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Urk_VN  Title: Orderly Randomizer
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Giant humans wouldn't be physically possible due to the square-cube law. Basically, as an animal gets bigger, it gets more strength (I think double), but its mass/volume increases by much more (I think triple or quadruple). Meaning at some point it wouldn't be strong enough to support its own weight.
They say an ant can lift like 50 times its weight, but if you scaled it up to the size of a car, those legs would break under the amount of weight it now has to support despite the increased strength. Animals in the ocean can get bigger because the water buoyancy helps to support their mass/density, hence why the blue whale is vastly larger than elephants and even most, if not all, dinosaurs.
This guy is a real life example of human gigantism. Dude died at 22, was 8' 11" and weighed 439 pounds at death. I think they said it was an infection, but I'd imagine his heart must've had a heck of a time trying to transport blood across his entire body, especially to his legs.
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reesescups  Title: //Captain America
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I just realized something.... Mastboro prolly read gulliver's travels and thought it was a true story...
More like gulliable's travels
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Coriolus  Title: Outpost Ice Mexican
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In other news, this thread delivers if I must say so myself..
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__Bonk__  Posts: 5,122
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Many pro basketball players are what was considered giants in the ancient days and these modern day giants are athletes. Someone like Shaq would be a formitable Goliath
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Koneg Title: Evil Genius
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Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
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Urk_VN posted:
Giant humans wouldn't be physically possible due to the square-cube law. Basically, as an animal gets bigger, it gets more strength (I think double), but its mass/volume increases by much more (I think triple or quadruple).
Cubed - so way WAY more than triple.
A 200 pound man scaled to 6 times that amount to match the shoe size seen in the video?
If you increase height and width by 6 times then you increase mass by 6^3: 216 times. 
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Coriolus Title: Outpost Ice Mexican
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/hands Koneg a scatsicle..
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Koneg Title: Evil Genius
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As we appear to be exchanging gifts I searched a long time for something that would be suitable "sciency" text given your demonstrated intellect and education level.
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Coriolus Title: Outpost Ice Mexican
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dae_trist Posts: 1,049
Registered: 2003-6-5 13:32:39
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What if they just had really big feet?
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Thugoneous Title: Watching Caliente, BRB.
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If there were never giants how were the mountains created then dumbass?
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