Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep?

Re:Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep? by bluntfang on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:58AM (#21981803)

Is it possible that the heigh wage gap exists due to larger people requiring more resources to exist? It costs extra money for a tall person to get the required calories. It costs extra money for tall people to be comfortable on airlines.

I'm not saying this to be true, but it's a fact that larger people require more resources, especially in a globalizing environment where resources are created for the average human and outliers are having a tougher time just existing?

I don't expect anyone to really take this seriously, and I don't want to equate this to the struggle of being non-cis-white-male.

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Re:Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep? by creaturemachine on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:22PM (#21982076)

If this were true then the gender gap would be far different because, in my view, it's much more expensive being a woman in our society.

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Re:Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep? by satyrnein on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:13PM (#21982733)

Tall people can use their extra earnings to spring for the exit row. Plus, in case of actual emergency, everyone will look to them as natural leaders!

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Re:Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep? by sullyj3 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:21PM (#21982059)

If this were the entire explanation, why wouldn't you just expect equal wages and tall men to be slightly more worse off?

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Re:Whatever happened to the noble art of the manly weep? by bluntfang on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:45PM (#21983932)

I think this begs the question "why is there a wage gap between genders?"

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