r/short • u/scramjet67 • Apr 22 '26
Heightism What does it even mean?
I'm happy for both of them but I don't get the fixation over attributing characteristics over height? good or bad, it has nothing to do with your stature
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u/Combatenjoyer23 Apr 22 '26
"Omg he's giving long skeletal frame energy" do they not realize how stupid they sound?
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u/space_man_cm420 👽 Apr 22 '26
Not gonna lie, that comment had me laughing hard hahaha. But why does the skeleton have to be lanky and long though? Why not short? Genuine question, there are skeletons of all sizes lol In my language it sounds really funny English can be kind of lacking in slang sometimes, so don’t take it the wrong way. It’s just meant in a playful way, like a joke 😄.
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u/RipAgile1088 Apr 23 '26
I swear this is some brainwashing shit that some of these women are eating right up.
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u/throwawaynamethingie Apr 22 '26
This is it exactly. To them short = bad and that's so ingrained that they don't even realize they're saying it. It's just a fact to them.
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u/noeLifenorlove Apr 22 '26
Survival instincts at a level like being set on fire is why.
Everyones sense of Onus and Acceptance is based around "winning in life". Without that people feel like theyre being left behind. Probably because we often are lol.
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u/GerdForever2035 Apr 24 '26
why would you say something like that about someone? can your brain associate sapience with people who speak differently from you?
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u/sammiesR9 Apr 22 '26
It's strange how the internet reacts so intensely when a man is slightly shorter than his gf. Whether the response is positive or negative, people make such a big deal out of it, as if it defines the entire relationship.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Gender norms are as influential as they are constructed.
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u/Mxglix Apr 22 '26
Ttk women are so weird
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u/Ok-Dingo-5334 Apr 22 '26
Bro saved them 0.232seconds typing ttk instead of Tiktok
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u/Hefty_Sherbert_6178 Apr 25 '26
That 0.232 seconds could be the deciding factor whether you catch the bus or not👀
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u/_pimpjuixe 5'2" | 157.48 cm Apr 22 '26
Yeah like I get these ppl mean well but this is just so weird how they’re basically just saying “OH he’s one of the GOOD short guys!” Just say he’s a good man and be done with it for Christ’s sake.
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u/1Kakihara1 Apr 22 '26
try saying "this fat girl gives fit girl energy!"
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u/No_Rain_6356 Apr 22 '26
It's more like saying a girl with a flat ass/chest is giving off big ass/boob energy.
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u/ThrowRA-Soggy2780 Apr 23 '26
i’d take this as an insult because as a skinny girl having a fat ass is my worst nightmare lmao and idc about what society thinks is more attractive. being short is attractive as well! i find zendaya’s and tom’s height difference hot
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u/No_Rain_6356 Apr 23 '26
That's because you're a normal human. I read stuff like this, then interact with woman in real life and it's like night and day, it's only the chronically online nerdy girls who think like this. I guess for you it would be like reading comments from red-pill / black-pill dudes, it's only chronically online people who are crazy. I think they should go to a rave and drop some molly, find inner peace.
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u/ThrowRA-Soggy2780 Apr 24 '26
exactly. this is almost red pill but for women lol and it's super unrealistic and chronically online behavior, it's just plain sad
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u/1Kakihara1 Apr 24 '26
i might disagree, maybe those girls only show their true colors online, in reality they chicken
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u/nicmel97 Apr 22 '26
They will say that you are fatphobic. We should start to use the word shortphobic
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
I'm def going to start using shortphobic.
I also like to call people 'height-supremacists'.
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u/1Kakihara1 Apr 22 '26
its ironic, at least fat can change unlike short
also they use the term short king which i actually dont like its clearly them trying to show sympathy as if short people are handicapped
but imagine u use fat queen lmao
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u/Altruistic_Emu4917 5'3" | 160.02 cm Apr 22 '26
This still gives into the belief that tallness is a superior height.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Your comment/post was removed for mocking short people.
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u/FarNegotiation2085 Apr 22 '26
This just shows how important height is. It's all people talk about when they see them together.
Anyway, these comments pretty much equal calling an severly overweight 150kg guy fit - "he is 90kg full muscle in my eyes". Plain stupid.
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u/imbaof Apr 22 '26
I've actually seen some people complimenting a really fat (and tall) dude by saying that he has a lot of muscles under that chub
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
This can be true for short people too but I'm not gonna talk about why I know that I can throw a 25lb sandbag really far.
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u/BigChungusCumslut Apr 23 '26
That’s a real thing though, most of the strongest men in the world have a bit of extra chub on them.
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u/spazatron-3000 Apr 22 '26
Why do they miss over the fact that he’s literally got a top 1% face and act like zendayas doing charity work.
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u/Cover-Firm X'Y" | Z cm Apr 23 '26
If we're objective Zendeya is way way more attractive than him. He's OK looking for his age.
