Generally, I am a big, big fan of Buzzfeed, but they’ve pissed me off twice this week. First, they called Olympic Gold Medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton a giantess for being 6′4″ and some two-hundred pounds. That got my heckles all up in a tizzy. It feels derogatory. I can’t think of any situation where the giant (and/or giantess) is the good guy/girl. Giant is not a friendly, kind term. Hell, I still have nightmares about that one time in fourth grade (and I was 5′10″) when I wore a green shirt to school only to be chased around by rat boys shouting “ho, ho, ho green giant.” I don’t think I wore green again until I was in my twenties.
And now they’re calling this poor 7-foot tall 12-year-old a Mutant. Well, fuuuuccckk you Buzzfeed. Of the many things we can control in our lives, our height is not one of them.
Tags: angry, On being tall
I think the term “mutant” is pretty cool with the 12-year-olds ever since the X-Men movies came out. I wouldn’t worry that much about it.
I’m not worried about it all. It was more of a “huh, what a bunch of fuckers” than anything else.
The ones who write headlines are notoriously short, so for them 6′4″ seems gigantic.
Also, by seeing the sort of headlines they write on the Yahoo home page, I become more and more convinced that they believe unless they’re being borderline-offensive that no one will pay attention.
Hooray for the Web 2.0!
“Of the many things we can control in our lives, our height is not one of them”
i beg to differ.
I couldn’t watch that whole thing. if it’s the scene I think it is, it should come with a warning.
Also what does that have to do with height?
it’s the scene you think it is. i couldn’t watch it either. as far as height is concerned – you try standing up straight (or at all) after that’s done to you. ok, that was my daily attempt at snark.
As many much-shorter-than-me men have informed me, “we’re all the same height in bed. . .”
Yeah, you need some snark lessons. For three monthly payments of just $19.99, I’ll turn you into the king of the snark.
How come you didn’t just use your giant mutant powers to go over to Buzzfeed and stomp them with your giant mutant feets? That’s what i’d do if i was an angry mutant giant maybe.
Hey! Nobody told me that giant mutants get giant mutant powers. I think mine must have got lost in the mail. Damnit.