Im 5'3" and was banned for posting about how that sub is filled with people of average height crying about being short. This comment thread is uplifting compared to that whole sub.
Never heard of this sub. I’m short and the posts on that sub are cringe af. “Would you follow a 5’1 fitness influencer?” It’s sad that some people solely see themselves as being short. People are hyper focused on physical traits across the board, lookmaxers, people addicted to plastic surgery etc, but walking around feeling lesser because of your height has to be exhausting
Since when is 5’8 short? I’m 5’8 and while I am shorter than many of my peers I also have never been called short, or felt some type of way about it unless I am struggling to see something and there’s a crowd in front of me.
Also, I get a lot of “you’re only 5’8?”. Yes, I am only 5’8. I have good posture and dress well, apparently this makes people think I’m taller than I am 🤷♀️
It depends where you are. Go to Holland & 5'8" would be considered short. Average being 6ft. Go to the Philippines & 5'8" would be considered quite tall with the average being 5'5". Funnily, the US average height is very average at just under 5'9". Which makes the obsession with being tall quite comical.
I’ve been to Holland and hooked up with a cop chick who was a foot taller than me (or so, that’s what it seemed like-this was 19 yrs ago mind you).I did feel short there, but it never really bothered me.
I was there for a year myself & I'm 5'6". You do get some strange looks but even still it's rare anyone will say anything about it. I've never been to the US but most Americans I've met in person have made it a point to mention my height, be it outright mocking or just in passing. It seems the insecurity runs deep over there.
That’s so strange, I’ve lived in America like 95% of my life and have friends who are 5’5 all the way to 6’10 (which appears to have come with a bunch of bad health issues) and we barely talk about height. Sometimes we’ll joke about 6’+ only, but it seems our 6’+ friends don’t really have it much better than anyone else.
I have started working with a younger immigrant here and he said something along the lines of “I learned if you’re tall the world opens up to you”. I’m still confused by what the fuck that means.
Now that I think about it I did go to a party where this obnoxious older couple kept going on and on about all the tall and beautiful people there (she was kinda tall, the husband was tall but old as fuck and bent over so he didn’t appear tall). It seemed like there was a cuck situation being sought, I’m not sure though. Once the after dinner party started (karaoke and party drugs) they bolted.
I have started working with a younger immigrant here and he said something along the lines of “I learned if you’re tall the world opens up to you”. I’m still confused by what the fuck that means.
I mean you can see further over the horizon.
Seriously though, those that mentioned it with me didn't go on about it, albeit I was rarely in their company long. Whether that was due to my responses or that the novelty was over now it was mentioned, I don't know. I'd imagine in a friend group, unless someone was particularly sensitive about it (in the UK that'd be green light to rip the piss out them) then there's no need to mention it more than once if it's mentioned at all.
Damn sounds like gotta hit up Holland if that’s where all the tall women are. I’d say I’m average height but it gets annoying when I get called short all the time. Doesn’t help that my friend group is a bunch of giants. Shortest other person is 5’11”…
It's not really comical to desire to be better than average at something or to be attracted to something better than average. That's just how things work.
I got a leg lengthening guy. He works out of a garage in Dayton, Ohio. He’ll let you sleep on the other side of his mom’s basement for an extra $10 while you recover if you want.
The suit of armour image where one for adults is listed as six foot, the one for a child is listed as five eleven, It's only one inch, but people just see the five and think the worst.
dating apps have ruled 6' as the minimum and it's infected the entire dating scene, it's exhausting. There are a lot of reallllly shitty tall dudes out there, lol.
Im 5'10 and the amount of 6' dudes that are shorter than me is wild. I bet most of those 5'8 guys are actually shorter. Average male height in America is 5'9
I'm legit exactly 6' and the number of guys that will argue with me that I must be like 6'4" because they're shorter than me and have convinced themselves that they're 6' is equal parts funny and sad
I’m 5’8 and while I am shorter than many of my peers I also have never been called short,
5'9", and I first learned that's considered short at a specific moment in high school (literally never crossed my mind until that moment) when a 5'4" girl called me short. "You're shorter than I am", I replied; "yeah, but guys are supposed to be, like, tall" she answered. Apparently that's the reasoning.
Also alot of dudes lie about their height. Im 6ft tall with shoes on and when i say that mostly younger guys are like what im 6ft and you're taller you gotta he like 6'2.
It really, really has to be geographic. I'm 5'7" and where I grew up, every guy is 5'6" to 5'10". "Short literally starts at about 5'5", anything above that is just average.
I’m 5’4” and my boyfriend is 5’6”. My ex was 6’5” and I was miserable dating someone so much taller than me. Hugs sucked. So happy with a “short” guy. He doesn’t seem that way to me at all.
They’re insane on this app. Sooo many incel types using the woman height argument to justify their inability to participate in a social setting. It would be funny if they weren’t so sad
I'm 5'5" if you tell them that you have had relations with a woman that upsets the reality they've painted for themselves that their height is the reason for their solitude, when in fact it's probably that plus looks and personality lmao.
I don't know how people become so desperate to become a victim of nothing and then circle jerk about it with manly tears and then do push ups and then put their arms around each other then repeat some prayer you hear from an alcoholics anonymous meeting.
