this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
834 points (97.3% liked)

Microblog Memes

6036 readers
2310 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 281 points 1 year ago (9 children)

193 cm and 157 cm for the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What is that in blue whales?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

Zero. Rounded.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

And 10.84^)^ 8.84^)^ in bananas

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's crazy how much height subconsciously influences our opinions of each other. I'm tall enough that most men don't look down at me, and I'm widely respected professionally. Men listen when i talk in meetings, and it's very easy to sell my ideas to people. My shorter coworkers who are more talented than i am struggle to gain respect.

My ex is 5'2" and i have very strong feelings of cute aggression towards her, and have to consciously remind myself to consider her opinions sometimes. It doesn't help that she acted like a child a lot during our relationship 😒

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There have been studies showing that bosses tend to be larger (both height and weight) than average, with the trend increasing as you go up the ladder.

US Presidents are typically tall too.

[–] PurpleTentacle 25 points 1 year ago

Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The weight part has me concerned about 2024...

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, it does suck. I get the same benefits as you, and my wife of the same height gets ignored to the point where I have to go to Dr's appointments with her so they actually listen to her.

I also have to keep a close check on being upset about anything, because I'm intimidating just by existing, let alone upset.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awh, the little gerbil is angy

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insert Shaq + gf/hamster meme.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Tall asshole. But what I want to know (as a taller woman) is why do tall guys go for tiny ladies? I am NOT judging, I like guys around my height and they like me, and I'm tallish because of my mom and dad's height difference. You like what you like. Is it nature trying to breed us back to average height or something?

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guys aren't that picky about size. We are picky about picking women that will pick us back. Size is very low on the priority list. I'm 6'2". Only one girlfriend was taller than 5'4". They all chose me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

6'3" guy here hoping one day one will pick me back. I'll take any size at all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m 1’3”. I think you’re very handsome

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Are you trying to LARP a fleshlight?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Women are the ones who put height requirements on their Tinder profiles, not men. I've never come across a single profile where the woman is looking for someone shorter. So your question seems very alien to me.

Case in point: my girlfriend says she would not have started dating me if I was shorter than her. As a guy I am conditioned to avoid such superficial thinking because it leads to toxic behavior. Imagine if I would tell her that I wouldn't date her if her boobs were a different size.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I don't understand people who are only interested in a very specific type. As long as a woman is generally attractive to me,^1^ I can be interested regardless of her height. Sexy little hobbit or death by snu snu, it's all good. Same goes for skin color, hair color, and most healthy body types.


^1^ Obviously, finding them attractive in the first place is kind of the point. But I think we can also understand the difference between "would be attractive if not for [insert turn off here]" and "is not at all attractive."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is the theory that sexual attraction is towards characteristics that are on the opposite side of the normal curve from yourself, specifically so that your kids are nearer the average of your species and thus more fit for their environment. I'm tall and had a huge underbite (until it was corrected surgically) and I go for tiny women with overbites. Also, smart women with money and style.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm 6'3" and my wife is 5'4", she's told me many times that my height is super important to her and that she wouldn't have dated me if I were shorter than at least 6'.

Why do most (in my experience) women insist on tall men?

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm 6'5" and I've had many short girls hit on me. Tall girls almost never do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A short girl once told me she needed to marry a tall guy so their kids wouldn't be short.

To balance it out essentially.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 5'7 and my gf is 5'10, she wants to step on me pls send help

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Afaik not many guys go out of their way for really short girls. Tall guys rarely meet a woman as tall as them.

If you're a tall guy nearly all ladies are tiny to you. Whether or not they're a bit shorter than average is kinda immaterial.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I rarely ever see tall women. I'd prefer someone closer to my height (6'6'') but women aren't commonly that tall, and it's not something I care that much about.

[–] fsxylo 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because girls are shorter than me. It's not a thing I "go for" it's just my reality.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I don't mean shorter, I mean short. I'm shorter than any tall guy, but usually see guys I'd consider quite tall (6'4" and up) with women under 5'4" and it always struck me as odd. I do understand it would be too hard to find a woman over 6' in the US, there aren't enough. I mean I don't see the six and a half foot guys with the 5'9"- 5'10" ladies. So I figured it was a preference.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

This made me laugh much more than it should have lol

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

"Your argument is invalid, because you look like this from up here."

I guess, he needed to show off that his mental grandeur does not match his physique...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on the people and the argument, it could be funny and dispel said argument.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I'm dying... I'm dead now.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait... Is that why some girls take weird high angle selfies? Huh.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it's just a more flattering angle for most people.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That angle hides that they are overweight.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Isn’t this what they wanted?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Can't really talk to the disrespect but an ex was about 6 inches shorter than me, and she commented how she loved how much taller I was and having me around made her feel safe and protected, and while I hadn't thought about it at first it was nice to be appreciated for our differences.

Didn't really have many fights and when we did argue it was usually sitting down on the couch so the height difference was moot (though in hindsight she would often hop up to her knees when trying to make a point so maybe subconsciously going for the height advantage?)

I don't actively seek out shorter girls but most women interested in me certainly seem to be shorter than myself by a few inches, only girl my height I dated was very short lived since we quickly found out we didn't have compatible interests or personalities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

12cm is the perfect difference for me after testing it many years. Tall enough to be more or less at the same height but short enough so she can cuddle perfectly into me.

load more comments
view more: next ›