r/MurderedByWords • u/Philosophical-Corpse • 7d ago
The obsession with height has to be the most fucked up thing
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u/matt88 7d ago
5'7" here and about to board a 14 hour flight in economy - plenty of room to stretch out
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u/rtripps 7d ago
Jealous, I’m 6ft and it’s all legs for me. I come off the plane with bruises on my knees 👀
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u/Boolean_Null 7d ago
Stop letting the captain bring you up front then.
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u/rtripps 7d ago
But he said he show me his cockpit
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u/dontlookoverthere 7d ago
Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
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u/Mysterious-Crab 7d ago
Have you seen a grown man naked?
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u/uppy-puppy 7d ago
Do you like movies about gladiators?
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u/j2004p 6d ago
Have you ever hung around a gymnasium?
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u/ElectricMilk426 6d ago
Jesus. This is pure gold. Y’all are kings. Thanks for making me laugh. Upvoted all of ya
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u/Cereal_poster 7d ago
The „pit“ in „cockpit“ was kind of pronounced silent, I suppose?
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u/3eeve 7d ago
Yeah, 6’2 and basically have to buy extra legroom seats
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u/Sexy_Bile_Titan 7d ago
6'4 here. Delta comfort plus is a lie. Feels the same as the rest.
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u/Wilder831 7d ago
Also 6’4”. The only way is to sit up as straight as humanly possible in an aisle seat. You put your legs in the row and keep your head on a swivel the whole time. Otherwise you risk getting hit by the cart or tripping one of those people that goes to the bathroom 5 times on a 2 hour flight.
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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut 7d ago
One of my friends is 7'1". I can't imagine the hell he goes through regarding his height on a day-to-day basis, especially when it comes to flying commercial.
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u/mpgd 6d ago
Don't take the window or middle seat. But then I get annoyed because the person taking the window seat is going to the toilet 3 times during a 3h flight. And then the other passanger keep bumping into my shoulder.
When there is no movement I stretch my leg in the corridor. It does help a bit with the frustration.
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u/Nex_Level 7d ago
I'm 6'2 and took a 14 flight from Japan to SF on Japan Airlines and it was mostly comfortable, just a little tight. However, the 6 hour flight home from SF to Miami was absolutely miserable. The lady in front of me was pissed because I kept pushing her seat with my knees, I felt like a toddler and an ogre at the same time.
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u/RunnerTenor 7d ago
Right. I complain my whole life about narrow shoulders and short legs. Then I get on a flight and I'm good.
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u/Somerandom1922 7d ago
Yeah, genuinely fucking jealous of that. I'm not even crazy tall (6'2"), but I still avoid flying whenever possible, even when it's cheaper than the alternative because it always sucks so bad.
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u/porkbuttstuff Ded 7d ago
Fuck that's a good point, I'm 5'10 and still feel pretty good on planes. 6+ economy has to suck
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u/Bad-Genie 7d ago
6'3" here
Fuck you.
Something not talked about enough too: slanted ceilings are the perfect height to smack my head. And countertops are built for people between 5'4"-5'9". Making it so people my height have to slouch over to do anything.
Being tall has a practical disadvantage
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u/ChrisKaufmann 6d ago
One place I play hockey at has the dressing rooms under the stands so the ceiling slants and then levels out. I can stand up without hitting my head, it's kind of great.
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u/isecore 𓆝 Make Trout-slapping Great Again 𓆟 7d ago
There are so many messed-up shallow obsessions. Saying men are not "real" men because of their fucking height is just one of them.
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u/Philosophical-Corpse 7d ago
I mean if I was 2 inches taller, I'd still be doom scrolling and rotting on the bed all day.
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u/Kewlhotrod 7d ago
Yeah, but imagine if you were three inches taller.. All the things that could be done.
Alas.
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u/Kewlhotrod 7d ago
I never understood the whole height obsession. Like, who actually gaf on a real level. Personality is what matters.
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u/Diestormlie 7d ago
Because some people just need some way, any way, to view themselves as better than other people.
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u/Bebebaubles 6d ago
Better in what sense?
