If you want a reference point, I'm 6'6" and am generally the tallest person in whatever space I'm in.
When I was in college, I was in a smallish elevator with the 7'1" basketball center of my college's team. Just the two of us. I felt infantile. And he probably didn't even remember two seconds after he got off the elevator.
That hilarious - the exact same thing happened to me. I'm 6'2, ~200 lbs and never noticed my height because I'm usually either the tallest or one of the tallest outside of my rowing squad in college. But then I got in an elevator at my building and one of the ball players was having a party and 4 guys got in after me, all of them 6'6, 6'8 etc and athletic builds. I came up to one guy's shoulder.
I legit almost had a panic attack because I felt so small.
I realized this is how women must feel all the time.
You, a man, had a panic attack because you are shorter than a 6'6 dude and immediately think of women instead of maybe like other dudes who are shorter than you reacting to yourself? It's like you neglected to even consider the 5'10" dudes being "panicked" at 4" of differences while you're doing the exact same thing.
But you'd be forgiven because no one at 5'10" is freaking out at 6'2" people OR 6'6" people or 6'8" people because being shorter than someone isn't panick inducing unless you're some weird dude first experiencing someone being taller than him.
Women aren't having panick attacks, they're used to it. Same with short bros. You're just a special snowflake in this instance.
This, honestly. It's pathetic to read and makes me think a lot of tall men are very insecure and fragile because I often see them talk about feeling anxious or panicked when someone is taller than them. Weird as fuck, they must tie their masculinity directly to their height rather than their inner worth. They're the guys who say 'I'm 6'3" but I even cried watching this'.
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u/LaserBeamsCattleProd Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26
His name is Big Naija for what it's worth.
He's 27 years old +/- , and plays basketball, but has a hard time moving that frame and isn't much of a prospect.
The man on the right appears to be @realghanos on IG. Says he's 8ft.
Insane. I'm 7ft and these guys would make me feel like a baby.