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I'm sure it's not the last. Enough people like to be shitty to one another that they'll keep coming up with new ways to do so even as we stop allowing some old ways. >

You can also call women skinny bitches and it's fine, especially in a song about body positivity. >

Fat men are probably the most joked about portion of modern society. I mean hell, at least 3 of the biggest adult comedy cartoons have main characters that are obese males as part of their running personality. The trope of making fun of fat dudes is so ingrained that we dont even think about it anymore. >

Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, who’s the third? >

Cartman >

Hehehe >

I'm 5'3"/161cm (I know very, VERY few guys who are around the same or shorter) and it used to bring me down massively. It still probably does, sometimes, when I lower my guard too much.
Even then, I once got complimented by a lady because I was "just the right size for cuddling" without getting foot cramps from tiptoeing or feeling like an ant.
Just in case anybody is thinking "I'm short so nobody will like me".
Yeah, people will still mock us and will get away with that crap way too easily... but we can fit just as well. Actually, maybe even a little easier than others. 😉
Jokes aside, though, we all have (or will have eventually) our fit. >

We're all the same height laying down my man, better to focus on the things you can control like penis size rather than worry about the things you can't control. >

Yeah if your penis is smaller than average it has to be because you didn’t do anything about it. >

Exactly, i mean we all know small dick ='s lazy. They just don't want to put the work in towards excellence. Speaking of though.. anyone seen bill gates? I need to be speaking to him about a job.. >

3 sets of 20 dickups per day is all it takes. #whatsurexcuse >

Do cock push-ups instead. One’s all ya need. >

‘The last…’ definitely so far from the last, we just don’t notice them all because they’re socially acceptable. And there never will be a last, so long as we place significance on any form of vanity there will always be judgement. It’s human. >

Skinny is still pretty high on that list. Public awareness of eating disorders has had some impact but folks are still way too comfortable making skinny jokes. >

And small penises. I’m short with no penis so I’m the butt of all acceptable taboo jokes >

Are you a boomer too? It's been open season on boomers for the last few years. >

I think shit like "Ok, boomer" is more often said to genx, because they get particularly offended by it for some reason. If people didn't take it as such a deep insult, nobody would say it. And you know why "Ok, millenial", "Ok, gen z" doesn't work? Because people have been telling us how lazy and worthless our generations are our entire lives, we're so used to it. Previous generations left our world fucked, but still have the gall to tell us it's our fault. I don't think the "boomer" stuff is going away until that stops. So never. >

The thing is, there are a lot of people in those generations not saying that insensitive shit to you. It's your choice whether to treat a generation as a monolith. There's no point in doing the same crap as they're doing. The media blows this shit out of proportion for clicks. Anger as entertainment. >

Redheads still cop it pretty bad. It's hard work being souless >

I'm redhead and short, but I have like three souls so that evens it out >

Who did you steal them from >

Joe >

Who's joe ? 
Wait.... >

Joe mama! >

I heard somebody give advice once that went something like "Don't belittle somebody over something they can't improve by spending a few minutes in front of a mirror."
In the end, being cruel about things that're completely out of a person's control is never really okay. >


"Don't belittle somebody ~~over something they can't improve by spending a few minutes in front of a mirror."~~
In the end, being cruel ~~about things that're completely out of a person's control~~ is never really okay.

FTFY >

How do you cancel out words like that? >

Two tildes ~ before and after what you want to cross out. >

~~Thanks~~
Learnt it >

Short person here. The jokes haven't gotten any more creative either. >

Making fun of little dicks too. We just like making fun of small things it seems. >

As someone that grew up in West Virginia it’s always shocked me that it’s completely accepted that people will talk down to you and make jokes for being from somewhere with a lower socioeconomic status. I work in HR and I’ve had directors and even a VP say stuff like my ideas weren’t as good because of where I’m from. If I was, say, from Poland and they did that it would definitely not be OK. Why is it different when it’s a different part of the US, especially given that the country is so big and diverse, and it’s fully recognized that there is a split between those who are initially advantaged and those or are not, but we only apply those rules to things like race, not the part of the country you are from. >

