http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36888541
The nations with the tallest men in 2014 (1914 ranking in brackets):
Netherlands (12)
Belgium (33)
Estonia (4)
Latvia (13)
Denmark (9)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (19)
Croatia (22)
Serbia (30)
Iceland (6)
Czech republic (24)
(In brackets is the ranking of the country back in 1914)
http://www.ncdrisc.org/height-map-mean.html
This is the interactive map.
Going through it (and seeing the 1996 born dudes and she-dudes) it is more than clear that the average height now is not 6' all around the world....
5'10-5'11 in the tall european countries. 5'9-5'10 in the vast majority of the western world. Only the netherlands and belgium stand at a 6' average.
Hereby, the thesis that for some reason all the people in this forum beleive that everyone around them is 6' clearly shows that they are either concentrated only on tall dudes and girls or that they are actually shorter than what they say/believe they are.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on July 26, 2016, 08:35:43 AMhttp://www.ncdrisc.org/height-map-mean.html
Hereby, the thesis that for some reason all the people in this forum beleive that everyone around them is 6' clearly shows that they are either concentrated only on tall dudes and girls or that they are actually shorter than what they say/believe they are.
Being on here does that. This forum reinforces distorted thinking. It's definitely made me worse...
Quote from: paddy10tellys on July 26, 2016, 08:44:17 AMBeing on here does that. This forum reinforces distorted thinking. It's definitely made me worse...
Not sure how much you are on the internet, but this is one of the least distorted height related places on the 'net.
I feel ya though, lots of BS on here. That's why I push back on the "everyone is 6 foot" crap.
Tibike & aspirant...good stuff guys.
I will even elaborate on that.
It's been a week or so that my height neurosis for no apparent reason is gone. Woke up one morning and it wasnt there anymore.
So I started to walk with flat shoes again during this week. If before even in boots with the corrective insoles that gave me 4-5cm I felt short compared to guys and almost equal to women, now, when I walk with my mind free of this obsession, I can actually see how much my mind distorted my views... If before even with the special shoes I would rarely see someone shorter than me, now they are everywhere. I began to see women short again compared to me.
I still feel below average but I no longer suffer for it nor do I see myself as extremely short or who knows what. It's an amazing feeling. And it just goes to prove that alot of it has to do with our minds rather than reality (I am talking to the 5'7 guys and up since I am in that category... Can't talk for shorter folks).
With all that being said, I will still do LL this January... Because if height neurosis will come back (and it will...) it would be the same all over again.
This is very good data, does anyone have any information on where I can get data on distributions e.g. quartiles etc.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on July 26, 2016, 12:49:22 PMIt's been a week or so that my height neurosis for no apparent reason is gone. Woke up one morning and it wasnt there anymore.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on July 26, 2016, 12:49:22 PMWith all that being said, I will still do LL this January... Because if height neurosis will come back (and it will...) it would be the same crap all over again.
TIBIKE, this is why I don't answer your PMs, because you're a huge mess. You seem to have wallowed in your depression/neurosis and have these unpredictable emotional swings where you just say a bunch of crap that makes you less and less credible every day.
From your initial promotion of tibias being the greatest and safest method, to the TIBIKE family scandal, to your claims of "almost" being a doctor and trying to give our community scientific answers to everything. How can you say you don't have height neurosis today and then in the next paragraph that you will do LL this january? Maybe you jerked off last night and realized life isn't so bad, who knows?
You know enough about LL now, go make some money or something, because I'm not really sure what you're contributing here.
LLCaptain, play nicely! Too harsh...
Well LLcaptain, the money has been collected so this january it happens.
And I am sure not contributing to the forum, but so are you.
Quote from: LLCaptain on July 26, 2016, 08:55:10 PMTIBIKE, this is why I don't answer your PMs, because you're a huge mess. You seem to have wallowed in your depression/neurosis and have these unpredictable emotional swings where you just say a bunch of crap that makes you less and less credible every day.
From your initial promotion of tibias being the greatest and safest method, to the TIBIKE family scandal, to your claims of "almost" being a doctor and trying to give our community scientific answers to everything. How can you say you don't have height neurosis today and then in the next paragraph that you will do LL this january? Maybe you jerked off last night and realized life isn't so bad, who knows?
You know enough about LL now, go make some money or something, because I'm not really sure what you're contributing here.
Agree with this...
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