JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="balls">
    <div class="ball">
        <div class="message">Some megathoughts</div>
    </div>
   <div class="ball">
        <div class="message">Lorem ipsum whatever</div>
    </div>
    <div class="ball">
        <div class="message">Lorem ipsum superduperlongword</div>
    </div>
    <div class="ball">
        <div class="message">Lorem ipsum whatever</div>
    </div>
    <div class="ball">
        <div class="message">Lorem </div>
    </div>
</div>

SCSS

#balls {
  .ball {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 5px;
    width:50px;
    text-align: center;
    border-radius: 50%;
    vertical-align:middle;
    display:table;
    padding: 8px;
    border: 1px solid #222;
    .message {
      display:table-cell;
      vertical-align:middle;
      border-radius: 50%;
      text-align: center;
      -moz-hyphens: auto;
      -ms-hyphens: auto;
      hyphens: auto;
      word-break:break-all;
    }
  }
}

JavaScript

var fix_size = function(ball){
    var size = ball.height()+10;
    ball.width(size).height(size);
};

$.each($('.ball'), function(index, ball){
        fix_size($(ball));
});