Yeah, that stuff is weird. It always bugs me when people who share my views on an issue will go overboard and condemn everyone in a state or the region. There's never a good reason to generalize like that. They always double down when you argue with them about it, too. Pisses me off. >

My friend have you heard of male pattern baldness? Being short is definitely not the last. >

Last? No way. There’s quite a few more that are far worse, and at least there’s some pushback on it (a lot of “short king” type stuff I see on social media). 
Male pattern baldness gets a lot of unchecked teasing. >

I think it's way less than a couple of decades ago. Plenty of cool bald guys around these days as role models. >

The problem with it though, is just having a receding hairline is enough to be made fun of for. And it’s not considered taboo to do so, despite the fact it’s entirely out of their control. 
The only advice is “just shave it all” despite the fact not everyone can pull off that look. Whether that be a misshaped head, high forehead, or just not having the right face and/or body that doesn’t make you look like a chemo patient. Most of these “cool bald guys” you speak of have are celebrities who have genetics to pull it off, can grow facial hair, and pump themselves full of steroids to maintain a certain image. >

Um bald people would like a word... as would people with bad teeth... IBS... adults with incontinence issues... halitosis... warts... age... redheads... freckles...Etc... >

And weight problems too. >

That's because all the world's other problems dwarf this issue. >

I’d say problems of short people are easily overlooked. >

I dont want to stoop down to your level just in case OP gets short with us. >

A baseball bat usually does the trick >

Bald guys still get it pretty bad.
Had a cousin start losing his hair at 19 and was pretty much 75% bald by 23-24 due to bad genetics and it really fucked with his self esteem. He opened up to me about it, so when I saw other friends or girls make playful jokes about it to him - it really bugged me because I knew how he felt inside - even though he laughed it off.
The things we take for granted. >

All the gingers reading this and shaking their soulless heads. >

You know, my hair on top of my head is brown but my beard hair comes in red, does this mean I lack like a quarter of my soul or is it fully intact? >

I don’t know. I’m ginger but bald so I don’t know whether the bald bits have a soul or not. >

Wrong , making fun of small dicks seems to be accepted too.
Smalldickenergy anybody ?? >

Complaining about that when it was directed at a literal rapist and sex trafficker who is a constant font of hatred is a little suspect, not going to lie. >

So one human sucks huge ass , then it’s okay to call his penis tiny , because that’s something bad? 
Explain your logic pls >

I think exceptions can be made for someone whose entire shitty existence is based off of dick swinging, sex offenses and body shaming other men. Doesn't make having a small penis bad, it's just something that an unreasonable dickhead like Andrew Tate would for some reason find offensive. Ends justify means yadda yadda >

..did you hear about the dwarf psychic on the run for murder? He's a small medium at large. >

I happened to be walking passed the prison when he escaped. I watched him climb to the top of the fence, which isn't easy when you're a dwarf, and swing his legs over the top.
He hung by his arms for a second, then let go of the prison fence. As he dropped to the ground, he sneered at me.
I thought, "Well, that's a little con descending!" >

I'm investigating the case. I've arrested a man for hiding him out. I saw him finishing up a shabby shack outside town and asked whether he was upset with the result, and he answered that he wasn't, because he was expecting some shortcoming. >

Go ahead and make fun of while I enjoy the spacious leg room in my economy airline seating. Might even curl up and take a peaceful nap >

Grrr this is true. I have very long legs and am very claustrophobic. Airplane rides suck balls. >

Making fun of all men for any reason is socially acceptable. Short, bald, fat, skinny, lower class, lower education, any reason to put us down >

It’s very socially acceptable to make fun of autistic people as long as you don’t acknowledge or call them autistic >

Sadly true >

I'm 4'11", 39f.  When I walk my 7 year old daughter to school I blend right in with all the children.  I've heard every short joke there is. 
My favorite, though, was when I was in my twenties hanging with a group of friends, one of them being my very tall friend named Rachel. Naturally someone asked her if she played basketball. Her response was amazing. She said "why does everyone think that just because I'm tall I automatically play basketball?!". Then she turns towards me and says "it's like, does everyone just assume Lauren plays mini-golf just because she's short?!" 
At the time it was hilarious and I miss that friend so much. Used our real names in case she's out there somewhere and sees this :) >

