Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 08, 2016, 05:06:07 PM Improve them in which aspects?
I guess he feels his life is improved the same way as a 165 cm guy going to 172 would think - more confidence, more attention from women etc.
You know what also would improve people's lives?
Not worrying about debt ever. Because it doesn't matter how confident you are you won't live the life you want...
Also being smart about life and not putting your eggs in one basket is also going to make life good for you..
You know what also would improve people's lives?
Not worrying about debt ever. Because it doesn't matter how confident you are you won't live the life you want...
Also being smart about life and not putting your eggs in one basket is also going to make life good for you..
Quote from: aspirant185 on February 08, 2016, 05:54:07 PMI guess he feels his life is improved the same way as a 165 cm guy going to 172 would think - more confidence, more attention from women etc.
What is the diary's name?
Quote from: Adonis on February 08, 2016, 05:49:43 PMFrom a statistical point of view, going from 174 to 182 is probably the most significant 8cm change us guys could make (for white Americans, in any case). That is, if you wanted the answer to: what any 8cm height change would give us the biggest impact in the perceptions of others? Let me explain. Let's assume that we want to impress the opposite sex (or for gays, the same sex). Either way, everything else in the attraction formula being equal, we are competing against other guys, hence the relativeness of the numbers and samples. What I'm saying is that there is no absolute number in which height is no longer a factor, such as 180 or 183, as these are place and time dependent.
So why 174 to 182? If you look at the height percentiles of white males in the USA, say at 30 years of age they're at a max (but it doesn't matter which age you look at), soassuming that as the playing field, for any 8cm band the range in which the isoheight lines bunch up more closely together is around the median or 50th percentile. It's logical too if you think of height distributions as following a normal curve; by definition the top of the curve is the flattest, so smaller changes in height would mean relatively bigger changes in percentiles.
So this means that moving from below average to above average would give you the largest change in percentiles. Taking the 174 to 182 cm example, that would mean moving from the 25th to 75th percentile. Any other height change would give you a lower change in percentile. Or less bang for the cm, if you want.
Now you may ask: does this really matter? If we assume that comparisons are made and that relative differences are important (ie "he's not tall but he's still taller than Tom Cruise"), then yes this matters. We can still debate if this is correct from the female point of view (I'll never know for sure), but there is research that shows that women compare heights, choosing the taller partner above other more favourable characteristics, and they also prefer a partner who is 8-10 cm taller that they are.
Here's the link for the height percentiles: http://halls.md/average-height-men-height-weight/
- Adonis
Woman prefer better looking... Which is made of Facial aesthetics, height, shoulder width, fat% and muscularity. An average height (5'10) with good "results" in the other factor will have more chances than a tall guy with bad "results" in the other factors.. Yes... I know it also means that a perfect guy (tall, handsome, muscular etc...) will have bigger chances that the average guy... But hey... You can't have everything in life... Don't drive towards perfection because this drive will consume you
Quote from: Alu on February 08, 2016, 05:57:26 PMYou know what also would improve people's lives?
Not worrying about debt ever. Because it doesn't matter how confident you are you won't live the life you want...
Also being smart about life and not putting your eggs in one basket is also going to make life good for you..
People in Europe don't generally fear about debt. There are tons of safety nets and stuff. Nobody will ever take your house if you fail to make the next payment. Nobody will even take your car. Unless its super extravagant. Its not like in the US where they put people in prison for failing to pay. Or its not like in Russia where, well they simply beat you up 
I agree with Adonis that going from 175 to 182 is the situation in which one can experience the greatest ''gains'' from LL. One actually goes from being below average to being tall. And if he would go from 165 to 172, that would mean, going from very short to below average. Which is by all means a whole new world for the person in question but for the ones around him, it might be that they do not even notice.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 08, 2016, 06:05:47 PMWhat is the diary's name?
stillyoung
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 08, 2016, 06:15:16 PM Woman prefer better looking... Which is made of Facial aesthetics, height, shoulder width, fat% and muscularity. An average height (5'10) with good "results" in the other factor will have more chances than a tall guy with bad "results" in the other factors.. Yes... I know it also means that a perfect guy (tall, handsome, muscular etc...) will have bigger chances that the average guy... But hey... You can't have everything in life... Don't drive towards perfection because this drive will consume you
I agree with everything you say except your conclusion "Don't drive towards perfection because this drive will consume you". I want to be the best that I can be for as long as I live, and I want to be sane while doing it! 
Quote from: aspirant185 on February 08, 2016, 06:22:51 PMPeople in Europe don't generally fear about debt. There are tons of safety nets and stuff. Nobody will ever take your house if you fail to make the next payment. Nobody will even take your car. Unless its super extravagant. Its not like in the US where they put people in prison for failing to pay. Or its not like in Russia where, well they simply beat you up
I agree with Adonis that going from 175 to 182 is the situation in which one can experience the greatest ''gains'' from LL. One actually goes from being below average to being tall. And if he would go from 165 to 172, that would mean, going from very short to below average. Which is by all means a whole new world for the person in question but for the ones around him, it might be that they do not even notice.
Going from super short to short will be noticed just as going from slightly below average to average will be noticed. Same goes for average to above average. Everyone of those will be noticed by you and those around you. Just dont become a short torso long legged man since if we again talk about women, what makes you look like "A man" is your big torso and not your long legs
Sorry for the previous digression on height percentiles, returning to the topic at hand, would I go into debt to finance CLL? NO. Because I am a financially cautious risk-averse personality. Don't get me wrong, I don't think debt is sinful. But for me debt, like any other financial instrument, needs to have a financial return and a good enough return, to justify it. And for me, CLL just does not demonstrate the financial returns to justify debt. It is an expense, and I would say, a rather luxurious one.
Beware: I am not speaking of economic returns. And of course, I am just talking about me ...
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