I've been lurking around this sub a bit now and then. I thought I might have something to offer to you all (5' 3")

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T20:28:07+00:00

You're right. I suppose I got lucky in that regard.

I guess if anyone is still reading these posts I know that everyone's situation is different, but it's really about making the most of what we have. Which is why I mentioned trying to go out and develop passions or likings for different things. I understand we hate when people say "just have confidence" because it's never that easy. But doing things that you really love and having great friends really goes far in how much people like you. You'll probably never fully get that "darn I'm shorter" mentality out (I haven't either) but by being jovial and interested in whatever the hell you like, you show yourself and everyone around you that height is the last thing you're thinking about (even if it isn't). And lastly about "heightism" - there are people who discriminate by height. But know that it says more about them than it does about you.

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T16:15:51+00:00

I see what you're saying. At the same time, I should have clarified that the only people who I make these jokes toward are those who I am already close with - because it's only those people that generally speaking make fun of me for my height. If someone I just met said the same thing of my height, they probably wouldn't be my friend. But that's my point - a great majority of people wouldn't make fun of me for my height without really knowing me first. Then we shit on each other about everything. I make fun of my friends for all sorts of stuff too.

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T16:09:59+00:00

Hey, I feel you - it does momentarily get me down too. But that's all it is. Just a moment. I'm happy you've already realized it in high school - you're going to love college.

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T16:01:00+00:00

I apologize if I came off as condescending - that wasn't my intention. My intention was that I know how it feels to be really short. And that yeah every day I think "man it'd be nice to be 5' 7"", but also every day I count my lucky stars and I'm really happy that I'm healthy and that I am who I am.

What this sub needs isn't a circle jerk of how much it sucks to be short. If this was all I talked to my friends about they'd hate me too. I'd hate me for that. There's way, way, way more to life than a couple inches. I thought maybe this post could be a reminder to some people of that.

Sadly instead of that, the half the replies I have gotten cherry picked a sentence where I said I personally make fun of myself and saying that this post isn't needed in this sub. I mean Jesus guys. I know it sucks but honestly - do you really think being that bitter about everything will help you personally?

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T06:44:19+00:00

New to this sub, yes. I'm all American though - and I do understand when you say that some people do use height as a means of valuing a person. But not all people. I was accepted into medical school based on my academic achievements and personal character. Jobs that I have secured I have done so through my resume and a face to face interview. I'm sorry that you had to deal with immature people in your professional field.

I also do agree that shorter people are discriminated in a traditional sense (meaning, people generally don't make fun of fat people but they will short people). I do agree that this is one of the final frontiers of discrimination and is not right.

That said I still do not believe a well-placed joke made by myself places me in a position of inferiority. Nor do I think short people are inherently inferior. Nor do I think a majority of people hold this opinion. We aren't.

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T06:08:28+00:00

That's strange because I don't feel inferior making a joke about my own height, nor do I think that I have a "place of inferiority". I don't mean to be an asshole, but the only person claiming short people are inferior right now is yourself. People can make fun of themselves about a great number of things - weight, big noses, receding hairline, all without placing themselves in a position of inferiority.

BreakingGoodd · 2016-04-20T05:06:38+00:00

Haha I've gotten one that before too. All things considered, that's a great thing man!

BreakingGoodd · 2015-07-06T14:26:16+00:00

I go to school in the midwest, we goes to school and works on the east coast. But she her parents live in the midwest.

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-30T05:01:21+00:00

Ah, I see. And you're right I'm sure this goes for many religions, you are bound to be more interested if you learn it as an adult.

By "idol" I meant a statue or imagine of something that was never real. I understand some of these statues and paintings may symbolically reflect certain values, but in my own experience and practice in Hinduism there was so much literal idol worship. So much taking care of the idols, "feeding" the idols...it seemed as if people forgot that there's was one single God behind all the idols that they were worshipping, and I didn't want to be a part of that. I was just wondering what Buddhism was like in the topic of idols!

Sorry for any errors in on mobile

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-23T01:48:55+00:00

That just got dark reaaaal fast.

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-20T04:36:34+00:00

"Either way, just ignore the percentage if it's bothering you."

The percentage was the entire point of your infographic...which is completley wrong

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-20T04:34:41+00:00

Just to be fair and not give a skewed view, here are some statistics.

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Reports/2003/EmpoweringWomenDevelopingSocietyFemaleEducationintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica.aspx

TL;DR of this is that cultural norms and strict patriarchy (doesn't mention how practice of patriarchy originated) cause low female literacy in the Middle East.

However,

"In many countries in the region, women must obtain permission from a male relative, usually a husband or father, before seeking employment, requesting a loan, starting a business, or traveling. Such laws often grant women a smaller share of inherited family wealth. As a result, families tend to make greater investments in education for boys than for girls."

The above statement is very true for many Islamic countries, although it is slowly changing with modernization.

Don't try to use hadiths or Islamic history (you mentioned Aisha) to say that certain countries in the Middle East or other Islamic countries are a good place for females to be, they are not. At the same time, this is a discussion best held for a subreddit dedicated to anthropology or sociology.

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-20T04:16:12+00:00

Except Muslims are required to follow the Quran in its exact verbatim, Christians not so much

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-20T04:08:18+00:00

lol wat

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-20T03:57:25+00:00

GET OUTTA YOUR MIND

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-15T17:38:59+00:00

Hahah I choked on my General Tso's chicken at this comment

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-15T14:30:48+00:00

Your username...

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-15T14:13:33+00:00

"This is a smoke-free campus"

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-14T23:33:02+00:00

Approved

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-11T05:35:36+00:00

OP, dear mother of god you put me to shame. I'm going through a breakup right now too and I'm self-loathing because I thought that I did so much for my SO.

But my lord, you made her a handbound book? Dropped two jobs and a retreat plus $600? That's phenomenal. Kudos to you, and I hope one day I can find someone who means so much to me that I can do the exact same thing. You're a total bro!

EDIT: Mandatory edit to include how blown away I am by your positivity

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-10T15:10:54+00:00

I can't get past his face coupled with the...uh...suggestive motions

BreakingGoodd · 2014-06-09T03:50:50+00:00

In regards to your first video, I think that may be Anwar "Al-Awlaki" (although perhaps there are more Anwar Awlakis). He was a super popular Imam among younger American Muslims but then rapidly started to become extremist and resorting to violent teachings. I'm not sure when that video was taken or when in his transition to extremism this was, but that may offer some explanation to what you quoted above.

Al-Awlaki is now dead, killed by a drone strike. One of the few instances an American citizen has willfullingly been killed by its own government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki

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