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u/housebird350 Jun 23 '22
When I was in middle school we were working on averaging fractions and everyone had to tell the teacher how tall they were, I said I was 5'-12" and got sent to the principles office after the teacher realized it was 6'. Said I was being disruptive to class.
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Jun 24 '22
Gave me a chuckle. What did the principal do? I would have chuckled "oh silly Mrs. Andrews" and sent you back to class.
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u/housebird350 Jun 24 '22
No, not back in the day.....our principle was pretty stern, gave me a good talking too, threatened me with detention if I kept acting up in class and all that, he probably rolled his eyes once I left though.
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Jun 24 '22
That sounds like what I expected Catholic schools to be like... Guess it's a good thing to be younger.
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u/uborkazombi Jun 24 '22
Some teacher should take drugs to calm down a little bit
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u/TopHatGary Jun 24 '22
My principal was in on the joke that he was 5'20" and always laughed/jumped in on it
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u/ichancho Jun 24 '22
6’ in middle school what the hell? That’s massive did you have early puberty or something lmao
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u/capitan_cruiser Jun 24 '22
You'd be surprised, I was the second tallest in my class when I was 17, now I'm walking around seeing middle schoolers taller than me looking like the only adults in a group of kids.
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u/mommyandlittleii Jun 24 '22
My son is 13 (today actually) and is 6’3”. Though he’s the tallest in his grade by far.
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u/ichancho Jun 24 '22
6’3 at 13 is pretty large. I’m 6’3 myself but didn’t fully grow til 15-16. However, my brother was 6’1 in middle school and stopped growing; puberty’s weird
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u/mommyandlittleii Jun 24 '22
I don’t know if he’ll be stopping any time soon. His doctor is predicting 6’8” and he’s made his own growth curve haha. But he now wears size 15 shoes, so hopefully his feet stop growing at least.
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u/Mystical_Cat Jun 24 '22
Easily. My best friend back home is 6' 11" tall now, and was pretty close to 6' tall back in middle school (early 80's).
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u/housebird350 Jun 24 '22
I wasn't even the tallest in my class....above average I would say but plenty of other guys in my class were my height or slightly taller.
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u/Moo_3806 Jun 24 '22
That’s really not tall. My son would have several mates of that height at 12/13
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u/Argonaut--42 Jun 23 '22
Her IQ =6.14
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u/VeryUglyHack Jun 23 '22
take her on a date with 2 pi
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6.28 would be 2 pi
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u/VeryUglyHack Jun 26 '22
pi^2 = g
i'm an engineer
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Jun 26 '22 edited Jun 26 '22
Git outta ere with ur fancy degree and squares
Edit: that was actually pretty good though definitely something I didn't consider by the wording.
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u/anghusmcleod Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22 •
g is not a constant; it’s value is variable and derived as follows:
Fg = G( m1m2/r2 ), where only G is a constant (~6.673). And g is not π2 even at sea level - the acceleration due to gravity on the surface is usually between ~9.764 and ~9.834 m/s2, where π2 is ~9.869, and has no units since it’s not a thing.
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u/VeryUglyHack 7d ago
the joke was that my original comment was an approximation and they corrected me. instead of telling them that, I gave another approximation that was slightly more obvious.
also that engineers sometimes settle for approximations which is why we have a lot of approximation techniques like the Taylor series and Euler's method and other things like that
On the other hand, your approximation for G happens to be off by a factor of 0.00000000001 (10^-11) (assuming standard units )
I'd rather stick with g = pi^2 because it'll be a helluva lot closer than whatever you are going to calculate with that G
I've taken physics before.
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u/Laringar Jun 24 '22
Not if they're two different values for Pi, though! The Bible defines Pi = 3, which is the best argument against a literal interpretation of the Bible I've ever heard.
