tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post111004739483078538..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: salute your local short guyjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110225322363194962005-03-07T14:55:00.000-05:002005-03-07T14:55:00.000-05:00I for one wouldnt mind some feral cat poems by LDM...I for one wouldnt mind some feral cat poems by LDM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110215060617670362005-03-07T12:04:00.000-05:002005-03-07T12:04:00.000-05:00I must pass along that some friends of mine, marri...I must pass along that some friends of mine, married couple late 30's, are roughly the same height. Perhaps he is ever-so-slightly taller than she, but the fact that she is often in heeled shoes, creates the opposite effect. My point? Any time I even jokingly mention that his wife is taller than him, this usually jovial and humorously self-deprecating man responds with a staunch "She is not!". Nothing could rankle him more...-Elizabeth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110163612156721852005-03-06T21:46:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:46:00.000-05:00Jeremy: all I know is that they told me I was 5'10...Jeremy: all I know is that they told me I was 5'10" and 1/4 when they measured me this fall at the doctor's office. <br />But your comment raises interesting issues of perception - even before reading that you were between 5'9" and 5'10" I would have said I was a smidge taller than you. I wonder if people consistently take an inch or so off the height of people that are just about their same height.Corriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799143877096841943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110162875013250002005-03-06T21:34:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:34:00.000-05:00Tall men, short men, chimps, feral cats, no wonder...Tall men, short men, chimps, feral cats, no wonder this is becoming a must-read Blog. EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110161725954679062005-03-06T21:15:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:15:00.000-05:00Chimps, feral cats,tall and short men .......This ...Chimps, feral cats,tall and short men .......This Blog gets better by the day. It's becoming a must read. EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110160599411409272005-03-06T20:56:00.000-05:002005-03-06T20:56:00.000-05:00So, it sounds like being tall and tenured makes yo...So, it sounds like being tall and tenured makes you a freak-like statistical outlier in academic circles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110155020195755722005-03-06T19:23:00.000-05:002005-03-06T19:23:00.000-05:00Corrie: But, wait, I thought I was a little bit t...Corrie: But, wait, I thought I was a little bit taller than you. How can I can be less than 5'10", you be over 5'10", and I be taller?jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110152448247648722005-03-06T18:40:00.000-05:002005-03-06T18:40:00.000-05:00If Jeremy's right about the eharmony rule, that re...If Jeremy's right about the eharmony rule, that really pisses me off. I'm sick and tired of hearing men complain that women only want to date tall men, but then not being willing to date a woman who is taller than they are. As a tall woman (over 5'10''), I'm taller than the average male, which narrows my prospects considerably. On top of that, I'm in academia where the men are even shorter, according to Jeremy. So basically, eharmony thinks I'm screwed - even before finding out that I'm fat. That sucks.Corriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799143877096841943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110144127928192902005-03-06T16:22:00.000-05:002005-03-06T16:22:00.000-05:00Chimps Gnawed Genitals!
This just in, folks, and ...Chimps Gnawed Genitals!<br /><br />This just in, folks, and leave it to mainstream media sources to keep readers puzzled and confused. As previously reported, Buddie and Ollie, two combative and unhappy chimps at a sanctuary in California, were gunned down after attacking a one St. James Davis.<br /><br />The first report indicated that Mr. Davis had his face chewed off. Wrong! His nose was pretty much taken off, but not his whole face, and according to the latest report, not only was his leg mauled, but so too were his genitals. Local wags have taken to calling the now deceased chimps the Bobbit chimps, in reference to Lorena Bobbitt who did you-know-what to her spouse. <br /><br />It remains a mystery as to how Buddie and Ollie got out of their cages but at least one mystery has been cleared up. It was the son-in-law of the sanctuary owner who capped the pair as they ravaged St. James male anatomy part, and you heard it second here at JFW, folks.<br />The Massabi RangerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110135522147231242005-03-06T13:58:00.000-05:002005-03-06T13:58:00.000-05:00The thing that makes me uncomfortable about some o...The thing that makes me uncomfortable about some of this talk, is that it sometimes seems that whatever a short guy does, this is attributed to his shortness. There are always a variety of complex factors behind someone's personality and achievement levels. Why, when anyone does anything out of the ordinary, say that it must be due to the most visually noticable thing about them?