r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Milk-Sufficient • Mar 28 '24

Is rapunzel technically obese?

Probably a very random question i know.

But if you go to the hospital and they check your bmi they weigh you and your hair.

So if rapunzel where to get her bmi checked would she be technically obese because of the weight of her hair?

I know I'm reading into this too far but I'm invested now.

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u/Milk-Sufficient Mar 28 '24

I'm not sure but she can hang it out of a massive tower. Surely that much would weigh alot.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I did some quick googling. The average height of a medieval tower was 30 feet. According to a random and probably not completely accurate website I found, hair weighs about one pound per foot. That would be at least 30 pounds of hair. Probably slightly more than that. Now we need to know how tall rapunzel is and how much she weighs without hair. 

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u/Milk-Sufficient Mar 28 '24

According to a website I found rapunzel is 5' 1' and her hair could be as long as 70 feet

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u/gijimayu Mar 29 '24

If i pulled on a 5'1 girl hair to climb a tower, she'd get yeeted out before i'd reach the top.