Naturally, a height thread ought to have a poll and so I have devised one. There are fewer options for female and gender diverse heights because NSG appears to remain a vastly male site. Hopefully no height category is too much bigger than the others (except the last two). Or, more accurately, the people who answer polls on NSG are, anyway. But if you're interested in global heights over time, have a look at the supplementary graphs from that study the BBC was reporting on. Also, can I just say that it's really interesting that this study was also covered here but under this title: Pacific Island and New Zealand children among fattest and least healthy, new study says.
Anyway... some quick talking points:
- do you feel tall?
- does height discrimination exist?
- is there an ideal height? does it differ between men and women?
- should Wolverine be played by a short or average height actor in the MCU?
My answers:
- yes
- I suspect that the ideal height (benefit vs height) is something like a negative parabola... that "too tall" very much exists... but obviously people are more interested in the more common state of being shorter than the ideal
- I would say 191cm/6'3" for men (if your foot is less than a UK 12), no idea for women... aeroplanes might be an issue but ordinary public transport should be fine
- yes
Obviously anything else height related is fair game... maybe you're interested in the midpoint prediction a basic OLS of Galton's height data would have for you. Well, don't worry, I gotchu:
52.24961 + 0.40598 * (your father's height in cm) + 0.32150 * (your mother's height in cm) - 13.27392 (only make this subtraction if you were born female)
Also, this.
) had similar issues, particularly when it came to dosage for medicine (tall women in my family had this problem more often then men however). And it is more difficult to find appropriately sized anything, e.g. shoes, trousers, etc. Especially nice looking stuff. They're making standardised sizes still based on average measures from decades ago. And no one takes short people seriously. I've seen more than once someone's grievances being dismissed with a "you're cute when you're angry".
