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This is really insightful, Mark. Now if only we could know what a woman is ...

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Lol! I had a baby. That’s not a part of the definition anymore, is it?

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I'm afraid not Canny: Birthers come in all sizes and shapes these days.

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Thanks for the insight! Now that you point that out, it seems very obvious A woman has to be around 5ft to look really short and a man over maybe 6’2 to look really tall. I’m 5’3 and I know I’m either short or short side of average, but my perceptions on height are the same as yours.

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I looked up Mr. Thomas' height on the internet, and most of the sources I found listed him at about 5'7". Just an honest mistake, no doubt.

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Hmmm. I found 6’ 1”, and 187 lbs. Basically my size. Which is what he looks like. 5’ 7” is verrrry short for a guy, especially one who looks like that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_Thomas

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I searched on Google for 'lia thomas height weight'. The first three results Google comes up with show him at 5'8", and a bunch of others show him at 5'7" or 5'8". There are others that show a more honest 6'1", but here are those top 3 results, and others from the first page of Google search results:

https://starsgab.com/lia-thomas/

https://celebritynews.pk/lia-thomas/

https://vimbuzz.com/lia-thomas-height-and-weight-2/

https://ghanafuo.com/lia-thomas-height/

https://www.rightrasta.com/lia-thomas-wiki/

https://arealnews.com/lia-thomas-wiki/

https://www.hollywoodbios.com/lia-thomas-wiki-bio-net-worth/

None of these sources is exactly the New York Times, yet Google ranks them all ahead of the first NYT article on Mr. Thomas in this search. Wonder why.

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Thank you for using the correct possessive pronoun, "his". Mr. Thomas is entitled to change his name as he likes, and he is free to pretend he's a woman. But he has no right to expect the rest of us to join in his pretense.

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