Short Man Syndrome.

Soft Falling Rain · 26-04-2014 8:37am

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

This thread makes for depressing reading (especially if you're shorter than average, like myself - although some responses would suggest I'm just about average). What's really strange is that I don't get it. I'm a very, very laid back kind of guy and have a couple of friends who are around the same height as me and they are all very relaxed people (some excessively so). The same goes for smaller people that I've worked with in the past. Any of the very tall guys that I hang around with tend to be the ones who would get in fights or be aggressive after a couple of pints. But I wouldn't think that this applies to all tall guys. You meet one small guy at a meeting in work, maybe you have an inferiority complex, and suddenly all small guys are dicks. I'm not even sure the OP sees the irony.

And that's forgetting the fact that Napoleon - apparently the genesis of the short-man-syndrome - was actually average height. It was just the soldiers in that painting (who were probably pretty aggressive) were so tall.

If we took everything to heart on the web it would drive us mad. Seriously, don't worry.

OneOfThem Stumbled · 26-04-2014 10:17am

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

This thread makes for depressing reading (especially if you're shorter than average, like myself - although some responses would suggest I'm just about average). What's really strange is that I don't get it. I'm a very, very laid back kind of guy and have a couple of friends who are around the same height as me and they are all very relaxed people (some excessively so). The same goes for smaller people that I've worked with in the past. Any of the very tall guys that I hang around with tend to be the ones who would get in fights or be aggressive after a couple of pints. But I wouldn't think that this applies to all tall guys. You meet one small guy at a meeting in work, maybe you have an inferiority complex, and suddenly all small guys are dicks. I'm not even sure the OP sees the irony.

And that's forgetting the fact that Napoleon - apparently the genesis of the short-man-syndrome - was actually average height. It was just the soldiers in that painting (who were probably pretty aggressive) were so tall.

Don't worry, the thread was just started by someone with a bin-laden complex who read somewhere that taller people should be paid more by virtue of their being taller, and was butthurt to be subject to a counter-example.

Although I must say I lol'd when I saw Robert De Niro being described as a "short-arse".

26-04-2014 10:48am

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Forgot to unfollow this thread. Just about to solve that one and leave all the small dicked people and the bitter women who married a small dicked man, behind:D

Venomous spite aside, this post is a masterclass in the nescient use of passive-aggressive smilies.

Daveysil15 · 26-04-2014 2:15pm

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

If we took everything to heart on the web it would drive us mad. Seriously, don't worry.

There must be a lot of mad people on boards then.

Toby Take a Bow · 26-04-2014 6:09pm

Karl Stein wrote: »

Dude, there is not one scintilla of evidence that there is a correlation between height and being an asshole.

I know. That was the point of my post.

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

If we took everything to heart on the web it would drive us mad. Seriously, don't worry.

Yeah, I agree. I don't really 'take it to heart' as in it doesn't make me angry or whatever. It's just a little bit depressing that people can reach their 20s and still think along these lines.

Shakespeare's Sister · 26-04-2014 6:20pm

Oh, people reach their 40s and still think in a stupid way - pay no heed!

It's certainly not the people of smaller stature who are coming across the worst in this thread.

(I'm just under 5ft 5" btw and I can't understand people going on about 5ft 7/8 as being tiny for a man - seems average height to me). I think "Small man syndrome" is one of those buzz phrases that people are at pains to believe, due to knowing one or two men who are small in stature and are arses (as if the same people don't know one or two tall men who are arses). I had a boss once all right who was small and a dick. People would go on about it being because of his small stature, which I found kinda strange. To me, he was just an asshole; height irrelevant. I have a manager now who is a very short man and a lovely person, as well as knowing numerous other small guys who are top notch.

Muise... · 26-04-2014 6:31pm

Magaggie wrote: »

Oh, people reach their 40s and still think in a stupid way - pay no heed!

It's certainly not the people of smaller stature who are coming across the worst in this thread.