It’s open season on the short, fat, or old. Redheads get a pass if they’re attractive. All others are protected species. >

Open season on fat people? You make a fat joke these days and you'll be called fatphobic and cancelled. >

all I know is this is where they get there arms from >

Mocking short people for being short is not OK.
Go find a little person and make fun of their height. Bet they either laugh with you or freak right tf out. Wouldn't blame them either way.
Talking negatively about bodies is where neuroses start. >

Also telling men you don't like or agree with that they have a small penis, completely ignoring the social construct that men with smaller genitals are worth less than other human beings simply because of something they were born with.
Imagine the backlash someone would get if they said a woman's opinion was stupid and she's just compensating for her small tits. Or if their opinion was dumb because they are gay so something must be wrong with their brain. >

One of my best friends is short. I say short because i dont actually know his height. Hes got such a huge personality that when i picture him its hard to place. Beyond his physicality he just takes up so much space.
Hes a great guy and as far as i know he pulls hard. >

Poor white people (not necessarily trashy), rural/hillbilly/ mountain folk still seem be socially acceptable to ridicule. >

Who are you people hanging out with that think this shit is ok >

It's crazy because girls will make these short jokes about guys who are taller than them >

It really is, I'm short and get mocked and made fun all the time, I'd say it's getting worse nowdays with all the looks obsession social media has brought. People pass by me walking on the street, turn around to check if I'm a kid and laugh in my face shamelessly. I get mocked for my height at clubs or going out at night, like people talking over my head and other things, worst is you can't get angry or you get labeled as suffering from that Napoleon complex bullshit.
Last time I went out at night a couple next to me was openly filming me while trying to poorly hide it as if they were filming themselves having fun but it was just too obvious. Told them I was aware and he got confrontational while she was clearly expecting me to escalate the situation so her man could beat me up and both feel good with themselves, he for being a tough guy and she for being with a man that can fight and protect her, something that seems to be very high in their list of wants. 
I'm really into electronic music and big audio systems bring it to a next level but I just can take all the disrespect anymore so I've stopped going to clubs and raves, most people suck there and most aren't even into the music but trying to score, getting pictures acting like they are having fun or getting cocked out and looking for someone to beat and guess who's an easy target? >

I remember seeing a show about a guy interviewing someone who happened to be a dwarf. They were in a cafe having a professional, pleasant conversation and a guy at the next table thought the dwarf was some star of a cheap reality TV show. The guy told him he wasn't and was actually working right now, so please leave them alone. The guy at the next table ignored him, carried on talking, insisting it was him and demanded to film him and take his picture, even though he was expressly told not to and that he wasn't even the guy in question. It was like the dwarf guys opinion and request meant so little, it barely even registered as coming from another human being. People can be incredibly cruel and hurtful. The worst sort is, they don't even care. >

Even beyond making fun of just excluding people.  Like on dating apps how every womans profile is 6ft+ ONLY but if a guy were to put under 115lbs ONLY it would be fat shaming. >

Big women still get way more matches than short guys >

Probably because women are outnumbered 10:1 on most dating apps >

Disagree. It’s still socially acceptable to make fun of poor white people. When it comes to making jokes, race jokes are generally seen as off limits these days - or at least you have to tiptoe around what you say. But it’s totally acceptable to make fun of “white trash” “rednecks” “hicks” “hillbillies”. People make fun of the fact that they might be uneducated whereas other groups are “marginalized and oppressed”. >

This is less about those specific terms you used and more just broader category of "white male". >

Only if you are not a dwarf. So it means you can only make fun of me  between 1m55 and 1m70.
You have only a 15 cm margin ! Stay safe ! >

Not necessarily. If you are tall enough you make fun of anyone for being short. Source: I am 6'5" and love using my height to put tallish people who make fun of short people in their place. >

