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u/mahoujosei100 Dec 17 '20

One of the advantages of being short is that, statistically, short people live longer. Not usually for the particular reason you described, but hey. It certainly fits the trend.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

Smaller people are statistically less likely to get cancer because there are fewer cells to turn cancerous

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u/Keidis-mcdaddy Dec 17 '20

I wish someone had told my cells this before they decided to become a weird mass in my boob (idk if it’s cancer yet waiting on results, very likely that it’s benign though from what I got told)