In a previous post a long time ago, I remember pondering over the theory that shorter people, having less distance to the floor, falls down less because of more equilibrium and if they do fall, since their distance to the ground is not that much, that maybe the act of falling may not be as painful as with someone who is tall. hmmm...
If a tiny thin person was to feel pain from head to toe, and we somehow transferred that pain, it its identical shape and size, to a larger person... does the pain fit 'within' the larger person, and thus the latter is not in pain from 'head to toe'? If a larger person was in pain from ‘head to toe’, would they feel more pain just because there is more of 'them' to hurt?
2 comments:
This is a very interesting thought and not one that could be easily answered in a measly and ill-informed blog comment, but I will try.
Short people not only fall down less, but they sometimes don’t know they have fallen being always so close to the ground. Yes, tall people do fall more and suffer more pain and embarrassment during and after the fall. Also, being so far from the ground they don’t easily see obstacles like short people’s feet sticking out in tripping mode.
From my understanding of skin I think that when people grow fat their skin stretches and that is why they look younger. Fat is a natural wrinkle remover but there is no free lunch. Fat people, though jolly most of the time, are thin-skinned people. I would expect that stretched nerves on thin skin is prone to be more sensitive to surface pain and therefore fat people are more than likely to “buss yuh head” if you hit them with a ruler. I suppose there must be a size where the skin cannot stretch anymore so instead of going the way of the balloon and pin, more skin grows. More skin means more nerves but necessarily more pain. I suppose both fat and thin people would scream out while being whacked but thin people can, by nature of their superior mobility, avoid the lash and therefore would feel less pain :)
hahahaha!!! wow what a comment!!!! :D Thanks so much for your input! gives me a lot to think about now ae
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