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I can tell if somebody is 2 meter tall or not, and if they are 170 or 180.

Where are all these people that roamed the earth a bunch and still can’t tell heights?

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Unless you’re the same height as me, I’ll never remember how tall you are. I was mentoring some girl for half year and when she asked me to guess her height while she was sitting, I guessed ~170, turns out she was 180+.

Height just isn’t something I register about a person, and I don’t see why anyone would bother trying to remember stuff like that.

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I don’t mean remembering, I mean estimating, in person.

If a person tells me they are 190 and they are actually 185 I can tell. Can’t you?

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My height is 192 so 190 vs 185 would be easy to tell, but once you reach ~182 and below it’s all a wash. 180 vs 175 I wouldn’t have a clue. I was off by more than 10cm in my estimation when they were sitting in front of me, and it was a person I knew well.

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No but it’s because I’m American and those numbers mean nothing to me.

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Me too, if they are the same height as me or a bit taller then they are 2m if they are normal height then they are 170-180 and other than that they are sub 160

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6 points

the imperial system and its consequences

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Right? I’ve built enough walls and pitched enough tarps to know how tall six feet is.

I do admittedly do both more often than most people, but still

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