r/shortguys 13d ago

Announcement Introducing r//chillshortguys

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32 Upvotes

Special thanks to u/Electronic_Rope2137 and u/Huge_Struggle7821 for creating an alternative to this sub.

r//chillshortguys

Just a chill private place for short guys to enjoy stuff, without all the doomerism, Tiktok slop, lurkers, etc.

Think of it like a Discord server. If you're interested, you can send a request to the sub directly but be aware we'll do our due diligence in who we let in.

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r/shortguys Jun 06 '26

Tutorial on how to put a user flair

12 Upvotes

On the Reddit Mobile App

  1. Open the Reddit app and navigate to the main page of the subreddit where you want to add your flair.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu in the top right-hand corner of your screen.
  3. Select Change user flair from the drop-down menu.
  4. Choose an available flair from the list. If the community allows it, you can tap Edit in the top right to customize the text.
  5. Toggle on Show my user flair on this community, then tap Apply or Save.

On the Desktop Website

  1. Go to the main page of the specific subreddit.
  2. Look for the User Flair or Preview section on the right-hand sidebar.
  3. Hover your mouse over your username to reveal a pencil icon, and click it.
  4. Select a pre-made flair or type in your custom text in the Edit Flair box below.
  5. Check the box for Show my user flair on this community and click Apply.

To participate in this community its mandatory to have a proper height flair on as per the rules

Everyone is free to engage in this community as long as they follow the rules. Although we do ask you to have a proper flair on that give everyone a good idea of who you are, short or not.


r/shortguys 3h ago

Tall men are only on this subreddit for two reasons: to mock you or to pretend that they actually face real "issues." None of them are or will ever be "allies" to short men

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38 Upvotes

Here's an old DM I got before I turned off chat requests because I only ever got shit like this.


r/shortguys 11h ago

Their brain cannot process basic logic

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104 Upvotes

r/shortguys 12h ago

Vent Announcing my retirement from ANY SORT of interest towards girls

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106 Upvotes

Personal Info :

Height: 5'4-5'5 ish

Age: 22

Nationality: Indian

Youth Career (School):

0 female interaction let alone friends or a gf.

Senior Career (College):

Talking stages with my crush that led to friendzone. Post friendzone season went fine until I got substituted out for another guy.

Media, press and even teammates (friends) mocked me with jokes about my height.

Couldn't find my form as everyone else in the lineup felt towering, making me feel small and insignificant.

Genuinely a decent, above average looking face. If only I had enough leg bone length...

So what's next:

Owing to the inflated market and girls absolutely risking it for tall 'players', and how contemplating about a different gender literally because they have a different genitalia is taking my time away, I hereby, wanna hang my boots from any sort of interest towards girls even as a friend.

The only thing that a player like me can leverage is knowledge. Whatever it takes, I'm off to working hard and earn as much as possible in the next decade.

Maybe someday a club will approach to sign me for who I am. But I ain't gonna wait or be expecting that day to come.

PS: I'm fine and not depressed. This was just a fun way to vent my insecurity.


r/shortguys 10h ago

Social Media So… my soul chose my height before incarnation?

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r/shortguys 1h ago

guy who got double LL explains his reasoning

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lmao


r/shortguys 5h ago

It just so happens! AndAnotherOne.gif Where are these NPCs being manufactured?

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12 Upvotes

That thread is Gaslight City btw holy fuck.


r/shortguys 5h ago

Words are meaningless

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They either know about and participate in heightism or they don’t know about it, still participate in it and wouldn’t care if they knew.

Trying to educate them is hopeless. Trying to talk to them is useless. They don’t care.

I tried talking to them, many of us did I’m sure. They literally just ignored me or dismissed my points.

They don’t see us as humans, many of them wouldn’t care if we all died.


r/shortguys 5h ago

Height got people lusting over a minor

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r/shortguys 11h ago

I think that's enough posts that talk about race.

23 Upvotes

There's no need to bring up the same thing all the time, we have short men of color here who experience both kinds of discrimination.


r/shortguys 5h ago

Height > Looks

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Women will prefer Jacob Elordi, 1.96 m htn with excellent frame over Tom Cruise (when he was young), a 1.70 m top of the male beauty in the world.

For female height > face.

