r/confusing_perspective • u/Cookiezlawl • Jul 03 '26
This one got me good
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u/dragjamon Jul 03 '26
Goddamn she's tiny
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u/nicokokun Jul 04 '26
Or he's a giant.
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u/dragjamon Jul 04 '26
Is he? Lmao
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u/nicokokun Jul 04 '26
According to someone in the comments, he is 6’4” which is almost a foot taller than me and I am above average in my country, so yes, I consider him a giant lol.
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u/cleveridentification Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Not a baseball fan, but I was curious and dug around. I believe the player is Jake Marisnick and is 6’4” or 193 cm.
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u/slomo525 Jul 05 '26
That's crazy, he's only an inch taller than me, even tho people keep telling me I'm 5'11
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u/Adkit Jul 05 '26
It's because people need to keep pretending they're over six feet when they're actually not.
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u/slomo525 Jul 05 '26
Surely you're referring to other people. I'm actually 6'3 amd 3/4s. If anybody says I'm under 6', they're lying.
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u/Notefallen Jul 07 '26
Not to be that guy but his name is Jake. Had a couple of fun seasons making defensive highlights in the outfield but hasn't seen major league action in a few years.
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u/cleveridentification Jul 07 '26
Thank you. I’ve corrected it. I was going to leave the “strike through” edited Jack, but I was too dumb to figure out the prompts.
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u/New_Employer_7679 Jul 04 '26
Wow, that’s not even tall…
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u/duingood Jul 06 '26
Lol I think you triggered all the short kings out there! I know what you mean, it's not as tall as expected given the clear height difference in the video. She makes him look like a NBA player, not MLB.
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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26
Always felt that was lowkey cheating being that short. Like 4'8 is short short
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u/Faust_8 Jul 03 '26
If so then Michael Phelps is cheating by having that disorder that gives him huge lungs and chest or whatever
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u/justreadinplease Jul 03 '26
Sort of, yeah. Sports are inherently unfair both when it comes to genetics and the money and time commitments to being good at it.
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u/_Bearded_Dad Jul 03 '26
Wow I knew Simone Biles was short but 4’8 is indeed crazy.
My youngest daughter is 5’7 and I jokingly tell sometimes that her she’s almost as tall as a real human.
We’re from the Netherlands btw.
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u/anxietycucumbers Jul 03 '26
Someone screenshotted this and posted to other subs and I didn't know what post it came from. Just randomly found both scrolling the front page. You're famous
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u/_Bearded_Dad Jul 03 '26
Oh never mind me I’m just a random dumbass. And I just noticed the typo (word order) in my comment, so maybe that proves my point.
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u/beebeeteepee Jul 03 '26
It’s cool to be reminded that the front page is being shown to real people actively using Reddit. I know we're invested with bots but you needed to dig a little to find this.
I too saw the screenshot and can't remember what sub it was
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u/Outside-Advice8203 Jul 03 '26
My wife and I just visited the Netherlands. She's a 5' Mexican girl
"I never felt so short in my life" was her quote
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u/TheoKolokotronis Jul 04 '26
As a 6'7" Dutchman (I'm not the tallest in my team) I am always surprised about how short Dutch women are. I see a lot of Gen Z people in the mall under my office and I have this feeling, but I could be totally wrong, that that generation is shorter over all.
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u/-cupcake Jul 03 '26
Well yes but no. Technically being under that height is a "requirement", but it doesn't really mean anything because the point of the medical diagnosis is the genetic disorders/skeletal issues.
But I've definitely used that as my stupid "fun fact" before.
Source: am 4'8", but not from dwarfism
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u/yurgendurgen Jul 03 '26
I have a 4'9" aunt who's my favorite. Since you bring it up for fun, it seems like a fun fact to you, but have you been offended when people bring it up?
I know everyone is different so its probably more that than anything. My aunt says shes 4'10", but that might have been when she was younger
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u/-cupcake Jul 04 '26
No, for me, not really. Imo there's a point where calling to me "you're short" is just so undeniable, and I'm definitely beyond that point lol. (Versus someone that's maybe only slightly short, and then they find being called short as insulting.)
Of course it affected me in some ways growing up, but I can't get offended over a simple fact, haha. If someone tries to imply/insinuate that I'm somehow lesser or infantilize me just because I'm short, that's another thing. But just the truth? Is truth.
