Less than 100 years ago 175cm was considered tall. Today it's below average in developed countries. Why? What changed since WWII?
>>59624631
Tapwater
space jews are stealing gravity
181cm is the average here you manlet
less than 100 years were the generation that grew during poverty and war
>>59624631
Better nutrition. As countries get wealthier and better food, the average height increases.
nutrition
>>59624631
>average
you mean short
the average here is 185cm
Sanitation and medicine, actually. Nutrition is only beneficial by proxy. Low fertility also contributes to increased height.
>>59624738
What is "better food" though? Europeans are eating bread and cheese and sausages like they always were, but for some reason the average has increased by at least 10cm in every country
>>59624728
The Races of Europe, published in 1939, describes the Montenegrins as the tallest people in all of Europe with an average height of 175cm. Today their average is closer to 190
>>59624912
Below average literally means short, my simian friend
>It's [current year] and I'm 1.75
>>59624631
Food.
>>59624738
Does that mean that well-fed noblemen were a class of lanklets in the old days?
>>59624631
>she
>>59624631
>you will never pluck her head bare
good god deliver me from this he**ll
>>59624631
Nutrition, primarily. More protein in the diet. In WWII, the average American serviceman was 5'6" and 135lbs. Partly due to so much of the country having less than great access to healthy food during the depression.
>>59625210
Akira Kurosawa was 182cm and born in 1910. The average Japanese serviceman in WWII was 160cm
>>59625389
Antebellum slaves were taller than European peasants from a diet of mostly cornmeal
>>59625210
They still are
Gaddafi: 6'0"
Erdogan: 6'0"
Saddam: 6'1"
Assad: 6'2"
Compare that with the typical Arab or T*rk
>>59625139
And whose fault was that?
>>59624631
who is this horror house scarecrow?
>>59626533
what does height have to do with weight?
>tfw 178cm
>tfw gf is 170cm
>dating a girl shorter than 165cm
You guys have no idea how great it is to have sex while standing up
YOURE ALL SO TINY ITS ADORABLE
190.5cm here
>>59627607
This isn't about you, famalamalam, it's about humanity
Were your parents tall? What was the difference in how they raised you versus how they were raised? Diet? Lifestyle?
Without data you're not contributing anything
>>59627358
What do women have to do with coherence?
>>59627650
I'm convinced it's the inordinate amount of calcium I had when I was younger, lots of icecream, whole grain cereal with milk for breakfast from 3-12
My cousins are all 195+ cm
>>59627697
>ice cream
>calcium
>>59628206
84mg per serving
>>59627697
I ate yoghurt all the damn time and my cousins are also in the 190s but mom's inferior 152cm genetics fucked my shit up and I ended up 169cm. It's genes bro.
>tfw she thought she could get a tall son by marrying a tall guy
>>59624631
>tfw you wouldn't be considered tall even a 100 years ago
>>59625389
where's da 1:1 correlation tho
Kiwis and Finns aren't taller than Dutchies, Bahamians and Grease surely aren't taller than anyone
>The average adult male Plains Indian stood 172.6 centimeters tall -- about 5 feet 8 inches. The next tallest people in the world at that time were Australian men, who averaged 172 centimeters. European American men of the time averaged 171 centimeters tall, and men living in European countries were typically several centimeters shorter.
t. 1893
Before the second World War, Americans and Aussies were both giants. Now, Americans and Aussies are the same height as they were in 1893 while Europeans have skyrocketed to 180+
It's worth nothing that "Great' Britain has stayed the same shitty manlet height as its colonies
It's gotta be nutrition. Both my parents are from Philippines and I tower over them since I was born/grew up in Canada. All my cousins are tiny in the Philippines.
I'd also imagine that natural selection favours taller people so the average height has just been brought up that way.
>>59629121
How is your diet different? Do you drink milk or just eat more meat?
>>59626889
If given proper nutrition, we aren't too short.
I was born and raised for most of my growing years in Yemen and I'm only 5'9. Compare that to my younger brother who was born and raised in the U.S, who is 6'1-6'2.
>>59629340
Filipino diet is notoriously shitty. They just eat fried everything with rice and if there are vegetables, they've been cooked for so long that most of the nutrients are dead lol.
