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    3 months ago

    Gawd damn! I wanna know that guy’s ape index is. If basketball isn’t working out for him, he’ll have a lot of fun in rock climbing, freerunning, or gymnastics.

    I’m +6cm and would kill for that reach… Well, maybe not kill. Unless I was put in a weirdly specific, “You have 60s to defend a group of children from zombie priests to get +10 to your ape index” situation.

    Just so y’all go a reference fo 0 or “normal”…

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        3 months ago

        Haha, yeah, and also have a long torso. I’d be Waterworld Hitler’s poster child if humanity ever took that turn.

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        Well now I have a name to Google.

        6’11" tall, 7’5" wingspan. That’s around a +15 ape index. That’s insane. Even the calculator I used gives a funny “Are you sure?” message…

        And then I found out there are other professional basketballers that have gone beyond this.

        Manute Bol

        Granted, being 7’7" is terrible for climbing, if you could have such a ratio at around 5’10"–6’ you’d be flowing up cliffs.