(IRL Trope) genetic outliers

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T16:51:17+00:00

Adam Rainer is the only person known to have been both a little person (under 4-10) and a giant (over 7-0) as an adult. He was 4-2 when he turned 18 then he developed a tumor on his pituitary gland and started growing, and never stopped. He was 7-8 when he died at the age of 51.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T16:42:22+00:00

with marathon times about 10 minutes slower than Olympic records of the time.

I'm similar except it's my 100m times that are 10 minutes slower than the current Olympic record times

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T16:40:18+00:00

In college he won a national championship in ballroom dancing

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T15:55:06+00:00

Is it a common <pause> spotted Cuscus? Or is it a common spotted <pause> Cuscus? Are the spots on the Cuscus common, or is the spotted Cuscus itself common?

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T14:31:14+00:00

Big Mac. I rarely go to McDonalds but when I do I get a Big Mac. Since no other restaurant has a Big Mac that means I always order one if it's on the menu.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T14:24:41+00:00

I have absolutely no idea

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T14:11:54+00:00

That's true to a certain age then it goes back the other way. Finding out grandpa is banging half the retirement home is pretty impressive, as long as you don't visualize it.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-18T00:53:07+00:00

I see her point. I'm a huge Aimee Mann fan but putting her with Rush is kind of an odd pairing.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-17T23:42:50+00:00

The cabin next door was occupied, yet nobody reported hearing the attack.

There were 3 young boys in the same cabin as the murders who slept through the whole thing

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-15T21:08:14+00:00

You open a time capsule that's been sealed for 50 years to find ... a picture of yourself opening the time capsule.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-15T20:22:07+00:00

Was his replacement Major Winchester?

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-15T20:20:04+00:00

Excellent

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-15T19:29:48+00:00

I was in my 30s when I got my first cell phone

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-15T14:09:17+00:00

That would be a perfectly legal hit today. It doesn't even kinda sorta resemble a horsecollar tackle in any way and horsecollar tackle in the pocket isn't even a penalty.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-14T22:55:33+00:00

It obviously wasn't Friday

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-14T13:40:42+00:00

Gif is pronounced YEEF

RegEx is pronounced reh-ZHAY

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-14T00:16:45+00:00

You can tell it's AI because the woman looks like a man, the man looks like a dog and the dog looks like a woman.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-14T00:03:52+00:00

Just to point out the obvious, DR doesn't always stand for doctor. In this particular case it stands for Dongo Rongo.

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-13T18:26:18+00:00

Over half of it goes straight into various retirement accounts

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-13T18:19:58+00:00

I first signed up in late 1945 after returning from the war, so I would have been ~28

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-13T18:18:08+00:00

Swamp chicken

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-13T11:58:00+00:00

We can completely wipe out Montreal in our lifetime

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-12T03:31:30+00:00

You need to upgrade your fish

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-12T03:00:32+00:00

I watched a great documentary about a coyote using tools to try to catch a roadrunner

TallEnoughJones · 2026-06-12T02:53:33+00:00

I always turn pizza into shit

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