Poll: Height. Is it really such a big deal?

[Souplex]

You tell me.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Not really. I'm about 6'1 so I'm fairly tall. As long as you're not 7ft or 3ft tall it's not an Issue I notice. Being tall means less legroom on planes and you bang your head on things.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

It's overrated. Being tall fucking sucks. Tables, Desks, ect. are not built for tall people. If you can get through 13 years of school without developing scoliosis it's a miracle.

 

[Kraiiit]

I'm scared of heights. Yeah, its a big deal. Wait...

 

[Outright Villainy]

I'm 6'3".

I've never really found the need to over exaggerate my height.

Same.

It does kinda annoy me when I see guys taller than me though.

It's just... wrong
I don't like the shoe being on the other foot damnit!

I'm 6.5 and like 6/8's so I say 6'6 I don't exaggerate it's just easier to say.

Also muahahaha I'm taller then you ~poke~

Muahahaha I beat you by 2".

When you get to this height, you have to drive bigger cars, which cost more money, several potential job fields are no longer an option, you can always get picked out in a crowd, your posture gets knackered due to having to duck through doorways. You halflings have it easy, seriously.

People really think 6' is tall? Shit, I can see the bald patches on 6' guys heads and then some.

Okay, now I actually feel small for once. Well done.
*cries*

 

[TehCookie]

Height matters quite a bit. I never exaggerate my height (5'3") and I'm fine with it. What I don't like is all the tall people never look down when they walk and run into me. I've gotten so fed up with it I just started to punch whoever does that to me in the gut.

 

[TylerC]

Maybe, if you're a basketball player or a model.

I don't even know how tall I am.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Sigh....it's a fact of life that no woman would ever go for a grubby, sweaty, little short man. I may not be grubby or sweaty, but my height is probably my core problem and why I lack self-confidence.

Ladies, would you honestly consider dating a

Spoiler

5"3'

guy? Despite me considering myself attractive, height is really a large factor.

As the resident short guy of this site, these threads really pain me.

Ha

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100906/twl-world-s-shortest-man-is-just-70cm-ta-3fd0ae9.html

this guy has you beat

 

[child of lileth]

I don't think so. I just say what mine is to the nearest inch. It's never been a big deal to me in any way.

 

[Theninja'skatana]

Yes. It's just another case of 'Mine is bigger than yours!'

You can't be smaller than anyone else, now can you?

Unfortunatly yes it is I'm fairly lanky(tall and skinny) yet I don't care as llong as I can reach shelves I'M good

 

[MagicMouse]

Differently built people are better at different things.

I can fit into small spaces, you can reach the high shelf....

Male, 5'8

 

[Benmonkey7]

Well I am about 6'2 and maybe still growing. I don't really care about my height much as long as I am in the normal range although I do prefer girls that are shorter than me.

 

[Tagball]

Ha

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100906/twl-world-s-shortest-man-is-just-70cm-ta-3fd0ae9.html

this guy has you beat

You see, the thing is:

I'm not short enough to be considered a legal midget dwarf. Then, I wouldn't have any worries. I could just live with a village full of them and be in peace forever!

But I'm not a legal dwarf. I'm not tall enough to be considered normal, either. I can't have one or the other. I'm stuck in the shitty middle.

 

[miscelaneous]

Of course it is! Have you not watched Invader Zim?

 

[Clarkarius]

I find it unusual how a few people I know have a tendancy to round up their height and add one. For example I am 6ft 2 and a bit, I know this for a fact (the tape measure does not lie), yet a few of people I know claim to be this height too and instead claim that I must be 6ft 3 or 4 to justify me being taller and for them being shorter.

So my question is: 'Is height really that much of a big deal that we tend to overestimate it or even exagerate it?

In technical terms rounding up or downing are both inaccurate, If you were 6 foot and 15 milimeters are you going to bother being that exact or would you just say 6'1 out of convinence.

I understand your point clearly, but in the case of the people I'm refering too they do take it to the extreme, we are talking about adding a couple of inches as well as a geneorous rouding up (e.g. a 1.1 becoming a 2) to the height and refusing to accept being shorter then said height. But yeah in your case it would certianly make sense to do so.

 

[Gerhardt]

Yes, it certainly is important, but for other reason a couple people gave (ei: head injuries)
I'm 6'7" and... it can be a ***** at times. Clothing is hard to find... it's sad when a XXXL shirt doesn't cover the torso. And did I mention the head injuries?

[edit] And no, I don't round up... shit, I wish I could round down sometimes.

 

[crudus]

Ye it matters. The bigger you are, the more easily you can scare away predators and such.

You can't be smaller than anyone else, now can you?

Of course not. That gets you laughed at in the locker room.

 

[CrashBang]

I'm only 5' 10", the shortest of all my mates bar one, and I'm not gonna grow any more. But I'm happy being this height. Most of my friends are 6' and up. I have one mate who's obsessed with describing people solely on their size. For example, we have another mate whom he always describes thus: "You should see our mate Dan, he's 6'4" and 18 stone". I hear that exact sentence a lot. I'd prefer to describe Dan based on his excellent music taste and sense of humour
So yeah, it's no biggie

 

[pearcinator]

I dont think im THAT short but wouldnt mind being a few inches taller...

Im 5'7" exactly. Id like another growth spurt up to 5'10" or something like that...anyone over 6'1" is too tall, unless you have the right body to compensate (as in not super skinny and lanky) cos u dont look any more attractive...you look less cos u look like a stick.

 

[WolfThomas]

I don't really care, I'm almost exactly 6ft, maybe a tiny bit taller (183cm), but it's good.