Probably more protein as well. But I grew up on soy milk so I wonder if I could've been taller on normal milk. It would've been nice to hit 6 feet. Lol first world problems, I guess
>>59629803
>>59629121
>>59628585
>>59627697
>>59627650
>>59625389
>>59624738
>>59624760
see:
>>59625032
Height is 90% genetic based on meta-analyses of over 15 million monozygotic/dizygotic twin pairs used in hundreds of longitudinal heritability studies. Nutrition is completely irrelevant aside from avoiding literal toxins and severe malnutrition.
>>59629908
Nutrition is the only reason millenials are much taller in here than boomers. You are talking nonsense.
>>59629908
>muh genetics
North/South Korea height disparity, muffugah
>>59629907
Fair enough, there's a Flip food cart on my street. The meat is good, but it feels like a ripoff to pay $7 for 2 sausages and a fuckton of rice
The rice is delish though
>>59630005
>>59630028
see:
>>59625032
Preventative care and sanitation are the only strong epigenetic effects.
>>59629908
>>59630063
Attributed as a significant reason for the trend of increasing height in parts of Europe are the egalitarian populations where proper medical care and adequate nutrition are relatively equally distributed.[9] Changes in diet (nutrition) and a general rise in quality of health care and standard of living are the cited factors in the Asian populations.
The effect of environment on height is illustrated by studies performed by anthropologist Barry Bogin and coworkers of Guatemala Mayan children living in the United States. In the early 1970s, when Bogin first visited Guatemala, he observed that Mayan Indian men averaged only 157.5 centimetres (5 ft 2 in) in height and the women averaged 142.2 centimetres (4 ft 8 in). Bogin took another series of measurements after the Guatemalan Civil War, during which up to a million Guatemalans fled to the United States. He discovered that Maya refugees, who ranged from six to twelve years old, were significantly taller than their Guatemalan counterparts.[22] By 2000, the American Maya were 10.24 cm (4.03 in) taller than the Guatemalan Maya of the same age, largely due to better nutrition and health care.[23] Bogin also noted that American Maya children had relatively longer legs, averaging 7.02 cm (2.76 in) longer than the Guatemalan Maya (a significantly lower sitting height ratio).[23][24]
>>59625073
>Europeans are eating bread and cheese and sausages like they always were, but for some reason the average has increased by at least 10cm in every country
There is enough sausages and cheese and bread
>>59629803
>born and raised for all of my growing years in the U.S.
>still 5'9"
>>59629908
>Nutrition is completely irrelevant aside from avoiding literal toxins and severe malnutrition
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
armchair scientist BTFO
>>59630084
>proper medical care
Thanks for agreeing with me. Again, the only significance of nutrition is avoiding starvation and injesting toxins.
If you're short in the current year, you are going to have short children. Eating that one extra steak will not save you.
>>59630122
You should read your own link.
5'8"
I don't know why, but it feels pretty good, kind of glad i'm not taller.
>>59629803
Nice try
>tfw I hardly ate as a teen and fucked myself our of growth
>5'9 now and should have been at least 5'11/6
>>59630215
>all this quarreling between the ummah
disgusting 2bh
>>59630248
Always bet on kot
I'm 5'11". My mom is tiny, but her brothers are all 6' or taller. My dad says he was about my height when he was younger. He's 51 now and 5'8". I was pretty fat most of my childhood because I ate a lot, while my siblings were more picky and didn't eat as much and were thin and are now pretty short.
>>59624631
175 is a "consider sudoku" tier even 100 years ago
>>59630590
Tell that to der Fuhre--
>he actually did kill himself
Sheeeeeeeit
>>59630063
George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt were both notoriously sickly as children and turned out 6'2" and 5'10" respectively
>>59624631
> Less than 100 years ago 175cm was considered tall
Where? In the US?
Pic related. If japanese soldier's height is 150cm, them american - about 190cm.
>>59631192
the """""russian""""" is australian
>>59631192
> then
*fix
>>59631226
> Australia
> First World War
>>59624631
Women were liberated and could freely choose their partners rather than being economically dependent on them and forced into monogamy through religion. And they naturally picked taller partners for breeding. Manlets are only good for taking care of children and supporting a family monetarily, you don't want them to father children.
