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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 39 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I can tell if somebody is 2 meter tall or not, and if they are 170 or 180.

Where are all these people that roamed the earth a bunch and still can't tell heights?

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 21 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Unless you're the same height as me, I'll never remember how tall you are. I was mentoring some girl for half year and when she asked me to guess her height while she was sitting, I guessed ~170, turns out she was 180+.

Height just isn't something I register about a person, and I don't see why anyone would bother trying to remember stuff like that.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I don't mean remembering, I mean estimating, in person.

If a person tells me they are 190 and they are actually 185 I can tell. Can't you?

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My height is 192 so 190 vs 185 would be easy to tell, but once you reach ~182 and below it's all a wash. 180 vs 175 I wouldn't have a clue. I was off by more than 10cm in my estimation when they were sitting in front of me, and it was a person I knew well.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried having them to actually stand up?

She refused until I guessed... She even had the gall to act insulted when I was wrong

Guessing people's height also isn't something I do regularly. Might be why I suck at it.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

No but it's because I'm American and those numbers mean nothing to me.

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