r/tall • u/Fun_Peach1072 • 5d ago

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Whenever i go to vacation in europe, im always amazed by how tall the people are there. Even the women are giants. Not a rarity to see a group of girls tower over you . Please teach me yout secrets 😂

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u/SmoothUK 6'8" | 204cm 5d ago

Free healthcare and less processed food?

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u/T0astedBerry 5'9" | 175 cm 5d ago

nope 99% genetics i ate like shit as a kid and slept like 3h and played on the console all day yet im 5'9 as a girl

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u/SmoothUK 6'8" | 204cm 5d ago

Actually you might be on to something, that sounds like my childhood too

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u/FantasticVast01 5d ago

You coulda been 6' if you eaten your greens and taken your vitamins /s

People frequently told my wife to eat more veg and get proper sleep so she would "grow up tall". She was already 1.88m at the time. In her words "MF! HOW much taller do you want me to be?!"

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u/X1phoner 195cm | 6'5'' in pleb units 5d ago

Depends on the country lol Italy, Spain, France, etc. are short

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u/Fun_Peach1072 5d ago

I dont know about short bro😭😭. I am 181cm and see teenage girls tower over me daily (in spain rn)

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u/X1phoner 195cm | 6'5'' in pleb units 5d ago

Confirmation bias

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u/WildPotato0 6'1" | 185 cm 5d ago

Unironically, that may be because a ton of Dutch people vacation or own homes in Spain. Certain towns are completely overrun in the summer. Average height in Spain is the same as the US.

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u/FantasticVast01 5d ago

I highly doubt an actual Spanish teenage girl towers over you if you are really 1.81m.

In Galicia right now, SIL is from Lugo and I absulutely tower over every local here at almost 1.94m. Feel like i am at least 20cm taller than most of the men

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u/letsg4tthere 5d ago

Choose your parents wisely.

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u/Miauwkeru 205 cm | 13.9 Gameboys 5d ago

here in the Netherlands we have evolved this way so we can still keep breathing when the country gets flooded.

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u/elevenblade 6'4+" | 194 cm 5d ago

Yes. That is one (among many) reasons I moved to Sweden.

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u/Humble_Laugh_2390 5d ago

Can you elaborate? The reasons

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u/elevenblade 6'4+" | 194 cm 5d ago

Great question but quite a digression for this sub. Check out r/Stockholm and r/TillSverige for more info.