Breaking Your Legs To Get More Dates

Short men are going to great lengths to increase their romantic chances, and overall confidence. Leg lengthening surgery is extremely costly, dangerous, and soaring in popularity. The Internet has boosted the ease with which people can undergo major life-changing operations, leading to the commodification of cosmetic surgery. But what should the medical profession's role be in all of this?

With huge thanks to @CharlesCornellStudios for making the Skee-Lo backing track, allowing me to truly butcher 'I Wish', and to @JordanHarrod for providing her voice for an article excerpt.

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[MedlifeCrisis]

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[lmva]

half medical deep dive, half witty standup comedy... incredible

[PsRohrbaugh]

As a American I never thought I'd voluntarily give a doctor money, but the intro and the song were AMAZING.

[MacosJames-ru]

*I'm glad you made this video, * it reminds me of my transformation from a nobody to good home, $89k biweekly and a good daughter full of love..

[theantibulliranger]

Hearing the word “waifu” come out of Rohin’s mouth in that falsetto tone was simultaneously the funniest and most atrocious thing I’ve experienced in a while.

[SeverityOne]

"Don't message me if you discriminate against people based on race, sexual orientation or gender identity, or if you're under 6 feet tall." Yeah, figures.

[CMDPromptify]

How can a channel be this unhinged and also so wholesome at the same time?

[guyanomaly]

I read a bunch of leg lengthening surgery forums a while back and it was one of the most doomer corners of the internet I’ve ever seen. I’m a 5’6” man and there were guys on there who were TALLER than me saying with total conviction that their height made their lives unlivable, but somehow being a couple inches taller would fix everything. It was baffling.

[Artyomi]

“Of course you [Americans] have integrated the metric system into children’s education, because you’re quiet keen on using 9mm’s in schools”. Honestly, thats the greatest burn I have ever heard in my life against Americans, and I’m American.

[dain]

The obsession with height in American culture is absolutely insane. I was exactly the national average in the US and was considered short by tons of women. I've never had an issue with it in the Nordics despite being shorter than the average. I remember a date with a Danish woman who was a full head taller than me. I asked if that was an issue about halfway into the date and she looked absolutely perplexed and said, "Why would it be?".

[myce-liam]

That rap was absolutely fucking sick Dr Rohin! I want more! We need more doctors in this very vacuous medical rap genre

[tinymoogle]

I love the Skee-Lo inspired rap, its brilliant! I was feeling a bit depressed but now I'm grinning. Thanks Medlife Crisis

[mikell.]

The thing is that even if I went through limb lengthening (I am 5’6) to let’s say 5’10, I would still be called short. Or maybe ugly, or perhaps poor. There’s always something people won’t like about me. I can’t change that. I always like to take the stoic approach and try to understand that in the end it doesn’t matter. Life is so short that it makes no sense to chase the unattainable standards of society. F**k what people think .

[TRODD]

That 9mm joke was savage! Not as savage as refusing to pass meaningful legislation, but still savage af.

[captainmystery]

I was born without a fibula in my left leg. Due to this it was impossible to for my left leg to grow. I needed to get limb lengthening surgery. It was horriblely painful, almost every minute I had some degree of pain. You are always badly sore, and depending on where the surgeon decided to install the fixator I would have to lock my knee overnight. Considering there was a major medical device drilled into my bone this wasn’t easy. On top of my doctor prescribing as many opiates as the law would allow him to. He would also prescribe valium as because of the pain it was incredibly difficult to sleep. I also had to go to extreme painful physical therapy for at least as long as I was lengthening my leg, which could be months depending on the distance that needed to be corrected. When I found out that some people get this VERY invasive surgery just to be taller it send a shiver up my spine. I’m about 5’6” and my height is the least of my issues.

[CraniumOnEmpty]

Come for the medical knowledge. Stay for the beard fetish.

[SiBOneTheRocks]

Tbh, my gf had to convince her girl friends that dating a short guy was ok after she shared she was starting to date me. They needed some convincing.
For me, I follow the advice of "not giving a f*** about what people think". It has served me well.

[Ryan-wxbi]

I remember a few years back i was on a date with a girl. She was telling me that she was surprised how much she liked me because she used to never date short guy. She said she always said, what do you call a guy under 5'10"? A friend.
I was like wow, thanks and ended up ghosting her ass

[wickedsamurai]

It's deeply sad how isolated these people are, and how commodified relationships are in our society

[randomtinypotatocried]

As much as I hate being short, the idea of repeatedly getting my legs broken is a deal breaker for me