I think it’s really dumb that people think 5’7" (170 cm) is short for males.
The typical height of the human male is anywhere from 5’5"–6’0" (165–183 cm).
5’7" isn’t short; it is stupidly average.
Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/average-height-for-men
Sounds like epic cope from a manlet.
I am 5’6.
Who me? Hell no, bruh, I’m a fucking 5’1" woman. Lol.
I’m a 5’3" woman, but it explains why we don’t think 5’7" is short.
I mean, I’m pretty sure I explained why I don’t think 5’7" is short pretty well. It’s a statistically unsupported claim.
It depends wildly, but 170cm might be short in the US, especially for some age groups since 175cm seems to be the average for everyone over 20.
From 2015–2018, the average height for males in the United States ages 20 and over was 69 inches (175cm)
For Finland, for males 18+ that average is 177cm. You can be your ass I’m short at 169cm. And you do not want to go “well, in the Philippines I would be above average” lol
Well see that’s why I didn’t go by just US statistics. That link I cited states US statistics as well as worldwide. It would be ignorant of me to make a species-wide claim by using a dataset that only includes 5% of the world population, after all. :)
It does use feets and inches as the measure. That narrows it down a lot.
Could also be the UK, to be fair. The inch units may be different, but both nations use the International Foot.
In any case, I don’t really see the region as being relevant; the meme may be limited to a particular region, but I was objecting more to the whole notion of that stereotype. Which is the same regardless of the unit used.
Edit: A word.
But even the UK is much taller than the global average and you’d be short at 170cm.
In any case, I don’t really see the region as being relevant; the meme may be limited to a particular region, but I was objecting more to the whole notion of that stereotype. Which is the same regardless of the unit used.
How tall or short you’re considered is dependant on that region. People are comparing you to the people around you, not to global average.
People are comparing based on incomplete data. It may be short for one country, but there are humans in other countries too. If those countries population were all shorter than the other, would that make them short? No, it would simply adjust what qualifies as normal.
For a species-wide judgment one needs a species-wide dataset.
Normality is what you have around you. That’s the context people compare things in, usually. Someone short in the UK might be average elsewhere, but when people say “I’m short” or “he’s tall”, it’s with an unsaid for what I typically see around me implied there.
It’s been very strange. When I was a child in school I was not well liked, I was fat neckbeard with no internet because late 80s. Truly I was a sad pile. They called me all manner of hateful things, but it never even occurred to them to call me short, at 5’7".
I rarely feel “short”, only average. Most men seem to be around my height. Some minority of men are taller. I still manage to tower over many women, because women be small, yo. A “tall” girl is roughly my height, so they’re either at eye level or shorter, with the occasional very tall woman in the mix.
I’m tall enough that other people ask for assistance with things on high shelves on a regular enough basis, mostly women.
There is a DRASTIC difference between how the world treats my height versus how the internet shitbag community does. Go figure, abusive people are abusive.
I can only pinpoint the 2000s, and online dating profiles where you can sort by height, plus many women having a height fetish in the exact same way that men will ask people their bra size, and the continuing popularity of the NBA, plus women wanting to have sex with the players, plus their truly freakish heights throwing off the populist curve so that anybody under 6’0 is teeny tiny. Somebody is gonna start squeaking about “6 foot is average” so sure, chief, you win. But there was a time when I just wasn’t particularly tall. Suddenly I am perceived as an actual midget.
It’s just another example of the way people constantly try to find excuses to treat you like shit over just about anything they can think of, it shows how they’re constantly inventing that. It’s one of God’s little reminders to not worry what happens to them.
i mean, it has to be a low blow. A high blow would miss.
I’m sorry.
Thats the kind of comeback you come up with 5 hours after the beef in the shower.
Why are you having beef in the shower?
I dont have a lot of time so i eat in the shower.
Everybody sitting here being offended on 5’7" dudes’ behalf: thanks, but we’re laughing our asses off at it! I love being a short king
Some people are really, really focused on their height and see it as a big source of issues in their lives. I don’t know if it’s a bigger thing in the US (where most of those complaining seem to be from) or maybe I’ve just been lucky, but I don’t remember getting too much shit for it.
In the US, there are constant reminders everywhere. Sometimes even lemmy usernames point out our slight stature.
I’m 5’11", but don’t consider 5’7" short.
Me too, and I’m 5’12"
I’m 5’14", but find this irrelephant
I’m 5’15, and I also like irresescent elephants.
I dont even care about this meme, what coat is Robert Pattinson wearing?
I was thinking it’s just some old WW1/WW2 stuff from some movie he was in but nope lol
For his front-row appearance, Pattinson wore a double-faced coat designed by Dior men’s creative director Kim Jones. There were several standout draped outerwear pieces and blazers on the runway, and Pattinson’s coat mimicked that idea with its double-breasted style and attached thick wool scarf. (Call it a half coat, half blanket.) Underneath, the actor wore a chocolate leather jacket for extra warmth, and finished it off with light brown khakis and hefty patent boots. If any man can pull off this kind of tricky layering, it’s Pattinson.
I was thinking it was some military surplus stuff but nope, peak of fashion Dior stuff. Lmao
I am mildly annoyed when I can’t buy a piece of clothing I see in movies.
