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Ron DeSantis appears to be wearing extreme heel lifts and is having trouble walking in them (boingboing.net)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/politics@lemmy.world
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[–] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Odd.

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The taller candidate wins most presidential elections...

    Uneducated people that don't know that whole causation/correlation thing thinks that means using tricks to look taller helps their chances.

    It probably has more to do with being taller as a kid too where other kids looked to you as a leader and you dominated sports/games. That stuff snowballs into lifelong confidence and advantages in k-12 means advantages in college, and a springboard into a career.

    DeSantis thinks it's the same as wearing high heels in public without practicing first.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Explore the birthdates of professional athletes, and you'll notice a significant cluster in January and February. It often begins with kids playing sports together in school. As slightly older children tend to have a size advantage, parents and coaches start to take notice, focusing more attention on these "promising" young athletes.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Huh?

    Maybe we're from different countries. In America it's not about calendar year, it's about school year. So if you're 6 years old in August (or whenever school starts) you start 1st grade. Some kids are 6 years 0 months, and some are 6 years and 11 months. They all go to the same class.

    Close to the cutoff and some parents will hold back or get them in early.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    That's exactly why this happens. At young ages, even an extra six months can give you a huge leg up in sports. So coaches see a first grader performing really well – because they have that six month advantage – and hype them up, which ends up snow balling.

    I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit. I need to log off

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-athletes-birthdays-affect-who-goes-pro-and-who-becomes-a-star/

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit

    Are you complaining about me?

    Your comment already has a down vote, and you're agreeing what I first said... And I don't see anything belligerent in my comment.

    But I dont know who else you'd be complaining about, I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

    Quick edit:

    Did you reply to the wrong person? You're not even the person I replied to

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