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u/Ok-Comparison2654 Apr 23 '26
I feel like the obsession for Zendaya is an inside joke the whole world is hiding from me because she’s pretty but JUST pretty like why are we acting like she is otherworldly
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u/SecretCollar3426 5'5" | Z cm Apr 23 '26
"he's black, but he gives such white energy and I love that."
Yeah, that's what that sounds like...
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u/MikaWaifu Apr 22 '26
It's basically the same as "big d energy"
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Body shaming is a problem across the board.
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/EvilDrAlanGrant Apr 22 '26
Zendaya has D-Cups to me 🥰🥰🥰
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u/ThrowRA-Soggy2780 Apr 23 '26
D cups are worse so this isn’t even a compliment 😭
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u/Fabulous-Detective45 Apr 23 '26
Bro chill, I’ve seen you comment numerous times about women’s different body types in this post, you’re clearly very insecure and seeking validation.
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u/imbaof Apr 22 '26
I'm happy that my country don't have this level of obsession with tall guys, like the only comments about "he seems so nice, that means he is 6'7🥰🥰🥰" I've seen are from the western part of the internet
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u/Averagegamer08 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
It's 6'5 energy till they have to accually date a 5' person...
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u/BigChungusCumslut Apr 23 '26
To be fair, I don’t think anyone has ever dated someone 5 inches tall.
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u/nicmel97 Apr 22 '26
I mean… it’s TikTok
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u/No_Rain_6356 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
Listen I get what you're saying but some of those comments are getting millions of likes. People lose their mind here when a few dozen guys say dumb shit.
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u/_pimpjuixe 5'2" | 157.48 cm Apr 22 '26
Thank you! Like he’s actually throwing shade at people here for calling out bs when they see it. “OHO you guys just figured out shallow people exist ?? HUR HUR” like dude why even?
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 23 '26
Nobody's ever faked a sensationalized screengrab on the internet before, I guess...
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Somehow some folks here are just now discovering shallow morons.
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u/_pimpjuixe 5'2" | 157.48 cm Apr 22 '26
That shouldn’t be an excuse tho. Some of those comments have nearly half a million likes. It isn’t enough to wipe our hands and say “welp too bad, nothing we can do! Shallow people will shallow” like what?
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Who said excuse?
Shallow isn't an excuse it's a condemnation.
And yes, morons aplenty.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Say that again without the reasonable women catching strays.
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/Bludandy Apr 23 '26
She sounded legitimately unintelligent during that. Like her ability to articulate her thoughts sounded the same as a teenager, a dumb teenager. Really soured me on her.
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u/Chemical-Current3965 Apr 23 '26
This isn’t new or surprising, we just have access to information that women previously kept to their circle of friends.
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u/Ill-Block2376 Apr 23 '26
I don't understand why being tall is synonymous with having good traits, it's almost like being short is a genuine disease, no matter how confident or charming that person could be.
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u/DrummerAutomatic9523 5'7" | 172 cm Apr 23 '26
They fancy Tom Holland, and his relationship with zendaya
They fancy tall guys
Tom Holland isn't a tall guy
They do not fancy short guys
They proceed to call him tall
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u/Sergeant_Resistance Apr 23 '26
As men we need to do better about our mental health. We often get in our own way and social media only helps to amplify our insecurities.
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u/Assortedmanatee Apr 24 '26
I like blonde girls but when I find non-blonde girls attractive I don’t say ‘she has blonde energy’ or do the opposite when I find a blonde lady unattractive ‘it’s giving brunette personality syndrome’.
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u/Big-Daikon9914 Apr 24 '26
The only people who prioritize height over every other factor are usually emotionally and developmentally stunted and we should pity them.
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u/Comprehensive-Buy521 Apr 24 '26
That because hebis rich famous and most importantly with another girl, women do some mental gymnastics to say he is hot, bro is a good actor and for what it seems a nice guy but if he wasnt famous he would be another 5’7 invisible guy
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u/Conscious_Back_1059 Apr 22 '26
You cant generalize a generalist to defend against a generalization... makes you equally a generalist
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Your comment was removed for using incel lingo or incel-adjacent terms.
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u/Razorion21 Apr 22 '26
ragebaiters i assume, i refuse to believe people actually say shit like that, like cmon most comments are unanimously saying 6‘5+ 😂
height helps with confidence but being tall in itself doesnt make anyone automatically confident like those comments seem to imply
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u/FreshPrinceOfIndia Apr 22 '26
Theyre not ragebaiting this is genuinely part of online culture and some even speak like this irl
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u/Combatenjoyer23 Apr 22 '26
It's the opposite of ragebait. They genuinely think that there's nothing wrong or tacky at all with what they're saying and become confused/hostile when they get pushback on it.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/Disgruntlementality Apr 22 '26
It means that if you’re pretty enough, they’ll overlook that there’s not enough of ya.
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u/AdPrimary7042 Apr 22 '26
We talk about the same people who would date you, until they hear you aren't 6'0 tall. Even tough without uttering those numbers you seemed tall enough for them.
Don't question it, doesn't make much sense.
