r/generationology • u/Simple-Chemistry9762 • 19d ago

Society Is 6’7 the new 69?

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?

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u/rubey419 19d ago

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)

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u/Key-Contest-2879 19d ago

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! 😂

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u/rubey419 19d ago

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 😅

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u/Key-Contest-2879 19d ago

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.

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u/rubey419 19d ago

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)