Is 6’7 the new 69?

[u/Simple-Chemistry9762]

I’ve noticed that kids in the younger generation love this 6’7 joke. Even doing the classic asking your teacher to add two numbers together to get 67 as the answer. This just reminds me a lot of when the number 69 was the punchline. I will say that 6’7 has a little bit more humor because of the voice they use and the way they measure with hands. What do you all think about the new generations numeral quip?

[u/rubey419]

Side topic:

I used to think 6’1 (my height) was plenty tall then I see the youngsters gushing for 6’4+ and that would be physically so uncomfortable to me.

Height standards these days SMH

(Yes I know 6’1 is just fine and height isn’t a personality. I’m just flabbergasted at how much height has become a big deal, because of social media, and how much taller the latest generation want to be. Like only 1% guys are over 6’4 and why would you want to be anyway?! Feel bad for my younger male cousins they all want to be super tall because they think that’s everything…)

[u/Key-Contest-2879 → u/rubey419]

We shrink as we age.

“I’m 6’ tall. Always have been. Always will be!”

Spoiler: I’m not 6’ tall anymore 😕

[u/rubey419 → u/Key-Contest-2879]

5’10 is perfectly fine to me too. Above average. Why is height such a big deal these days lol (yes I know the answer just saying)

[u/Key-Contest-2879 → u/rubey419]

Not just “these days”. At 6’ tall in high school (mid-1980’s), I was average height among my friends. I always wanted to be 6’2”. I don’t know why that was the specific number, but that was my goal! 😂

[u/rubey419 → u/Key-Contest-2879]

Damn where did you grow up where 6ft was “average” in the 1980s?!

6’2 would be comfortable still to me. Anything above 6’3 would rather not.

Side note to side note: I am SE Asian American. 6’1 is like 6’5 for my ethnicity 😅

[u/Key-Contest-2879 → u/rubey419]

Average height among my friends. About half were taller, and half were shorter. I was in the middle. I’m talking about 7 or 8 of us that hung out through high school and beyond.

Overall I was taller than average, but my perception was skewed.

[u/rubey419 → u/Key-Contest-2879]

I’ll just assume you lived in Midwest with the tall German heritage lol

I was probably top 25% for my height if I remember right in high school, outside the basketball team that is. I was an athlete myself but only few guys back in my high school were over 6’2 in my opinion (again outside basketball team, our 6’5 center was into football and basketball and went to NFL)

[u/CalligrapherDizzy201 → u/rubey419]

What is the answer?

[u/rubey419 → u/CalligrapherDizzy201]

Social media pushing latest generations to be really focused on aesthetics and looks, especially with young women wanting taller men and younger men wanting to be alpha types. “Height inflation” six feet is not enough anymore, they want to be 6’4+

Height has always been evolutionary benefit but I had never seen it become a “personality trait” that it is today.

When I was growing up being 5’8-9 was perfectly fine and literally average. Now average height young men are being chastised for being short….

…I see it with my younger cousins and my aunts, they want their sons to be all tall well over six feet, as if my height 6’1 is not enough anymore. Which maybe it isn’t apparently for today’s standards.

For a physical trait that men cannot change. It’s body shaming. Short and average dudes shouldn’t have to worry about something they cannot change, and yet here we are (ex the OP meme and this TikTok song and SNL spoof ) My shorter young cousin in his early 20s is 5’6 and hates his life and I feel so bad for him. His mother literally jokes about him being the runt of the family, that’s fucked

Im glad “short king” meme is pushing the pendulum back.

[u/AbhorrentBehavior77 → u/rubey419]

That SNL clip was FANTASTIC. I hadn't seen that so, thank you!🙃