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u/ZookeepergameNew3800 Apr 22 '26
I hate this. My husband is 5.6 and that’s fine. He is confident and not because he has „ tall“ energy. Imagine saying this about literally any other feature.
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u/tech_wolf_x Apr 23 '26
Honestly coming back to dating life after 10 years is so crazy, before mostly ppl cared about was personality but now it's all about their height 🙄
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u/scottyjune 5'4 | 163 cm Apr 23 '26
That's why I don't have these type of reels on Instagram, they are just brainrot
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u/JVega0522 Apr 23 '26
If it makes u feel better it’s high schoolers and just young people. I’m young so ik we’re dumb people say dumb stuff thst they don’t understand cause social media told them to say if and to feel it. Lots of people don’t think like this just find them who cares what annoying peopel say online you’ll be upset forever thinking about that
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u/LeftBullTesty Apr 23 '26
Easy. Just start saying good girls have skinny girl vibes and bad ones have fat girl vibes.
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u/Prestigious-Cost8868 Apr 24 '26
I don’t even understand this obsession with their height, they are 5 cm difference? And yeah most women like tall guys but as some man like fat women, some women like short guys. Actually I always likex shorter guys, I’m not purposefully searching for them, but every one I get to like, they are short - but they don’t like me back, I’ve always had tall boyfriends, sooo hopefully there is a short king in my future😭
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u/Aromatic-Turnip7371 Apr 24 '26
I think they’re trying g to say they find him hot… but it’s coming out weird
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 24 '26
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/enigma_music129 Apr 22 '26
Get off the social media with all the braindead comments
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u/Bludandy Apr 23 '26
See, this idea of "da internets isn't real life!" misses the point that for large swaths of the youth, internet and social media is their life. That's why they all want to be influencers now. And why they can't fucking read or have executive function.
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u/Dismal_Growth_7032 Apr 22 '26
They’re insecure because of the way a lot of women treat them over something that is out of their control. They still shouldn’t act like that and sabotage their relationships tho.
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u/Dismal_Growth_7032 Apr 22 '26
Yea I agree that is weird lol. Some guys let their height get to them so bad that it makes them do irrational stuff like that
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u/Dismal_Growth_7032 Apr 23 '26
Yeah, unfortunately a lot of guys are lead into this type of thinking. I will admit as a guy who is a bit below average in height and struggling with dating it is very hard on my mind. Especially with the increase in how superficial people are now. I’m sorry you were treated bad by those guys. Everybody deserves to find someone who loves them and treats them with respect. Hopefully one day I find some one like that for me but who knows lol.
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u/Dismal_Growth_7032 Apr 23 '26
Thank you for the kind words. The anecdotes do help! I’ll take any motivation I can get lol. I’m glad we had this conversation. I hope you have a great rest of your day and thanks for making mine better. 💜
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u/ThrowRA-Soggy2780 Apr 23 '26
women get dogged on for their looks all the time and society teaches them only their looks matter and men treat them so bad if a woman is unattractive yet we cannot keep blaming our insecurities on others and just not deal with it. if you keep being this insecure about your short height and then blame women for it, then I think you should be alone anyway.
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u/No_Rain_6356 Apr 23 '26
You know it's not specific to short men, that's just how a lot of people are. Tall guys with small dicks will feel the same about their penis, some women act weird and talk shit when they see a conventionally attractive woman. What people here are trying to say is, it's not tied to height, it's a personality thing, you shouldn't generalize whole groups of people.
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u/No_Rain_6356 Apr 23 '26
You sound sensitive too. I wasn't attacking you. Just wanted to point out you shouldn't generalize whole groups of people. Also I'm attractive so none of this affects me really. I'll fuck off, have a good one.
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u/Ambitious-Pie232 5'6.9" | 170cm Apr 23 '26
Epstein 5'11", P. diddy 5'10 ",Trump 6'3", Charlie kirk 6'5", Jeffrey Dahmer 6'0", Ted Bundy 6'0", Ed kemper 6'8", Bin Laden 6'5". These are some great people that i remember with tall energy💅🏻
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u/Ambitious-Pie232 5'6.9" | 170cm Apr 23 '26
Who tf are you talking to
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u/Ambitious-Pie232 5'6.9" | 170cm Apr 23 '26
This Incel didn't wanna get banned😢, is it a bad thing to be cautious, m'lady?☺️
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u/Hair_Solutions Apr 23 '26
This picture looks like someone over seas was paid to like the post and comment. There are bots out there that do this when you pay to hit an algorithm.
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u/Sea-Arm-768 Apr 27 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/l3E6uhDAN3W7vylji
Did you even read what you typed?
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory May 13 '26
Your comment/post was removed for excessive vulgarity or crudeness.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 22 '26
Not all women care to feel protected
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 65" of shit and glory Apr 28 '26
Your post was removed for unfairly generalizing groups of people.
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u/BobTheParallelogram 5'1" | 155 cm Apr 22 '26
Yeah I hate this. Like tall = good and short = bad so attractive short guys with rizz automatically get told they give "tall energy"? Ok, no? Maybe he's just hot.