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It is NOT a blessing to be tall. I am 6 - 2 and I need a riding crop to keep the lassies off! As a result, I am shallow, callous and mostly indifferent to which woman I date for long. This makes me even MORE attractive since women go crazy too for that aloof, emotionally unavailable status that comes with being tall. Once in a while, a really hot tall blonde will make me go nutso, I loose my cool and then get heartbroken then its back to the real tall emotionally tightened me.
It is NOT a blessing to be tall. I am 6 - 2 and I need a riding crop to keep the lassies off! As a result, I am shallow, callous and mostly indifferent to which woman I date for long. This makes me even MORE attractive since women go crazy too for that aloof, emotionally unavailable status that comes with being tall. Once in a while, a really hot tall blonde will make me go nutso, I loose my cool and then get heartbroken then its back to the real tall emotionally tightened me.
Dude, you are seriously overdo for a reality check. IF any of that is true then it is NOT because you are 6'2". Many men are much taller than you and can't even buy a date, at least not from an attractive woman. Assuming you are attractive and carry yourself a certain way then perhaps it is that far more than your height that attracts women. I probably wouldn't look at you twice. "Aloof, emotionally unavailable status that comes with being tall". Why do some of you men think that everybody's impressed with your height. That sounds like a serious "Napoleon Complex" that many tall men have. And just because people are looking that doesn't always mean that they are liking what they see. Your statement makes it look like you think that any guy who is 6-2 needs a riding crop to keep the lassies off and that's why it's not a blessing. Oh brother.
You say Sly Stone is a notable exception? Then you must not be aware of Chuck Norris 5'8"; Jean Claude Van Damme 5'9"; Mel Gibson 5'10"; Jackie Chan 5'8"; Jet Li 5'6" ; Wesley Snipes 5'8"; Bruce Lee 5'7" ; Tom Cruise 5'7" (Last Samauri; Mission Impossible; etc.); Matt Damon 5'10" (Born Identity series); Mark Wahlberg 5'7" (The Shooter, Planet of the Apes, Red Zone); Toby McGuire 5'7" (Spiderman) and there are MANY more...NONE of the above is "over 6ft" ...and none of them are Japanese.
There are enough "exceptions" to disprove the rule. Certainly MORE action stars are over 6' but the ones listed above are some of the most notable. Action stars like Dolph Lundgren are actually B or C list at best. Arnold Swartzenegger, Clint Eastwood are notable A list actors over 6 feet. But if you compare ONLY the true "A" list actors who are legitimate "action stars" the results will not only illustrate that Sylvester Stallone is not an exception to the "rule" but that this "rule" of most actions stars being over 6' is not actually a "rule" at all.
You make a good point. And looking at this list. And now that I think about it, I believe that most of the A list action stars are under 6 ft. Most of them are. Now when I think of the A list action stars then I can't think to too many who are over 6 ft other than Steven Segal. There are many other top action stars like Jason Stathman who are also under 6 feet. I can think of many other action stars from different movies but if you're talking about true A list stars then not to many come to mind who are over 6 ft. I believe there may be more who are shorter than there are who are taller. Never thought about that one before.
Why do some of you men think that everybody's impressed with your height. That sounds like a serious "Napoleon Complex" that many tall men have.
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Now when I think of the A list action stars then I can't think to too many who are over 6 ft other than Steven Segal.
Two things:
"Napoleon complex" refers to short men, not tall men. It's an inferiority complex that some short guys have. (Napoleon was a short man.)
Steven Segal is not an A list actor, even in the action movie genre. Better examples would be Christian Bale (6' - Batman, Terminator), Liam Neeson (6'4" - Taken, Star Wars), or John Cusack (6'3" - Thin Red Line, 2012).
I am fully cognizant of who Napoleon was and this alleged "complex" that he supposedly had. It is based upon assumptions that people tend to make when a man is both short and ambitious. A tall man can have the exact same attitudes, desires, goals and even insecurities and people don't call it a "complex". Many tall men are aggressive just because they are aggressive, many short men are aggressive for the exact same reason. I've always found these amateur psychologists to be laughable in making this assumption. I meant exactly what I said when I wrote "That sounds like a serious "Napoleon Complex" that many tall men have."
To begin with, having studied my history I don't believe that Napoleon had a height complex at all any moreso than Alexander the Great; Julius Caesar; Ghengis Khan or any of the other military conquerors. They all certainly had issues though but assumptions are often made about Napoleon just because he was short. I feel that quite often people are just covering up their own personal insecurities when they even use that term.
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Dude, you are seriously overdo for a reality check. IF any of that is true then it is NOT because you are 6'2". Many men are much taller than you and can't even buy a date, at least not from an attractive woman. Assuming you are attractive and carry yourself a certain way then perhaps it is that far more than your height that attracts women. I probably wouldn't look at you twice. "Aloof, emotionally unavailable status that comes with being tall". Why do some of you men think that everybody's impressed with your height. That sounds like a serious "Napoleon Complex" that many tall men have. And just because people are looking that doesn't always mean that they are liking what they see. Your statement makes it look like you think that any guy who is 6-2 needs a riding crop to keep the lassies off and that's why it's not a blessing. Oh brother.
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Originally Posted by ShortMan's advantage
I am fully cognizant of who Napoleon was and this alleged "complex" that he supposedly had. It is based upon assumptions that people tend to make when a man is both short and ambitious. A tall man can have the exact same attitudes, desires, goals and even insecurities and people don't call it a "complex". Many tall men are aggressive just because they are aggressive, many short men are aggressive for the exact same reason. I've always found these amateur psychologists to be laughable in making this assumption. I meant exactly what I said when I wrote That sounds like a serious "Napoleon Complex" that many tall men have.
To begin with, having studied my history I don't believe that Napoleon had a height complex at all any moreso than Alexander the Great; Julius Caesar; Ghengis Khan or any of the other military conquerors. They all certainly had issues though but assumptions are often made about Napoleon just because he was short.
Call me crazy, but I thought it was "Sarah" who made that statement, not you? Or did I overlook your statement/post?
Call me crazy, but I thought it was "Sarah" who made that statement, not you? Or did I overlook your statement/post?
Dr Jekyll and Miss Hyde "must" agree with one another. Don't sabotage the plot now, LMAO, hehe
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Or did I overlook your statement/post?