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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 204 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 100 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Such techniques are often used to sell a conclusion with data that doesn't agree. Scaling, cropping, etc. Visuals are very powerful, and people will look at a graph and assume it's correct.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Agreed, it's total bullshit. This sort of stuff should be outlawed.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I was trying to figure out what was bothering me about it. Basically 1’0” - 5’0” is 1 tick mark part foot and then it’s 1 tick mark per inch. So basically you have a 12:1 ratio for the first 60 inches so it’s not a linear, logarithmic, exponential or any normal type of scale.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Or simply, according to the scale from top of the head to calves is only one foot. Their head is only an inch tall.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago

one glance and you'd assume that the average Indonesian man only comes up to the calf of the average man from The Netherlands

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Their feet starts at the 4 foot 8 inches mark.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 110 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java

Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java

[–] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Honestly, this graph was able to make me understand why such a small country like the Netherlands was able to colonise the Netherlands

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 104 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Worst fucking graphic ever lmao

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 months ago

It has to be a joke haha.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 82 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

This scale is totally wack. The feet of the human bodies in the graph don't start at 0 but somewhere between 4 and 5. Such a bad graph. That being said, we Dutch people are very tall and powerful and you should be terrified >:3

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am 7 inches taller than the average Dutch person. Which, by this graph, means I am 50 times taller than you.

Pee-wee.

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[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They have ridiculous accents, though. They got nerfed in the tulipmanie patch

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah, yes, Netherlanders are indeed 4x taller than Indonesians, but at least the Indonesians get better saving throws from their size.

[–] Scrappy@feddit.nl 16 points 3 months ago

Dont forget theyre naturally Lucky aswell!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kenyans aren't on there, but I have to assume they're pretty big given the 60' move speed.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

They're actually in the middle but their legs are twice as long.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I'm 6'4" (193 cm) and I felt totally average walking around Amsterdam. As opposed to being a mutant freak in Tokyo.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

In the US, it also depends on the area. At 6'4" you might be normal in Salt Lake City but a freak in Tampa. My wife is 6'2". In most places she is by far the tallest woman (and often person) in the room.

When we lived in Park City (Utah) she didn't seem as tall and often would not be the tallest woman there. It was fun to see.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

TIL that Mormons are just normal Americans that grew too tall and were driven insane by the altitude.

"So why aren't Dutch people all Mormon?", you might ask. Simple: cannabis and women with full legal control to do or not do what they want with their bodies are excellent inoculations against Mormonism.

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[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

6'2" is still 9 inches taller than the average woman in Utah. Is Park City some kind of extreme international anomaly?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't mean to imply that evey woman was 6'2"+ . Let me be more specific. In twenty years living in Louisiana, Texas, and Florida my wife never met a woman anywhere near her height with the exception of a set of basketball playing twins that lived in our condo building in Austin. We hit Park City and she sees women that are 6'0"+ pretty much daily. Not every woman, but also not unusual to see at least one. I do not know the reason for this.

EDIT: grammar

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

well to be fair the amount of people in Park City Utah that have Dutch ancestry is 1.219%

so on this chart its like half.

[–] Lynxtickler@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is already noticeable between Finland and England. According to the stats I've seen, the averages between the two are two inches apart. So, I'm average or just a tad shorter than the average man in the UK. In Finland I'm 5cm shorter than the average, and I kinda feel oddly tall every time I walk around in London because of that.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

If it makes you feel any better, you're a mutant freak no matter where you go, but some societies will be better at making you feel accepted.

[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Only time I ever felt small was when I stepped off the train in The Netherlands. (2m)

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

As opposed to being a mutant freak in Tokyo.

How I imagined the crowds around you in Tokyo:

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was the scale of this graphic decided on by an incel?

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 months ago

A Dutch one.

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So that's how the Netherlands colonized Indonesia.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Really weird that I've been skipping that exact video in my YouTube feed and then see this comment.

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[–] Atin@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Are they counting Homo Floresiensis for Indonesia?

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

I'm 188cm (6'2") and grew up in a fairly insular community of Dutch people and their descendants. I thought I was average height until I left that bubble went to university.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

RUMBLING, RUMBLING, IT'S COMING

[–] Axiochus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

This is an excellent shitpost and made me laugh very hard.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago

I like how Indonesian men are the same height as a Dutch man's knees.

[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I had to check where this was posted for a minute, thought this was Cool Guides lol.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

This scale is so exaggerated, I am short and know tall people, they do not tower over me like that haha

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

loll I remembering third grade being shown a graph exactly like this as the bad example, except they were using bags of money. increasing the volume of the bars instead of just the height

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Why are half the comments talking about the scale???? That's the joke, are they stupid?????

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 3 months ago

It's called Netherlands, those are all Enderpeople so obviously they're tall

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago
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