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Inside the booming world of male leg lengthening (NSFL)
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Anatomically there's nothing wrong with this. People just don't know what legs look like at different angles.
Maybe this future was accurate.
I think a lot of really short guys try to lie and round their height up to 5'9", which causes people to have a warped perspective of what 5'9" actually is. In person I've had women act surprised when I tell them my height (thinking I must be taller than that), which to me is weird...
Pfft, that's ridiculous. I'm 5'3 and I never had any issues dating. I'm married and have two kids. Sure I've had people say shit about my height before and gotten rejected by girls in the past, but I always considered those people garbage humans and moved on. I made it out okay and would never consider anything like this.
Nah, you're good! I came to a similar realization recently too about cosmetic surgeries. Everyone has their own story and their own way their genetics have impacted them. And that's before we toss social media in the mix.
I am thankful that this isn't something I want, but I understand the pain that leads others to consider it.
All of my guy friends expect 1 is taller than me. No joke I'm the short guy of the group. My wife and daughter are taller than me too.
I get the impression that this is more a thing that became a big problem once dating apps started to include height. How long ago did you begin dating your now-wife?
How does this affect ones TDEE? Do you have the metabolism of a 5'7 or a 6'2?
Also, this would throw off certain other proportions, if you know what I mean.
Real talk as a bald 5'7 dude. I'd rather pay 75k for hair than six inches of height.
Also, this would throw off certain other proportions, if you know what I mean.
Real talk as a bald 5'7 dude. I'd rather pay 75k for hair than six inches of height.
I'm 5'4. Sometimes being short eats at me, sometimes it doesn't.
But I'm married, I'm sure it would eat at me a whole lot more if I was single.
But I'm married, I'm sure it would eat at me a whole lot more if I was single.
That's nice but completely anecdotal. I've felt like the shortest guy in the gym with the basketball team one day but was literally the tallest person in at my gf's 200+ family reunion another. But the science and data don't lie; at least in the US, 5'9" is drop dead average. Congrats, you're an inch above average.
The fact that its normalized to make fun of this form of body dysmorphia by society is really sad.
I lol'd
but in case you're being serious, please point out to me where the shin ends and where the knee starts.
lmao
Anyway, I find the height shaming men experience to be really sad. No one can change that and it's so wrong to make someone feel bad about it. I understand having preferences, but to denigrate someone because they don't match yours is just awful. As for myself, maybe it's because I'm not into men in general, but I find tall men very intimidating. It's always in the back of my mind how easily they could hurt me if they really wanted to.
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
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I know what you mean and that's another crappy stereotype fyi.
I'm sorry, but half this thread just sounds fucking INSANE to me.
Get some platform shoes or something and move on.
Get some platform shoes or something and move on.
Oh yeah I skipped that whole era of dating thankfully. I was primarily dating in the MySpace age. I've always had friends who would hook me up with their female friends and acquaintances so I got lucky.
I'm not gonna sit here and say I was a fuckin Mack daddy or anything. I've definitely got several rejections due to my height in the past, but I've gotten more hits than misses too. It's all in your attitude and personality. Many girls will drop those height requirements if they like your personality enough.
So again, fuck this surgery shit. There's plenty of people out there who will love you for who you are.
I'm only 5'8 and that's good for me. I'm 63kg so quite slim but my body proportions look right for my height and weight. I can't imagine how weird I'd look 3 inches taller with the same body shape.
Also surely you would be a bit more clumsy despite any physio as increasing your hight must change your center of gravity slightly and what strain would it put on stretched muscles and ligaments?
This kind of surgery when it's used to repair an injury or birth defect I completely understand (I presume that's what this surgery was originally thought up for). But as something just to make you a tiny amount taller seems a little ridiculous and more than a bit risky to me.
Also surely you would be a bit more clumsy despite any physio as increasing your hight must change your center of gravity slightly and what strain would it put on stretched muscles and ligaments?
This kind of surgery when it's used to repair an injury or birth defect I completely understand (I presume that's what this surgery was originally thought up for). But as something just to make you a tiny amount taller seems a little ridiculous and more than a bit risky to me.
How is this any different from any other cosmetic surgery to improve dating appeal except for it being cishet men doing it? When has cosmetic surgery not been expensive, painful, and fraught with risk?
So basically the illusionary power of a really bad angle. That shin bone still seems abnormally long, even on the skeleton.
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
Ready Player One poster ridiculed for bad Photoshop, turns out to be accurate
I'll be damned. So weird that it still looks strange when I know the mechanics make complete sense.
Probably because the hip is slanted on an angle. It makes one side lower than the other. The perspective and subsequent foreshortening also doesn't help.
I know height discrimination is a thing everywhere, but it seems especially pronounced in the US. These discussions and height requirements are always in feet. I always have to Google the height in cm, lol. American masculine ideals are so extreme.
I have to say I am tall myself though, but I haven't heard many comments about my height (although I guess it's a privilege to not worry about it).
I have to say I am tall myself though, but I haven't heard many comments about my height (although I guess it's a privilege to not worry about it).
Yeah I maintain that everyone can be a little shallow and petty at times but dating profiles, especially one where height is listed as a field, just make it like people are trying to shop for a custom PC, every spec must be perfect lol.
The solution is to remove height from the apps, I guess.
oh jesus yeah i will NEVER do this surgery based on this video THEY CAN BARELY JUMP
I'm 5'2 and I've always wanted to be at least *average* height but hell with doing all that. That's my lot in life, I'll make due (and continue to wish I could at least reach the top shelf). Never really cared about the height of a dude. Girls who do that come across as superficial to me.
I'm 176cm (5'9?) and honestly it's perfect for me and wouldn't want to be any taller. My dad was over 6' but I guess I never got that gene lol.
I live in Japan so even 176 here is quite tall here at least. Also being taller would be more of a pain here as finding clothes that fit would be more difficult. Also feel sorry for taller people trying to squeeze into some of the seats here like on busses and such lol.
But the biggest reason I wouldn't want to be taller is that I love cars and most cars are designed for people around my height as the standard. So even smaller Kei cars like the Suzuki Cappuccino I have no issues at all fitting inside and actually being comfortable (as comfortable as one can be in a Cappuccino anyway lololol). Taller people wouldn't even be able to fit not to mention look like they are in a clown car lol.
I live in Japan so even 176 here is quite tall here at least. Also being taller would be more of a pain here as finding clothes that fit would be more difficult. Also feel sorry for taller people trying to squeeze into some of the seats here like on busses and such lol.
But the biggest reason I wouldn't want to be taller is that I love cars and most cars are designed for people around my height as the standard. So even smaller Kei cars like the Suzuki Cappuccino I have no issues at all fitting inside and actually being comfortable (as comfortable as one can be in a Cappuccino anyway lololol). Taller people wouldn't even be able to fit not to mention look like they are in a clown car lol.
It's because for whatever reason stuck up men and women are obsessed with the 6'0 mark. I have lost count how many times I have seen the 6'0 mark be their "cutoff".
It's bizarre and toxic.
It's bizarre and toxic.
Is it even possible to go running again after a procedure like this and then what about sex lol
I had a friend in school who went through this as she was growing up, but she had a physical condition from birth where her right arm and leg were significantly shorter than her left. The operations and resulting therapy were torturous for her, but her parents were trying to keep her from being in braces and eventually wheelchairs after growth spurts. I can't imagine someone going through that shit "just because" and I am really doubting the ethics of the doctors that offer this as a service.
there's no way this doesn't introduce major health issues sooner or later as well as look grotesque. imagine paying a fortune to make yourself go through that.