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Title: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mussolini on January 21, 2010, 11:49:58 AM
What height for a man is considered short? Anything less than 5-8'?? Anything less than 5-10'?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Sam on January 21, 2010, 12:02:03 PM
What height for a man is considered short? Anything less than 5-8'?? Anything less than 5-10'?

Anything less than me
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mars on January 21, 2010, 12:04:55 PM
someone like arnold and gunther have a manly height.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mr Nobody on January 21, 2010, 12:08:35 PM
someone like arnold and gunther have a manly height.
mars is 6'9"...
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 21, 2010, 12:09:06 PM
Short is someone below the average height.

Our average height has changed over the years (we were much shorter back then)

Apparently the average height of a british man back in the 17th century was around 5' 6", so anything shorter than that would be considered short back then. If you were 6' you would probably be considered tall back then as well.

The average height for an early 17th-century English man was approximately 5’ 6".
For 17th-century English women, it was about 5’ ½".
While average heights in England remained virtually unchanged in the 17th and 18th centuries, American colonists grew taller.
Averages for modern Americans are just over 5’ 9" for men, and about 5’ 3 ¾" for women.
The main reasons for this difference are improved nutrition, notably increased consumption of meat and milk, and antibiotics.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 21, 2010, 12:11:05 PM
Anyone below 5'9".

I also only have 4 friends below 5'6.5" due to an unnatural mistrust of dudes below that height.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: slacker on January 21, 2010, 12:14:14 PM
I cant be the shortest getbigger
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 21, 2010, 12:15:00 PM
Modern World
A study published in Britain in 1988, using data compiled from 1981, determined that the average height in the modern British population was 173.8 cm. [67.78 inches or 5’ 7 ¾"] for males and 160.9 cm. [62.75 inches or 5’ 2 ¾"] for females.

For modern white Americans, the average stature for males is 69.1", or just over 5’ 9", and for women, 63.7", or about 5’ 3 ¾".

So for Modern white Americans, anything below 5'9" would be considered short, but back in 17th century-Britain 5'9" would be considered tall.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Dreadlifter on January 21, 2010, 12:41:42 PM
Those british statistics have been updated since 1988. 5'9" average for British males, and i think it's 5'4" for women.

I'm 5'11", i consider anything less than 5'8" for a man to be short. So pretty much 90% of pro bbs. Women's heights don't concern me.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 21, 2010, 12:49:44 PM
What height for a man is considered short? Anything less than 5-8'?? Anything less than 5-10'?

5'7" and under is considered short 5'8" - 6'1" is considered medium and 6'2" and over is considered tall ( for men )
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: LWGA on January 21, 2010, 12:52:59 PM
Anyone below 5'9".

I also only have 4 friends below 5'6.5" due to an unnatural mistrust of dudes below that height.

Aren't you a doctor?  This does not sound like an educated man's statement.  Yes, I'm one of the 5" nothing dudes, but....
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Post by: Coach is Back! on January 21, 2010, 01:33:58 PM
You all suck :(
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Post by: Mr Nobody on January 21, 2010, 01:38:40 PM
You all suck :(
How tall are you coach?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 21, 2010, 01:39:03 PM
Aren't you a doctor?  This does not sound like an educated man's statement.  Yes, I'm one of the 5" nothing dudes, but....

5'9 is the average. Anyone below average is short.

The seriously short guys are creepy and I'm certain it's a warning from the universe, LOL! Short women are fine, to a point, but once someone hits a certain point below eye level I have an almost impossible time trusting them. Doctors are still people, FFS. Don't ever get me going on fat fucks because I've only come to see them as job security.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on January 21, 2010, 01:41:48 PM
Any dude under 5'6 and any female under 5'2 is short to me.
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Post by: Jadethegladiator on January 21, 2010, 01:43:05 PM
At least be 1 inch taller than me & plz be packin'. :)
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Post by: saopl on January 21, 2010, 01:45:38 PM
I'm 6'6, anything shorter than me I consider short.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 21, 2010, 01:50:57 PM
At least be 1 inch taller than me & plz be packin'. :)

Be honest, Kim.

Can a little dude really hit it the right way?
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Post by: funk51 on January 21, 2010, 02:03:30 PM
What height for a man is considered short? Anything less than 5-8'?? Anything less than 5-10'?
anyone shorter than 5 ft 6 and one quarter.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 21, 2010, 02:04:56 PM
At least be 1 inch taller than me & plz be packin'. :)

And how tall/short are you and what do you consider "packin'"? 8"?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Jadethegladiator on January 21, 2010, 02:17:09 PM
Be honest, Kim.

