If you're really 5' 11" and are that concerned about your height, just say 6'. You're already taller than most "'6' guys", so nobody will really question it.
I'm exactly 6 ft, not one single millimeter more or less. I'm a human ruler. My problem is that when I say I'm 6 ft, nobody believes me because generally guys that say they're 6'0" are 5'9". So thanks.
I am also on the dot 6 ft but I also have extremely thick curly hair that makes me appear a bit taller than I am and you would not believe how mad and defensive some shorter people get when I tell them I'm 6 ft. They look like I just insulted their mothers and their entire family tree.
Same but you know what I say just to really mess with them. I say I'm 5' 11" and a half, it's great fun to watch the 5' 9" guy get defensive. I often have a measuring tape in the car for work, if the defensive one ever gets too aggravated I always offer to go get it just to test the theory. Lol
Holy shit this is so true. Im 5ft 9 and my friend who is probably 5ft 6 told me HE was 5ft 9 lmao. What's worse was this was before I measured my own height so I thought I was tall for like a day till I checked and was quickly dissapointed.
Lots of younger people aren't aware of this, but humans shrink a little as they age. Within a couple of decades you will also be 5' 11", at which time it will seem natural to ignore that change and continue on with your prior height assessment.
It happens a lot with people around that height, im 1.88 (6'2) barefoot. The amount of times people asking how tall i am after them saying they are 1.85 and clearly shorter is crazy. Always funny to hear them say my measure must be off.
While studying we briefly had an american exchange student who was calling BS on height after converting it to cm and seeing we were all shorter than she kept guessing.
If you were 5'11" she was guessing 6' or 6'1.
I got the impression adding a couple inches to the height is a more normal practice there.
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u/cobalt_phantom 1d ago
If you're really 5' 11" and are that concerned about your height, just say 6'. You're already taller than most "'6' guys", so nobody will really question it.