I get it; you don’t like labels and try to come up with one of your own. That much is fine, so just make some damn sense when providing your own labels. A label is still a label, so saying a scientific classification is offensive is, well, offensive. If you’re under 4’10”, roughly 147cm, and your body is properly proportioned, then you’re a midget, plain and simple. If you’re short and your body isn’t properly proportioned, then you’re a dwarf and probably suffer from one or more of the couple hundred forms of dwarfism. It’s that simple, really. If you’re really, really short and from Africa, then you might be a pygmy. It’s not that hard to figure out.
I’ve heard dwarfs say the term midget is derogatory. On the contrary, it’s no different than calling someone a giant just because they’re tall, or maybe goliath if they’re big as well and not a toothpick. Stop being so damn insecure with yourself and stop trying to guilt trip people into changing terminology. People just don’t fucking care that much. I bet the problem is from the way the word sounds. The dʒ sound really fucks with you doesn’t it? It sounds “harsh” or something, and followed with the sharpness of the trailing t, it really drives home the finality of the word and that you have some insecurities requiring addressing. Have a problem with the word gadget as well? It’s the same sounds with the first phoneme adjusted.
“I’m not a midget, I’m a little person.” Not really, you’re just a short person. Midgets are little, dwarfs, no so much. The problem with using the term “little” is in the fact that it’s quite an ambiguous word and can be applied qualitatively as well as quantitatively. I’ve seen some fat fucks who were dwarfs, and trust me, they ain’t no little person. They may be short, but they ain’t little.
You know who true little people are? They’re kids, children, offspring, fuck trophies, bundles of joy, screaming banshees wanting candy. Kids grow up to be “big people” for a reason. “We’re going to have a big people conversation now; go run off in play with your friends.” Ever heard of something remotely similar to that? I bet your ass-wiper you have. That’s because little and big are directly correlated to respective sizes. A little dwarf grows into a big dwarf; a little person grows into a big person. You’re keeping yourselves on first base in the game of life, and it’s fucking annoying. You guys seem to be pouting on first base because you don’t like which team picked you. Either play ball, or go sit in the stands and watch. Stop fucking around with everyone else’s life over the terminology.
Here’s why you should have a problem with using little to describe yourself. Little is a relative term where an object is of the same dimensions, but of a lower scale. Y’all don’t qualify. Using little as apposed to a specific definition might also imply you’re dumber than normal people because you have “little brains”. That’s not the image you want to portray now is it? If it is, then you should continue labeling yourselves little because you’re just fucking stupid. Y’all are just shooting yourselves in the feet on this shit, seriously. Stop acting like children… unless that’s how you want to be portrayed.
Every single demographic is joked about by others, and even within. That’s life, and that’s how people operate. Life and people are politically incorrect, and trying to change it won’t work. You know who provided me with the best and most politically incorrect jokes about Mormons? My Mormon friend in high school, that’s who. You know who provides the best cancer jokes? Cancer patients. I joke about having proportionately short legs, long arms and torso, and brain damage; it’s called a coping mechanism. You can’t change the world, and this battle isn’t worth fighting over. My hat’s off to Hervé Villechaize for not putting up with this bullshit. He’s the kind of person you should look up to. I’m not going to stoop to your level and call you little so grow the fuck up already.
November 5th, 2009 11:01 am
Did this get sparked by an episode of little people big world? ‘Cause I know how much you seem to love TLC.
November 5th, 2009 11:32 am
Kind of, in a round-about way. I was looking at my logs and someone found my rant on TLC via a Google search for “tlc little couple wtf”. I sat there thinking, “Yeah, what the fuck?”
November 6th, 2009 11:09 am
Ha that’s funny. That show is even worse than little people big world. Therefore, I say, “tlc little couple WTF”