Can a little dude really hit it the right way?

Nope ;D
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Jadethegladiator on January 21, 2010, 02:21:44 PM
And how tall/short are you and what do you consider "packin'"? 8"?

I am 5'8" & my idea of "packin" is at least 8. ;)

www.myspace.com/luciddelusionrocks (http://www.myspace.com/luciddelusionrocks)
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Parker on January 21, 2010, 02:24:37 PM
Anyone below 5'9".

I also only have 4 friends below 5'6.5" due to an unnatural mistrust of dudes below that height.
I'm 5'5...Smurf height, I have a natural distrust of taller people, as they resemble Gargamel.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: _bruce_ on January 21, 2010, 02:32:51 PM
I am 5 8 and this is short, though I am still able to reach most things in the supermarket  :D
It also depends on your proportions.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: TRIX on January 21, 2010, 02:41:01 PM
I'm 5'7 not good at all.
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Post by: Meso_z on January 21, 2010, 02:46:58 PM
who cares as long as you feel good with yourself.

im 5'7 and i fuck a lot.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: kiwiol on January 21, 2010, 03:02:40 PM
I'm 30 feet tall, bitches.

Just not physically.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: _bruce_ on January 21, 2010, 03:07:48 PM
who cares as long as you feel good with yourself.

im 5'7 and i fuck a lot.

Exactly - though during ones teens being a "shorty" may play tricks on the mind... unless a person had a solid ego to begin with...
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 21, 2010, 03:09:20 PM
What height for a man is considered short? Anything less than 5-8'?? Anything less than 5-10'?
Depends on the sport.  Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar  looks short on tv  but hover over me in person.   
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 21, 2010, 03:10:28 PM
I'm 5'5...Smurf height, I have a natural distrust of taller people, as they resemble Gargamel.

You're one of the 4 I mentioned, LOL!
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mr Nobody on January 21, 2010, 03:11:39 PM
I'm 30 feet tall, bitches.

Just not physically.
mars is taller
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 21, 2010, 03:27:40 PM
I am 5'8" & my idea of "packin" is at least 8. ;)

www.myspace.com/luciddelusionrocks (http://www.myspace.com/luciddelusionrocks)

I am taller than that and i pack 9.

Should i click that link now or what.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 21, 2010, 03:31:36 PM
I'm 5'7 not good at all.
I think we all are 5-7 .   I think that's the norm.   But my dad promisd I'd be 6-4 at least ......I must have stunted my growth lifting like the rest of us.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: kiwiol on January 21, 2010, 03:32:34 PM
mars is taller

Of course. You can't compare Mars to mere mortals like you or me.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: newmom on January 21, 2010, 04:50:27 PM
I consider 5f7 and under short. My 2 exes were 5ft 7 but current boyfriend is  6ft 1 so I like em tall
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Victor VonDoom on January 21, 2010, 05:10:41 PM
Shorter than Doom is short.  Bah!
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 21, 2010, 05:14:45 PM
How tall are you coach?

5'6......227lbs

Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mussolini on January 21, 2010, 05:16:06 PM
So when does shortman syndrom begin to occur? At 5-7' or have you seen some 5-8' guys who suffer from the short man syndrom?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: MonstaDwarf on January 21, 2010, 05:17:49 PM
shorter than me is frekin short.
...and in answer to the obvious q....i'm 5'2"
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 21, 2010, 05:18:08 PM
Shorter than Doom is short.  Bah!

6'2" with armor 6'7"
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mr Nobody on January 21, 2010, 05:18:19 PM
5'6......227lbs


Massive dude, dont let that tire run over you. Can you flip that damn thing?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 21, 2010, 05:18:41 PM
So when does shortman syndrom begin to occur? At 5-7' or have you seen some 5-8' guys who suffer from the short man syndrom?

I'm happy being short, never had a problem with anything and never wished I was taller.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 21, 2010, 05:21:09 PM
Massive dude, dont let that tire run over you. Can you flip that damn thing?

No way, not that one. I can do the 600lb one for 3 sets of 5 tho. That big is going to take some time........like the rest of my life, haha!
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Mr Nobody on January 21, 2010, 05:23:01 PM
No way, not that one. I can do the 600lb one for 3 sets of 5 tho. That big is going to take some time........like the rest of my life, haha!
Damn impressive dude can you put a video of the 600 lb flip?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 21, 2010, 05:24:53 PM
Damn impressive dude can you put a video of the 600 lb flip?

