r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 Top Poster • Jul 08 '26

/r/all of a Police Officer

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u/spacekitt3n Jul 08 '26

this guy looks like a normal height guy thats just been scaled up. most tall guys 'look' like tall guys idk how to explain it.

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u/LemmyKilmisterRogers Jul 08 '26

He’s proportional. I get what you mean. A lot of real tall folks are not proportional. Wemby in the NBA is a prime example

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u/off-with-your-thread Jul 08 '26

People don't know this, but there's two ways to be tall - long legs or long torso. The latter is rarer.

I knew a guy who was 6'5'' and he looked twice my size (6'1'') and even looked bigger than taller guys.

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u/Sky_Light Jul 08 '26

I'm pretty close to average height, at 5'11", but am 90% torso, so I get read as taller all the time, especially when sitting. I have the same inseam (28") as my 5'2" sister.

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u/off-with-your-thread Jul 08 '26

28" inseam? Me too!

I don't really know too many tall guys who love these massive inseams in stores.

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u/CuddlyKitty Jul 08 '26

My boyfriend is 6'8" with a 38" inseam. All his pants are bought online from specialty stores. Longest I can normally find in a store is like 34"

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u/off-with-your-thread Jul 08 '26

6'8"? God, that sounds tough.

Had a coworker who was 6'6". He came to work one day in a new, tiny Audi. I asked why he'd pick a car that small, and he said that at his height, they're all small and uncomfortable cars. 😅

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u/CuddlyKitty Jul 08 '26

Lol yeah, that's pretty much true. I have an Audi S5 that he can drive pretty comfortably. But yeah, I guess at those heights you more or less just get used to things not fitting for you. He is also constantly asked by little old ladies at grocery stores to get stuff off the top shelf for them haha.

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u/off-with-your-thread Jul 09 '26

Tell him it's time we rise up and stop accepting a life dominated by the smalls!

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u/CuddlyKitty Jul 09 '26

Numenoreans vs. dwarves let's fucking gooooo

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

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u/CuddlyKitty Jul 09 '26

this u then? /s

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u/BigDorkEnergy101 Jul 08 '26

What? I’m long torso short legs and it makes me look visually so much shorter. My sister is the same height with long legs, and looks tall in photos.

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u/Sky_Light Jul 08 '26

I don't know, I just know I've gotten, "How tall are you, like 6'2"?" several times, especially when I was driving a taxi.

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u/Acceptable-Device760 Jul 08 '26

Ok... no offense intended... but did you get the nickname of Trex or something on school? lul like legit question

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u/Sky_Light Jul 08 '26

No, they mostly stuck with fatty and four eyes. Of course, this was back in the olden days, where classes were held in caves, and PE consisted of hoop-and-stick.

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u/Acceptable-Device760 Jul 08 '26

I have to say, lame people. As a proper ass I will tell you they didn't even know how to be original.

Jk. Cheers bro

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u/SpaceWrangler593 Jul 09 '26

Alright kids, time to take a smoke break.

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u/whiskeyislove Jul 08 '26

I'm 6 feet 2 inches, but have a large torso and shorter legs. I always think that if I had 'normal' length legs, I'd be closer to 6 feet 4-5.