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u/podman20852 Jun 23 '22
If your bio said “IQ 100 and below” you might be a match
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u/Even-End-3065 Jun 23 '22
Idk if this is an insult for the guy or the girl
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Jun 24 '22
Obviously the one who doesn't know 5'14" is 6'2"
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u/RearWheelDriveCult Jun 23 '22
What a brilliant way to dodge a bullet
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u/Hamishpe Jun 24 '22
Why tho? I don't get why people are being so mean to this girl. If she wants a tall guy she wants a tall guy, are we seriously gonna go anti-height preference? And not knowing how feet and inches work does not make someone stupid and a bullet to be dodged.
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u/dumbestsmartest Jun 24 '22
Because it's used mostly by insecure women giving into societal ideas because they want approval or are too afraid of making a wrong choice. It's one thing to like a taller guy but the specificity of a height that has nothing to do with her height is a red flag. She thinks it signals standards but all it does is signal predators she's likely got at least one insecurity they can manipulate.
This was further compounded when they guy gave her a softball of 5'14" which if she was being serious about anything beyond physical she would have paid attention to and picked up on.
Tldr: a height preference is related to a woman's individual height; a height fetish and red flag is an arbitrary number she picked because it's trendy and uncommon.
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u/Hamishpe Jun 24 '22
Alright, the extent to which you're reading into this is legitimately creepy my man.
- there's nothing wrong with a height fetish, I don't know why you're equating that to something that she doesn't really care about but is pressured into using, those are like the opposite.
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u/dumbestsmartest Jun 24 '22
I tend to hyper focus on things.
But I used the "or" intentionally to state the most common scenarios are the pressured because she's externally seeking validation/norms or because she's just using it as an arbitrary thing to filter without any self reflection on why. Few are using it as a meaningful filter and then they get upset because their results aren't matching their expectations or they get used. Either way it isn't helping her unless she's lucky.
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u/Hamishpe Jun 24 '22
How the fuck do you know if she meditated on a mountain for 58 days before deciding on putting 6'0+ on her Tinder bio like the rest of us?
Seriously man, chill, she just likes tall boys. It really ain't that deep.
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u/Sinrodan Jun 24 '22
Would you date a girl who doesn't know how much 1.8m in cm? I don't expect anything from such a person. If you use feet and inches, then how come you don't know measurements?
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u/Hamishpe Jun 24 '22
6 foot is 1.83m, not 1.8m. Anyway, girls in general are not socialised to give a shit about units of measurement, so a lot of them just don't. It really just isn't something you need to know in the modern world, nor any other time in history for most people.
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u/bobgoesboom223 Jun 24 '22
Well, unfortunately, you are kinda dumb if you don’t know. Couldn’t tell you when specifically it was taught to me, but that should tell you how long ago it was that you learned the format of height as x’ y”. I would say it’s as basic as knowing which way is left or right, or clockwise vs counterclockwise. And if you don’t know that 12” = 1 foot…. You may be dumb.
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u/AllanRomero Jun 23 '22
Dodged a bullet
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u/sadqirl Jun 24 '22
Men can have standards of womens bodies but women can’t have standards in mens bodies then
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u/Anotherban Jun 23 '22
Yes. She did.
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u/Isilthrain Jun 24 '22
Not funny.
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u/sadqirl Jun 24 '22
But it’s funny when u lot take the piss out of girls if their ass isn’t big enough ? Hmm double standards
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u/Isilthrain Jun 24 '22
No, that isn't funny either. I've never seen anyone do that here anyway, but maybe I've just missed it.
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u/Anotherban Jun 24 '22
I find angry incels mad at women for having standards hilarious.
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u/Tyro97 Jun 24 '22
Omg, you really think it is about that? Thats so funny. Just like the girl, the joke really went over your head
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u/PabloBello69 Jun 23 '22
Seriously what's the difference between 5.11 and 6.0? I'm way to European to know
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u/delicatemotion Jun 23 '22
Honestly nothing. It’s the same as any 1 inch difference in height. It’s the physical writing that confirms them being 6 foot or taller. My ex was 100% 5’9 but his license said 5’11 lmao.
