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Wow you're tall, do you play basketball? Lol
Yeah, this is so annoying. No, I'm so hypotonic, I can barely walk. I can't even fucking play basketball.
I imagine, I will still hear this when I'm in my deathbed. Fucking stupid.
https://medium.com/@alexgoulden/what-percent-of-human-historys-7-footers-have-played-in-the-nba-ec4ec60c1801
To be fair, if you live in the US and are 7' or taller, there's a 17% chance you were employed by the NBA at some point.
If you lived anywhere in the world it only drops to 9%
So it's pretty decent odds that any random 7' or taller person has played basketball professionally.
I have a friend who's 6'5" and I've seen his eyes go dead so many times with this exact comment
I'm 6'4" and when people ask if I play basketball I just tell them "Nah, I play video games". The people who are disgusted by this answer are people who I know to avoid.
I then also let them know that 6'4" is on the short side for a Basketball player.
i have a friend who's 7'1" and he leads with it. played in greece. he says he was terrible, just tall. but hell, if i played pro anywhere i'd lead with it too.