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Most men lie about how tall they are

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Re: Most men lie about how tall they are

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ryandrake wrote: post #21

There was a Reddit post a while ago (so take it with appropriate authority) plotting the distribution of men's reported height[1]. It's a pretty normal bell curve, with a distinct spike at exactly 6'0. I wonder how much of the exaggeration is caused by the US measurement system providing an easy numeric threshold of "6". Does a similar spike appear when you limit the population to those using the metric system? 1: ht…

I plotted the sizes of shoes people buy from e-commerce data and there’s a similar bump at US 12 size, with a dip on 10 and 11, no such effect on women’s sizes.

Re: Most men lie about how tall they are

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kylehotchkiss wrote: post #19

> From guys trying to make it past women’s six-foot filter IMO this filter is a red flag unless she is taller herself. What benefit is there to getting past it? Don't reward people for being overly arbitrary in this stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Height is a dumb status symbol for a country where getting ahead for most people is no longer possible.

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Post by Rekindle8090 »

MrGilbert wrote: post #17

I'm 174 cm in height. Do I wish to be taller? Sometimes. Do I wish to be taller to impress a potential romantic partner? Absolutely not. But I'm shorter than most men in my country, so on social occasions in public (club, party, whatever), I struggle to make my way to the bar, because I literally cannot see a thing. I cope that with being on the louder side to make my way. It is what it is. Also: > "smash your face w…

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Post by OutOfHere »

nostrademons wrote: post #15

Note that some of this is competitive benchmarking, and often encouraged by those men's partners, and tends to circulate around the way bullshit does because there are relatively few reality checks. For the longest time I thought I was 5'9". Then my sister got a new boyfriend and was like "Yeah, he's 5'10". Well, I met boyfriend and I was at least an inch taller than him, so I guess that meant I was 5'11". On to my d…

Just because someone else lies about their height doesn't make it right for you to do it. It's the sign of a lowlife, of a person with no integrity. I never would, not even a single inch. A man who lies about one's height will inevitably lie about many other things.

Re: Most men lie about how tall they are

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

data-ottawa wrote: post #31
ryandrake wrote: post #21

There was a Reddit post a while ago (so take it with appropriate authority) plotting the distribution of men's reported height[1]. It's a pretty normal bell curve, with a distinct spike at exactly 6'0. I wonder how much of the exaggeration is caused by the US measurement system providing an easy numeric threshold of "6". Does a similar spike appear when you limit the population to those using the metric system? 1: ht…

I plotted the sizes of shoes people buy from e-commerce data and there’s a similar bump at US 12 size, with a dip on 10 and 11, no such effect on women’s sizes.

Size 12 is the one closest to 12 inches, which is common enough of a foot size that we call it a foot.

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Post by liglam »

comrade1234 wrote: post #28

I had a funny experience in a group where height came up and I answered that I'm 6'1" and a girl in the group exclaimed that that's her boyfriends height too but he was standing next to me and was probably six inches shorter. Everyone looked very embarrassed and did the looking around but not at anyone thing...

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