Would you like to be taller?

pep.fermi

I'm shocked

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/09/would-you-have-your-legs-broken-to-make-yourself-taller-the-men-who-go-through-hell-for-a-little-extra-height

orraloon

https://youtu.be/ryDOy3AosBw

I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller

Pross

As someone who is slightly taller than average at 6' 1" maybe I don't get it but why would anyone put themselves through that to get longer legs? They're now just going to be out of proportion surely?

Stevo_666

Looks very unpleasant, and bloody expensive. Lucky I'm not a shortarse.

First.Aspect

Whilst an extra inch or two (of height, fnarr) would be nice, I think people have no real idea what recovering from major surgery and broken bones is actually like.

Evening leg length is one thing, but the surgeons doing this to anyone who is 5ft 6in and otherwise healthy should be struck off.

MidlandsGrimpeur2

As a short bloke, never had an issue with it and never understood men who do (it always seems to be short men who have a problem with their height, not women!). I think it comes down to ideas of machismo and feeling physically inferior to other dudes, and also the myth that women only want tall men. Feel genuinely sorry for people who are really affected by it and are shelling out money and going through surgery, just seems pointless.

Also found there are numerous benefits:

- Never have to worry about leg room on planes, public transport.
- Buying clothes and bike frames on sale is easy and much cheaper as smaller sizes aren't as popular.
- Low centre of gravity is a marvel for all manner of physical activities (greater stability you see).
- If you ever get into bother with people you can kick them in the shins and run through their legs to escape!
- Hide and seek is a piece of p!!s

rick_chasey

Got to be pretty messed up to want to go through that.

I’m a shortarse and no.

ugo.santalucia

In the past yes, now that I do hill climbs, I wish I was shorter...

mrb123

6'4" here so no. Always felt that 6' to 6'2" would be about right. All the advantages without the eternal struggle to buy trousers that fit.

focuszing723

orraloon said:

https://youtu.be/ryDOy3AosBw

I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller

Cracking tack that...Rabbit in a hat...

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

Got to be pretty messed up to want to go through that.

I’m a shortarse and no.

You would think that the hippocratic oath would be more consistent with a referral to counselling than to a brochure on credit and payment options.

Munsford0

TBH that's no different from any other completely unnecessary cosmetic surgery on lips, boobs, @rses etc. I'd ban anything which was not medically justified. Things like Love Island as quoted in the article are a big part of the problem, although why anyone would want to resemble those preening, pouting, depilated vacuous tw@ts is beyond me.

I'm 5'6" and always been completely happy in my small but perfectly formed skin. When I fall off my bike I hit the ground sooner but with a lot less force than a 6 footer...

morstar

Nope, 6’1” and off the peg clothes are never really quite long enough. If I were any taller it’d be even worse.
Go up a size and things get wider but no longer.

Agree completely that vanity surgery is a curse. I feel the trend to de stigmatise such practices is a bad one. It shouldn’t be normal to butcher yourself in pursuit of somebody else’s idea of beauty. I much preferred it when people were embarrassed to talk openly about cosmetic surgery.

veronese68

I've lost about an inch as I've aged, I'd quite happily regain that if it meant my back wasn't screwed so I got less pain. I'm still about 6'1" which is enough.

mrb123 said:

6'4" here so no. Always felt that 6' to 6'2" would be about right. All the advantages without the eternal struggle to buy trousers that fit.

I always thought the 6'4" was as tall as you could get and still be in the realms of normal for clothes. Son is just under that and usually manages, his legs are marginally shorter than mine. 6'4" and long in the leg would create more problems.

MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:

- If you ever get into bother with people you can kick them in the shins and run through their legs to escape!

That made me chuckle

briantrumpet

At 6ft, I still bang my head in my own house from time to time, so definitely no.

focuszing723

Elon Musk is 6ft 1.5", if anybody wants to know what the ideal height is.

Munsford0

focuszing723 said:

Elon Musk is 6ft 1.5", if anybody wants to know what the ideal height is.

And he would know what that is?

wallace_and_gromit

I'm 6'1" and as an ex-rower, have spent a lot of my adult life wishing I'd been 6'4" - 6'6".

First.Aspect

I'm a current rower and 5 10. You just need to move to a smaller boat class.

drhaggis

There are many things I'd rather be than a bit taller, despite being of distinctly average height. I'd rather not break my legs either, thank you very much.

kingstongraham

Surely he'd always be known as the guy who broke his own legs to be a bit taller.

TheBigBean

mrb123 said:

6'4" here so no. Always felt that 6' to 6'2" would be about right. All the advantages without the eternal struggle to buy trousers that fit.

This although it would be due to other irritations.

bonk_king

Hmmm, interesting. Do they not realise that when they look in the mirror naked after stretching their legs, that their cock will then look smaller!!

Leg stretching and penis enhancement it is then, lol.

paulbnix

When I was younger and living at home with my parents I was taller than both of them and my sister.
It was only when I went out amongst other people that I realised I was shorter than most.
But so what.

Must be awful if being short so colours your life that you would go for surgery to correct it as once that problem is "fixed" another will probably be waiting e.g. going bald, wearing glasses, getting fat.

DeVlaeminck

Happy as I am (just under 6'2) though I do have short legs/long torso so could probably get away with a bit extra. I wonder if anyone has had the full 6" added just for vanity reasons - they'd look like they were on stilts.

mrb123

veronese68 said:

I've lost about an inch as I've aged, I'd quite happily regain that if it meant my back wasn't screwed so I got less pain. I'm still about 6'1" which is enough.

mrb123 said:

6'4" here so no. Always felt that 6' to 6'2" would be about right. All the advantages without the eternal struggle to buy trousers that fit.

I always thought the 6'4" was as tall as you could get and still be in the realms of normal for clothes. Son is just under that and usually manages, his legs are marginally shorter than mine. 6'4" and long in the leg would create more problems.

MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:

- If you ever get into bother with people you can kick them in the shins and run through their legs to escape!

That made me chuckle

Yeah, once you get past 34" leg the options are severely limited. I imagine it's the same once you get to size 12 or 13 feet.

wolfsbane2k

pep.fermi said:

I'm shocked

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/09/would-you-have-your-legs-broken-to-make-yourself-taller-the-men-who-go-through-hell-for-a-little-extra-height

Heck no. I hit my head on enough door jambs, have enough trouble finding bikes that fit, and have enough trouble to find clothes already
(at 6ft 6 1/2)

wolfsbane2k

MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:

As a short bloke,



- If you ever get into bother with people you can kick them in the shins and run through their legs to escape!
- Hide and seek is a piece of p!!s

Lol, yep, definately i suck at those as a tall bloke!

wolfsbane2k

mrb123 said:

options are severely limited. I imagine it's the same once you get to size 12 or 13 feet.

Yeah, that.

seanoconn

Oops, think I’ve stumbled into the how tall are you thread by mistake.

seanoconn

First.Aspect said:

I'm a current cox and 5 10. You just need to move to a smaller boat class.

FTFY