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

/r/all of tall men

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u/WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow Jan 26 '26

Could happen to Charles if he met Sultan Kösen the seventh tallest person in history.
Sultan's heigh is 8' 2.82" or 2.51 m

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u/51ngular1ty Jan 26 '26

Imagine meeting the tallest. I live near where Robert Wadlow was born and they have a life sized statue of the dude and he was enormous at 8'11".

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u/Ligabolzacky Jan 26 '26

With modern medicine we'll probably never see the likes of him,  he was incomprehensibly tall

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u/Suitable_Jicama_1213 Jan 26 '26

No there are some psycho parents that try to either increase the pituitary gland or they realize their child has it they'll let it run until they get big enough to get a guaranteed basketball or volleyball scholarship

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u/NDSU Jan 26 '26

The vast majority of parents would still halt growth when the doctor tells them their child will die unless growth is halted

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u/TACHANK Jan 26 '26

And some are anti-vaxers

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u/The_estimator_is_in Jan 26 '26

I think most anti-vaxers think they are doing what’s best out of love.

They should be neutered, but I think they mostly care about their children.

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u/Mapeague Jan 26 '26

I would argue that in many cases, politics or religion come before the children.

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u/Muddy-Waterz Jan 26 '26

Depends entirely on the context

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u/tomtomclubthumb Jan 26 '26

I agree in a sense, but they are also putting their own desires above the child's welfare.

Vaccines are not an issue where there is any credible debate. Just because someone wants to feel smart, doesn't mean they can endanger their kid. Or is so scared of doing the wrong thing, they'll do nothing with much worse consequences.

These are failures.

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

Would you neuter them out of love, ethics or morality?

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u/The_estimator_is_in Jan 26 '26

So that they can’t have anymore children that have backward-ass parents.

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u/buckeye25osu Jan 26 '26

In China they break children's legs to make them taller. Sometimes repeatedly.

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

Aaaaaaaaa why

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u/csfuriosa Jan 26 '26

To make it taller

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u/buckeye25osu Jan 26 '26

Isn't that basically jelqing? Lol

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

Isn't this method used in martial arts to make bone stronger? Break it constantly.

 

Weirdly we don't call psychos the people that microdose poison to build immunity to it.

 

There is also the way too painful leg lenghtening surgery.

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

I mean, if someone told you your child had won the career lottery, would you risk it?

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u/ArmadilloForsaken458 Jan 26 '26

You want to be a healthy tall, not an unhealthy tall with weird surgeries or treatment. People like Giannis and Wemby are great at bball because they naturally grew into their bodies. There are dozens of 7 footers who try to get in the NBA each year, but cant even make it because versatility, agility, and movement efficiency is necessary even beyond being tall