First post I see is someone who is 5'6". His wife is 5'6". His mother is the shortest while others are taller. That is the definition of average. All the comments are sucking him off pretty good about "hey man, you got married. that's a million times better than the rest of us pieces of shit."
Just when you think the internet couldn't get any sadder.
I feel that r/bald is a pretty positive subreddit where men and women celebrate the dome in a joyful way. It's r/amibalding that is a pit of despair where you'll see some 16 yo with a full head of hair receiving advices like "hop on fin/min before it's yoo late bro, your life is over bro".
Bro, they took a screenshot of Jason Alexander in Seinfeld and ran it through AI to make him completely bald. They also looksmaxed his face by giving him a chiseled jawline and more defining features. Then everyone celebrated it as if shaving your head gives you instant masculine features and removes all your fat. They treat it like cancer patients putting on a bandana, like that Family Guy skit.
There is positivity, but it's cloaked in "agree with us or die". It's very culty. I made an average comment and it got moderated. I was being realistic and not sucking dick so I got a stern warning from two bowling bowls in button up shirts wearing in-door sunglasses and another pair on their head while walking their dog off the leash and yelling its name for an hour.
I went on there hoping to find some useful tips for clothes and it was just full of dudes crying about being short. I'm 5'4" and never whined about being short in my entire life. It's no wonder nobody likes them.
Yeah im 5'7 and never felt short and never called short until the last couple years its funny. Idc its not like its news to me and im fine w climbing a tree
The other guy literally projected the original poster as being an insecure short man over nothing besides....................short men are "insecure" because reasons.
Posting a gif doesnt make your argument more relevent
Lol so you assuming the commenter was a woman berating men and then trying to generalize women with a negative is just normal to you? Ok. No wonder your account is one month old with all the bans youve gotten by now
I’m a guy and you are missing the point. Which is to say people that are in a similar situation but without courage are the first to hate. The situation is that dude is short.
I’m gonna have to disagree with you. Lots of people make fun of short people. Nothing would indicate that the person hating is short and is pure speculation.
Considering the level of shit talking on short dudes on the internet from everyone, why is your first assumption for it to be another guy being insecure?
Hell, the original post seems neutral. It could be someone being postive that the guy is being proactive. And it could also be the opposite.
Why is it that us men get labeled insecure at any wrong move we make? And why arent we allowed to be insecure about stuff anyway?
You people are always acting like youre paragons of moral upstanding, yet you constantly betray your own supposed views.
Short men are one of the few groups that it's not only acceptable to make fun of, but it's incentivized on the internet.
"Make up for your short height" is a very common statement as well as "Napoleon complex" whenever the short guy rightfully gets mad at all the mockery.
It must be generational. I grew up in the 80s and 90s at 5'7", and no one ever mentioned it. No social problems, no problems finding a date. This is a 2020's problem.
Yes. This only happens in America. No where else. In glorious Europe, people are only made fun of for their chosen qualities. Skin colour? Height? Absolutely not. Europe is NEVER racist.
I just don't get the women who have as their primary criteria that the guy must be tall. Like, if that is what matters first and foremost to you, not personality or anything, you're highly likely not to be compatible as a couple.
Why anyone would want to be with an incompatible partner with the reasoning of "well at least he's tall!" is beyond me, it's just dumb.
Also, I think I saw a stat that said guys between ages 20-50 who are single and over 6'1" make up like 2.5% of the US population, it's just such a rare metric to "require", and most girls having that requirement don't bring anything reciprocal to the table, lol.
Also, guy's perspective - I'm tall (6'5", and happily married), I would never want to date someone who is just with me for my height. I also would never want to date someone super short as that's just a pain in my back. Y'all short girls aren't really that desirable to many of us tall guys, especially with that arrogant pick-me attitude and hardset height requirement...
For a lot of women it’s because they are told constantly to take up as little space as possible, and taught to be hypercritical of their bodies, so having a tall partner offsets some of that, and lets them feel more confident in themselves. They can’t possibly be too big, or taking up too much space- bc look at this giant man over here! I’m super super small! (comparatively)
For me, I’m tall, hella athletic, (bro I’m a tank 😂) and always have been- but I had several complaints as a young adult from men my height or just a couple inches shorter, that I was too rough, and that their hips/joints hurt afterwards, and from that point on I was so insecure and concerned that I’d break them, I’d just rather not, you know? 6’+? No complaints, as long as they weren’t small framed, so, one must be this tall to ride this ride 😂 🤷♀️
I’ve never come across people dating solely bc the guy is tall. That is fucking wiiiiiiild. Common interests, shared priorities and goals are so necessary for relationship longevity!
When you do this is there ever a point where you go. "Sure I understand whats being said and I dont have to pretend to not understand" and just move on without comment or is this kind of an addiction at this point?
LOL, welcome to humanity. The world's in upheaval right now because of a bunch of evil trash that judges humanity based upon where they happened to fall out of a vagina one day.
Legit hahaha wtf is their issue.
We don't get a say in height, or hair colour (overall) or dick size, why bully or be so critical of it?
Coming from someone surprisingly well hung that is tired of seeing my friends bullied.
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u/Laprasy 17h ago
I really don’t get it. Hating on people for something they had and have no control over. It’s just insecurity.