Quote from: NewHeights on March 05, 2015, 04:13:06 PMUrrgghh! What the fruck guys? Why do we need such a huge dating pool? Do you have enough time to date each and every one of the millions of girls in a 6' 2" man's dating pool?
I just want one girl at a time please lol. I don't need tens of millions in this "dating pool".
I'm sorry, but I'm just getting sick of this fantasy idea of a "HUGE DATING POOL".
he is just reading the data.
as you pointed out, the percentages are not significant. so I doubt a guy who is 6' and lengthens to 6'5 would have much benefit (or even negative disadvantage accrues)
this "heightism" has been rsearched extensively. the effects are not as drastic as "sexism" and "racism". Given that sexcism and racism are at decades-low levels, I think heightism is not such a factor UNLESS you are very short.
as MM said, she could possibly date a guy as long as she clicks with him... doesn't have to be 5'10 or what, though its PREFERABLE.
similarly, I wouldn't date a girl who is obese, because she just shows no interest in taking care of herself and that is utter laziness. This is probably different from the idea of height, but you get the drift. someone totally too obese, would be out of the equation. someone who is average or slightly above average, might fit the bill, eg if she is wealthy etc...
Statistical & Anecdotal Proofs that 6 Feet is Ideal, Taller is not ideal
NEVER do LL solely to increase your dating pool. While it's nice to have more options for hookups, the right woman won't care how tall you are/were. Do LL for you and yourself only. More dating options is only a bonus.
I can't imagine mentally going through the torture that is LL with women as my only motivator. There's no way I would have made it. I was doing well with women before LL. This was for me because I was the one who hated being super short.
Quote from: YellowSpike on March 05, 2015, 04:21:51 PMNEVER do LL solely to increase your dating pool. While it's nice to have more options for hookups, the right woman won't care how tall you are/were. Do LL for you and yourself only. More dating options is only a bonus.
I can't imagine mentally going through the torture that is LL with women as my only motivator. There's no way I would have made it. I was doing well with women before LL. This was for me because I was the one who hated being super short.
I totally agree.
I do LL only for myself because I wanna feel tall in my country. Its always been a dream since young to be of average height at least. I was 171, and slowly after 18 I pushed my way up to 174-ish. That was pretty much average here. BUT I got greedy. I started wearing lifts. Lifts made me feel tall and I really liked it to be around 180 as I was with lifts. It became a horror to take off my lifts. In a sense, lifts made me do LL. I wanna stand with slippers, tall at 180+.
It doesn't help that recently the younger generation appear to be taller and taller. I don't know if it is just me, but the numbers seem static. Probably just a distorted perception due to my height dysphoria.
The bonuses are probably better career, more leadership options and greater dating pool. But I never really thought of them as motivators. The MAIN REASON was I wanted to be lifts-free.
Lifting made me feel so weird.. as if I was living a lie. I was tall, yes, but it was not my flesh. And when (trust me there are many) 185 guys tower over me, I feel even worse. Because it is all lifts below my feet. If I were 183, and a 188 cm guy stands next to me, I wont even care, cause I am tall by definition. I am tall WITHOUT LIFTS.
I don t see how the ayi graph works, any idea??
Quote from: endomorphisme on March 05, 2015, 04:57:49 PMI don t see how the ayi graph works, any idea??
Supremely intelligent comments, he is back.
Quote from: NewHeights on March 05, 2015, 04:13:06 PMUrrgghh! What the fruck guys? Why do we need such a huge dating pool? Do you have enough time to date each and every one of the millions of girls in a 6' 2" man's dating pool?
I just want one girl at a time please lol. I don't need tens of millions in this "dating pool".
I'm sorry, but I'm just getting sick of this fantasy idea of a "HUGE DATING POOL".
Yeah, I was just reading the chart. The chart is obviously flawed as it pinpoints to a specific height and not to a range. Women don't make selections that way. They usually have cutoffs like I would only date guys between 5'8 to 6'2, etc. Just as men don't specifically ask women to be exactly 120lb and no more no less. We usually don't want to be over 200lb or under 90lb.