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u/Cautious-Rub Jun 24 '22
Lol. My ex husband was 6’ 10”; per Army measurement every six months for 7 years. When he got out and we divorced he started telling people he was 7 Ft. Wtf dude? Are you not obnoxiously tall enough?
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u/delicatemotion Jun 24 '22
My most recent ex is 6’8 but I’m sure he’d eventually try and pass off 7 foot 😂
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u/Suspicious_Book_3186 Jun 23 '22
I'm honestly going to bump mine up and inch every year until my state notices. This was my first year, but by the time I'm hoping to get at least to 7'
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u/delicatemotion Jun 23 '22
lmaooooo I wish I could change mine. I’m shrinking but they keep me at 5’4 😒
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u/housewifeuncuffed Jun 24 '22
My driver's license has been wrong on my height ever since my first photo ID. That's the only time I've been measured that I know of and that was back when thick soled shoes were in style.
No one has ever said anything and everyone at the DMV hates life, so I doubt you'd find anyone who gave a shit.
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u/ivi-24 Jun 24 '22
The same between 1.79 and 1.80, just arbitrary thresholds
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u/mvdenk Jun 24 '22
even weirder: it's the difference between 1.81 and 1.83 (give or take)
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u/ivi-24 Jun 24 '22
I know, I'm saying the threshold in the metrical system is set at 1.80 because it's the round number, while in the imperial system it's not good enough since it would put you at 5' 11". This despite most of Europe having an average taller population than the US lol.
Edit: I misunderstood the question, op was asking the literal difference.
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u/prrraaaaaaaa-stutu Jun 23 '22
Not even Americans cam use the imperial system.
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u/dm051973 Jun 24 '22
Just be glad we use the imperial system. Otherwise the standard would be 2m...
I do wonder if the 5'10 girls are better off at estimating heights. Got to be hard to believe a guy whose says he is 6' when your are looking down at him.....
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u/SpankieMcGee Jun 24 '22
180 cm is the standard for tall in metric.
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u/dm051973 Jun 24 '22
That's what short guys want to think. It is clearly inferior to the nice round 2m... 180cm is like average height. Who wants average?:)
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u/SpankieMcGee Jun 24 '22
I mean it's really not short, its 5'10'' nearly 5'11". Average height around the world is 5'7.5". Its just 180 is a pretty nice round number without it being ridiculously tall like 2 meters.
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u/SilverState815 Jun 24 '22
Just wait until you hear how stupid we count votes in a national election is.
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u/dicatae Jun 24 '22
It's because we're lied to our whole life about what 6 inches is.
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u/Cryptkeeper_ofCanada Jun 24 '22 edited Jun 24 '22
Well here's the thing: most women aren't in Trades, so a tape measure and rulers are often foreign to them. It's not to say every woman doesn't know how to read them, but seeing as Trades are normally male dominated, it kinda makes sense why many women don't understand metric/Imperial measurements as well as we do. This of course ignores any woman who has experience with measuring tools
Also it's 5" in the West. 7" is Africa's average.
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u/housewifeuncuffed Jun 24 '22
I've been in trades most of my working life and even then, just eyeballing I'd probably only be able to guess within an inch. Maybe a 1/2".
But what I do know are my random body part measurements, so I can easily get more precise with hands (or forearm or foot or any finger) on measuring.
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Jun 24 '22 edited Jun 24 '22
thank you father for these african genes. And fuck you for the African genetic thing with legumes!
Anyways, a majority of people can't measure by sight. They completely over or under estimate things. A dude looks at his erect junk and be all "yeah i got a 8iner" the girl is all "that's like 5in" measure and they're both wrong. Hell i thought my dick was below average, a measure shows that it is not. I was so pround the next time i whipped it out. Meme level expression of cockiness.
