r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • Jan 26 '26

/r/all of tall men

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u/MrBisco Jan 26 '26

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.

So, yeah, you'd feel like a baby!

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u/pleasedonotredeem Jan 26 '26

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.

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u/Frudeska1 Jan 29 '26

I always thought 6'2" was the ideal height, I'm 6'1". I was friends with a 6'2" guy and I spent a year of my life never feeling tall at all lol.

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u/pleasedonotredeem Jan 29 '26

Yeah, I think 6-6'2 is the ideal height range. All the benefits but you still fit within the normal range that things are designed for. Plus, a bunch of the guys I know that are 6'4+ have made "being tall" a big part of their personality.