Re:Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular
by stickfigure on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:37PM
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So I think we're on the same page? Be nice, don't mock people.[1]
Let's waaay overanalyze this: Courage makes you taller does not mock anyone. It does however acknowledge heightism. It's not mean to say, therefore it's fair game and not "fucked up" the way that the joke about the garden gnome in the OP is. We can make jokes about guys with huge pornstar cocks without that being an insult to those who are less-endowed.
[1] Overanalyzing further: Size-of-hands is fair game, because 1) Trump's hands aren't actually particularly small, and 2) because Trump seems to be sensitive to the subject, it's a comment on his thin-skinned personality not his physical self. Also 3) Trump is a public figure and isn't entitled to the same level of politeness that a private person can expect.
Re:Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular
by chrisseaton on Sunday May 01, 2022 @06:27AM
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> a public figure and isn't entitled to the same level of politeness that a private person can expect
Strong disagree.
I don't think so. Just don't mock someone's height, sexual-orientation, size-of-hands, etc. That's completely achievable.
> I mean if we're going to take this to its logical extreme
Well then don't take it to an extreme - do the easy bit and just stop yourself each time you're criticising someone for something that they very clearly can't control at all without resorting to surgery.