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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months agoIt depends wildly, but 170cm might be short in the US, especially for some age groups since 175cm seems to be the average for everyone over 20.
From 2015–2018, the average height for males in the United States ages 20 and over was 69 inches (175cm)
For Finland, for males 18+ that average is 177cm. You can be your ass I’m short at 169cm. And you do not want to go “well, in the Philippines I would be above average” lol
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Well see that’s why I didn’t go by just US statistics. That link I cited states US statistics as well as worldwide. It would be ignorant of me to make a species-wide claim by using a dataset that only includes 5% of the world population, after all. :)
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It does use feets and inches as the measure. That narrows it down a lot.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Could also be the UK, to be fair. The foot units may be different, but both nations use the International Foot.
In any case, I don’t really see the region as being relevant; the meme may be limited to a particular region, but I was objecting more to the whole notion of that stereotype. Which is the same regardless of the unit used
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months ago
But even the UK is much taller than the global average and you’d be short at 170cm.
How tall or short you’re considered is dependant on that region. People are comparing you to the people around you, not to global average.