Has average height been increasing recently(last 20 years or so?). I swear the average height used to be 5’7
Things you never think about Samurai edition. They were very very short.
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TheDankMemegician36@thelemmy.club 2 days ago Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Average mongolian invasion horse height vs average modern horse height.
OfficeMonkey@lemmy.today 2 days ago
My partner’s response on learning this factoid while we were in Japan: “I’m not short, I’m just a samurai!”
curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Except they’re on horseback, putting arrows in you from 30 meters away.
xav@programming.dev 2 days ago
Anyone has civilized equivalent numbers ?
Sergio@piefed.social 1 day ago
Between 2 stone and 14 fathoms.
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s just over 1 and 2/3 yards
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Sure, that’s like between 1 meter and 2 meters
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s unlikely they would ever be scary. Their bows are floppy, their steel is brittle, and they probably have higher pitched voices than I would expect. Little killer voices that shriek in the octave of children.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They’ll be scary enough when they cut off your head.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I would cut off their head if it stood but a little higher from the ground.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
It’s all relative innit.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
“When his hands are higher than your head, his groin is level with your teeth”
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ancient Dwarven wisdom at its best
Right up there with "T’dr’duzk b’hazg t’t!"
Today is a good day for someone else to die
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hey little fella
LickMySweatyTaint@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Average dutch male, looking down from 6ft, wondering why everyone is so tiny.
As a severely below-average height Dutch woman, visiting Japan and seeing faces at the level of my face instead of chests was quite the experience.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You may find it interesting to know that around 150 years ago, Dutch men were amongst some of the shortest populations in Europe at an average of 165cm (5 ft 5 in).
Good exercise, better diets, and various other good things went into contributing to a taller average height today.
Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1081602X.2023.2192193#d1e165
ivan@piefed.social 2 days ago
We don’t even have to go 150 years back if we take a look at North and South Korea’s. Photos of soldiers from both countries standing side by side show staggering difference.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 days ago
the little shits gonna cut you down a notch
wador@lemmy.zip 2 days ago They were short but feisty
halfapage@lemmy.world 2 days ago
kawaii
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Jumi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They would most likely still whoop my ass
Same, I’m big and tall but anyone with fighting experience can fold my clothes while I’m still in them.
JayDee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
*crumpling soda can noises*
sus@programming.dev 1 day ago
Also they have a sword. I don’t have a sword.
Blah463@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
I love this so much. This is so funny 😭