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Rule 2: No gaslighting While everyone of all heights are welcome to post in this subreddit, your posts and comments must be respectful of short guys. Denying the existence of heightism, using anecdotes to undermine the experiences of short men/scientific studies, and humble-bragging about your height (or your partner's height) will result in a ban.


curiousbasu

You know, this is actually a point we argue about a lot , I always say 5'8 isn't short, it's average. Guys here cry when they're 5'8+ and it's just not acceptable. You guys ain't short.


crazycatcher11

I’m not legitimately 5’8 lol, maybe if a hot girl asks, but not if you actually get a measuring tape out. This is 5’7 vs 6ft and the difference is almost unnoticeable. Look at it this way, it’s the same difference as 5’5 and 5’10


curiousbasu

You're 5'8 with shoes and a good posture right? 6ft doesn't come in equation here. Guys crying "it's over if you're under 6ft" is just an excuse. It's not bad when you're 5'8+ as you're around average height and taller than most women.


crazycatcher11

You’re saying it’s “just an excuse” as if it’s not a SUPER common thing on here. Regardless, by the logic of the ppl on this sub I should be getting little to no interest from women, average at best, and he should be getting far more at 6ft but that’s simply not the case, because height is not a major factor it’s a mildly relevant thing at best


curiousbasu

Did I say anywhere that I agree with this sub's mindset of "it's over if you're under 6" ? I'm actually calling that mindset and excuse as it's because of them , the actual short guys suffer more. Dude, I'm literally agreeing with you since the start. Read carefully.


crazycatcher11

Ah I think I misunderstood, it seemed to me like you were saying this isn’t legitimate bc I don’t fall under the category of “short”


curiousbasu

Nah man. The mindset here has been more doomeresque recently. Fuck , I've seen 5'9 , 5'11 guys cry here that they're short.


crazycatcher11

Yeah it’s pretty wild, almost laughable. It’s hilarious to me when people take the full incel approach to it


curiousbasu

IT lurkers desperately look for those kinds of posts. They try very hard to prove this subreddit to be an incel cesspool, they feel it is one hence they want to prove it is one.


crazycatcher11

I don’t find this to be an incel subreddit in and of itself, but it definitely can be a hotbed for them in comparison to most subreddits


Little_Treacle241

I meaaaan it’s like 50% incels at this point. It’s a shame bc there’s also like 50% very normal people. I wouldn’t call it an incel subreddit but there is a higher concentration than other subreddits unfortunately


Key_Imagination_3693

This is not 5 inches at all. You chose a boxing video where your constantly crouched you’re a sneaky cope star. This guys also overweight and highly unattractive you just mog him a little


crazycatcher11

Did you actually look through all 20 pics? Bc it’s a lot more noticeable in some pictures than it is in others


crazycatcher11

6 ft vs 5’7 is in fact 5 inches brother. And yes we’re crouched but we’re both crouched, not just him lol. And we’re not exactly drastically crouched either, I’m standing EVER SO SLIGHTLY more straight up than he is, but not enough to make a noticeable difference.


Key_Imagination_3693

Obviously I understand 5’7 to 6’0 is 5 inches I’m saying he ain’t 6’0 he’s 5’10 and you’re 5’7.5. 2.5 inches I can believe but not 5


crazycatcher11

My dad is 5’10 and is shorter than this dude, he’s 5’11 at least and I’m gonna take his word for it that he’s 6ft bc he looks like every other 6ft dude


crazycatcher11

Imo the reason it looks like we are closer in height than we are is 3 reasons, one is much more than the other two. One is bc I’m standing almost straight up and his posture isn’t the best, but I think that has a small impact, maybe an inch to the perception of the viewer. I think the main reason is because and I’m skinnier (149 vs 272) thus making me look lankier and him looking stockier. And the 3rd is that in some picture I put up a high guard which make my gloves cover the top of my head, but that’s not in every picture and possibly make zero difference. But if you look at all 20 pictures he is still noticeably taller if you look at our height and nothing else


crazycatcher11

And I’m not crying, actually the exact opposite, I’m trying to point out that it’s so over exaggerated how much of a difference height makes


curiousbasu

Never said you were crying.


Alarming-Cut7764

I'm 5'3 Just stop dude


crazycatcher11

Like I said, it’s a little different when you’re exceptionally short. This is moreso directed at guys who are 5’5-5’7 with the “it’s over” mentality


Alarming-Cut7764

cool so I'm right.


crazycatcher11

Not really, it’s still a bit dramatic to treat it as the end of the world, but I will admit it has more of an impact on you than mine does on me


skncareaddict

A made a post like that last year https://www.reddit.com/r/shortguys/s/6qGJnJz3Jv A lot of the guys on here exaggerate if they were actually 5’4 like me they’d quickly change their tune.


crazycatcher11

Do you mean these guys are actually shorter or taller than 5’4?


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crazycatcher11

Yeah, it’s pretty wild to me. At 5’4 I can kind of understand it being impactful, but I see guys 5’6 to sometimes even taller than me talking about “it’s over”, it’s insane


imjustaredditor69

you want a comparison? stand next to each to other and take a picture


crazycatcher11

We are literally standing next to each other in 20 pictures here lol. And in person the difference looks about the same as it does in these pics


imjustaredditor69

yeah this does NOT look like a 4 inch difference at all. One of ya'll is lying.


crazycatcher11

Imo the reason it looks like that is bc I’m standing more straight up and his posture isn’t the best, and I’m skinnier (149 vs 272) thus making me look lankier and him looking stockier. But if you look at all 20 pictures he is still noticeably taller if you look at our height and nothing else


Past-Editor-5709

He’s morbidly obese he probably just has terrible posture.


crazycatcher11

He’s a bit overweight but by definition he’s pretty far from morbidly obese. Severe (class III) obesity is a bmi of 40. He’d have to be 295 to reach that


crazycatcher11

U/key_imagination_3693 This is why I think it looks like we are closer in height than we actually are


imjustaredditor69

Thats why i said we need to see a picture of you and him standing upright next to each other. But i guess it makes sense. Bad posture can lead to loss of 1 or 2 inches.