Are people calling short men "short kings" actually trying to be nice?

[XtremeMax]

Or are they just trying to be patronizing? I hate the word short king but it seems tall men and women actually think that short men like being called that. I've never talked to another shortcel who actually likes being called short king. It sounds really pathetic.

 

[SubhumanGamer]

patronizing

solely this. those that don't actually know think it's a compliment but it has always been a belittlement tactic

 

[XtremeMax]

solely this. those that don't actually know think it's a compliment but it has always been a belittlement tactic

it's strange to me when I hear people saying nice things to short men but at the same time calling them short kings. It makes no sense to add that in and ruins the whole message for me

 

[SubhumanGamer]

it's strange to me when I hear people saying nice things to short men but at the same time calling them short kings. It makes no sense to add that in and ruins the whole message for me

These "nice things" are purely done out of pity as you wouldn't need to give reassuring to a tall.

 

[currycell900]

cope

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

Short King started out as term used by guys to lift up their short peers and then women came along and co-opted the term to patronize short men.

 

[Pancakecel]

No, its meant to be condescending and belittling, or used to gaslight.

 

[Wumbus]

it's virtue signaling

 

[oldNgreycel]

I would never so much as draw attention to a short man's height. Hard enough for them as it is.

 

[LOLI BREEDING]

lmao no

No, its meant to be condescending and belittling, or used to gaslight.

 

[B33troot]

Are people calling short men "short kings" actually trying to be nice?​

Whenever I hear the term "short king", I think of that short king from "Shrek".

 

[Animecel2D]

Always patronizing

 

[nico]

it`s just a glorified way of calling a black guy black knowing that he knows being black is always ugly and disgusting.

 

[incel20]

a goodlooking tall guy is called goodlooking

A goodlooking short guy is a short king

means despite your disability you are still decent looking