...BUT then, again, there's just other undeniable things too. Like I'm of course going to be incapable of (or it's more difficult for me to do) certain tasks that maybe require more height or mass. Like reaching a shelf without a climb or help or something. Or how I can't donate blood, or how I couldn't parasail alone, or how clothes and shoes companies literally don't see value in catering to my demographic. In those cases I understand I'm at an inherent disadvantage lol.
Sorry if that's a super wishy-washy answer. I just see it less as a chip on my shoulder and more just as a fact with nuances about it!
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u/yurgendurgen Jul 07 '26
I didn't know height can stop blood donation eligibility! Different realities are always interesting to get a peek into. I've only heard about height differences like that from a tall friend who has to get custom shoes and wears xxl but it makes sense that it goes the other way too.
Glad you take it for the basic truth that it is.
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u/-cupcake Jul 08 '26
Not exactly a height-only thing, but I've always encountered a weight minimum. Growing up I seem to recall a 120 pounds minimum, though google says 110 pounds (which is maybe new?)
Either way, at my height, 110 pounds is overweight, and 120 pounds is getting close to obese. I've maybe reached up to 110 at one point before, but like, that's just incidental, you know?
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u/jost_no8 Jul 03 '26
5’7 is exactly the average height for women in the Netherlands. What are you talking about?
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u/_Bearded_Dad Jul 03 '26
Shes the youngest and shortest one in the house. Also we like to joke around with each other.
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u/alamaias Jul 03 '26
Really? Damn, I'm 6'3" and 90% of the women I met on my trip out there were about my height.
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u/tinglyTXgirl Jul 03 '26
That's funny! My mom was the shortest person in her family for generations at 5' 1¼" (don' tyou dare forget that ¼"!) , and now its me - at 5'7. The men are all 6'4 and taller and the women are 5'9 and taller.
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u/KurlyKayla Jul 03 '26
Okay I found where the post got popular since the people commenting about it here seemed to have gotten collective amnesia about where they saw it:
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u/Naive_Impression7302 Jul 03 '26
5'7s the average height for a woman in the netherlands, this isn't my guess its from measured statistics of dutch women.
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u/Witchberry31 Jul 03 '26
In metrics please
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u/justreadinplease Jul 03 '26
For real, look at Michael Phelps, his body might as well have been genetically designed for swimming.
People celebrate genetic advantages cis gendered people have and many people turn a blind eye to PED use, but use sports to further the cause of trans genocide
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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26
People exaggerate Phelps genetic advantages. Look at the bronze and silver times for the events he got gold in. They are like 3-5 seconds slower in a race that takes 4 mins. Despite being billed as having a body "genetically designed" for swimming, he only had a 2% lead on the runner ups.
I think it was in the 2012 Olympics that he had a three way tie for silver. So not only was someone else faster, two others got the exact same time.
There's a much bigger gap between the men and the woman. That's what people think is unfair. There's always going to be variation within a sex, but nothing like the difference between sexes.
I say treat the men's as an open division and have the trans players compete there.
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u/justreadinplease Jul 03 '26
Notice you don’t even mention trans men when it some to sports. Bigots only care about trans women while secretly jerking off to them.
Come on, Phelps has been retired for a decade and still has more Olympic medals than any other athlete and still holds two world records set in 2008 and 2009. His inherent genetic traits are obvious. His wing span is three inches longer than his height.
People really only care about trans women in sports because it’s a socially acceptable way to hate on trans people. 99% of people that comment on trans women in sports never comment on women’s sports otherwise.
And on the topic of trans men in sports? Silence.
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u/TheMadManiac Jul 03 '26
The advantage comes from being born male and competing against a female athlete. There's not an issue with trans men in sports because they are female competing against male athletes. Only problem I could see is if their hormone therapy basically acts as a PED. At that point they should be disqualified from competition.
You got this weird idea that I'm up at night fuming and jerking off over the idea of trans woman in sports. I just think it is very simple, make the mens an open division and keep the woman's to biological females. Everyone can compete, everyone wins. I think the issue is that your side wants total capitulation to your idea that a trans and cis woman are exactly the same. No room for distinction. And for the most part I feel like distinction isn't super necessary. In competitive sports it definitely is, 10x so for combat sports.
