Thread 17905292

Historically speaking, has short stature always been considered a negative or unattractive trait, or is that a modern idea?

Did it even matter in the past, or did people not care as much?

Being short doesn't matter even to this day if you are smart, and cunning and charismatic.

Charles Manson was a fucking midget and he was the leader of a cult who adored him

I'm reading Blood Meridian. John Joel Glanton is described as a short man yet he was the leader of the gang

Goebbels was short as shit and he was like second or third most powerful man in Nazi Germany

Putin is short as fuck and he is one of the most powerful men in the world and everyone in Russia is shit scared of him

>>17905299
Manlet cope

>>17905303
>>17905299
Just be a sociopath bro

>im heckin short what do i do
>Just be a dictator
>Nooooo i cant heckin kill people in coup snd torture them because id feel bad about it

>>17905406
Lmao

>>17905292 (OP)
it was even worse in the past because you actually were expected to fight against other men

>>17905304
>being successful is cope!
You are the one coping.

>>17906001
yeah but most of the other men were also short af

>>17906001
Lanklet cucks cant fight and are low t

>>17905292 (OP)
height didn't matter much for some steppe barbarians
Best case scenario for a poor shorty back then would be to join the Huns as a skilled tradesman; carpenters, tanners, and ironsmiths were particularly sought after as well as anybody who knew horses. Then he could hope to buy/win a Hunfu in one of the endless raids and start a family. His sons would in time become full fledged warriors and win much loot against Goths, Persians, Romans etc.
It wouldn't work with the Scythians though as they were bigger, had much bigger horses, and fought slightly differently from the Huns

>>17906014
>Being ugly and unattractive is success

1800s editorial cartoons often depicted Napoleon being pissed about his height.

>>17905292 (OP)
Alexander and Mozart were only about 5'2''-3'', and Napoleon was actually average height at around 5'7''. There is something about being a manlet that either makes, or breaks a person. You either accept it and move on, or just quietly seethe in desperation for life.

Women prefer "tallness" above all else in all instances. You can look funny, be broke, scrawny, etc.....but if you're taller than average, you've already got a 5x advantage, same with being a successful CEO, politician, etc.....It's visceral. Everything in Nature fears something that can look down on them.

>>17905406
they don't want actual advice they just want to complain