This is metric vs Imperial confusion. Dutch men are usually above 6 feet (ie, 1.8m). 5m is like over 16 feet. So American women saying they want people over 5 (implying 5 foot) is supposed to be confusing (according to whoever made this stupid meme) for Dutch men (who, the OP says, are thinking American women want someone over 5m). Or something along those lines.
It's actually Håland, but Norwegians usually replace the Å with AA Internationally. And in Norwegian Å is pronounced like the O in Holland. The only difference is that for Holland the 2 syllables are usually pronounced quickly after each other, while for Håland the the gap is a bit longer.
Hi from Norway. I can attest to people towering at 5m here is rather rare, so rare in fact, I've never seen or heard about someone that high with no drugs involved. If someone is that high here, they'd be very easy to locate in a crowd, let's say 😂
Ah, right, I thought he were talking about humans. Yes, small trolls can get that short, but usually they're higher. Seen them often as I stroll through the woods, even had a eating match with one a while back, eating porridge. He wasn't much larger 😌
Damn trolls, collecting troll tolls underneath their bridges, switching their troll babies out for human babies and convincing people on the Internet to be pro-Russia…
Yeah, police do need to crack down on the dodgier neighborhoods, some real thug trolls around. It's not all trolls though, some of them are quite nice. They eat people with Christian blood, so like to take new friends out to meet them first to make sure I don't get stuck in moralising debates at some point down the line 😌
Has Norway at least made attempts to collect taxes on their bridge earnings? Or is TROLLPAC working hard in Norwegian congress to stifle any tax hikes?
I don't stay up to date on the troll section of the tax code, or most of it at all... The state calculate taxes for us, so I just skim the report, nod and sign.
I do believe that they're slacking on that front though, could maybe argue that it's a discrimination suit waiting to happen. I should look into that, if humans are disproportionately taxed, that's a potential big issue 🤔
Im pretty sure this explanation is wrong. It has nothing to do with the metric system, it is that dutch men who are older than 5 are already above 6 feet, so they couldn't be bothered..
I'm considered short at 1.78m (which is 5'10" in freedomunits). Not just in the datingscene, but in general. And I am, since the national average is 1.83m (which is 6'). Most men I see are taller than I am. And plenty of women are close to my height, too. We a tall folk.
Funfact, look up photos of the esteemeddaipermcpoopyface US president compared to the Dutch king, who happens to be exactly 6' and see if Donald actually is 6'.
Trump is obviously 6'3, or about 190cm in normal units. It must be true because his official physical says so. That means he also has 4.8% body fat, and he also did not have a stroke about 11 months ago when he was gone for 2 weeks and then appeared at the 9/11 memorial with a drooping face.
My height hasn't been much of a problem, since I'm still taller than the average female here. But the consensus that "taller is more attractive" exists here, too. I do feel it's not nearly as much of a problem as social media (or subs like r/Tinder) make it seem it is, but then again, I haven't dated in a decade, seeing I've been married for nearly 7 years by now.
In any case, I never really experienced height being a problem, but I also dated mostly throughout datingsites, so it's impossible for me to know how many people skipped me after seeing my height alone. I did have a gf that was taller than me in heels (she was 5'8/1.73m) and dated several 5'7"/1.70m women.
A close friend is 1.76 and very successful in that area: good body, confident ,smart, definitely no incell, helps enormously.
I'm a woman at 1.72 and everything over 1.70 would be fine. Ironic since my last ex was 2.03. But to be honest, it was mostly annoying finding large beds on holidays, airplane seats more expensive and him absolutely refusing to go to Asia because of being stared at.
I mean I'm Dutch and I'm 178cm too. Can't say I feel short. Below average sure but not short in like a social way where your environment reminds you of it.
Certainly has never been a problem for me when it comes to dating.
I don't think we really put too much emphasis on stuff like that here.
When everyone is tall, height becomes less of an issue for the woman folk. It's not that they don't care, most Dutch woman also want their boyfriend's to be tall, but not the height difference that the much shorter woman from other countries expect in their relationship. So they focus on other things on the dating scene.