Not at all. Social taboos seem to vanish as soon as a person does something bad. If someone comes out with having a bad opinion or having done something bad, they'll be bullied for all manner of things that would normally be taboo to bully someone for, but now suddenly it's ok. >

Not really. You can’t get rid of assholes in the world. They just come up with new ways to be assholes. >

It’s true, look at how internet culture takes the piss out of people who have dwarfism. Social media is full of memes mocking them. >

I get made fun of for being tall all the time, people are just twats. >

You must not be starting to go bald, with patchy hair/bald head >

Like acctual making fun? No the fuck it isn't. You shouldn't be making fun of people. Like in a group we're your bullshiting and your all already friends who talk shit for funnies,  but not with actual mean intent. Don't just make fun of people. >


Making fun of short people is the last social taboo seen as acceptable

It's not. Making fun of men in general is considered an acceptable social taboo.
I.e. Small penises. Unattractiveness. Overweight.
If you're a man... it's generally seen as comedic, not as a "taboo." >

Racism is still scene as acceptable, it’s still considered high comedy to pretend all white people eat unseasoned quinoa >

Laddies and gentlegals, "Short People" by Randy Newman:
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here
... >

Maybe you realize it but for any who don't, the song is satire making fun of racists for hating someone over something they're born with. It's meant to be ridiculous. >

True
But most people missed the message and it contributed to more problems >

True but that's what satire does. A work of satire becomes a huge warning signal if someone misses the joke, and is in a way a route to exposing careful bigots. People freaked on Jonathan Swift too. >

Irish babies are delicious tho. >

Look we all know that but it's just not done. >

I've never understood why people clown on short men. I'm 6'2" myself and never felt the need to belittle someone shorter than me. I think people who put others down for things beyond their control are very pathetic. My assumption is that people who bully short people have an inferiority complex about themselves. >

It's brutal. You can't make fun of the person that ate and drank their way to 350lbs but you can roast the 5'3" guy who's probably already suicidal. >

Nah. Being fat, having mental issues, being too skinny (not as much as fat, but still), being redhead, missing teeth, being homeless... the list can be longer if you so wish. >

Well, that's quite a tall order! But we can all agree that everyone deserves respect and kindness, regardless of their height. >

Not at all, most things toward men are socially acceptable, and women berating women is still accepted though it’s fading.
It’s pretty much strictly men berating women that’s seen as scummy from nearly all of the population. >

What? As a straight, white male Jew I’d say hard disagree. The world has never been more disapproving of me just for being me, and women’s protection is at an all time high. 
And just to be clear, I really do agree with the progress that is being made, I just wish it didn’t come at the cost of making every straight white guy the “bad guy”. 
I genuinely try to live my life helping people (going into LE because I want to make a change in the world) but it doesn’t matter, because on the street people are still wary of me just for being me. In civvies, a lot of people see me as more of a threat than someone wanting to help, and that leads to me minding my own more and just avoiding people. >

Yeah, we are agreeing - being cruel to men just for being men is socially acceptable to most of the population. 
The only thing that’s not OK is men going after women. >

Oh, I’m sorry I misunderstood your comment. Thanks for clarifying, cheers! >

I [26F] don't mind being made fun of for being short. My bf of 5 years [30M] hates it though, which I understand. He's 5'7, I'm 5'2. Some men seem to take offense to me being with a short guy. One guy laughed when I told him that my bf goes to the gym on a regular basis, he put his hand out in front of him at the height of his shoulder and was like "isn't he like this tall? Haha." As if being a short guy means you shouldn't go to the gym. Some of my coworkers call him a "little guy", even though he's very muscular, and really isn't particularly short imo. He's treated like he has less value solely because of his height. It really pisses me off. >

5 ft 7 isn’t really that short at all >

Ageism, from anti-Boomerism to hating on Millennials, is far more prevalent and accepted. >

It is till we come with a baseball bat to your shins then who's taller now./s >

lol right... There are a lot more social taboos than you think. You must be pretty young think that. >

Sorry, what?
Just goes to show, I guess, that what’s acceptable to some people is entirely unacceptable to others. >

If you think making fun of people for anything outside of their control is okay, you're the asshole. >

