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  sorry, I didn’t get across well what I meant there. I mostly mean that there are plenty of better compliments to give, why talk about my height? The devil is in the details so it’s hard to talk about it in general terms, i just think even if the intention is good, I don’t like it as a compliment.
context: I'm a 5'11 female but I completely understand why you'd feel that way. It's like 'hey look, we made up a compliment so you'll feel better about yourself!' >
  
  Yes exactly! >
  
  I think the insulting part is that adding the King label implies through overcompensation that that there's something wrong with or bad about being short, and that "talls" are better than "shorts." That's a false dichotomy based on a current vapid social filter trend among shallow young women. In real life, people of all heights fall in love all the time. >
  
  I think you are just observably wrong.  There is a reason men are bigger than women, it's because women choose bigger men to reproduce with.  There is no reason to lie about it. >
  
  It's patronizing. >
  
  Calling someone 'short king' is not only pointing out their height, but also assuming they need your reassurance to deal with it. The most unsexy thing about a short, or bald, or big nosed, or overweight, etc... man (or woman) is if they are fixated on it. Confidence is sexier than hell! >
  
  Ahh that explains why i get no bitches >
  
  It does, have an award. >
  
  Short king beats dwarf boy every day. >
  
  Dwarf King is where it's really at >
  
  To be fair I’m a hetero guy who would totally fuck Thorin Oakenshield >
  
  You'd go to jail for that. >
  
  Cause it'd be necrophilia >
  
  Adding short just dismisses any good the phrase was meant to do. A king is a king, regardless of his stature. >
  
  It's ok, you are a king either way. >
  
  Lets hope hes not french than cuz we all know what happens to kings there. >
  
  Not short, but completely agree. >
  
  Yeah I hate it. >
  
  I feel like that is because it is actually condescending >
  
  I love my man that treats me right, #shortking ::heart:: ::heart:: >
  
  Rofl >
  
  As a former fat girl, I think I can understand. It’s like people take pity on you for daring to exist. It’s very backhanded >
  
  body positivity is stupid in general. you shouldnt need other people to tell you to be ok with yourself. learn how to love yourself regardless of others >
  
  damn y'all pick a struggle >
  
  I'm also short and I completely agree with this, for me it's mostly that I don't like being seen as a great person just because I'm short, I could be a terrible person, and the same goes for any thing, like I saw this youtube video where people were saying you're such a nice person to someone they didn't even know just because they were a lesbian,  but to get back onto the main topic, I could also see it being condescending and infantilizing as well, especially depending on the tone/context of what people say it 
  Like, you have a group of people being "Yo go Short King!" most of the time they don't find you kingly, but a pitiful peasant >
  
  Yeah it comes off as if that’s the only defining feature a guy could have, which is way off >
  
  Not a huge fan, just a small one? >
  
  Body positivity is driving things to the extreme because they are not genuine about things. That’s why it feels that way to you. >
  
  calling someone king or queen is stupid either way. >
  
  Rock and Stone, brother >
  
  Rock and Stone to the Bone! >
  
  It’s fine from a kind person, but there’s always someone said it in a condescending way >
  
  in general the whole king/queen thing is so goddamn moronic and it seems to me that only assholes use it >
  
  Yess someone said it😭 Matter of fact I’m a very valuable peasant. Let’s end all monarchs bro >
  
  It makes me feel objectified bc it's like "aww look little short guy little boy, short king, so adorable omg you're short" and I'm an average height but I'm friends with some taller people that do this >
  
  I not a man but yess you worded that perfectly! Something felt so icky about labelling short guys short king when almost no one says “TALL KINGS” it feels so patronizing, because it kinda is. Like a girl will be into a shorter guy and have to preface tht she likes her “short kings too” 😭It has the same energy as calling us black girls, “black/chocolate/nubian queens” …so goofy just say tht person is cute or wtv or move on ig. Let’s stop all tht extra [lwky fetishizing] stuff plz ☠️ >
  
  In short, I’m just glad you gave the mods your royal permission to delete this post. >
  
  Is ‘little guy’ better? >
  
  No that’s definitely worse lol >
  
  Midget master better? <3 >
  
  Divine Dwarf an improvement? >
  
  i get it. i’m 5’7. lemme tell you though for what it’s worth: i’ve got two friends shorter than me- 5’6 and 5’4, that wear this label with pride and they both pull absolutely beautiful women. we can’t change that we are short, but there’s an aspect of this “take ownership of our situation” mentality that one could view with positivity >
  
  I feel like short king was a joke they got out of hand. >
  
  I disagree people should learn to take a compliment when they know it's coming from a good place. Sure they may not be all top teir compliments but if the intent to please and put a smile on someone's face is clearly there just knowing that someone is trying is pretty damn good considering the times. >
  
  Yeah I get that, and when someone says it to me I am always polite and take it as a compliment, I just don’t want to ignore the subtext either, there are plenty of other compliments someone can give me that don’t harp on the most obvious thing about me that would be an insecurity yk? >
  
  How is someone supposed to know what your insecure about?