(I'm just under 5ft 5" btw and I can't understand people going on about 5ft 7/8 as being tiny for a man - seems average height to me). I think "Small man syndrome" is one of those buzz phrases that people are at pains to believe, due to knowing one or two men who are small in stature and are arses (as if the same people don't know one or two tall men who are arses). I had a boss once all right who was small and a dick. People would go on about it being because of his small stature, which I found kinda strange. To me, he was just an asshole; height irrelevant. I have a manager now who is a very short man and a lovely person, as well as knowing numerous other small guys who are top notch.

People are weird, aren't they? It's not enough that someone is an asshole, they have to throw an appearance-based description at them too - short, fat, bald etc. When, as we all know, the only adjective that can hit any insult home is "thunderin'".

Karl Stein · 26-04-2014 6:47pm

Average height Irish male 5 ft 10 in

Average height Irish female 5 ft 4½ in

I'm very surprised by that. I would have guessed 5ft 8 in for women.

I come from a tallish family though, 2 x 6ft 1in (incl me), 1 x 6ft 4in, 1 x 5ft 11 and 1 x 5ft 09 (female).

shopaholic01 · 26-04-2014 7:30pm

Karl Stein wrote: »

Average height Irish male 5 ft 10 in

Avergae height Irish female 5 ft 4½ in

I'm very surprised by that. I would have guessed 5ft 8 in for women.

I come from a tallish family though, 2 x 6ft 1in (incl me), 1 x 6ft 4in, 1 x 5ft 11 and 1 x 5ft 10 (female).

I'm shorter than the average, I wonder do I have short woman syndrome? :eek:

WilyCoyote · 27-04-2014 4:40am

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I'm shorter than the average, I wonder do I have short woman syndrome? :eek:

I've put you on a pedestal. A 6" one. So how do you feel now?
And remember ........ men who put women on pedestals rarely knock them off!

Soft Falling Rain · 27-04-2014 7:14am

Magaggie wrote: »

Oh, people reach their 40s and still think in a stupid way - pay no heed!

It's certainly not the people of smaller stature who are coming across the worst in this thread.

(I'm just under 5ft 5" btw and I can't understand people going on about 5ft 7/8 as being tiny for a man - seems average height to me). I think "Small man syndrome" is one of those buzz phrases that people are at pains to believe, due to knowing one or two men who are small in stature and are arses (as if the same people don't know one or two tall men who are arses). I had a boss once all right who was small and a dick. People would go on about it being because of his small stature, which I found kinda strange. To me, he was just an asshole; height irrelevant. I have a manager now who is a very short man and a lovely person, as well as knowing numerous other small guys who are top notch.

It's ironic as the people who bang on about short man syndrome are the ones who tend to have chips on their shoulders. They're the ones who believe they are better than others.

professore · 27-04-2014 7:45am

Sciprio wrote: »

I'm 5'7 or 5'8. Does that make me a lost cause?

I bet you're 5'6. A mate of mine always says he's 5'4" or 5'5". You don't vary an inch from day to day. So yes you're a lost cause. We all have our problems, I'm 60% - 70% bald for example - BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ME AN ASSHOLE, RIGHT????? ASSHOLES

professore · 27-04-2014 7:49am

Definitely is true that that guy attacking the bouncers at a nightclub or trying to start a fight with random strangers is nearly always a short arse. Goes for dogs too - small dogs especially Jack Russells are mostly real asshole dogs. Sweeping generalisation over.

Wabbit Ears · 27-04-2014 10:52am

Everybody knows short guys with short man syndrome, mad that theres 15 pages of discussion on this topic.

Ann Landers · 27-04-2014 11:16am

Fudge You wrote: »

Whats wrong with being taller than a man?

I wouldn't be keen on being taller than a fella I was seeing, personally. Don't know why, but there you go. Call it preference. I'm only 5' 4" so it's never been an issue though.

On the other end of the scale, ~6' 3" would be my upper limit. I have no problem with shorter than average men, and being tall doesn't automatically mean a guy will have a bigger dick.

Ann Landers · 27-04-2014 11:22am

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Hey, I'm just being honest.

The defence of mouth-breathers everywhere.

[Insert hateful comment here] swiftly followed by squawking "I'm just being honest". Hello, Jeremy Kyle Show.

