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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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    How come height doesn't serve as a basis for identity group formation the way skin color, gender, or even weight do? Why don't shorter-than-average people pursue collective action?

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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        I don't think this is it. Most short people don't counteract. I think reason is that there are both short men *and* women, and most men and women both only care about the man being taller, not absolutely tall.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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        Negative effects in areas other than sexual competition are too weak to bother fighting, like jobs.

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      2. Gene Linetsky‏ @GeneLinetsky 23 May 2018
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        Because shorties hate one another more than they hate tallies.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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        They do? 🤔

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      2. Ariel Greenwood‏ @greenwoodae 23 May 2018
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        I don't know but I feel initially uncomfortable around short women, and instant kinship with tall women (I'm 5'11) even if we have no other reason to be un/friendly

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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        That’s a presidential height you really should run for office

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      2. John Backus‏ @backus 23 May 2018
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        r/tall: 72.5k subscribers: https://www.reddit.com/r/tall/  r/short: 28.7k subscribers: https://www.reddit.com/r/short/  From what I've seen, there is a noticeable strain online of short guys complaining about how it affects dating.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus 23 May 2018
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        I think a common complaint is something like "Why are women allowed to say in their Tinder profile that they wont date below a certain height, but I can't say I wont date above a certain weight?"

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      2. Curious Jon‏ @jmbroad 23 May 2018
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        I’ve wondered about birth-order along those lines. First-borns surely have more in common with each other statistically than any supposed racial grouping, for instance.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 May 2018
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        That one is easy. Birth order is not a visible trait like skin color and personality effects are too fuzzy to be reliable indicators.

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