(Pic from here–I found this site through Google, not because I knew the domain name…)
It was a slow day at work, so I wrote another post: Ambitious South Korean Parents See Tall as All. I caught this at 8A.
Evidently, South Korea is having its own War on Shortness. Unlike the approach that encourages eating more veggies (the jury still out on the effectiveness of that one), South Korea is doing it with hormone injections, acupuncture, aromatherapy, and other means. It sounds like this height business is pretty serious. Already the average height of high school senior boys is 5’8, which I think is pretty darn tall for high schoolers. (I couldn’t tell if it was median or mean.) Sheesh, good thing I don’t live in Korea. 
On a serious note, it looks like there’s a big economy developing around height in South Korea right now. I’m always leery about injections and anything that has to do with artificial hormones, and I hope that this doesn’t negatively affect the health of the poor kids who are taking them.
Before this height boom, Koreans had their own phrase to make short people feel better: “A smaller pepper is hotter.” Kinda reminds me of “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” The things we need to say to protect our feelings…
Now they’re full steam ahead with encouraging tallness. It’s all about becoming someone that others (literally) look up to.
The article also says that on TV, all Korean pop idols are tall. I wonder if this is true–Americans have a reputation in Asia for height, although we have shorties like Tom Cruise and Jason Priestley who have been extremely successful in media. But assuming all Korean pop idols are tall, why is that?
I had a conversation with someone about expectations of height and bulk while I was watching Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake. Kaneshiro has the height to be a big star in Japan, but he doesn’t have the bulk to make it in the U.S. He’s too skinny. That’s why bulkier guys like Chow Yun Fat and Rain are acceptable to the American movie studios as crossover stars, while skinny dudes like Kaneshiro and Andy Lau are not. They only make exceptions for skinny guys who can do martial arts like Jet Li.
It’s possible that there exists a height bias in Korea that could possibly surpass that of the West. On the surface, it already looks like it’s big in Japan.
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Actually Andy Lau turned down Hollywood offers when he saw what kind of roles Yun Fat was getting. It took him a very long time before he could decide for himself what sort of roles he could take instead of having it dictated to him. That and the racial stereotyping was probably a big decision for him to sticking to making Chinese films instead of crossing over and becoming well… we all know what kind of roles Asian actors get in Hollywood.
I’d say this is a good move on their parents part. Women seem to find that one of the most desirable physical attributes in a man is height.
“Ask any woman: Men who are 5-foot-9 — that’s average — or taller clearly have it over their more compact counter parts. 20/20 concocted a test to illustrate an indisputable rule of love: height matters.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR3YR1ZTonc
Fun video, Response, but that’s totally on the extreme!
5 feet is small, really small. If you’re an average American woman at 5’4, you’re literally half a head taller than a 5 foot male. I think they’d have a more useful experiment if they compared a 5’7 millionaire to a 5’10 non-millionaire.
Good point Wowo
I think when you get within a few inches of the average range of male height there is less of an effect. Another point I wonder about is if women takes a mans footwear into account when making this judgement. A 5’7 guy could get to around 5’9 in boots.
I’m slightly over 5’11 however some dress shoes puts me well over 6ft. Would a women notice this footwear advantage. I doubt it.
@ Response
From what I’ve heard from most women, they’d prefer a guy who is at least slightly taller than her in heels and if not, then he should be her height when she is wearing heels. of course, that’s just a preference, and not always a deal breaker given an inch or so to play with.
Most women don’t want a guy who is much shorter than her in heels, oR a guy who is way too tall for her. That looks weird too.
If you are small then you should also be FEARLESS. Everybody loves a short and plucky person. ^_^
Indomitable hobbits are an inspiration to us all.
“I’m slightly over 5’11 however some dress shoes puts me well over 6ft. Would a women notice this footwear advantage. I doubt it.”
In order for you to know if they’d notice you would first have to talk to them.
If not you’re just a chronic masturbator.
@ Raguel:
You and Response spend altogether too much time talking about each other’s junk. Spare the rest of us the imagery, bro!
^ Haha! Now that’s the type of quality retort I was trying to get from him! XD
@ Eurasian Sensation
Its just been a running joke or more to the point Raguel is a running joke. He mentioned in another post that he enjoyed spending his day jacking off to bangbus porn, wanting to move to the country where the girl was from. I mocked him about it looks like it hit a nerve.
