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[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 134 points 10 months ago

That weird American obsession over men's height.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 40 points 10 months ago
[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And you know, the rest of the western world.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

We only use metric to seem taller. 186cm (and counting)

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz -1 points 10 months ago

Thanks to America

[-] orangeboats@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately not just America. Heightism is also prevalent in a big part of Asia.

This is most likely one of the quirks brought to you by Survival of the Fittest rule. Thanks, evolution.

[-] Kalladblog@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Don't blame evolution for some peoples' short sightedness

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 13 points 10 months ago

I see what you did there, despite evolution.

[-] orangeboats@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Well, tallness surely would be a preferable criteria back then! To a certain extent, it is a proxy parameter for fitness.

I just think we can actually use evolution to explain a lot of things that we do, it doesn't mean we should do it.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

In an evolutionary context, what does "should" mean?

[-] orangeboats@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

In the past, fitness (and hence its proxy parameters like height and other beauty standards) correlated to the survivability of your bloodline. So it makes sense that people are programmed, to a certain degree, to admire things like tallness.

Nowadays because of technology the correlation no longer exists, or at the very least it is much diminished. But the programming is still there right in our DNA, so as a people we should artificially override this natural instinct because it no longer serves a purpose.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Sexual selection is still a thing, and not to push eugenics or anything, but shouldn't people be somewhat discerning regarding the genetic health of their partner? I mean, we're still a ways out from using CRISPR to fix inheritable weaknesses, but until then, keep slamming shorties but save your baby-making for a tall Amazonian, right?

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