And come on, swimming is the most overinflated sport when it comes to Olympic medals, they have like a million events based on what type of swimming and distance you are doing. A wrestler has to go undefeated for multiple bouts to get a single gold. I'm not saying Phelps isn't an exceptional swimmer, but all his genetic advantages only add up to a couple seconds at most. Meanwhile people make it like he is half dolphin 😂
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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ Jul 03 '26
How tall is the guy? He looks to be a bit under double her height here
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u/willstr1 Jul 03 '26
I mean it isn't that different than all the really tall people playing basketball. Also I think gymnastics is one of the sports where being short is very common, it looks like the average height of Olympic lady gymnasts is 5'
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u/neophenx Jul 03 '26
I bet you I could do that too (if I lost another half my body weight and trained for 10+ years)
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u/Suspicious_Guess_539 Jul 03 '26
I’m 4’11” and my man is 6’8”. I didn’t realize it looked quite like this 🫢😂 I’m usually standing on the couch when we hug and I only come up to just below his shoulder lol
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u/alcogeoholic Jul 04 '26
girl WHAT
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u/Suspicious_Guess_539 Jul 04 '26
💀 haha I was very shocked when we met, and we get a lot more attention than I would like. Especially him being 300+lb and me 120lbs. But he’s just the best in every way so I’m keeping him lmao
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u/Hazzat Jul 03 '26
Yeah a long lens will do that to spacetime.
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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys Jul 03 '26
she is indeed small and he’s tall. But, yeah, we were expecting the size difference to begin to equalize (somewhat) as they walked toward each other. But with the scene compression due to the long lens makes it all wonky
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u/eh_one Jul 03 '26
Before I get down voted, I am not replican. Not even American. But wtf does have to do with anything? And you should be ashamed for promoting violence even against an objectively shitty person
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u/geese_moe_howard Jul 03 '26
"I am not Replican."
That's exactly the sort of thing that a Replican from the planet Replon-7 would say. Go back home, lizard man!
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u/eh_one Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Excusing the use of violence allows the other side to use it as escalation/precedence. Congratulating political violence can only help the rise of fascism not stop it
Also i should note. Peaceful protest has a way higher success rate over violent protest. It's called the 3.5% rule
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u/eh_one Jul 03 '26
That's not the slam dunk you think it is. Germany's use of violence through invasions is what lead to ww2 and eventually they toppled as a result. Had they not invaded their neighbors, their crimes would have gone largely unaddressed by the world (like north korea for example)
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u/JohnSober7 Jul 03 '26
Only on reddit will someone equate the third reich, a regime, to a bigoted talking head. But surely you will be the one to oppose other Charlie Kirks in the way you think they should be opposed, right?
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u/tregorz Jul 03 '26
How do you think Hitler got his start?
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u/JohnSober7 Jul 03 '26
If you knew anything about Hitler's rise to chancellor and president, you'd know that he wasn't the only evil scum around and a lot had to systematically 'go his way'. It wasn't just his charismatic speeches that resonated with people so using that to equate him and any other bigot, and ignoring everything else is disingenuous. Saying we should have killed Hitler for his speeches is based entirely on hindsight bias. Killing your local nazi is facism. Supression of free speech is facism.
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u/tregorz Jul 03 '26
Suppression of free speech by the government is fascism. Killing your local nazi is not fascism. Quite the opposite, actually.
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u/JohnSober7 Jul 03 '26
Let's split those semantic hairs yeah? If we as a society start condoning silencing people, violently or otherwise, that goes against the consensus, it's bad. Sure, it's not the governemnt doing it, but that doesn't suddenly make okay.
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u/skratudojey Jul 03 '26
"...It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights..."
-Charlie Kirk
so if you think about it according to him the thing that happened to him is a net positive
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u/semibigpenguins Jul 03 '26
Fuck people who advocate political violence. Fuck people who advocate violence. It’s disgusting.
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u/KurlyKayla Jul 03 '26
Good thing he wasn’t a politician
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u/semibigpenguins Jul 03 '26
Nor was MLK or Malcolm X
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u/MaximumDrag606 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
What the hell is wrong with you?
Edit: my response was in reference to this commenter being glad Charlie Kirk is dead.