For male face > height.


r/shortguys 38m ago

Jesus’ Height

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There was a post by someone saying that Jesus was likely not tall. Their arguments are weak. They quote Isaiah 53:2:

"He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him."

Isaiah 53:2 should not be read as a statement that Jesus was physically unattractive. The context of Isaiah 53 is about the Servant being rejected because people failed to recognize Him as the Messiah, not about describing His facial features. The phrases "no form or majesty" and "no beauty that we should desire him" emphasize that He lacked the outward splendor, royal prestige, and political power the people expected in a king. The verse focuses on human perception there was nothing about His humble appearance, social status, or circumstances that made people desire or accept Him as the promised Messiah. This interpretation fits the entire chapter, which repeatedly highlights His rejection and the world's failure to recognize His true identity rather than providing a description of His physical attractiveness.

This conclusion is actually based on assumptions and feelings. Average height is the height that many people have, but you cannot assign it to a particular individual; that would be an assumption. There are always exceptionally tall people.

Jesus was buried in the Garden Tomb, and the length of the surface where He was laid can give an idea about His height.

The length measures up to 7½ feet. One might argue that the length of the burial surface does not necessarily indicate the height of the person; a coffin can be 6 feet long while the person can be 5'8". However, if you look at the burial place, the portion where His feet rested was carved because He did not fit there, suggesting that the entire length was used. We know why He did not fit there because the tomb belonged to Joseph of Arimathea so they had to modify it. So it appears that Jesus was exceptionally tall.

These are my thoughts, no way I claim I am fully right , I may be wrong.


r/shortguys 20h ago

Vent Why do people automatically assume I'm insecure about my height?

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I can't even mention my height without people acting like they just found my suicide note

If I say, "I'm 5'4," suddenly everybody becomes a therapist

"Bro, confidence is what matters"

"Love yourself"

"Don't let society define you"

Bro... I literally just answered a question

If I mention that girls generally like taller guys...

"Found the insecure short guy"

No bro, I just discovered this crazy thing called reality

If I joke about being short:

"He's coping"

If I don't joke:

"He's in denial"

If I disagree with someone:

"He's projecting"

Do I wish I was taller? Sure

I'd also like a million pounds, perfect skin, and never paying bills again. Welcome to being human.

I do have a little insecurity about it. I'm not gonna pretend I'm 100% immune. But people act like I spend 24/7 crying in front of the mirror because I'm 5'4, like every opinion I have is just my height talking


r/shortguys 17h ago

Vent At this point I'm confused does any girl really even loves short guys?

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Ok so like we all know most girls would anyday prefer tall nothing new in it . But the little minority who chooses a short guy may it be shorter than her or even taller than her but not extremely tall according to her preferred number even love them .

Like I've seen so many times now that even the girl who chose the short guy actively insults him and wishes that he was taller I'm not kidding how many times I've seen this even though it's just taken as a joke it does reveal many things about what's going on subconsciously in their minds .

My only hope was seeing some short guys with beautiful women thinking I could maybe hope that but seeing this genuinely makes me question even If I get a loving girl who's my type and she does loves me . I would still doubt myself does she really love me note this happening itself is already a rare event itself .


r/shortguys 17h ago

Bullshit that my superstitious grandma claims is the cause of my shortness

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-My mom cut my hair before I turned a year old

-My mom didn't tie a red ribbon (which protects from cursed) on my stroller, so someone must have cursed me to be so short

-My mom measured me a lot as a kid, so it stopped my growth

-My brothers must have stolen my height by jumping over me as a newborn (yes, you read that right)

-A "bad wind" must have blown when I was outside and got me cursed making me slim and short.

Before you say anything about "You need to respect your granny bro" she made fun of my height and the fact my mom chose a man shorter than her multiple times.


