r/MurderedByWords • u/CouchTomato212 • Jan 08 '20

Murder Promptly blocked after this

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u/merewenc Jan 08 '20

In guys, it’s the attitude that they have to be extra masculine to “make up” for being less than average height. This usually comes off as gratingly cocky and insecure at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20

Average height for males is actually 5'6", globally speaking at least.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Jan 08 '20

Time to move to China.

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u/pazimpanet Jan 08 '20

I lost my wife in the airport in Hong Kong and was literally able to turn around in a circle and make eye contact with her over the heads of about 100 bustling people.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Jan 08 '20

Bet you felt more like Captain America in that moment than the rest of us ever have.

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u/WallsAreOverrated Jan 08 '20

I rode a tram filled with Chinese tourists and felt like a giant