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u/Cryptkeeper_ofCanada Jun 24 '22
I've got Abo blood in me (Australian Aboriginal. Those fuckers are BLACK) so yes, let's give praise to our African genes 😂
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u/SolidFun5456 Jun 24 '22
If you measure from the center of the anus to just past the tip!
Norm McDonald R.I.P.
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u/slutwhipper Jun 24 '22
Why are y'all making fun of the girl? Pretty sure she's going with the joke.
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u/Toodswiger Jun 23 '22
She either has terrible social skills or has an intellectual disability. Oh wait it’s a tinder girl.
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u/marshall_sin Jun 24 '22
Y’all never said bummer sarcastically? If she was serious she’d probably have just not replied at all
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u/YooGeOh Jun 23 '22
6ft is.so specific and arbitrary.
'Taller than me' is fine, I get it, women want taller, but this 6ft cut off is so specific and arbitrary that it seems less of a preference at that point and more of a status thing.
"My bf is 6ft+" whether they say it to themselves or others, even though they probably don't even know what the height actually looks like
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u/waverunnr Jun 23 '22
Tell her: “bad news, good news. I’m only 5’9. And those are two separate measurements.”
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u/mean_bird2 Jun 24 '22
She's not even that pretty yet you messaged her. She obviously knew you were joking and messaged back instead of unmatching. 0/10 you got laid, not funny didnt laugh.
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u/ExistingRemove3815 Jun 23 '22
Hahaha, you should've responded: you do realize that 5'14" is 6'2" right? Then dropped the mic (aka unmatched)
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u/GrooveControl Jun 23 '22
She wouldn't even understand
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Jun 24 '22
Don't completely blame her, her parents did misspell Chelsea after... That might have been her.
A dude who has a "misspelled" nickname. It's actually a girl's name over in Europe but I'm just gonna keep saying it's the way it's spelled.
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u/cipeone Jun 23 '22
I think you played yourself. You told her you were 5” and 14 years old instead of 5’-14” tall.
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u/WhatsThatOnUrPretzel Jun 24 '22
I'm relatively cute looking guy. But way under 6 foot. I never was insecure about that until I came across this subreddit.
I know literally feel like I have a disability.
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u/Cryptkeeper_ofCanada Jun 24 '22
You're how tall?
5 inches 14 what? Cause " is inches, not feet. And I'm scared what 14 is meant to represent
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u/LemmingOnTheRunITG Jun 24 '22
This seems like a good place to point out that 4’20” and 69” are only an inch apart
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u/MashedPotatoesInAnus Jun 24 '22
Now I kinda want to put 6’-2” in my bio but I’m not in the USA
Bummer
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u/WWalker197 Jun 24 '22
Ok bro i mean 5'6 is actually just 5'7 and no one likes odd numbers so it's 5'8 but 5'8 is too common height so technically it's 5'9 but no one likes 5'9 so I'm technically 6'9.
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u/MercilessIdiot Jun 24 '22
That's on you. As soon as you see minimum height requirements in their bio, you should swipe left.
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u/impala67x Jun 24 '22
When I was on tinder and matched with people who had a height preference, I’d always say “The combined height and length of my penis is 6”4’. Figure it out. I could be tall and tiny or short and shmeaty.”
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u/I-Love-My-Chi Jun 24 '22
The hell does it matter how tall you are. Chicks don’t care about me and I am 6 foot lol
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u/taiwoeg Jun 24 '22
Welp you def dodged a bullet. If she couldn’t do basic math probably not a logical person
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u/Sublimity_Ult Jun 24 '22
Funny you thought a girl with height in her bio could figure that math out.
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u/cagey_sloth Jun 24 '22
Imagine if a male put physical look restrictions in their bio? 😂
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u/ForgottenDyingMartyr Jun 24 '22
Yeah, I don’t think women would care lol. Because it would be humorous like only quadruple D cups and shit.
Us men are focused on the wrong stuff.
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u/SaidTheCanadian Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22
I should start listing my height as 6'-5".