What is the sad truth about tall people?
This AskReddit thread has some brutally honest takes on the downsides of being tall. A lot of people sharing experiences that really hit home.
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No sale for Australia's enormous Knickers (who is male, by the way)
"He was always a standout steer from the others, a bit bigger than the rest," says Mr Pearson. Although "some of his mates" were sent for slaughter at an early age, "he was still a standout so we thought let's leave him there, he's not hurting anyone".
He weighs 1,400kg and stands 1.94m tall - meet Australia's biggest steer, who was too big for the abattoir.
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Notes on Being Very Tall
There are the questions, principally, “How tall are you?” and “Do you play basketball?” There are also a lot of shared observations. People I’ve never met feel compelled to tell me about the tallest member of their families. Women especially like to tell me about their fathers, husbands and …
I Would Love To Be An Actor But Its Not
I would love to be an actor, but, It’s not possible. I am to tall. There are no roles for people as tall as me. So, I want to become a director. — Interview with Joonas Suotamo, basketball player and actor for Chewbacca in the recent star wars movies.
Does A Taller Husband Make His Wife Happier
Although it has been known that women prefer tall men in mating for evolutionary reasons, no study has investigated whether a taller husband makes his wife happier. We analyzed two datasets (N = 7850) that are, together, representative of the Indonesian population to determine whether this is true. …
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7 ft 1 in vs 4 ft 8 in
What It Is Like To Be The Tallest Man In The Room
What it is like to be the tallest man in the room
Its train cars are too small for me to stand up straight, and I can’t sit down, unless I curl up into a sort of ball and press my knees against my face.
The 6 Types of Crappy Hugs - The Oatmeal
The inside story of 7ft 7in 16-year-old future basketball star Robert Bobroczky
A SCHOOLBOY aged 16 could be about to take American basketball by storm, becoming the tallest player ever to play professionally in the US. …
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Fall dreads crowds and says airports are “the worst” because of how many people come up to him and ask to take photos. They recycle the same lame jokes, too. How’s the weather up there?
Confidential: NBA players give the lowdown on life as a big man
In ESPN The Magazine's Tall Ball Issue, 66 NBA players measuring 6-8 and up shed light on life as a big man.
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What has pump designers want you to see. pic.twitter.com/646SNCwN— Tim Hopper (@tdhopper) October 28, 2012
What you see when you're 6' 9". pic.twitter.com/2eIHHLNy— Tim Hopper (@tdhopper) October 28, 2012
Sarah Pavan - Beautiful Bodies | CBC Sports
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbIDYYD7kE)
It’s frustrating having to deal with the comments and questions and the jeers and the laughs every day. But at the end of the day, people remember who I am."
Sarah Pavan stands out in a crowd, and that hasn't always been an easy thing. But there is a lot more to this Canadian beach volleyball star than her …
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Bikes for the Very Tall
A spreadsheet of information about bikes for the ultratall.
Greg Davies on the troubles of being tall.
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You might be 6'9" if a company has to tape two boxes together to ship you shoes. pic.twitter.com/E84JLfDe— Tim Hopper (@tdhopper) February 24, 2012
What It’s Like to Be a Woman Who’s 6’2”
I’ve gotten more comfortable with myself — but not with the feelings my body seems to bring out in other women.
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Security experts say that Mr. de Blasio’s penchant for riding in the front seat of his city-issued S.U.V. — a break from his predecessors, who sat in the back — is troublesome. Front windshields cannot be tinted, they point out, and the guards who ride with the mayor lose an unobstructed view of …
Mayor Bill de Blasio, the tallest mayor in New York’s modern history, is discovering that bigness can also be a burden, requiring a host of ergonomic …
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Fitting in is hard. Being tall is also hard. This is a log of the many places I don't fit.
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The Office Stanley Playing Basketball
The Office Stanley Playing Basketball
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