<br /><br />I've heard there are findings that when tall men act decisively, they're considered to have leadership potential, while short guys with the same behaviors are dismissed as pushy. Similar phenemona have been discovered for Jews vs gentiles, blacks vs whites, and men vs women. When there's something different about someone (in a way that lowers their status), we tend to let that influence our perception of them, whether by attributing all their characteristics to that one difference, or by being generally less kind in interpreting their actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110135028784338342005-03-06T13:50:00.000-05:002005-03-06T13:50:00.000-05:00Personal opinion here: I am likely to go for funny...Personal opinion here: I am likely to go for funny and active over insanely attractive, as attractive fades, but funny/sense-of-humor is worth its weight in gold. As regards the height thing - I am uncomfortable around men who are much taller than me, although if they were funny enough, that probably wouldn't matter :) I think that's because every relationship I have had with a much taller man has quickly disintegrated when I found out how shallow/selfish/egotistical/just-plain-crazy-in-a-very-bad-way each of them.<br /><br />On the whole, "short-men work harder" thing - Napoleon's reincarnation is very much alive and kicking and working in my department. He also believes he's god's gift to women, but has no idea that the expression on our faces is nausea, not attraction. Any sense of attraction is wiped out the moment he opens his mouth to speak. Just one example...jnsyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233806457907286178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110132981360087482005-03-06T13:16:00.000-05:002005-03-06T13:16:00.000-05:00I can't tell if that was sarcastic! So just in cas...I can't tell if that was sarcastic! So just in case it was, I'll clarify. The point about Napoleon is that the "Napoleonic syndrome" idea is where most people get the idea that short people over-compensate by overachieving. If the source of that stereotype was a misunderstanding, it casts at least some doubt on the stereotype.<br /><br />The reason for mentioning gout is not that I necessarily agree with this theory, but that it seems to me on the same level of pop-history or pop-sociology as height-based theories of heightened drivenness.<br /><br />Maybe, though, there really is a limited phenomena of short people becoming accomplished in some way, whether by publishing a lot of papers or getting really big muscles, specifically to compensate for the disadvantage of height. But it would be difficult to determine that that was the cause; if everyone assumed it was the cause, the person might start believing that it was the cause as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110131792472457622005-03-06T12:56:00.000-05:002005-03-06T12:56:00.000-05:00It's not really relevant to this discussion of ver...It's not really relevant to this discussion of vertically challenged men, but check out today's article on feral cats in the <A HREF="http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=31029&ntpid=3" REL="nofollow">Wisconsin State Journal</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110127051844559852005-03-06T11:37:00.000-05:002005-03-06T11:37:00.000-05:00Wow, Anon, you sure put me in my place with those ...Wow, Anon, you sure put me in my place with those observations about Napoleon and about gout. What was I thinking?jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110126380595255782005-03-06T11:26:00.000-05:002005-03-06T11:26:00.000-05:00It bears mentioning that Napoleon's height was act...It bears mentioning that Napoleon's height was actually pretty average for his time. His height sounds shorter than it is, since 5'2'' or whatever was in French, not English units. <br /><br />Now and then, perhaps, there is a short person who is especially driven, but is there any reason to attribute that quality to their shortness? Is the proportion of hard-workers or high-achievers really higher among short people? I doubt it. <br /><br />As the last post suggested, there are probably more short guys in academia, not because they work harder, but because more short guys choose academia, and because the ones that are there are promoted despite their height.<br /><br />Another theory of drivenness is that gout, which mimics the effect of caffeine intake, has been behind some of the great accomplishments of humankind. Alexander the great and such figures are sometimes said to have this disease. I had a philosophy professor with gout who's written something like 40 serious books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110125705943439692005-03-06T11:15:00.000-05:002005-03-06T11:15:00.000-05:00It could be that shorter guys work harder. Or it c...It could be that shorter guys work harder. Or it could be that for some reason, short guys end up in academia, and since academia doesn't promote you based on your looks or your leadership ability (and other things associated culturally and psychologically with height), the short guys stay around. Why do short guys end up in academia? Anxiety is associated with short height, and anxiety is associated with introversion, and introversion is associated with doing well in school. (Short height itself could cause anxiety, but it is also plausible that anxiety can stunt one's growth -- there is so far only a bit of research on this.) Also, taller guys are more likely to be selected into the popular groups of kids where other professions like business are more valued.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110123895108048622005-03-06T10:44:00.000-05:002005-03-06T10:44:00.000-05:00Dorotha: Don't you have a pal who lives with a pa...Dorotha: Don't you have a pal who lives with a painter? I remember you telling me that the guy is totally driven and paints constantly. Two questions: (1) Does he lead a promiscuous life? and (2) How tall is he?jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1110122741369399622005-03-06T10:25:00.000-05:002005-03-06T10:25:00.000-05:00so... do you ever get called an asshole? i mean, ...so... do you ever get called an asshole? i mean, you aren't short, but you are <EM>average</EM>. does that keep you in the asshole range?dorothahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612428988803385580noreply@blogger.com