Last? Cmon man, Racism is still accepted by plenty of people. Also like small dick insults are still widely used. >

Depends on your social group.  I don't like making fun of anybody.  Most of the time I see someone teasing someone it's the person doing the teasing that's insecure. >

Add obese people, austistic people, the deaf, non-English speakers, homosexuals... I could keep going, but it's a fucking laundry list. Short people are 100% not the last 'socially acceptable' sub-group getting shit on by large segments of society, not even close. >

Ageism seems to be acceptable to most people in my experience. >

These days the politically correct term is: “Vertically Challenged” >

If I as a short person can't make fun of fat people, why can fat people make fun of me? Just because they're 2x wider than I am tall doesn't mean they're better than me. Just means I can control my eating habits >

Well.... Not the last, but I see your point. We still talk about hillbillies and foreigners (pick the country) and no one bats an eyelash. >

Jesus christ! I'm a 5"7' grown man, if this comment section could stop being offended on my behalf that'd be just great. >

Nah, making fun of, openly hating, and showing disgust for fat people is totally socially accepted. >

If its seen as acceptable than intrinsically its not a social taboo.... >

People seem to be conflating dating preference with just straight up harassing the people around you. >

Dave Chappelle gets paid millions of dollars to make fun of trans people.
It's perfectly acceptable to make fun of fat people "because they're unhealthy."
The President of the United States made fun of a physically disabled reporter, prisoners of war, immigrants, and victims of sexual assault (committed by him), and gained support for it.
You might want to rethink your definition of "acceptable." >

Fat people will always and forever get a bunch of shit, and people will always assume they are dumb and lazy. >

They also have agency and can do something about it if it really bothers them. >

You can argue that about any kind of mental/lifestyle induced health issue. For some reason obesity seems to be the one where people show little to no empathy towards those suffering from it, as if losing weight was the easiest thing in the world.
This is coming from a skinny guy who's never been above 20 in bmi, so I don't actually have the experience; I have never been addicted to heroin either, but I don't asume that those who are simply lack willpower. >

Can you argue that about being short? You know, the topic of this thread? >

At least I have the best conversation opener/pick up lines when I can ask a tall drink of water to reach something on the top shelf at the grocery store for me. >

Not the same for women 
Most men dig short women
Few women dig short men >

It's because the only real victims of these short people jokes, are men. And men tend not to bitch and complain and raise hell about things over women.  Just wait a second and watch this comment I've made here absolutely incense one of them. >

No you can still say anything you want about straight, white, males and get away with it. For a source just go to HBO Max and watch Velma. >

I haven't heard someone get made fun of for being short since I was in like junior high? Maaaybe highschool but I can't recall. Idk, it's been 15+ years since I can recall someone getting made fun of for being short. What an immature thing to do. >

Plenty of articles and journals quote that weight bias and ageism are the last acceptable forms of prejudice, not height. >

No it's not acceptable, it's a joke as all things that are jokes should be seen as, nothing to cry about. >

I'm a very short people, I think stupid people may actually be the last of the mockables. I haven't run into it more than once or twice since the 80s and I'm 5'3. >

Are you familiar with a website called "Reddit", where old people and Christians are made fun of relentlessly? >

it is socially acceptable to mock straight/white and males. Even reddit will let it slide. >

Except they aren't usually being mocked for being white and straight.  They are being mocked for something stupid they said or did. >

I can't remember the last time it was actually acceptable to make fun of short people, other than Danny DeVito making fun of himself... >

Not actual dwarfism no that is shunned but if a guy was like 5'5.  And its really just men, we tie height to masculinity.  If a woman is short its fine. >

I'm tired of bigger people telling me I need more meat on my bones. I don't mind being skinny, I'd prefer my body over theirs. >

Hate that I can't be upfront about fat women but sure be as upfront as you want about distaste for short men. It doesn't even affect me personally! I'm 5'10" never been a victim of short-shaming but damn if I see more short-shaming i'm about to go back to unapologetically fat-shaming >

Bad attitude man. Because you see a behavior you don't like, you want to perpetrate a similar behavior? An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. >

