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Re: Here's another one.
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Re: Lipstick alley at it again with the gaslighting
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The women there never, ever, ever insist that tall men with garbage personalities have them because they are tall. Never, ever, ever.
Re: 6ft woman pokes fun of and shames a 5'4 man she dated.
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Most of the comments are along the lines of "You're going to kill your genes!" and anything else to slam this short guy. So many saying she's "so funny". How?
Here is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/goHvMgOKXwM
Re: Even language is inherently heightist.
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Think about the following phrases in English.
- “To look up to someone” - To admire someone, this person sets the standard
- “To look down on someone” - To deem someone inferior
- “Punching up” - To take on a challenge greater than oneself
- “Punching down” - To pick on those lesser than oneself
- “To be above something/someone” - Being too good for a certain task/person
- “He is beneath me” - I will not reduce myself to his standard
- “To lower oneself” - To exhibit morally inferior behavior
- “Taking the high road” - Walking the path of honor
- “Taking the low road” - Taking the dishonorable path
- “To rise above” - Exceeding expectations, overcoming challenges
- “To fall short” - Not meeting expectations, failing, not being enough
- “Short-changing someone” - Not giving someone back enough money
- Short position (trading) - Expecting something will lose value
- Long position (trading - Expecting something will gain value
- “Lick up, kick down” - Glaze your superiors, haze your inferiors
- “Walking tall” - Walking with pride and dignity
- “Standing tall” - Standing with pride and dignity
- “Being the bigger man” - Exhibiting more honor and virtue than your opponent
- “The little guy” (politics) - The common people, those without power in society
- “Standing on the shoulders of giants” - Relying on the achievements of great predecessors
- “To be head and shoulders above” - Being significantly better than
- “To be dwarfed by” - Having either your size or your achievements eclipsed
- “Belittling someone” - Making someone out to be/feel lesser
- “Upgrade” - Improvement
- “Downgrade” - Deterioration
Those are the ones that come to mind at the moment. Feel free to add to this list.