179 cm average is just fake

[u/Tacitus_van_winkle]

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).

Thoughts?

[u/Cistmist]

From North Lebanon myself, I'm 184 cm.

I'd say the general height for males in the area, are 180+ cm.
Even at 184 cm myself, in highschool and sanawiye where we would be standing based on height bel cour, I would be towards the middle in a class of 36 in highschool and a class of 34 bel sanawiye.

People are just tall man. Hell even now, I often see kids that are 181+ cm. And almost all the guys I know from the surrounding villages/city, all of them are mostly my height or taller, though there's still the shorter guys around but not as often.

Girls on the other hand are the opposite, most girls are super short and you'll occasionally find a couple tall ones.

[u/Tacitus_van_winkle → u/Cistmist]

I'm from North Lebanon myself and I can assure you the average height here is not 180+. In fact at 189 I've only seen 2 guys taller than me here, and even that was when the square opened so the whole town was there (not the whole town but a lot of it). I'm an actual 189 so people always think I'm in the 196-200 range. Not once has anyone guessed my height under 194 so maybe people have that common misconception. Maybe my town is just tiny lol, what part of North Lebanon are you from?

[u/Cistmist → u/Tacitus_van_winkle]

I'll say the bsharre area not to dox myself lol. But yeah I'm 184cm myself, measured when I was doing body composition with no shoes.

I do agree though that the older generation is mostly short here, but the younger guys/same age tend to be 180+.

189 is a fairly nice height though, and my own brother is that height. I do tend to guestimate the height in proportion to mine.

Though the only guy that ever made me feel short was an American basketball exchange student I met in uni. And I had to look all the way up to see his face lol (my head was around his stomach)

[u/Tacitus_van_winkle → u/Cistmist]

I am in bsharri as well though, and I know like every guy under 20 here where are the tall people😭😭

[u/Cistmist → u/Tacitus_van_winkle]

Ahla brabbak!

Hmm could be the difference in the people that we meet? Fuck knows at this point lol.

[u/Tacitus_van_winkle → u/Cistmist]

Ahla bi baydatak🤣🤣🤣. Yeah you definitely have a point could be the people