Yes.......if it ever stops raining :-\
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Ursus on January 21, 2010, 05:27:35 PM
Tad over 6'3 here :)
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Post by: clued-up on January 21, 2010, 06:18:07 PM
Lots of midgets in this thread.
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Post by: Doug_Steele on January 21, 2010, 06:24:56 PM
Below 6"00 is short

Women who are above 5"10 acceptable.  8)
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Post by: figgs on January 21, 2010, 06:47:26 PM
For the duration of my post-adolescent life, my soul interfaces onto the world using a 5'8 manly physique with good posture and non-midget stature. I do not feel short and I don't care what short 'is'

Jade, my 7.5 is surely capable of firing all the right spots, even with a vagina as big as yours that can house a fist.
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Post by: calfzilla on January 21, 2010, 10:33:24 PM
Just don't be shorter than your gf or wife and you will be fine. 
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 21, 2010, 10:45:10 PM
when i was about 12-13 i was 5'7.5 and now i am the same :-X.. i reached my maximum tall early!!..
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: PRIVATE RYAN on January 21, 2010, 10:58:17 PM
1.80m how much is that
if you measure it the
American way using your
foot and thumbs?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 21, 2010, 11:00:16 PM
1.80m how much is that
if you measure it the
American way using your
foot and thumbs?

5'11
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: PRIVATE RYAN on January 21, 2010, 11:14:59 PM
5'11

Dang, not 6ft
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Azn Muscle on January 21, 2010, 11:15:53 PM
When I was on the inside, the mexican gang members were shorter than the whites and the blacks.  But nobody dared to call them short.  When they passed by you, we didn't even dare look them in the eye.  A lot of these guys were MS13 gangbangers, and they basically ran the joint because of their sheer numbers.  One time I was in the courtyard, and one of the white skinheads got into a fight with this short Mexican dude.  He was a lot bigger than the mexican dude, but he was soon surrounded by 7-8 other MS13 members.  They beat the shit out of him, and when he was unconscious, 3 of the mexican dudes pissed on him, and another sodomized him.  None of the skinheads jumped in to help, because they knew if they did a riot would break out and even more of them would die because they were outnumbered 3 to 1.  So they just let that dude get beat to death.  That skinhead was left for dead and there wasn't anything anybody could do about it.  Some of the shit I've seen still gives me nightmares.  You don't mess with that shit.  I don't know how I'm ever gonna get used to the outside world now that I'm free.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 22, 2010, 12:17:36 AM
you dont need to be tall to be strong

jet li approves :-X

Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Captain Equipoise on January 22, 2010, 12:31:33 AM
I would say anything under 5'9 is short..

I'm 6"1 and my fiancee is 5"1
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: PRIVATE RYAN on January 22, 2010, 12:39:39 AM
When I was on the inside, the mexican gang members were shorter than the whites and the blacks.  But nobody dared to call them short.  When they passed by you, we didn't even dare look them in the eye.  A lot of these guys were MS13 gangbangers, and they basically ran the joint because of their sheer numbers.  One time I was in the courtyard, and one of the white skinheads got into a fight with this short Mexican dude.  He was a lot bigger than the mexican dude, but he was soon surrounded by 7-8 other MS13 members.  They beat the shit out of him, and when he was unconscious, 3 of the mexican dudes pissed on him, and another sodomized him.  None of the skinheads jumped in to help, because they knew if they did a riot would break out and even more of them would die because they were outnumbered 3 to 1.  So they just let that dude get beat to death.  That skinhead was left for dead and there wasn't anything anybody could do about it.  Some of the shit I've seen still gives me nightmares.  You don't mess with that shit.  I don't know how I'm ever gonna get used to the outside world now that I'm free.

I once saw a very bad
carcrash.

I've shot some animals
with a bow though.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 22, 2010, 02:34:04 AM
Dang, not 6ft

180 cm will never be considered short though, no matter where you are in the world.
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Post by: MORTALCOIL on January 22, 2010, 02:46:53 AM
Short? Me: 5,7. 5,9 is the medium frontier.Over 6,1, tall I'd say.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Meso_z on January 22, 2010, 03:22:48 AM
when i was about 12-13 i was 5'7.5 and now i am the same :-X.. i reached my maximum tall early!!..

your brain seems to have stuck in that age too
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: PRIVATE RYAN on January 22, 2010, 04:13:39 AM
180 cm will never be considered short though, no matter where you are in the world.

If I sport a faux hawk
I'll get 6ft, 1,84 no?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 22, 2010, 04:48:32 AM
If I sport a faux hawk
I'll get 6ft, 1,84 no?

