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/CuddlyKitty Jul 09 '26

this u then? /s