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comments →  [–]Theozotides2 0 points1 point  (1 child)   As a
guy in the ballpark of 5'5, I encounter this on a regular basis.
And if it's taught me anything, it's that those who consider
calling me short an insult tend to be on the wrong side of
intelligent. Height is an arbitrary physical characteristic that
people have no conscious control over. So why is simply
acknowledging the other guy as short insulting? It would be like
considering the statement "you have brown hair" a burn.
[–]Wilcows 0 points1 point  (0 children)   Insults are
statements that are made with the intention of making the
recipient feel bad. If you are short, then good chance that you
don't feel alright about it. For all the familiar reasons. So it
might be something you cant do anything about, it will still
probably make you feel bad, or less good than you did before.
Also, insults weigh less if they are made by insignificant
people, so that might be related to what you