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  Think it depends on the context, a lot of my guy friends are on the shorter side and will swap this joke between themselves because they know it’s meant well, but yeah, some chick you’ve just met at a bar calling you a short king? I would feel a tad put off as well
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? >
  
  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. >
  
  This is fair. >
  
  I don't take it too seriously, but if you feel insecure, it can be infantalizing as you mentioned
  The thing is this, height is really such a verbal focal point with so many people, I've found the only real way around it is to ignore people that fixate on it and granted sometimes that's easier said than done.
  It's like when 5,9-5,10 guys gripe about being short, all while people literally 5,5 and under nut up, shut up and go about their business- but the physiological differences have nothing to do with if we feel inadequate as men- this is all a personal thing 
  So at the end of the day, whatever height you are like say under 6 feet, and someone says short king to you , you either take it with a grain of salt at face value, or you let it affect you some kinda way, or you express your feelings about it..do I think it's intentionally meant to make anyone feel less? No, but like all things spawned by internet memes and social media, there's the capacity for it to make some people feel shitty.
  I used to get bothered by being called "cute" and "oh he's small and cute that guy" etc back in the day when I'd try to go club hopping with friends, but I can tell you by the age I'm at now, one thing I've learned is it doesn't get to me anymore and I don't give a damn.
  ...tbh I thought way too hard about this but I ripped a fat joint >
  
  I mean I’m not gonna grow anytime in the near future (or distant) so why not just deal with it and embrace it >
  
  As a fellow short guy I like using the term in a meme way, but I still respect your opinion and I can see why you would feel that way >
  
  OMG I agree! The phrase 'short king' seems so patronizing. >
  
  I completely understand your stance and agree. I don't want to be patronized for a quality seen as inferior by an overwhelming number of people. A lot of women does not give a hoot about height, me being one of them. My partner is shorter than me, and I honestly just think it's cute. >
  
  “Short for my country” ha. Means you are still 5’11” plus. >
  
  5’3, but that’s on the tall side in some places >
  
  A little cranky today arent we fella? >
  
  I don't think I've ever heard anyone use the term "short king" without trying to be patronizing at the same time. >
  
  Making fun of a guy for being short is also not cool so best to just not mention height at all I guess? >
  
  If you are 5’7 5’8 5’9 then you can take it with humor because you are short but aren’t really short to feel bad about yourself. But if you are shorter than that then I would take it as backhanded… >
  
  This is more comonly known as a Napoleon Complex and has been around for 60 years or more. >
  
  I'm 6 foot tall and I've been calling myself a short king... I guess I didn't realise it referred to height 😒 >
  
  I don't mind if it is infantilizing - I am the youngest kid of the family and even my girlfriend says  "you are such a baby". As long as people are paying attention and I get the chance to win them - I don't mind. And if you think about it - you benefit from low expectations. If you are full of (good) surprises up your sleeve, your shortness and being treated less seriously is your f***ing strength.