Study finds tall people at top of wages ladder

Yahoo News ^ | 5/17/09 | Yahoo

[What127]

MELBOURNE (AFP) – Tall people earn higher wages than their vertically-challenged counterparts while being obese does not mean a slimmed-down pay packet, according to a new study in Australia.

[Texas Eagle]

Yeah? What do they consider “tall”? I’m 6 foot even and if I’m at the top of the ladder, the ladder sucks.

[nmh]

Don’t fret.

Obama will “average” out your earnings to make life “fsir”.

[Texas Eagle]

Obama will “average” out your earnings to make life “fsir”.My earnings are already "fsir".

And a bunch of other four letter words that I wouldn't spell correctly in mixed company.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Sily, one-dimensional “studies”.

Almost all of my bosses, and most of them very, very wealthy, were the stereotypical short, fat, bald types.

[slumber1]

I’m 5’9” and I knew there was a massive conspiracy against me! It is systemic heightism

We need a Million Short-Man March on Washington

[Reeses]

It's not just that they are taller, they are also wider and deeper, and so are their organs including their brain. There is some correlation between brain size and intelligence, and between intelligence and income. People come to unconsciously expect taller people to be smarter.

[Texas Eagle]

Almost all of my bosses, and most of them very, very wealthy, were the stereotypical short, fat, bald types.

You mean like this guy?

[exist]

Sily, one-dimensional “studies”. Almost all of my bosses, and most of them very, very wealthy, were the stereotypical short, fat, bald types.

I'm thinking back at all my bosses...1 average-to-tall guy, 2 short chicks and 1 short guy. That's not counting my Temp jobs when I was younger-- I guess the guy was pretty tall.

[jabchae]

Hence the Asian professor stereotype.

[Tijeras_Slim]

This study does not factor in “executive style hair.”

[Reeses]

Hence the Asian professor stereotype.

What's the stereotype? Asians have smaller body parts on average but can be very smart so there is some genetic efficiency at work, of course along with a culture that prizes education. A guess is Asian-Caucasian blends might result in a measurably wider bell curve. There probably isn't much correlation between height and intelligence between Asian and Caucasian, but probably between genetically close people. Between two brothers, the taller one may be slightly more intelligent on average.

[dfwgator]

Of course, do you know what kind of money an NBA center can make? Even a dud like Ericka Dampier makes millions.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

“Intelligence” is one thing, but being able to harness even limited intelligence into making money is a wholly different quality.

Like I mentioned ealier, these one-dimensional “studies” are useless at quantifying multi-variable qualities.

Could someone bring out that table of income by ethnic origin, in America?

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

[joesjane]

easy enough to fix that....one little surgery to cut out a piece of your femur then we will all be the same height.

[Niuhuru]

All this talk about larger and smaller body parts is making me giggle.

I’ll show my pervy self out the door. :)

[HangnJudge]

So what else is new

There is a Societal Premium for
Size in Men
Beauty in Women

It has always been this way
It will always be this way

[nmh]

But, but what about those that TRY SO HARD and never get anywhere? Don't you feel bad for them? Shouldn't they share in your hard earned success, even if you are tall? What about those struggling short people? Short people of color too? Don't you want to help them out?

(I'm just kidding of course!)