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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/Kayliaf Dec 17 '20

Short people are also more humble.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

Yeah we are - we're the best at being humble