cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3768443
Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.
i wonder about confounding variables like childhood nutrition. in a study like this height may actually be a proxy for socioeconomic status.
edit: and if i'd bothered to read the article i'd have noticed it said exactly that:
Instead, the authors favor an “early environment” explanation, such that people who grow up in healthy, constructive environments become taller, smarter, and more successful than those who grow up in impoverished, destructive environments.
Median income in US: $74580
Median height in US: 175cm (5'9")
Jeff Bezos's income in 2023: $70 billion
Jeff Bezos's estimated height: 530cm (17'4")
Yet here I am: 6'7" and can't find a job 
Time to wear absurdly long stilts so I'll be a billionaire
actually it's just guys named Kyle
I think of it as a little bonus earned by crying myself to sleep from growing pains
I may be 6'1 but I am unemployed and unemployable
people take taller people more seriously, associate them with leadership when maybe it's not warranted. it's not an accident that the vast majority of CEOs and practically every president is >6' and so many lie about their height or wear lifts or whatever.
we need a tall guy tax and short guy reparations but nobody gives a shit because they either have bigger legitimate problems (racism, misogyny, etc) or they want to be andrew tate.
I am 5'6'' (168cm). Now I know why I cannot find a job.
when the ridiculous aliens in Invader Zim have a more consistent society
Manlets be broke
Importantly, this estimation assumes other factors associated with earning potential — for instance, gender, age, years of schooling, and location — are held equal.
See, the gender/pay gap is a myth! It's a height/pay gap!
Academia is a fucking joke
Jokes and incel catastrophizing aside, lookism is indeed a thing with material consequences in society. People just like conventionally-attractive people more and that leads to preferential treatment.
Maybe the gender pay gap was actually the height pay gap all along
Barron Trump gonna be ballin'
Damn Brace really is rich
Lol another reason why the most I've ever made is like 10k a year.
5' 10(.5)" and don't make ish...
Making $189,000 a year is my 9'11"
The most oppressed group society is manlets.
In case you really couldn't tell...
/s
This explains John Fetterman
Those guys are both just Lieutenant Commander Andy Billups. Since he lives in a post-scarcity communist society, he has no need of a salary, whatever his height.
Forbes is incel propaganda
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