Perhaps it’s a chicken and egg deal?
I’m a tall large man. (6’3”, 210lb). I’m quiet and I mind my own business. The only people who have consistently wanted to pick a fight with me out of absolutely fucking nowhere are short, mysteriously angry men.
I’ve always boxed, spent my youth on the terraces of English football matches through the 80s and 90s following Manchester City home and away. As quiet and disengaged as I am, I wouldn’t want to fight me. But for some reason, short men have, throughout my adult life.
Before I got older and calmer, I would engage if confronted. Fucking pointless bloodbath. Now I apologize (for whatever it might be, usually that’s a mystery) deescalate, and/or just leave.
In my personal experience, short men don’t do themselves any favors, as far as how their compensatory behavior is experienced by society in general. >

As someone who was always at the short side. I used to have a lot of anger issues when i was younger because of all the insecurities about my height, that's probably part of the reasons why a lot of short men do things like this. After I got more confident, engaged in boxing, had professional psychological help etc i'm known as the calmest guy in my group of friends. >

I think if you're an adult over the age of 21, and still being big sad that you're short, you need to talk to a professional to help you get the hell over yourself. >

I was thinking the same thing earlier.   Just a little hunchback at the office. >

Everyone loves to say they're the last group it's socially acceptable to make fun of. >

But remember there's a cut off. Once they get in the midget territory you're not allowed to make fun of them anymore.
Unless you're 6'2 like me. Then you just whisper it. Because they can't hear you all the way down there. >

I have a few short friends. When people insult them they just it go over their heads. >

This comment is illogical. A social taboo is by definition not acceptable - making fun of short people has not been okay in my mind. It is both a larger cultural - and microculture - issue.
It just means that you've realized this form of discrimination is not okay. It also means you are unaware of your many other biases.
I am still on the journey of challenges my biases. Here are a few:
People make fun of vegans, foreign accents, "incorrect" English, non-materialistic behavior, etc.
Own a shitty car because you are poor? Get made fun of. Choose to own a shitty car? Get made of for being greedy or lazy or careless.
It all depends on the community you are with, around, and choose to associate with. >

That depends on where you live. For example; in the southern parts of America, its still acceptable to treat black folks as less than human. >

Let’s make fun of everybody equally again.  Skinny people.  Fat people.  Tall people.  Short people.  Pretty people.  Ugly people.  
No one will be left out….and we will save so much money on tampons guys. >

The deal stands until shorties are able to reach things the top shelf on their own accord. Until then, a price must be paid for services rendered. >

Short person racists exist. Just like coffee toss tramp bitches. >

Short people got no reason to live. They got little hands, little eyes, they walk around telling great big lies. >

As a 5’8 guy who has the confidence of a 5’10 guy I would like to tell me sub 5 feet bros to hang in there, it’s all about your dashing, dynamic personality in the end and the relationships we build that lasts. >

So much humor relies on a 'victim,' the brunt of the joke.  Whether referred to in the third person ("how many ___ does it take to...?"), the second person (a la Jeff Ross, Don Rickles, etc), or the first person ("Mr.Bean," Rodney Dangerfield, Jim Carrey, any comic making a fool of themselves). Pointing out and mocking someone diffrrent is one of the laziest ways to build a 3rd-person-victim joke. >

Nope. White men and Christians are still fair game. Also “Karen’s.” >


Nope. White men and Christians are still fair game.

Only when you climb the cross and scream about what a victim you are. >

Nah, sex workers are denigrated all the time and society as a whole has so little respect for them that they can be openly ridiculed and shamed.  Later those people making fun of them go load up PornHub (or similar) and get their jollies. >

I would never rob them of the opportunity to be the bigger man >

I’m a pretty short man,  (5,4) but I really don’t mind being made fun of, I think it’s kinda funny >

To be fair, what are they going to do?  Punch me in the knees? >

I don’t think so, people make fun of bold people all the time >

Indeed, but something I've learned over the years "never frighten a small person, they'll kill you." >

Making fun of all people will become okay again at some point. We just have to wait patiently... >

well, short people got no reason to live, after all.