a little teasing
You mock your short friend like they’re a joke and not a person
He said, 'You’re so short, you could fit in my backpack!' and I cackled like a hyena.
She told me, 'You’re like a kid who still uses a slide!' and I said, 'You’re like a shrimp in a pool!' back at her.
He called me 'the human version of a pencil' and I called him 'a dwarf in disguise'.
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