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[–] 39 points 5 days ago

The OP includes that it’s from /r/shortguys, but it didn’t have to. Nowhere else is this fucking weird about being short.

-a dude nearly 6” shorter than average

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  • [–] 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Hobbling used to be a thing, where they'd chop the toes off...

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  • [–] 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)
  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago*

    Wait, the formula for a quiet, serene life, far away from the urbanity & drama'd be... do crimes? 🤔

    I'm personally quite interested in this sort of thing, especially if said Shire is outside of the US —and I'm sure I'm not alone in this. 🥴🤞🏼

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I thought Hobbling was breaking ankles and preventing them from healing properly?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    So basically, the taller you are the more you can afford to embezzle. The entire NBA becomes corporate scapegoats overnight.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago

    How about free extensions for having a clean record?

    Asking for a friend.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Weight is usually the determining factor in any fight. And small people usually have a complex on top. So you are just making them more aggressive in the end?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Also height does matter but only because taller people have longer arms and can punch you from farther away

    This would create shorter people with longer arms, completely upsetting the meta

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  • That's what we need, another reason to look down on short people.

    I'm so sorry...

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    What if they made you taller so you have to stoop to go through doorways?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    If you're short you get shortened, if you're tall you get tallened.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago

    Maybe, but only for like really violent criminals.

    Like someone who killed fitty men

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    That was clearly written by someone who hasn't watched Casino.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    I would commit incredibly heinous crimes if doing so would make me shorter. It is not good policy to incentivise a crime wave.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    I’m decently above average height for my country, but I grew up with so many really tall people around that I never felt tall. So a cheaper punishment could be to have to be the waterboy for a basketball team.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)