• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Do you know what relativity means? You keep saying it

    A 6 or 7 year old child is ~120cm

    Average person 160cm to 170cm

    Relatively, a 3:4 ratio

    For a tall person at 200cm (6’6") that would be the same as 150cm

    Average woman is 160cm

    Yes a 200cm person standing next to a 150cm person looks like an adult standing next to a child height wise. Yet to them a 150cm person is much taller than 120cm. 1 foot difference.

    Why does your mind jump to “they look like they are with a child?”

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      22 hours ago

      Also to the tall person that isn’t the ratio of height of a child. They’ve most likely been that height since they were a teenager and think of the height of a child as the height that children are. Sure it may be waist height instead of chest height, but that’s how tall kids are to them. It’s not like you’re 25 and have been dating around for a while and suddenly grew 6 inches and are uncomfortable because women in your dating pool are suddenly a proportional height you associate with children.

      This is also amusing to me as a tall woman who prefers older women and keeps getting short ones.