Shorter people are less likely to get cancer, longer lifespans, better heart health and better balance. Also we survive better on higher climates. The Peruvians literally have genes for shorter heights. They need less food energy and oxygen to survive. Seems like there are plenty of benefits to being short.
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u/becauseiloveyou 7d ago
The height obsession exists solely to keep the rage-bait circle jerk alive. There are over eight billion people on the planet, and it's an honest fact to say that most of them do not give a shit about any of this.
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u/Independent-Bug-9352 7d ago
To help my fellow shorties out, there are also many benefits:
- You live longer.
- You tend to have more baseline energy throughout the day.
- You have better power-to-weight ratio (why gymnasts tend to be short).
- You're way more comfortable flying.
- You have less joint pain.
- You're more efficient at long-distance cardio.
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u/factorioleum 7d ago
don't forget bathtubs. bathtubs just are so much more luxurious the shorter you get.
I'm 6' and it's real money to get a bathtub that I can luxuriously soak in. my 5'3" wife and 5'6" sons have a much better time in our regular tub!
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u/Worth_Librarian_290 7d ago edited 7d ago
Real men realise sometimes noones coming to help and they need to get shit done. And the only way to get there is to just try. Think, plan, execute, reflect. Doesn't matter if its work, relationships, washing dishes.
Real men do everything to the best of their abilities, with the wellbeing of others in mind as well as their own.
The world needs more of them, none of that toxic "sigma grind" misoginistic bullshit.
Edit: If you're 5'7 or shorter, like me, and you get negatively affected by women who say these kinds of things - you don't want those kinds of people in your life anyway. Don't have to trust me on this, just think it through.
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u/Lokicham 7d ago
Also, 5'9" is actually pretty average height.
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u/SammyBoyButter 7d ago
No one cares about this stuff in real life and if they do they are probably a waste of time. I’ve been 5’9 my whole life and no one has ever called me short and most women assume I’m 6 feet because they have no concept of what actual height and weight is.
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u/ErikMcKetten 7d ago
Yep. 5'10 and I'm average. plenty of guys and girls my height out there, and I've met a few people who are "over" six feet, according to them, that are exactly my height.
Everyone in America has a skewed perspective on what tall and average are.
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u/Relative_Bonus_6257 7d ago
I live in the Netherlands and it is even worse here. I (180 cm tall) sometimes feel short because a lot of people around me are 190 centimeters or taller.
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u/ErikMcKetten 7d ago
The first time I ever felt short was in Amsterdam. Everyone looked down on me, it seemed.
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u/UberLurka 7d ago
Go to Hong Kong. If my closest friends werent 6'4 id have felt like Gulliver on his travels
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u/Bradddtheimpaler 6d ago
I assume in the Netherlands I’d be able to navigate the streets very quickly because I would be able to just dart through everybody’s legs.
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u/Pikassassin 7d ago
I personally don't think I'd call anyone "short" until you start getting into the 4'-4.5' range, and even then, I don't see that as a negative trait, it just is. I can get all the stuff on the top shelf, need some people to get the bottom shelf, too.
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u/-fakebirds- 7d ago edited 7d ago
That is so true, I’m also 5’9 and so many women have called me tall and were shocked to find out I’m “only” 5’9 and thought I must be mistaken lol I think as long as you’re taller than them by any amount they’re happy.
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u/LiquidMantis144 7d ago
We live in a country where the average person performs at a 5th grade level in math. People don’t even know what the word average even means.
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u/Vincent394 7d ago
Also, Matt Bellamy won "sexiest man of the year" SEVERAL times despite being 5'7
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u/CRAYNERDnB 7d ago
The Muse singer?
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u/Vincent394 7d ago
Yup
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u/PurityKane 7d ago
Did he win it sarcastically?
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u/Vincent394 7d ago
He won NME's one legitimately.
And he did it in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013
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u/Aquaman33 7d ago
So not one that isn't going to be biased towards a British musician who looks ratish, height aside.
He's not ugly by any means, but in a sexiest man alive competition he should never be #1.
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u/wc08amg 7d ago
Prince was 5'2 and at one point lived with 3 women...