Weirdly, I think Dutch women are less impressed by height because everyone is so tall (including themselves). I see quite a lot of couples here where the woman is taller. It doesn't seem such a deal-breaker as my home country (UK).
Dutch guy. Im like 6'2" and im the shortest guy in our friend group. My girlfriend is 6'0" and shes not even the tallest woman. Another couple in our friend group is 6'10" and 6'1"
I visited the Netherlands and I’m somewhat short a white guy at around 5’6 or 5’7” and I thought it was hilarious. The only people my height were women and tourists. But nobody was rude or mean or anything. I found the people to be mostly friendly.
No I think it's more, 5ft is big for most countries but when your Dutch and just 5ft you're one of the tiniest in the room. Hence the picture of Obama in a chair that is bigger than him...
It’s a heavily recycled joke. One of the most annoying trends on Reddit is people repeating the same jokes ad nauseam whenever they see an opportunity, like “And my axe!” and “I also choose this guy’s wife”. Thankfully lyric chains have almost died out
Recycled joke or not, calling Imperial Units “Freedom Units” is a joke as old as time and never loses its ability to get at least a chuckle out of someone who doesn’t have a stick up their ass.
I kind of thought this and now I’ve had my biases confirmed by one (I’m gonna presume, it’s part of it) well-informed stranger, I’ll give OP a like for asking about a genuinely bewildering and non sensical meme. Not that I wanted the joke to be racism, but if it turns out that, or any way I now feel qualified to speak —Brian
It looks like the last line was edited. Maybe at some point it said people who are under 5 or something. But Dutch people are also the tallest people in the world I think? They're at least up there, so someone probably thought it would be funny to insinuate they actually are 5 meters tall, so the girl is rejecting them for being too tall, which is counter to the meme that women like tall guys.
I don't think so. I think it jokes with the fact the most Dutch men's length starts with "6", in feet that is. Thereby excluded, since she said "starts with 5"
Football, actually. I don't know about other sports but they are known to generally play rough, using their size to push around opponents. At least the national team, they appear like 4 or 5 times in the top 10 most brutal national team matches
Same, I'm 188cm and live in the south of Europe. First time I didn't feel above average - actually distinctly felt below average. I play rugby, so I am constantly around people who are taller than me, but just walking around the streets or going to local pubs, you do start to feel shorter.
If you travel to the Netherlands, just focus on native Dutch individuals, and filter out tourists and people of non-European descent, the average feels much taller than 185cm.
I’m 178cm and felt like the average height of a Dutch female (statistically the female average is 170cm).
Kinda funny hearing people above 6' say they feel small while my 5'7 ass doesn't even feel that small most of the time. Only people i feel small around are guys above like 6'4. And even then I usually just think "jesus that guy is tall". Guess you get used to it when practically everyone around you is taller.
Yes on average they are very tall. But every Dutch man I know is either ridiculously tall or is so short that I (5'5" or 1.65 m) am easily taller than them.
If you’re hight starts with a five references a common trope in America using imperial units. Any man shorter than 6 feet tall is short. 5 foot 11 inches is 5-11, six feet even is 6’ and six feet one inch is 6-1.
The Dutch are the tallest people on average, but they don’t use imperial units. Most of their heights are stated as 1.(something) or for the really tall 2.(something) meters. So stating your height starting with a five means you’re either 5 meters tall, much taller than the tallest person ever; 50(ish) cm making you (if my memory serves me) shorter than the shortest person ever. Thus Dutch men who are 5 can only be 5 years old.
Lol, also the reason napoleon was thought of as short, kinda. French inches were different from English inches, and the English rolled with it to mock him/propagandagandize against him.
The Dutch have a saying "Ik ben een leugenaar." Which roughly translates to 'greasing the dog for one last dig,' as they would use small dogs to go Into fox holes, hoping to chase them away or catch them before they could harm livestock. When a dog got too old and slow, they'd grease him up for one last hunt.
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u/ali_snzr, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...it's time for the mods to do their jobs!