Is 6'1 considered short nowadays?
I was just talking about this with my girlfriend and she's of the opinion that 6'1 is on the shorter side, although not a dealbreaker in dating. Her justification was that in upper-class white social circles (NYC high finance for instance), the average height is already pushing 6'2-6'3) and that 6'1 is barely at the lower range of male model height, of which there are an abundance of in NYC. In addition, attractive guys she sees on social media frequently (think Kelly Oubre Jr/Jacob Elordi) are 6'5-6'7, so 6'1 seems tiny in comparison. She also says that the rule of thumb should be that a female model (5'10 on average) should be able to wear heels (4 inches on average) and have their date/partner be noticeably taller than them (so at least 6'3 in shoes).
I also thought about this, and some of my friends who are 6'1 or 6'0 look awkwardly short in group pictures especially around taller broad-shouldered attractive guys. When my analyst class took a big group picture during training, the guys who were 6'0-6'1 looked like dwarfs next to the 5'8-5'9 gals in heels. Additionally, I remember during fraternity/sorority mixers or formals/semi-formals in college, the guys who were under 6'3 sometimes had their date awkwardly slouch when wearing heels to avoid being the same height or taller than the guys.
This has to be a troll but given work is slow today I will bite hahaha.
In regular society/an average city 6'1 is definitely tall. I am 6'2 and when I go walk around a mall in Denver/Chicago/Memphis/Montreal I notice how much taller I am than everyone (at least 95%+).
In cities with wealth (OC/Vancouver/Scottsdale/NYC/Dallas/etc.) yes people definitely get taller and all of a sudden that difference starts to fade a little bit.
I think what is important here is that if the comments your gf are making are real, and not just your insecurities projected/you talking to yourself, then she is not the one you want to be with.... Find something else or live a life of unenjoyment!
The inequality has spread to height now
Your girlfriend is either a hilarious troll or a terminally online dork.
Could be both.
I’m 6’ and the only time I’ve ever felt short is playing sports. In every day life I am still taller than most.
Calling 6’1” dudes short is kind of hilarious if it bothers them, but it’s also not based in reality.
By "taller than most", you're including kids, women, old people, poor people and non-white people. If you only use your aged 20-45 upper-class European-descent peers (the dominant demographic in high finance), you'll likely notice you're on the shorter end.
Lmao thank you for clarifying my life experience for me, dork
You give off a very racist vibe, fyi
According to the CDC via ChatGPT Pro, a male at 6'1" in height would be around the 92nd percentile in height among the cohort of non-Hispanic white males aged 20-39.
I'm all for unserious posts, but this site is turning into crap with LowCaliberTalent's unfunny trolls becoming dominant
One of the benefits of a tall human being is command presence. When they step in the room, people get the job done. This is why most CEOs are tall.
This is what I've been saying, see my comment above.
You gotta get off reddit bro.
She doesn't have the capability of using basic logic. She should try going to find a boyfriend in the upper-class white social circles.
Inflation hitting on all fronts my man
Bump, can we get comments other than "hurr durr i guess inflation's hitting height too"
Nah it’s not short but it’s not that tall either I guess
This guys sources are "I made it up, bro"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-to-be-ceo-stand-tall-1402328117
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17880-3
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3088322/Taller-people-R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_human_height_by_country
I'd say if anything, those articles prove that 6'1" is NOT short lmfao
Another LowCaliberTalent banger
hahhahahahahaaha
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song is a banger
Haha maybe she was influenced by that
For those who don't know:
Your gf is retarded.
What do you mean?
The associate at RBC when he sees that LowCaliber is shitposting on WSO instead of working on the model for the 5th time this week.
Bumping
Bump
Ignoring the fact that this is a pretty poor attempt at a racist troll, it's true that 6'1" isn't very tall these days. I am between 6'2" and 6'3" and I don't consider myself to be "tall". Obviously I'm taller than the vast majority of people, but if you're in an area populated by generally high earning / affluent individuals I'd estimate 6'0" to be about average for guys. Statistically a little under 1/20 guys should be taller than me, but if I'm out at a bar in one of these areas the proportion is probably above 1/10.
Quite a lot of non-European (ethnicity-wise not nationality) affluent/high earning people in the US nowadays, even in NYC due to tech/EDII and whatnot. Also a lot of Europeans (although not what we traditionally think of as affluent/socially dominant) like Italians for instance are also on the shorter side. This is assuming you're in NYC. In SF/LA/Miami it's even worse. The correlation between social standing, affluence and being WASP/German is not nearly as strong today.
Then you do a poor job of taking in everyone in a crowd and are focusing just on those taller than you. Im similar height to you and am taller than almost everyone I meet, and if someone is taller than me they are fucking tall
Nope, you just don't frequent similar places I guess. I'm a very good judge of height. I'm used to being average since I did varsity rowing in HS / college. On average, in setting with people of all ages and backgrounds, I of course feel tall. If I go to an Asian club (I am Asian) I feel like a giant. But in an area where everyone is 22-28 and high earning / likely from an affluent background it is expected that the average height will be higher than the overall average. Maybe not 6'0", but I would put money on the average height of men my age being over 5'11" where I am. I'm far from the only one who notices this.
The fact that you say you're taller than almost everyone you meet just kind of proves what I'm saying. Different circles.
Can we ban this idiot now? No longer funny
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Tbh idk if women even truly know what 6 foot looks like. Girls will all me 6 foot and I’m 5’10 and a half. Then they will call my friend who is only 5’10: 5’8. I think as long as your talked then her she will likely think your tall.
I think most people who think they're 6 feet are closer to 5'10 and there's a lot of height inflation from both genders nowadays. I'm just under 5'7 but I've regularly had folks guess I'm 5'8 or 5'9, even though I'm nowhere near that barefoot.
Proportions make a difference (if you're not standing next to someone of a known height) but not that much. Someone who's the same height as another person but has a small head, long neck, broad shoulders and long legs/arms will look a couple inches taller.
In my experience women generally guess low and men generally guess high. I assume at my height part of it is girls trying to give me a hard time, but I also think they legit guess lower vs. guys who guess high so they can feel better about their own exaggerated height. I'm about 6'2.5" and most girls guess 6'1" or 6'2" while most guys guess 6'3" and I even get some 6'4"
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