Statistical & Anecdotal Proofs that 6 Feet is Ideal, Taller is not ideal

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Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 04, 2015, 05:17:35 PMThe max I will go is 190 cm (about 6'3). But THAT would be freakish in my country. And after my research, I think I am better off stopping at six feet.
Do you consider humerus lengthening as well?
Your starting height is 174 if I remember correrctly, you will look way out of proportions if you really go for 16cms. Whats your wingspan?
Not even I could handle 190 with a wingspan almost this high.

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Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 04, 2015, 05:17:35 PMThe max I will go is 190 cm (about 6'3). But THAT would be freakish in my country. And after my research, I think I am better off stopping at six feet.
Do you consider humerus lengthening as well?
Your starting height is 174 if I remember correrctly, you will look way out of proportions if you really go for 16cms. Whats your wingspan?
Not even I could handle 190 with a wingspan almost this high.

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on March 04, 2015, 09:57:48 PMDo you consider humerus lengthening as well?
Your starting height is 174 if I remember correrctly, you will look way out of proportions if you really go for 16cms. Whats your wingspan?
Not even I could handle 190 with a wingspan almost this high.

He says he doesn't plan on actually lengthening that much--just that 16 cm would be the max he would hypothetically lengthen. He is actually probably aiming for between 8-9 cm to be 183 cm (or 6'0).

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on March 04, 2015, 09:57:48 PMDo you consider humerus lengthening as well?
Your starting height is 174 if I remember correrctly, you will look way out of proportions if you really go for 16cms. Whats your wingspan?
Not even I could handle 190 with a wingspan almost this high.

He says he doesn't plan on actually lengthening that much--just that 16 cm would be the max he would hypothetically lengthen. He is actually probably aiming for between 8-9 cm to be 183 cm (or 6'0).

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on March 04, 2015, 08:40:42 PMLol one of my heroes is strongman Brian Shaw, and he is about that height. Realistically, though, 6'3-6'4 would be the tallest I'd practically want to be. 6'7 would be sweet for a while, but It would get inconvenient.

The landlord I lived with while doing LL abroad was 6'4.5". Perhaps he appeared taller because he was so thin, but to me, he was kinda too tall. Even his gf who I met a few times said she felt he was too tall (but she was only like 5'3", even I virtually towered over her lol)

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Yup, I want to be 183 cm now (I used to want 188, or 190 cm). But I started to ask girls and guys about what height is ideal here where I live, and it appears to be 180 cm or thereabouts.

I asked further. Girls here prefer 181 compared to 178, so I think I am good to go.

Again, I am not sure what is the real ideal height in America, but I suspect it is very close to 6 feet.

But if we use what I anecdotally asked girls in Singapore, ie, the ideal height in Singapore is 180-182. Then, if we add 4 cm (due to the differences in average height between USA and here), then the figure becomes 184-186 is the ideal height in America.

But I strongly suspect the ideal height in America is 183 cm (6 feet), same as Singapore and most of Asia (maybe we exclude the shorter Asian nations like China, India)  Based on the data. Furthermore, I suspect there are strong mass media and globalisation forces which  make 6 feet the ideal height world-wide, except perhaps, The Netherlands (and Norway, etc)

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Today I post additional supporting data, to the maybe seven or more sources:


As one can see, 6' is (again?!) the peak. Surely this is not a massive lie by deceitful women? 
Again, if females are such deceitful liars who want to conceal their love and lust for tall guys, I FAIL TO SEE WHY the 5'5 , 5'6 , 5'7 guys get so much less votes compared to 6 feet guys or above 6 feet.

Tomorrow I will post the other infographic, also from OKCupid (Thanks Meursault)

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"I would love to be 5' 10", because any girls who ONLY want a guy who is 6' are jackasses. Being 5' 10" would allow me to avoid such girls"

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Unless I'm reading the chart wrong, isn't 6'2" the peak there?

Well of course, with online dating ,women discriminate a lot more based on height. I still managed to do really well with online dating, but that's because I have a lot of other things for me (though I claimed 5'7" to try and get my foot in the door, because once I did, I was usually fine) and was able to write compelling and fun profiles. But I can't imagine how many women out there never even saw my profile because they already filtered me out based on height alone.

For the average short man (who is average in other areas), it's better to meet women in real life because they can't gauge your exact height (the number 5'5" sounds bad on paper, I used to always say 5'7" and mostly got away with it), and your confidence/looks can help you more in real life.

Online dating is notoriously cutthroat and superficial. And height is the number one way women will discriminate online, the way we do with women's weight.

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Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 05, 2015, 02:56:04 PMToday I post additional supporting data, to the maybe seven or more sources:


As one can see, 6' is (again?!) the peak. Surely this is not a massive lie by deceitful women? 
Again, if females are such deceitful liars who want to conceal their love and lust for tall guys, I FAIL TO SEE WHY the 5'5 , 5'6 , 5'7 guys get so much less votes compared to 6 feet guys or above 6 feet.

Tomorrow I will post the other infographic, also from OKCupid (Thanks Meursault)

I have a problem with your chart, and it has to do with the way it's scaled. There is a minute difference in absolute percentage terms from 5 10" to 6' 2", but the way the graph is scaled makes it look like a significant difference.