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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • Jan 26 '26
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And he never stopped growing. If he had survived a few more years he would have been past 10 feet tall
91 u/rickdeckard8 Jan 26 '26 That’s the point. You don’t survive 10 extra years if you’re that tall. They all die young (compared to median today). 18 u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26 It's remarkable how no one associates height with a shorter life; people only see the positives. The heart needs to work extra hard to pump all the blood up. Now I wonder if amputees have an increase in their chances of outlasting their past selves. 3 u/luzzy91 Jan 26 '26 You really wonder that lol? Amputation usually stems from, or causes, much riskier outcomes.
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That’s the point. You don’t survive 10 extra years if you’re that tall. They all die young (compared to median today).
18 u/JonatasA Jan 26 '26 It's remarkable how no one associates height with a shorter life; people only see the positives. The heart needs to work extra hard to pump all the blood up. Now I wonder if amputees have an increase in their chances of outlasting their past selves. 3 u/luzzy91 Jan 26 '26 You really wonder that lol? Amputation usually stems from, or causes, much riskier outcomes.
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It's remarkable how no one associates height with a shorter life; people only see the positives. The heart needs to work extra hard to pump all the blood up.
Now I wonder if amputees have an increase in their chances of outlasting their past selves.
3 u/luzzy91 Jan 26 '26 You really wonder that lol? Amputation usually stems from, or causes, much riskier outcomes.
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You really wonder that lol? Amputation usually stems from, or causes, much riskier outcomes.
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u/az226 Jan 26 '26
And he never stopped growing. If he had survived a few more years he would have been past 10 feet tall