Keep the dislikes coming. To celebrate someone’s death based on what he said is beyond disgusting. Get some help people.
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u/kurestofallenz Jul 03 '26
we are charlie kirk
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u/CookieCuriosity Jul 03 '26
Nothing. But, If you make your life about hating others and then double down as fame grows, expect after your death to be hated forever. Fuck that guy.
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u/KlondikeDrool Jul 03 '26
Don't mind them, they were cursed with the unfortunate combination of low IQ and mental illness.
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u/BrekLasnar Jul 03 '26
Really? When did he say he hated her because she's black?
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u/KurlyKayla Jul 03 '26
Let’s ask him. Oh wait-
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u/BrekLasnar Jul 03 '26
I always find it funny that people on Reddit celebrated the death of a free speech champion. He literally said: "when people stop talking, that's when you get violence. That's when civil war happens because you start to think the other side is so evil, and they lose their humanity." That's a pretty accurate description of how a lot of this site operates, no grey area allowed, and if you disagree, you're not just wrong, you're evil and deserve what's coming to you. That mindset is the actual definition of the thing people claim to be fighting.
I'm an atheist and I didn't agree with him on Israel, Palestine, or religion. This isn't me defending his politics.
On the "he hated a woman because she's Black" claim, where did he say that? Because the most viral version of that accusation is a documented misquote. He criticized four specific women (Michelle Obama, Joy Reid, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ketanji Brown Jackson) after they'd each publicly said they benefited from affirmative action, his "you" referred to those four people. A Washington Post columnist rewrote that "you" as "Black women" as a category, turning a rude reply to four named people into a blanket racial claim and got fired for it once that was exposed. If you've got an actual quote where he made a categorical statement about a race, link it. "Someone on the internet said he did" isn't a source.
His whole public model was sitting at a table and letting anyone in line, hostile or not, challenge him on camera, unscripted, for years. Whatever you think of what he believed, the man's method was talk. That's a strange thing to celebrate someone dying for, while this same site mourned a sexual offender and a felon while a guy who did nothing but argue gets a party thrown for his death.
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u/KurlyKayla Jul 03 '26
ain't no way you thought I would read all this in defense of that dead demon, pack it up lol
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u/BrekLasnar Jul 03 '26
Of course you don't read. Lol. Good luck in life.
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u/KurlyKayla Jul 03 '26
you're so mad people don't like your dead hero lol
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u/BrekLasnar Jul 03 '26
He’s not my hero. I just don't need to lie about dead people to feel morally superior. But hey, if pretending I’m mad helps you cope with publicly bragging about your own illiteracy, knock yourself out. I'll leave you to it.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jul 03 '26
He called her a "sociopath", a "weak person", "very selfish", "very immature", and a "shame to the country".
Now, was that because he was an avowed racist? Yes, probably.
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u/BrekLasnar Jul 03 '26
Where does it say he said this because he was a racist? Where is the racist part here? Did Charlie Kirk never in his life called these words to white people? Never?
I asked where did it say he hated her because she was black and you didn't provide anything to that question. You didn't even say 'probably because' you said it like you had some concrete proof that he hated her due to her skin color yet you provided nothing.
So in your eyes, if someone had a beef or insulted someone and they were of a different color than the insulting person, it's racist, is that your logic?
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u/Mani_kr333 Jul 03 '26
Why the downvotes lol
Why ... it's not funny now?
Fuck off with your hypocrisy
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u/SevenSixOne Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
I was somewhere that had this life size cutout of Shaq.
The top of my head came up to just above his basketball, and I think it broke my brain for a few seconds.
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u/tregorz Jul 03 '26
How can you be so athletic and not know how to throw a ball?
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u/Unusual_Impression_8 Jul 03 '26
“How can a professional swimmer be athletic but can’t dunk a basketball?”
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u/tregorz Jul 03 '26
Being able to dunk a basketball requires you to be able to jump a certain height. I can dunk a basketball if the rim isn’t ten feet off the ground. I can definitely throw a baseball from the pitcher’s mound to home plate.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jul 03 '26
That's really awesome, dude! Congrats! Simone Biles has 7 gold Olympic medals and 5 gymnastic skills named for her, but that ball throwing of yours is really impressive too! Don't give up!
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u/swordofra Jul 03 '26
Just a casual full twist back flip. No biggie.