Sy_Accursed Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Doesn't seem all that surprising proportion wise. Most studies have shown that the trend in recent years is people are more tall people and short people and less people clustered around average. Plus I mean male average height is around 5'10 aka 177cm (us and europe are all pretty close to this) which places most of the votes on poll marginally above male average at this point - hardly shocking for a gaming community which you would expect to have a higher proportion of male users given the demographics of the gaming market as a whole. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 What we're really lacking is some gender diversity to screw down our average. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Not to mention lack of racial diversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Buncha white male nerdy lanky types we are (and the occasional female) Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Ethiopians are short, cause malnutrition. Usually nerdy dudes are taller and skinny. Dunno why. Or, short and fat. But not average. At least around here. My mum is 173 cm's. Real father was something around 190. Might be why I am so tall... So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Runar Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I'm 173cm or 5'8". 3/4 Finnish and 1/4 Swedish :) The Runar's (OSRS) DIY blog - most viewed Blogscape blog ever! Contract? /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 6'3, white/nerdy/lanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 1.88M or 6'2" (these symbols for feet and inches always mess me up because I'm so used to the metric system). Here in Canada as well, at least in the provinces I lived in, everything is metric except our height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 5'11"/1.8m here. 20/black/U.S. Feels average man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 I find it interesting how so many people here are like 6' and above when that constitutes a minority of the population irl in most countries (inb4 saq starts blabbering about heights in ethiopia or some shit) Well, it's not too surprising. Here in Europe at least we keep getting taller at a rapid rate each generation, and in the Netherlands the average male height is 1m84 (ie, 6'0) - which includes all generations, including the oldies, so that our generation (~20) will almost certainly have an average height of 6'1 or more. Other tall countries like the Scandis have averages of 5'11, again including old people. The USA, because of the huge numbers of immigrants from short Latino countries, has actually declined in average height over the years (I think it's gone from 5'11 to 5'9 or something).But northern Europe in particular is tall and getting taller, so 6' is really unspectacular these days. Bear in mind, too, that people on TIF are generally young, and average heights include older generations who are generally smaller - so when Sy says the average is 1.77m, that includes our grandparents so long as they're still alive. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 http://southpark.cc.com/clips/386581/eric-cartman-12-inches I'm hung like a horse. edit - caution, language. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Copyright means I can't view that link in the UK, but based on what I think it is, I'll let you start that survey. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Remember kids, Length times Diameter plus Weight over Girth divided by Angle of the tip squared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Levelled Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 YAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Kind of side note - I saw a guy at a restaraunt who was 7' 3" tall (someone else asked him) I've never seen anyone that tall before, it was pretty crazy :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 One of my neighbors is a few inches over 7'. One of the anecdotes I've heard about him is that he hangs his Christmas lights on his (1 story) roof without a ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Last summer, on holiday in Boston, I was in a lift with three African American basketball players (don't know if they were pro). They were brothers, the shortest was 2.1m (6'11) and the tallest 2.15m (7'1). They were very friendly, and they called me "little man" or "little guy" or something - which was odd, because I'm 6'1 being spoken to like a child/dwarf. Tallest woman I ever met was in a supermarket here in the UK. She was 2m (6'7) and very broad. Might have been a transsexual, but I didn't want to ask. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 And I am pretty sure around 100% of them have height-related health problems. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 And I am pretty sure around 100% of them have height-related health problems.Has this contributes to your knee problems, by any chance? I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Levelled Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 And I am pretty sure around 100% of them have height-related health problems.Has this contributes to your knee problems, by any chance? I'd assume so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 I think it's generally considered that being 7'1 is the maximum possible height for pretty much everybody. Although the tallest "normal" guy ever (as in, he didn't have a pathological condition or genetic mutation) was a 19th century Scottish man who later emigrated to Canada called Angus MacAskill, who was 2.36m or 7'9. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Man I've been on that Wikipedia page so many times and it always weirds me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Just read the whole wiki because you said that. What a guy. Seriously super human Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 5"11 / 183cm Popoto.~<3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V O R K Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 196cm I eat u. Sway all day, Butterfly flaps all the way! ✿ ♥‿♥) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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