• zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I would very much like to see "manlet" banned lol

    Like, it's not cool to imply someone is not their gender or a lesser form of that gender because they are short. This site will go all-in on being welcoming to trans people but if you're short you're gonna get made fun of.

    Such a weird hang-up too. Like sometimes it'll be someone who's like 5'10 and I'll see people calling them short. I honestly can't tell if it's some weird projection shit or what.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      I find manlet really annoying because I have been called it a couple times, usually by women while men would just call me short, despite being above average height. I am not a "manly man" or hypermasculine in any way, so being told I was failing at that because I was too short when I wasn't almost felt like being misgendered, or at least how I assume it would feel.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Most of our commie heroes were short kings. I agree we should retire that one.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah fuck "manlet"

      I'm slightly above average height but that shit is just so stupid

      Like holy fuck I'd like to see how those types treat people with dwarfism. Like are you really such a fascist that the particular length of someone's femurs are hanging you the fuck up mentally

      The funniest shit is that in the US, 6 feet is a round number, so below that is supposed to be "short" for men. But in the rest of the world, even places where people are taller on average, 180cm is a round number and that's the cutoff - 5 foot 10.8 inches