being short

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there are hordes of them, that's why it's stupid, it's like making a documentary about breakfast-eaters.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link

we might have been a little older i cant remember really

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link

I would possibly watch a doc about breakfast-eaters

iatee, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link

ok if the doc was out in 08 maybe we were filming in 07 & i was 16

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:25 (twelve years ago) link

the movie was about short males of all ages

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link

I think flopson and friends' approach sounds kind and endearing, it has a freaks and geeks tone to it.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link

breakfast-eaters was a poor example to use on greedy old ilx.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link

the same friend also once met the creator or director or something of law & order: svu at a dinner party thru his tangentially high-society jewish family and asked him if he would name a character after him, & he did and the character was a rapist!

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link

well he asked for it!

J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link

iirc he was still p stoked

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link

lmao jordan

ice cr?m, Sunday, 19 June 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link

lool

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link

betwixt 6' & 6'2" is the best for a dude

― buzza, Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:25 AM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tTTAWhhwL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

am0n, Sunday, 19 June 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link

is there an album cover about how short dudes are the best cause like i feel real bad for jordan s(hortie)

jeff, Sunday, 19 June 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link

c(hortle)

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:23 (twelve years ago) link

jordan s is taller than me and i don't ever suffer pangs about shortness.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link

i think jordan s is also taller than bob dylan.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link

and also jordan s is taller than my dog who does not even reach my knee, sometimes i exclaim at him about that.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:29 (twelve years ago) link

youre still awake?! its almost 6 am!

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:33 (twelve years ago) link

i know it is in some places but for me it's 7.36 pm sunday.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:36 (twelve years ago) link

i was worried

flopson, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link

i'm a bit disappointed you didn't express your concern by writing a rap about it.

estela, Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:46 (twelve years ago) link

I used to be short. I'm glad I'm not anymore.

51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Sunday, 19 June 2011 10:22 (twelve years ago) link

I used to be too $hort then...

british sb power (dayo), Sunday, 19 June 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link

one thing that sucks about being short is finding clothes that fit you

british sb power (dayo), Sunday, 19 June 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link

lol amon

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link

This is actually pretty interesting to me. As I said earlier I like being tall - a lot. I'm either 5'9" or 5'10" depending on who by and when I'm measured and I think that's sort of the perfect tall height for a woman. It's not so tall that it seems freakish but it's tall enough that I reap the benefits. I think that being a tall woman can be a huge benefit in terms of commanding respect and being taken seriously by men. That might sound strange but I think it's a lot easier for people to dismiss small women than it is for them to dismiss taller women and I feel like in certain situations (work, school) smaller female friends have had to work work harder at being heard and taken seriously than I have. In some ways height and physical presense = power and I think definitely benefited from being tall.

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Saturday, June 18, 2011 5:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is a thing i have a complex about in terms of being short but tbf maybe people dismiss me because i'm crazy and it has nothing to do with my height.

horseshoe, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link

That's basically what I meant -- always reminds me of that little bit before Daydream Believer where Davy Jones asks "is it because I'm short?" (or us it just ME?)

heartbreak beet (La Lechera), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link

one thing that sucks about being short is finding clothes that fit you

this sucks for tall ppl too, ime

blank, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link

really the one thing that sucks about being short & finding clothes is that stuff that's on sale is always L & XL

J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link

I'm a short woman and also have a complex abt not being taken seriously. I've always put it down to other looks-related issues rather than height specifically but actually shortness may play into it more than I've realised.

(this is really winding me up at work lately, hence the thread I attempted to revive y/day about bitterness, cz the things which set it off are not going to go away but I was hoping maybe my reaction to them could be tamed. oh well)

sambal dalek (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link

i'm the same height as ENBB and it does help as far as being taken seriously. i didn't think about it so much because wherever i've worked, i've been used to generally being about the same height as most of the men. but the guy who's currently the head of my department is kind of soft spoken and probably 6'3 - and i found him pretty intimidating for a while, just because of that. not used to talking to people who are that much taller.

daria-g, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link

jordan you gotta be kidding, 90% of sales items are for dudes with 30 inch waists ime, gimme the names of these xxxl bargain stores

beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA

am0n, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link

jordan you gotta be kidding, 90% of sales items are for dudes with 30 inch waists ime, gimme the names of these xxxl bargain stores

― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:05 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ime its 9-10-11 size shoes, 30-34 inch waists, medium t-shirts that are hardest to find

arachno-misogynist (D-40), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link

^^^

J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link

i feel like prob everyone thinks their size is hard to find

ice cr?m, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link

XL t-shirts are always on sale!

arachno-misogynist (D-40), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link

some tiny girls shop in the kids section ive heard

ice cr?m, Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link

wait i'm talking european sizes

beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link

jordan you gotta be kidding, 90% of sales items are for dudes with 30 inch waists ime, gimme the names of these xxxl bargain stores

― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:05 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ime its 9-10-11 size shoes, 30-34 inch waists, medium t-shirts that are hardest to find

Yup.

all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link

medium size t-shirts, so hard to find.

jed_, Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

i found him pretty intimidating for a while, just because of that. not used to talking to people who are that much taller

It's so weird when this happens because sometimes I don't even realize that's what it is at first.

idk height is weird

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

And that is my profound conclusion to this discussion.

;p

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

having a long torso means there are basically no t-shirts for me that don't cause Bill S Preston Esq bare midriff awfulness.

blank, Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link

I think my posture is messed up from crouching. I hate looking down on people (literally) during convos.

blank, Sunday, 19 June 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link

jordan you gotta be kidding, 90% of sales items are for dudes with 30 inch waists ime, gimme the names of these xxxl bargain stores

If you go to outlet stores for fancy menswear brands basically everything on their shelves is 44/46/48 inch chest and 38+ waist - I once asked if they ever had anything smaller and the guy said "oh no, those sell out instantly".

Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 19 June 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link

oh outlet stores, right.

I may be fat but i wear from this season, tyvm

beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link

lol

nakhchivan, Sunday, 19 June 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link

I thought most clothes sold in outlet stores nowadays were either seconds or made especially to be sold there.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 20 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link


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