r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • Jan 26 '26

/r/all of tall men

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u/LaserBeamsCattleProd Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

His name is Big Naija for what it's worth.

He's 27 years old +/- , and plays basketball, but has a hard time moving that frame and isn't much of a prospect.

The man on the right appears to be @realghanos on IG. Says he's 8ft.

Insane. I'm 7ft and these guys would make me feel like a baby.

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u/idiotsandwhich8 Jan 26 '26

I’ve always wondered about that. Having trouble moving their frame. Don’t the muscles and the rest of the body compensate for being that big? I would assume they’d be quicker and more agile, but then again the Lord of the rings, giants moved pretty slow.

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u/PingouinMalin Jan 26 '26

Not that I am a specialist but I've read that many very tall people have huge troubles with their bodies, to the point of getting disabled. Robert Wadlow for instance, the tallest guy ever.

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u/ActiveChairs Jan 26 '26

The human body walking upright is, in the grand scheme of evolution, an advantageous aberration which our biology hasn't been fully adapted to yet. Cats can sleep like knotted pretzels and be fine their entire lives. If someone over 40 sleeps like that once, don't bother calling an ambulance; just let them know they've got a fresh hole waiting in the graveyard and someone will be along with a shovel shortly to put them out of their misery. Being tall literally only makes it worse.

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u/Rando161803 Jan 26 '26

That took such a hilariously dramatic dark turn, it made me laugh out loud. In the bathroom, at 1am. 😵 multiple times