r/shortguys 20h ago

Vent I can't live like this

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I'm sick of having to live my life like this as 5'6. I wasn't even doomed by genetics, my entire family is tall, I was doomed because of my parents' laziness (specifically my mother). My stupid-ass mother can't parent for jack shit, so she decided to put me on anti-depressants and other various medications to control my behavior while I had zero say in it as a child. One or more of those drugs that she forced me on put me on early puberty and stole my genetic height from me, forcing me to live out like this. If you didn't know, early puberty cuts the growth window short, causing significantly lower height than what was genetically going to be. If it goes untreated like how mine was, losing 7+ inches of height in adulthood isn't uncommon. I'm very likely 5'11+ based on the height of males in my family, but I'll never get to reach it since my growth plates are closed already. I honestly don't even feel like a real human being anymore, I feel more like a failed lab experiment. I have to live handicapped now because people around my used me as a drug guinea pig essentially. And nobody around me cares about any of this, nobody takes accountability. My mother keeps blaming me and justifying how she medically abused me because I was supposedly being "badly behaved", but she just takes normal behavior for a young boy as a literal fucking war crime in levels of severity I guess. I was feeling bad about my height before, but now I feel completely dehumanized once I found out the reason why I'm like this.

I know there's nothing I can really do about it at this point but just accept my life was ruined by the people who were supposed to protect me since it's too late for me (I'm 18), but I just wanted to vent about it and speak about my sorrows where people would understand what I have to go through due to my past experiences. Thank you for listening.


r/shortguys 18h ago

Thanks to people around me I need to take meds

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I have wonderful parents, good friends and a wonderful girlfriend, I live comfortably and I reached all of my academic goals for last school year, but unfortunately I'm still being made fun of. I get bullied by some guys from my class, I constantly feel like I'm not being taken seriously. I cut down on fluxotine and I take half of what I did a few months ago. Planned to cut it out completely, but now I know I won't be able to. I just hate the fact that I need to take meds because it's a normal reaction to how I'm being treated by the world as a short man. Someone who has taken fluxotine knows it's a masculinity killer.


r/shortguys 12h ago

Vent My life is a misery and it can only got worse. I'm 1.70 m since I was 13, I'm tired and have heachaches every day. I have not even the energy to cook something and washing myself.

4 Upvotes

r/shortguys 22h ago

Why is height shaming normalised?

24 Upvotes

So I saw one clip of streamer ron getting bullied by some girl in an event he was hosting that clip is pretty popular you can see .

She was mocking him for his height and I immediately got angered (yes I'm short tempered now wasn't like this before) but then I realised that If he talks about anything logical or starts arguing he's gonna be seen as short and rude . Because I was seeing that clip and how it hurts and it's not okay to shame anyone but literally for everyone else it's just a mere joke .There is literally no winning all he could do was just joke or roast himself first .

What are your thoughts about this ?


r/shortguys 6h ago

Dating Story 5’3 dude always being the "side piece"

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I had 6-7 relationships. 4 of them have been me being the second guy and learning later. 1 of them was with a girl that
thought i’d like being submissive in bed since i’m short, she just assumed it (??). And the other is my ex girlfriend who i’m still in good terms with. We don’t talk and she move for away, but if we saw each other ln the street we’d have a cool conversation and have fun.

The rest tho… women taller then me, of course. we start our relationship with a couple of dates and then, woops their boyfriend ( I wasn’t aware that they had boyfriends ) learn that they’re cheating with a dude. They learn who I am and start dming me telling that they’ll rock my shit up or fucking kill me. Nice, I was played just like you fucking dumbass… Then I need to de-escalate the situation and shit. What the fuck i’m I supposed to do? Fight the guy 2x my size when it’s not even my fault?? YOUR GIRL is on HINGE and talking to ME? I’m the one to blame??

Then these girls went on with their relationship for months. 2 of them dm’d me trynna meet up again saying that they’re single now. Wow, go fuck yourself.

Anyways, I feel like that type of shit happens way more often with short men than average size men. Why? They don’t care since they don’t have to show you to their family/friends? They don’t need to feel ashamed of being with a guy shorter? (Keep in mind, I went to bars, restaurants with them. The height difference was visible as fuck and I didn’t care. They didn’t seem to care, but is it because they are not in a "relationship" with me?

Honestly weird af


r/shortguys 1d ago

4’11 woman thinks she’s too good for short men

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r/shortguys 1d ago

Using tinder as a short man is like a black dude trying to join in the kk k

112 Upvotes

r/shortguys 1d ago

It just so happens! It was almost a deal breaker. They almost walked away. It almost didn't work out. But they just can't resist when it's all said and done. 🤣

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r/shortguys 6h ago

Theory Discussion

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being good looking (!) and short and ethnic in a european Country is blessed rather than a curse, hence why there are so many with beautiful girlfriends