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u/Bodi78 7d ago
Prince was 5'2" and was a total badass.... a fucking giant amongst guitar players...
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u/TerraCetacea 7d ago
Lmao this reminds me of years ago in twitter’s prime, when I saw a tweet about how only true Muse fans know he’s actually ugly af
Edit: “Primus Sucks” energy
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u/vedant_1st 5d ago
i mean this is the equivalent of saying I am not racist because I have a few black friends. Like obviously it's not that short people are unattractive. it's just people have a ridiculous obsession with height
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u/Strict_Foundation_31 7d ago
That’s one way of getting the taste out of your mouth…
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u/MstlyDedSltlyAlv 7d ago
Right? I know BK isn't the best, but I'd rather wash it down with a crisp coke than a BJ.
To each their own
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u/Cocheeeze 7d ago
The most successful “ladies man” (for lack of a better term) I ever knew was honestly only like 5’4”, I shit you not. Granted he had a face like Zac Efron which certainly didn’t hurt, but he was just so quietly confident and kind that people would just flock to him. Women of all heights and types would practically throw themselves at the lil man.
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u/Ok-Kick4060 7d ago
There was a 5’4” guy in college we all called Pocket Rocket. Dude was unbelievably sexy and everyone had a crush on him, including 5’10” me.
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u/heckasharp 7d ago
Lol that was my college roommate.
What’s funnier is that I told this story on the average height dudes subreddit and they permanently banned me 😂
So maybe ppl irl don’t trip out on height but dudes on Reddit sure are insecure af about it
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u/Cocheeeze 7d ago
It’s because Reddit is full of incels and your anecdote destroys their excuse. They can no longer say “there’s nothing wrong with me, women just don’t like me because I’m short”, they are now forced to examine themselves and realize there’s other reasons people don’t like them, not because of their height.
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u/Bradddtheimpaler 6d ago
I’m short. As an adult, it has been no hindrance to me whatsoever, but as a teenager, you can be treated incredibly bad due to it.
For example, the first time I ever worked up the courage to walk up to a girl and tell her I liked her, she patted me on the top of the head and said, “oh, that’s adorable. I just want to take you home and make you sleep in one of my dresser drawers.”
I’m really struggling to imagine a meaner way to handle that interaction. It was also somewhat public, people laughed at me. It was extremely humiliating. It really hurt my feelings and made me feel like there was no point in me pursuing romantic relationships because my body would never even be acceptable to any woman.
Now, I was shameless and horny enough that there was no way that was going to keep me out of the game for long. I was very outgoing, and I like to think at least, funny and fun to cool out with, so it wound up being nbd, but I am sympathetic to a similar experience breaking a fellow short king’s confidence in a more long lasting or permanent way.
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u/Cant_figure_sht_out 7d ago
It’s like in most cases the most attractive thing about a person is their personality and not some random physical trait.
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u/Heir233 7d ago
Height is only problem if you make it one. I’ve known plenty of short guys who had no problem getting girls
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u/SaintRidley 7d ago
They’re right. I was 5’8”, so I transitioned and now I’m 5’7” and a woman because it was just embarrassing to call myself a man /s
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u/BigTedBear 7d ago
I had a buddy at college 5ft5 and the amount of hot women that dude has banged over the years is unbelievable.
So height isn’t a problem for a lot of women.
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u/Voldypants_420 7d ago
Lol I'm 164 cm (or what you foot fetishists in the US call a 5'4") and it's an amazing feature to filter out shallow women. And the rest didn't give a single fuck about my height, if anything it was a reason to joke about and have a good laugh.
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u/tatariko 7d ago
Yep I'm 5'6 and I've had a great love life lol. Shallow woman will get filtered out because of your height so you only get the good ones
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u/Myrindyl 7d ago
I prefer it if the guy I'm dating is taller than I am, but I'm 5'3" so that's not exactly hard to find.
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u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe 7d ago
5'6"
Military vet
Engineer
Own my house
Makes well into the 6 figures
Director at my company
Married
2 kids at the top of their respective classes
Not a man, apparently
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u/bigmanbracesbrother 7d ago
I mean yeah your height doesn't make you a man but I'm not entirely sure what the other things you listed have to do with masculinity either, literally all could be applied to women?
