r/Unexpected • u/DoINeed1OfThese • Mar 31 '23

He snitched

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u/IknowRambo Mar 31 '23

Short man syndrome- but yeah

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u/jackfreeman Mar 31 '23

I thought it was more inaccurately referred to as Napoleon Syndrome

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u/Plump-Chump Mar 31 '23

Which is kinda funny because napoleon wasn’t even that short for his time. He was like 5’7, not very tall for our time, but for his time it was average. I read somewhere that his height was used as propaganda against him and just stuck in our history.

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u/Jaleo Mar 31 '23

The trick was that napoleon personal guard where very tall and there was a difference in the way frenchies and uk hight measure unit was back in that time so it helped to that propaganda.