Not sure if that counts. Does it add "impressive" height or do people merely think it's a silly haircut not adding to your stature?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: MORTALCOIL on January 22, 2010, 04:50:30 AM
He is well liked in his neighborhood.
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Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 22, 2010, 05:39:07 AM
your brain seems to have stuck in that age too

 ;D

no this happened 2 years later as i first knew about nasser when i was 15 :-X
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 22, 2010, 05:59:52 AM
;D

no this happened 2 years later as i first knew about nasser when i was 15 :-X

Must nuts be ridden every thread?!
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: CalvinH on January 22, 2010, 07:23:06 AM
Anyone shorter then me.
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Post by: Mr Nobody on January 22, 2010, 07:26:00 AM
 ;)
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Post by: CalvinH on January 22, 2010, 07:39:09 AM
;)



MattT,Coach,and friends ???
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Post by: BIG_STI on January 22, 2010, 07:42:14 AM
Anything swede and below
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Post by: _bruce_ on January 22, 2010, 07:46:44 AM
Must nuts be ridden every thread?!

 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Mr Nobody on January 22, 2010, 07:55:40 AM


MattT,Coach,and friends ???
I think I see kyomu in there as well ;D
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: CalvinH on January 22, 2010, 08:08:16 AM
I think I see kyomu in there as well ;D



Let's not forget swede!
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: leadhead on January 22, 2010, 08:40:08 AM
Any guy under 5'9". I'm 6'1" and all of my friends are over 5'10", most being over 6'. Hell, even my wife is 5'8"! Plenty of midgets posting here ;).
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: io856 on January 22, 2010, 08:45:15 AM
Any guy under 5'9". I'm 6'1" and all of my friends are over 5'10", most being over 6'. Hell, even my wife is 5'8"! Plenty of midgets posting here ;).
its a bodybuilding website what do you expect?
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 22, 2010, 12:14:36 PM
If you are asking Gary Coleman "hows the weather up there?" , you are one complete saw'd off dude.
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on January 22, 2010, 12:20:03 PM
Any guy under 5'9". I'm 6'1" and all of my friends are over 5'10", most being over 6'. Hell, even my wife is 5'8"! Plenty of midgets posting here ;).

Well...you have tall friends then.  ::)
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 22, 2010, 12:24:03 PM
Well...you have tall friends then.  ::)
Well this sports best guy   is 5'9.   Ronnie was 5-11 as was Haney and I think Dorian.   I think only Lou, Dillett, and my Governor.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: drkaje on January 22, 2010, 12:28:57 PM
Bodybuilding isn't a sport but may be one of the few places short guys have an advantage. Not talking jockey short, just below average in height.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 22, 2010, 12:33:59 PM
Bodybuilding isn't a sport but may be one of the few places short guys have an advantage. Not talking jockey short, just below average in height.
The shorter you are the more3 mass you'll appear to have.   I think Priest has made that apparent.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 22, 2010, 12:39:29 PM
This is a funny short guy that is going to be fighting soon

http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/01/21/matt-serra-speaks-his-mind/
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: The Showstoppa on January 22, 2010, 12:45:39 PM
The shorter you are the more3 mass you'll appear to have.   I think Priest has made that apparent.

appear is the key word.....they get dwarfed (no pun intended) when they stand on stage with full-grown men.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Doug_Steele on January 22, 2010, 01:12:45 PM
The shorter you are the more3 mass you'll appear to have.   I think Priest has made that apparent.

Have you ever met Lee before?? Dude is like a midget.  :D Nice guy but he is so damn short.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 22, 2010, 05:17:26 PM
appear is the key word.....they get dwarfed (no pun intended) when they stand on stage with full-grown men.
I've seen Priest "worm" Darrem Charles many of times.
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: regmac on January 22, 2010, 05:19:21 PM
Have you ever met Lee before?? Dude is like a midget.  :D Nice guy but he is so damn short.
Short, but his arms are like basketballs!  Actually I am 5-7 and he's 5-4 or 5-5 so he's not THAT shorter than me.   He's wider though ....and whiter.  oooops   :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: io856 on January 23, 2010, 06:57:45 AM
shorter guys have it easier to look bulkier... imagine looking like a tank at 200lbs! sure then you can use small doses and not so much food...
Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: GRACIE JIU-JITSU on January 23, 2010, 09:01:53 AM
I am 5'8" & my idea of "packin" is at least 8. ;)

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 Heard that before...
 The question is: can you take it nice?


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Title: Re: What do you consider to be short?
Post by: Kwon on January 23, 2010, 09:06:56 AM
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That's not Nicole Lollapalooza.