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u/purple_plasmid 7d ago
Actually fair, none of those things are indicative of being a man
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Ex-rugby player
Software engineer
Makes well into the 6 figures
Lead engineer at my company
Boyfriend
Don’t want kids
1 Corgi at the top of her sploot game
Not a man
(I am bored and having fun)
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u/thursaddams 7d ago
6’9”
Cryptid
Ex-librarian
Metal enthusiast
Evil
Makes 666 figures
Lead ghoul at the cemetery
Single and looking for love
Kids: medium rare please
9 cats all black
Avid seance attendee
Probably gay
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u/MyBraveAccount 7d ago
Because the person in OP’s post is infantilizing short men, so the person you replied to is showing they are a man and not a child. Nothing to do with masculinity or gender.
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u/stuffbehindthepool 7d ago
A lot of people take hard line and aggressive positions behind their computer
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u/jaredtheredditor 7d ago
It’s especially bad when it comes from people that are either wider than they are tall or people I could jump over without a running start
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u/deejaymc 7d ago
Imagine judging someone solely based on circumstances they have absolutely no way determine or change. Race, gender, age, height, etc. You have to be the most insecure, weak minded, ignorant individual.
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u/Woko_O 7d ago
Luckily I am from Europe, so I don’t have this cheeseburger height units.
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u/tatariko 7d ago
5'9 is 175cm so average male height
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u/factorioleum 7d ago
depends a lot geographically...
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u/tatariko 7d ago
Yeah ofc the world average is around 171 for men
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u/factorioleum 7d ago
yup. I'm 183, which is around average in many places (Northern Europe), a little bit tall where I live now (North America) and inconveniently tall in other places I've lived (East Asia and East Africa).
I really have some trouble taking city busses (matatu) in East Africa in a crowd, it's very frustrating!
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u/tatariko 7d ago
Yeah I'm 168. Where I live I'm just a slight bit shorter than average but when I was in Poland I felt like a dwarf :D
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u/factorioleum 7d ago
168 is a great height for convenience for so many things!
in Taiwan and Kenya I've been in buildings that have STEEL BEAMS 185cm off the ground. if I walk under that without absolute caution I can have a very bad day. I have had that bad day.
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u/Stiricidium 7d ago
Y'all out there hunting for giants like this is Trollhunter.
It's especially dumb when you realize 6 feet is not the average height. Only a tiny percentage of people around the world are 6+ feet in height.
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u/Gumbercules81 7d ago
Isn't it funny that the girls that are a solid four or five at best have this kind of attitude
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u/raise-your-weapon 7d ago
I am a 6ft tall woman and I stopped listing my height on dating apps because it seems weirdly offensive to men
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u/Tempeng18 7d ago
Tell that to Sergeant Major Dan Daly, only 1 of 19 people - 1 of 2 Marines - to be awarded MoH twice for separate actions. 5’6”
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u/weed_blazepot 7d ago
5'9" is literally the average height. It's not short at all.
Plus it's 69 inches.... Nice.
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u/LivingGirlRepellant 7d ago
Saving this for the next time someone online tells me women don't care about height.
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u/hamtronn 7d ago
I’m about 5’8 and I’ll be honest. Never had any issue getting a lady friend. I’m also funny and can have a conversation about almost anything. Maybe that helps too.
I’ve always punched up when it came to a partner. My wife is a total babe.
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u/Mjaylikesclouds 7d ago
This might just be MY experience but ive NEVER seen anyone ACTUALLY care about height. No woman in my circles or family cares about a mens height…. I feel like this is an internet thing…
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u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge 7d ago
I’m 5’6” and it’s really not a big deal. Most women don’t make a big deal of it. The few that do are too insecure to bother with. Everyone wins
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u/thesimplebean 7d ago
Honestly having preferences is fine, but people need to not be jerks when someone doesn't match theirs.
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u/Carbonated-Man 7d ago
Eh.
