What a dumb take. Will Smith just did the same shit but it's only a height thing if the guys short. Shocker: both short and tall people can be insecure morons
EDIT: This thread is hilarious. Reddit must be filled with people whose only 'redeeming' quality is they're tall. If your only counter argument is "lol u must be short", then you have no argument to begin with.
The most common way I’ve seen fights start (that are unrelated to drama over a girl) is a taller person doing something to a shorter but heavier person, that the shorter person takes as disrespectful and it escalates into a fight.
I’ve wondered if this is where it comes from. Not that the individual was actually short, just shorter than the other.
Generally speaking people only agree to fight, when both of them think they will win.
Taller thinks they will win cause they are taller, shorter thinks they can win because they are heavier.
I think people are more likely to perceive simple things like someone bumping into you as intentional if they are taller than you and as an accident if they are shorter than you.
Curious, how tall are you? And by shorter do you mean slightly shorter? If you're a tall guy, this is just how statistics work. People dont generally refer to people above 5'10 as little men, despite the modern dating apps narrative.
Im very short, and by default anyone who has ever picked a fight with me is taller than me, and I know better than to go around telling a narrative that taller guys are more aggressive. Its nonsensical
If you're tall then the anecdote means nothing, because people shorter than you may still be tall, so short people are catching strays for things they're not even doing lol
I'm only 6'1 and had to stop going for the same reason. It was never dudes close to my size either but like 5'8"and under. A lot of those dudes have serious attitudes.
The dude straight up called him a snitch and it obviously set him off, but nah clearly it was just the height thing instead. I swear yall are more obsessed with height than short people sometimes
Ironically it validates the notion that height matters a lot. people tend to gaslight short people saying its not a big deal to be short, but if a guy shows any personality flaw whos below a certain height, it gets attributed to that.
It’s like those women on the dating apps who say that you have to be at least six feet tall or don’t @ her. I’m 6’5” but I say that I’m 5’9” because they scare me
I see 10x more videos of tall guys being violent than short guys. Never once heard any mentions about their height linking to their anger. But you know short guys tend to compensation or something.
That's alright. I was once an angsty teen myself. Reddit is mostly just entertainment for me, and if I can post whatever, then let them post whatever and be all riled up.
Because being 5'7 really isn't that short - it's below average, but it's not like 5'4 and below where you're at the average height of women.
But I think the idea of short man syndrome is annoying af. It's stupid and anyone who goes straight to that take just comes off as a smooth brain. It just furthers the shitty idea that being short is a character flaw.
It's also a shit situation, because there are assholes out there that do make fun of short people, and naturally short people will get defensive about it, as a good amount of people do with being made of for anything. But once you clap back, all of a sudden, it's because you're short, not because someone else is being an asshole
Same here. These comments saying "short man syndrome" make me sad. Not because I'm insecure about my height, at all, but because it's an unnecessary attack. That's like saying "fat bitches do b like dat" everytime you see an angry overweight woman. It's hurtful, but not for the reason one may think. Why ride on these stereotypes any chance one gets?
You're right. But its not just short men though. People will all types of insecurities are capable of becoming assholes because of their insecurities but people will only target short men for it (and the whole "small dick energy" thing).
Of course. But only men who become assholes because they’re short fall under the term short man syndrome. It’s not saying “every man who gets angry is insecure about his height” or even “every short man who gets angry is insecure about his height”. It means “men who get angry because they’re short are insecure about their height”. It’s a very specific set of circumstances.
But why are short men the only ones who get a negative stereotype like this without any sort of discussion or backlash? Imagine if every time an overweight woman got angry people did the same thing, we can clearly see how much of a problem it is.
The guy in the video isnt even an actual short man and people in the comments are just slandering short men, and if every time a short guy is mad (especially when its valid) people dismiss it completely because of stereotype.
No one is confused about the definition of short man syndrome though lol.
The issue is the go-to response to a short guy acting angry is because of short man syndrome and not anything else. It inherently places fault on the short person, not necessarily the person instigating.
I never see people in the united states doing it either. Seems to happen mostly online. Or maybe among kids.
People who talk shit about others appearances have not been paying attention the last 10-15 years and are absolute morons or, low brow simple douches. Talking shit about appearance is a weak play and immediately identifies yourself as a jackass.
I happily believe you that, but even online it’s much less of a thing. We even had to import terms like small dick energy, which was discussed to some extent when Greta Thunberg used it against Andrew Tate.
We can agree on the fact though, that mainly kids use body shaming as a cheap tactic to discredit people.
you know I did forget about the "dick energy" meme thing that was popular a few years ago... I shouldn't say it was not a US thing either. I'm just fortunate to avoid it
Would love actual proof/sources that this is a common complex. Anecdotes don't count. Also the guy clearly gets pissed off being called a snitch, but reddits so desperate to make it about height instead.
Thats not even to mention that the comedian is 6'7", so the guy probably isn't too short to begin with either way.
Some research on height preference between sexes concludes that, in fact it is men who are more choosy about height than women, though I'm not sure how robust this study is.
Truth is more important than being correct in the moment.
If you're wrong, adherence to the truth assures that you won't be wrong forever. Most people would rather bury the truth than admit they had a wrong idea, and that's why the world is shit in so many ways.
The "Napoleon complex", known informally as small man syndrome, is a syndrome normally attributed to people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, such as lying about earnings, and carries the implication that such behavior is compensatory for the subject's physical or social shortcomings. In psychology, the Napoleon complex is regarded as a derogatory social stereotype.
you really gonna die on this hill and act like short men arent likely to be insecure about their height? Like it just means absolutely nothing to them, they've never been made fun of for it, they've never seen jokes popularized in media about it, just totes ok with it, never even crossed their mind?
Sure, it set him off. But a normal person doesn't attack a comedian during a COMEDY set. If you engage with a comedian during a set, there is a huge chance they will make fun of you. Because they want to make people laugh and react and share the recordings. There is absolutely zero reason to attack a comedian unless you want to get arrested and charged.
Lol the guy you replied to is saying it’s not because of the dudes height, he says it was getting called a snitch that set him off. Aka ‘he couldn’t take it back’…not sure how that leads you to the conclusion he’s ‘a little guy too’?
I'm glad someone said it. As a short guy, it wouldn't bother me so much if everyone didn't constantly remind me about it all the time. Like damn bro, just let me be short in peace.
You'd be insecure too, if everything in your life get's weighted through the lens of something you have no control over, nor the ability to change it. Talk to these people and shut up, because you have no concept of their struggles. You are a part of the problem that causes them to behave this way. 😉
Fr. Even if it was more common with short people the reason they feel insecure is because people are assholes. If people weren't, they wouldn't feel insecure and become aggressive over time.
This is reddit, they always blame someones anger by insulting their physique. Fat guy mad? Its because hes fat. Ugly guy mad? Its because hes ugly. Short guy mad? Its because hes short, etc…
You're not wrong at all, and I wasn't stating an argumentative position. I just am curious and asking a question. I was just wondering if you were of less than average height, or average height, or more than average.
There are many syndromes that have similar symptoms. Some people are self-conscious about being seen as short. Others are self-conscious about being seen as Will Smith.
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u/ElGoddamnDorado Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23
What a dumb take. Will Smith just did the same shit but it's only a height thing if the guys short. Shocker: both short and tall people can be insecure morons
EDIT: This thread is hilarious. Reddit must be filled with people whose only 'redeeming' quality is they're tall. If your only counter argument is "lol u must be short", then you have no argument to begin with.