your height?

[stickonatree]

it seems that SF has a majority of shorter folks, including myself. was just curious to know the distribution of heights on SF. average height in american men is 5'10" last i checked.

 

[Fade to Black]

6'5

 

[stickonatree]

^i bet you're the tallest asian on SF

 

[Fade to Black]

it's not a good thing...most of the clothing and fashion i really admire i can't wear precisely because of my height. People say you need to be tall to look good in clothes, i'd amend that to "you need to be tall, but not TOO tall." I think anything between 5'10" to 6'2" is ideal for having that runway model steez in anything. Some stuff i might wear, i don't because i see shorter people pull it off so much better on their proportions.

 

[Gav]

I'm 6ft which for me is the perfect height.

 

[FLMountainMan]

6' 2.5" That extra half inch is crucial.

 

[finch]

I'm 5' 8" and a bit, wouldn't mind being a bit taller but I'm content.

 

[James Bond]

6'3"

 

[TheFoo]

I'm 5'4". It sucks in a lot of ways, but I've gotten used to it.

 

[EL72]

Originally Posted by stickonatree

it seems that SF has a majority of shorter folks, including myself.

I would be surprised if height isn't normally distributed among the SF population.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by EL72

I would be surprised if height isn't normally distributed among the SF population.


I actually think we'll be taller than average. It's a better educated forum that trends towards the middle and upper classes. They tend to be taller.

 

[Fade to Black]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

It's a better educated forum that trends towards the middle and upper classes. They tend to be taller.

Is there any research that backs this up? Not asking this as a challenge to you, but i'm genuinely curious/interested. I was an anthro major in college and i don't quite recall hearing about this in the sea of information i was caught up in.

 

[globetrotter]

5 4

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

Is there any research that backs this up? Not asking this as a challenge to you, but i'm genuinely curious/interested. I was an anthro major in college and i don't quite recall hearing about this in the sea of information i was caught up in.

Yes. Profs tend to dodge around this type of stuff, even though it's more infant health than eugenics....

"White males in the highest income category were significantly taller, heavier, more adipose, had higher levels of education, and were more often married than were their lowest income white counterparts"
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...TRY=1&SRETRY=0

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle2139286.ece

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15161403

 

[onion]

5'10"