Ann Landers · 27-04-2014 11:34am

Candie wrote: »

Obviously the post lacked the requisite number of smilies for you to realise it was tongue in cheek, so here's some to make up. :);)

I usually pick up on tongue-in-cheek, but yours didn't read that way. Sorry. *shrugs*

Brussels Sprout · 27-04-2014 1:59pm

I'm just back from a meeting that was chaired by a fat, black arsehole of a man. The type that is nearly invisible if he was standing in front of a pile of coal. It got me thinking that over the years I've encountered plenty of black men who were complete arseholes. Much more so than white men (which I'd count myself as being).

This has become known as Malcom X Complex over the years. Does being darker than the ace of spades do something to the personality of black men? Is it over-compensation? Is it jealousy because white people tend to get paid more?

Shocking No? If someone wrote the above OP they'd, at a minimum get a tirade of abuse, and most likely the thread would be locked and they'd be perma-banned.

However this is the OP of this thread with the words transposed so that it's discussing a difference of skin colour rather than height. Why is the above so socially unacceptable whereas discussing a persons height in such disparaging terms is seen as fair game and a bit of a laugh? After all the short boss has no more chance of becoming tall then a black man has of becoming white?

OP you're just using lazy generalisations to slur somebody who you have an issue with. I've no doubt that he isn't a pleasant character but for you to immediately jump to the conclusion that this is due to his height says more about your own state of mind and prejustices than it does for his.

Shakespeare's Sister · 27-04-2014 11:41pm

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Everybody knows short guys with short man syndrome, mad that theres 15 pages of discussion on this topic.

People are discussing whether it exists prevalently though. Is a short guy who's an ass... an ass because he's short, or would he be an ass no matter what height? I'm inclined to believe that's usually the case. Like I said, I had a boss who was short and was a complete ass. He didn't seem insecure or defensive though; very confident actually. No hassle getting women etc. I'm very confident he'd be the same if taller.
Maybe there are short guys who have a chip on their shoulder and are extra defensive due to their diminutive stature, but it's pretty unfair and unpleasant for people like on this thread to say it's widespread.

ikarie · 13-05-2014 4:15pm

They maybe shorter than us but they'll definitely have the last laugh!

Shorter men live longer, scientists find

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/shorter-men-live-longer-scientists-find-30265640.html

http://cdn3.independent.ie/entertainment/music/article29116495.ece/d58bc/ALTERNATES/h342/PANews_N0221441362672869078A_I1

13-05-2014 4:18pm

ikarie wrote: »

They maybe shorter than us but they'll definitely have the last laugh!

Maybe they do, but no one can hear them because sound doesn't travel that far vertically.:)

I'm 4ft. 11.

D1stant · 13-05-2014 4:21pm

McDermotX wrote: »

Similarly to the reason small dogs are the narky ones -

'it's because they have to drag their balls along the wet grass'

That sounds like a plus to me

Caliden · 13-05-2014 4:24pm

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Shocking No? If someone wrote the above OP they'd, at a minimum get a tirade of abuse, and most likely the thread would be locked and they'd be perma-banned.

However this is the OP of this thread with the words transposed so that it's discussing a difference of skin colour rather than height. Why is the above so socially unacceptable whereas discussing a persons height in such disparaging terms is seen as fair game and a bit of a laugh? After all the short boss has no more chance of becoming tall then a black man has of becoming white?

OP you're just using lazy generalisations to slur somebody who you have an issue with. I've no doubt that he isn't a pleasant character but for you to immediately jump to the conclusion that this is due to his height says more about your own state of mind and prejustices than it does for his.

Chill out little fella

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 13-05-2014 4:35pm

There is no such think as short man syndrome. It is a myth. Why is this thread allowed to remain open?

37 posts I have reported from it and yet nothing. I am fcuking furious.

13-05-2014 4:36pm

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

There is no such think as short man syndrome. It is a myth. Why is this thread allowed to remain open?

37 posts I have reported from it and yet nothing. I am fcuking furious.

You're short, aren't you?

bootybouncer · 13-05-2014 4:38pm

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

There is no such think as short man syndrome. It is a myth. Why is this thread allowed to remain open?

37 posts I have reported from it and yet nothing. I am fcuking furious.

Back off Shorty !!!!!!!!!!!!