Recently. Charlotte, the adult daughter of my brother Garry, made an interesting comment in reference to me in answering a question from one of her friends on Facebook. In one of several responses to her friend, Charlie used the following descriptive phrase: “Short Man syndrome (better known as the Napoleon complex).”
So, I decided to google search the phrase “Short Man syndrome” and I read this from the Urban Dictionary.
Then, I also read the wikipedia Napolean complex article. It is quite interesting. If you click on this embedded link it will take you to that article.
I wonder how many other people make such references to persons of less than average height.
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Roland,
Your posting reminded me of an apt quotation that I recently came across:
I’m NOT short. I prefer to think there is simply more space above my head for word balloons full of devastatingly pithy witticisms.
- R. Stevens,
“I just don’t get it – he even defined short man’s syndrome and it made me laugh that he didn’t see it.” -anonymous
“Do you think he found it ‘quite interesting’ because it is in fact quite true?” -anonymous
“Who’s he trying to convince that he doesn’t have it? us or himself?”-anonymous
“The only person that actually commented on his silly little blog, insinuated overcompensation as well.”
I suppose I’m not the only one that feels that way! So I suppose the answer to you aforementioned question is at least four more.
Well, no mater how ill-intended, ill-willed, mean, malicious, plain out-right cruel by intending to cause hurt, at least Charlie has the courage to use her own name.
As far as anonymous people who probably personally know very little if anything about their targeted victim. I just chalk them off as cyberbully cowards.
Thank you for your input and feedback, Charlie. By the way, Charlotte, is your email address still (ilovemateddi@yahoo.com)?
As a follow-up concerning my reference to “cyberbully cowards” that I wrote in the preceding, I suggest you head on over to read more comments related to what I refer to as cyberbully syndrome.
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Thanks.
I could comment on many more of your blogs, Roland, but choose not to because I am usually too tired at the end of the day. Don’t forget that I am a senior! However, this one I could pass by. Grandma used to call a certain gentleman, whom you know, Liliput because he was short. She never used that for anyone else. I always thought it was a made up name growing up, but then I learned that it was a real word meaning short. I never found out whether she called him that because she did not like him orwhatever. I think it came from being born in Europe and people were known to give people nicknames, often not being very nice. Years ago, someone came out with a song abour short people. I hated the song because as you know Harriet is short. I could not believe that whoever wrote the song could be so cruel. If you have any time, look up the word liliput.
I still wonder why Charlotte felt it necessary to belittle me. I do not recall ever saying anything nasty to her. As a matter of fact, I believe I have always been kind and considerate to Charlotte.
I have to also wonder why the son of my mother and of William Bogdanski (my mother’s husband back in the the early 1950s), my brother Garry Bogdanski, who had his last name legally changed to Hansen, and his wife Lorraine would ever condone such disrespect.
Actually, rather than seeing myself as a short man, I prefer to think of me as being vertically challenged.
If the term “Short Man’s Syndrome” is used in reference to describe an alleged type of inferiority complex, is the term “small minded” appropriately used to reference the people who have a superiority complex demonstrating such by their use of the “Short Man’s Syndrome” terminology?
Why is your niece, Charlotte Hansen, so mean-spirited? She seems as if she is just a nasty, cruel, ill-mannered spoiled brat!!!