denotes that his time is more important than the short person standing next to him. You don't get free and easy access to talls because they are high-status individuals who deserve to be handsomely rewarded for services rendered, but a short person is expected to help others any time they need it.
To be fair, I enjoy helping people out who ask me questions, but on r/short, most of the posters don't understand the material realities of the world enough to comprehend the fact that the intimidation that being tall comes bundled with is exactly where all of the social rewards come from. It's natural to enjoy helping other people out, but we just need to realize that the fact that we seem "less threatening" is where the view that we are here to serve others comes from.
Seriously though, Go to r/tall and look at all of them complaining about helping short people get things from hard to reach places, or at the bare minimum, mocking short people for not being able to reach them. Beyond that, many of them argue that they are discriminated against for helping short people get things that they can't reach, but on the happy goat fuck that is r/short, they absolutely love the fact that their height comes bundled with the expectation of servitude.
Let them go to a corporate setting or some other high-stakes scenario that requires a level of expertise beyond just giving someone directions to a restaurant etc., and let's see how often people approach them before tallers.
"I'm wondering if this might be true for others, but I've found strangers will always approach me for help, directions or information almost weekly. Even when I was overseas and had less of a clue than they did! I'm wondering if shorter people tend to look friendlier and less threatening than our taller peeps?
It makes some sense, at least to my thinking. No offence intended for taller people of course, just a little observation. Also, it's not that I don't mind being approached alot, it's just I tend to think immediately "oh me?!" in my head when a 6 foot guy or girl approaches asking for help xD.""I have found this to be very true in my life. At work and on the street. I get approached with people asking for help more than anyone else that is tall around me."
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These imbeciles are beyond pathetic. Implicit bias against short people has been scientifically-proven, yet, they're going to argue that we are privileged for being friendly helpers of the world who are masters at soothing the concerns of weary travelers. Yes, we may seem less threatening than Shaquille O'neal, but not one of them is learned enough to address the other side of the issue, which is that people think "we owe it to them" to serve them. They'd rather not approach a taller not just because of intimidation, but because of his social status, which denotes that his time is more important than the short person standing next to him. You don't get free and easy access to talls because they are high-status individuals who deserve to be handsomely rewarded for services rendered, but a short person is expected to help others any time they need it.
To be fair, I enjoy helping people out who ask me questions, but on r/short, most of the posters don't understand the material realities of the world enough to comprehend the fact that the intimidation that being tall comes bundled with is exactly where all of the social rewards come from. It's natural to enjoy helping other people out, but we just need to realize that the fact that we seem "less threatening" is where the view that we are here to serve others comes from.
Seriously though, Go to r/tall and look at all of them complaining about helping short people get things from hard to reach places, or at the bare minimum, mocking short people for not being able to reach them. Beyond that, many of them argue that they are discriminated against for helping short people get things that they can't reach, but on the happy goat fuck that is r/short, they absolutely love the fact that their height comes bundled with the expectation of servitude.
Let them go to a corporate setting or some other high-stakes scenario that requires a level of expertise beyond just giving someone directions to a restaurant etc., and let's see how often people approach them before tallers.