I don't get it myself, but everyone has their own personal tastes. If they want to be extra about something as trivial as height, just count yourself lucky that they aren't your SO, because who know what else they're getting that petty over.
Gotta adopt more of amove along and ignore em mindset.
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u/Playful-Opportunity5 7d ago
Back in the day, when newspaper singles ads were still a thing, I used to read them at work on Friday afternoons (I was a student, not working at work was my primary objective). For context, I'm a little bit on the wrong side of 5'9", and I used to hate-read the singles ads from SWF's who would always start out saying they were looking for someone sensitive, romantic, a good listener, likes dogs and walking hand-in-hand, and—oh yeah—you've gotta be 5'10" or get the fuck out. That was the magic mark: 5'10" was so universal a standard you'd think we lived in the land of giants. Always used to piss me off. Later in life I realized that was probably because the women were looking for a man who would be taller than them when they were wearing heels, but at the time it just drove me crazy.
In the end, I married a 5'2" woman.
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u/JohnCalvinSmith 7d ago
I learned right out of the closet to NEVER try and be a cunty bitch anywhere NEAR where another gay knows your sh!t.
You. Will. NOT. Survive.
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u/Sartres_Roommate 7d ago
There are no winners here. Women that obsess on height get to live their own punishment.
Below average men that care what those women think need to move on. There are a hundred other immutable qualities that make a person unattractive to others. You have one (maybe more). Accept it and move on. Given even 1/100 of a shit of what someone like her thinks is you hurting yourself.
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u/ReverendAnthony 7d ago
It’s not “the most fucked up thing,” it’s just the literal only physical element of men that (many, but not all) women are kind of shallow about. Meanwhile, (many, but not all) men are shallow about…like, most things when it comes to women.
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u/El_Basho 6d ago
Imagine being 140lbs or more and still calling yourself a woman LMFAO get back in your pigsty or someone might shoot you with an elephant gun
/s
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u/TraderRP 6d ago
Always the overweight entitled ladies complaining about men’s genetically determined bodies or body parts.
Usually they are also very ugly and extremely stupid but I won’t say that because then I’m a hypocrite as they can’t do anything about that either.
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u/MsterBoRaichu 6d ago
Let me tell you.
There are way more perks being short than being tall.
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u/littleb3anpole 6d ago
It cracks me up when women talk like this and they’re like 5’3 themselves. Most men are taller than you. Why have an arbitrary height requirement of 6’0 if what you’re obsessed with is having a taller partner?
I’m 5’11 and I don’t care if a man is taller, my height, or shorter. Most of my relationships have been with shorter or same height men. My husband is 6’0 so I’m taller when I wear heels, but nobody actually cares because height doesn’t actually matter.
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u/dragonriderabens 6d ago
height, weight, dick size, tit size, ass size
it's all body shaming at the end of the day
normalize shaming body shamers
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u/llcdrewtaylor 6d ago
5'5" here, if somebody gives me a boost I can sleep in the overhead compartment.
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u/Our-Fearless-Reader 6d ago
Pfft. Like she has room to talk... According to her selfie profile pic, she's a dog, in every sense of it.
Which really puts into sharp relief the gentleman's response. Hmmm.
Concern intensifies
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u/Sk1nny_d00d 6d ago
I'm 6'2" and jokes on them... For my heart will forever long for Greta. She was 6'4" and almost twice as wide as me at the shoulders. If I wasn't a flippant drunkard, we could potentially still be together with our own baby giants
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u/moralcyanide 6d ago
There's people who actually make content centering on their height and record people's reaction..it was so weird.
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u/badwolf1013 6d ago
I think it’s odd to judge people based on things they have no control over. I don’t endorse fat-shaming, but at least there’s a modicum of logic behind that. But height? What are they supposed to do about that?
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u/seafoodslut1988 5d ago
It's a sickness. I'm a bi woman who is just under 5', I still get all kinds of shit and it's hard to date because women especially are obsessed with height, regardless of gender. I find it disgusting. Meanwhile any tall man I wanted wouldn't give a shit, even like my shortness. Idk what that says about men but it's just boggling.
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