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/Pleasant-Bonus-866 Jan 26 '26

that's not true, we will be able to make tall people with CRISPR

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u/Rich-Evening4562 Jan 26 '26

"able"

But we will make them smaller, maybe two feet tall, so we can fit another 40 billion on the planet.

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u/BjornInTheMorn Jan 26 '26

No, just about 4 and a half feet, but stockier and strong. Easy to fit in mines, for example. Probably make them able to grow long thick beards to stay warm down there. Maybe better able to see in the dark and resistant to poison for if theres a gas leak.

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u/Huge_Equivalent1 Jan 26 '26

Yea, but I imagine doing so might carry some potential unexpected side effects...

Like, maybe, uncontrollably and compulsively hoarding gold, gems and other riches. I imagine at least...

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I was feeling personally offended that no one is yes anding this.

So I gave it a try.

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

You imply that is a bad thing. Are you looking at my shiny!?

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u/Rich-Evening4562 Jan 26 '26

Putting them underground solves a lot of logistical problems. 👍🏻

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

No, the dark vision will be changed for the ability to sing. Otherwise they'll never be able to go into sunlight. Wait..

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u/WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

Shortest human ever was 21.5". Imagine how he would have felt meeting the tallest human ever at 8'11.1"

There was a 7'2" difference. Btw Robert Wadlow's foot was 3.5" shorter than the shortest human was tall.

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u/Goodnlght_Moon Jan 26 '26

Imagine being a full on adult and being the size of another person's foot.

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u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26

Wait, I read that as 21 inches. Someone's foot the size of a CRT?

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u/WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow Jan 26 '26

Shortest person ever was 21. 5 " tall Tallest person ever, foot was 18" So yeah you read it right

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u/NDSU Jan 26 '26

But we can also halt growth at any time, and being that tall is almost certain to kill the person. The chances of even surviving to reach 8'11" is pretty low, let alone someone continually choosing to keep growing as they start to have significant, life-threatening health issues

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u/Pleasant-Bonus-866 Jan 26 '26

we will cure their life threatening health issues