And like Itsmylife mentioned, the data could be distorted due to men's tendency to cheat and exaggerate their true height so they can get more replies.
And you are right.. unless the guy is a sex fiend and have a lot of time on hand, I don't see how you can't possibly be happy with one girlfriend as a time. Unless you are outright undesirable, I don't see how hard it is to find a girlfriend, provided you have adequate social skill and don't come off as a hazard to someone's safety.
Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 05, 2015, 04:14:56 PMyeap but probably since straight guys inflate their heights, 6'2 on a dating app might well be 6'1 or 6'. So we can bring this data to co-relate to the other data that we have.
Yeah, I too round up my height to 5'10 on some dating website. And this is when I measure myself barefooted. But there is undoubtedly people who measure their height with shoes and lifts (like most Hong Kong celebrities). I can also imagine some desperate soul on dating website to trying to exaggerate his height 2-3 inches in order to get more replies from girls.
Quote from: endomorphisme on March 05, 2015, 04:57:49 PMI don t see how the ayi graph works, any idea??
sarcasm.
Quote from: NewHeights on March 05, 2015, 03:52:23 PMI'm right with you Yellow. The idea of a girl setting a minimum height filter on a dating site at 6' makes me cringe at the thought of such shallow girl, and I would never want to encounter or talk to that type of person. I also would want a girl who falls for my personality.
I can only understand a girl doing that if the girl is very tall herself.
Also, The chart posted is very telling for two reasons.
1. TALL is NOT a huge advantage, otherwise the percentage would have jumped more at 6' plus
2. 5' 7" and up seems like the place to be, but even the difference between 5' 5" and 6' 2" in absolute percentage terms is not that huge. 5' 5" guys still have a chance!
I think it is honestly too flattering to call a girl who only dates men over 6'0 tall "shallow". Shallowness has to do with looks and appearance, while height is literally the size of your appearance and not appearance itself. That isn't what these women are doing. Turning down an otherwise good-looking, sexy, confident, etc. guy because he's short is like turning down a free Lamborghini because it isn't your favorite color. It is flat out brain damaged and retarded--not shallow.
Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 05, 2015, 05:34:32 PM
Supremely intelligent comments, he is back.
so could you explain why someone who is 6'2 is 57% more likely to get contacted?
A guy who is 5'5 or less will never get contactED by a woman even if she is ugly and fat, there is noway a guy this tall is attractive to girls, altleast on dating website.
So could you explain, how a very short man is 9% likely to get contactED and a talL man, only 14%?
The percentile are not absolute.
Quote from: endomorphisme on March 05, 2015, 07:07:14 PMso could you explain why someone who is 6'2 is 57% more likely to get contacted?
A guy who is 5'5 or less will never get contactED by a woman even if she is ugly and fat, there is noway a guy this tall is attractive to girls, altleast on dating website.
So could you explain, how a very short man is 9% likely to get contactED and a talL man, only 14%?
The percentile are not absolute.
I think most women filter for at least 5'8" and above. I did well with online dating, but I also lied and said I was 5'7" when I was 5'5.5" at best. I only got caught when three different 5'7" girls asked me out (one I think cared, the other two I dated for a while, and they were both hot).
Height is the number one thing women use to discriminate in terms of online dating. In real life, no one knows your exact height...but on "paper"/an online profile...below 5'8" looks really bad. Even 5'8" is borderline, but I was on all the dating sites over the years, and it seemed that most women (including attractive ones) are ok with around 5'8" and above.
Quote from: YellowSpike on March 05, 2015, 07:10:11 PMI think most women filter for at least 5'8" and above. I did well with online dating, but I also lied and said I was 5'7" when I was 5'5.5" at best. I only got caught when three different 5'7" girls asked me out (one I think cared, the other two I dated for a while, and they were both hot).
Height is the number one thing women use to discriminate in terms of online dating. In real life, no one knows your exact height...but on "paper"/an online profile...below 5'8" looks really bad. Even 5'8" is borderline, but I was on all the dating sites over the years, and it seemed that most women (including attractive ones) are ok with around 5'8" and above.
The good thing is that if you do get "caught" for lying about two or so inches of height, you can always just say that you didn't really know you height and just estimated.
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