>>59627607
Wow I dress just like you
>>59631192
That's a picture from the Boxer Rebellion of the Eight Nation Alliance and that Russian is Australian kek
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance
>>59631465
>Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan
OK. Russia - Australia and Austro-Hungary is Russia.
But american soldier is higher than 175cm anyway.
>>59624631
>Why
people was starting, like today's North Korea (best korea)
I do not want to be high to hit his head in the door and get into bed. I have enough of its 173 cm.
>>59631277
this desu natural selection
>>59629061
What? Australian here, our average height is about 180cm. Hell I'm 186cm and one of the shortest amongst my friends, I personally don't know anyone below 176.
>>59631599
starving*
>>59624728
180 here, most people i see are shorter than me
I'm 175 and my gf is 152. Oh my children, you will suffer some serious banter.
180cm Australian here. People snicker at me in public due to my short stature. I COME FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER!! WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER!! nah jks, but honestly I feel shorter than my friends due to low confidence and also actually being shorter than them.
>>59624631
She looks like an elf
>>59624631
No idea but i wish i would be manlet instead of connective tissue disease.
>>59624706
This desu
>>59624631
Mostly nutrion, we eat a lot MORE than our ancestors, just take a look in italy , in 50 years our average height will reach 1,80 mt
>>59624631
The manlet Aquafresh country started self reporting their average height and everyone had to copy them to keep up.
>tfw i'm fucking huge for this country stantards.
feels good.
>188
>shortest among my friends
>all of the teenage faggots are as tall as me
I'm rustled
i'm 168cm.
KILL ME
How much is the worlds average?
6 feet?
>>59642490
5'7" apparently
> Today it's below average in developed countries
In some.
>>59642950
Which first world country can manlets flee to?
>>59624912
*185dm
Fixed it for you.
>>59624631
Turns out my height is average in netherlands.
Tmw i'm not below average at something non detrimental.
what's the big deal with being tall? I'm 1,87 and never kissed a girl and I'm bullied in college lol
>>59624631
>What changed since WWII?
The average height.
>>59647853
Clever girl
>>59634701
Try being 171 and ethnic Dutch.
>>59649833
I'm so sorry.
>>59649833
Don't fret, bro, your sacrifice will help us discover the secret of lankletism. What differences are there between how you and your adult-sized cohorts were raised?
>>59624631
>What changed since WWII?
Diet and nutrition
>>59651223
Deep thoughts from Bongland
>What caused the forest to burn down?
>Fire.
>>59647024
They just jelly
>>59649833
You should probably move desu
nutrition you uneducated troglodyte
>>59624912
>the average here is 185cm
Wut
The average here is 10cm less than that
>>59624706
W-what?
>>59653408
ssshh
>>59626889
Erdogan was born in poverty you literal retard
![snapshot20081024182746[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/GKTr3pX.jpg "snapshot20081024182746[1].jpg")
>>59624706
>Today, 175cm is below average
#meme
>>59649833
Try working in a circus. :^)
I honestly believe it's the slow hand of evolution. When a species becomes dominant in an area (ie humans on earth) they get bigger and lazier, because shit doesn't threaten them anymore. Komodo dragons for example.
BUT ALSO, women just love getting fucked super, ultra hard by big tall dudes. All day and all night. I'm just willing to bet that there are more short old men without kids than there are tall old men without kids.
You know there's plenty of cheap surgeries available to make you taller
>>59656769
Then what's your excuse for being shorter than him?
>>59658869
The only thing worse than being a manlet is being a manlet in denial, like RDJ with his platform shoes
>>59624728
>Finland
>knowing how to read
He said "less than 100 years ago" you stupid fuck. He's comparing the early 20th century to current height standards, which is definitely not 175cm=tall.
>>59659153
I'm 1.87. 6'2'' in freedom units I believe.
>>59630122
>.m.
Normie, fuck off normie. Get out normie!
>>59659637
I'm sorry you had to see this
>>59659822
I'm sorry you had to see this
>>59653408
The average here in South Brazil is 205cm.
J U S T
