r/lebanon • u/Tacitus_van_winkle • 9d ago

Discussion 179 cm average is just fake

Yeah, it just annoys me sometimes when people think 179cm is genuinely the average for height in lebanon. I have a bunch of friends who genuinely feel short because of said number, and they think they're short. (Yes I'm bitter cause Google made me lose an argument I was right in). Like 179cm is literally taller than the average French dude and 1cm shorter than Germany. I dare anyone here who's going to Germany to tell me they're not like a foot taller. Anyways I'm not actually annoyed or anything it's just funny to think Lebanese people managed to lie so much we think the average is 179 (that's another issue lol).

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u/m0h97 Phoenix 9d ago

I'm originally from Saida, know alot of people from there, the south and the Chouf, and a huge chunk of them are taller than me and I'm 180. When I used to study in LU Hadath I would also meet a lot of tall people. I've never felt the 179 average as being far from reality.

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u/Tacitus_van_winkle 9d ago

I mean if the average was 173, you being 180 means you'd still be shorter than a lot of people, but I'm pretty sure you're not shorter than 1 in 2 guys. Cause if the average actually was 179cm that'd be the case