In a lame ass attempt he’s tried to turn it around, failing as he usually does.
^ Who the hell talks like this??? XD
I think I understand now… “Response to Chr” is afraid to admit that he himself masturbates too, but maybe he never watches porn, and is perhaps afraid of his own erections, and would rather wonder if women notice his height difference in and out of dress shoes than ask them, and uses STATISTICS to figure out what women like in men.
NERD. Step out of the house, Response, and talk to women. You might discover that jacking off to porn isn’t the shock horror you imagine it to be.
LMAO
Raguel my issue with you is when we’ve disagreed with you, your only action is to call me a nerd/loser etc, then follow me to other threads and do the same even when your not invoved in the conversation.
If you want to talk shit be prepared to get it back. Almost all your posts begin with you trying to start something, classic internet tough guy.
I will correct you. We don’t have any disagreement, for the fact that we have never argued or debated any points of discussion or even broad issues. However you can learn a lot about a person by the way he or she handles conflict, and in this case, I have decided to learn more about you.
You see, in that other topic, where you were in that long drawn out back and forth “debate” with Chr – you remember that one, the one where you brought up STATISTICS to make some kind of point about Asian men that I don’t even remember because I can’t even be arsed – something about your story just doesn’t sound right. I smell fish, rotten fish.
Based on what I saw in there, you are a LIAR, and liars get no respect.
@response
you’re wasting your time trying to debate logically with Raguel. The weird idiot is either incapable or unwilling to debate facts. I suspect he acts like a tough guy in an attempt for internet respect from Bigwowo and it’s followers.
Treat people based on how they conduct themselves. Raguel chooses to troll. Flame him like the clown that he is.
Hey, Raguel, try and “not debate” this. LOL
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3Xu7Z3z-ExI/S6dfFTydRMI/AAAAAAAAAV8/6A-dO3iTNWU/s400/middle-finger.jpg
Very good, now you have another buddy to join your Butthurt Brigade.
Rag the Fag,
Stop it, you’re hurting my feelings.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa317/whitejuggalo12/e-thug.jpg
Homophobic terms = not allowed. We have gay people who come here, so please be considerate of them and watch the language. You can fight, but please leave the homophobia/racism/whatever at home.
Thanks in advance for your compliance.
LMAO! “Asianguy”, what are you? Five years old? Try coming up with more creative insults next time.
Unless you’re having some trouble thinking. You still seem angry from when I shat on your sacred PUA cow.
rag,
i’m amusing myself by flaming your posts, lol.
You’re an internet tough guy who thinks I give a shit about what you say. I think you’ve been donkey punched too many times Rag.
Raguel there is no doubt you are a massive pussy in real life, following
people to threads to get revenge cause someone called you
out on being the dorky loser that you are is the definition of butthurt
Keep up the good work tough guy
“rag,
i’m amusing myself by flaming your posts, lol.
You’re an internet tough guy who thinks I give a shit about what you say. I think you’ve been donkey punched too many times Rag.”
Whatever, Beavis. Now fuck off back to the hole you came from.
Rag,
I don’t take orders from an internet thug who fellates Byron for internet respect.
You sir are hilarious
http://stezziedee.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/go_fuck_yourself.gif?w=470&h=322
^ This illustrates the point I made to the other guy about honorable fighting, about insulting another person by attacking someone else. Why the hell am I a target in this discussion?
^ Once you get into homoerotic insults, it’s inevitable that the it expands to encompass other males on the board.
Yet another homosexual reference! Asianguy, what’s your fascination with homosexuality and homosexual acts? Does it secretly excite you? O_O’
Now fuck off back to your hole and ask yourself some honest questions.
King,
I think you’re right. If one of us is involved, some people gotta expand it to include us all.
byron,
you should take the fact that Raguel’s willingness to fellate you as a compliment. He looks up to you and seeks internet respect. I’m just stating the facts.
Rag,
I think you need to get off your knees and pull those cocks out of your mouth. You’re not making any sense.
Asianguy,
He never brought up any images of me doing the nasty. That was you. No one on this board thinks of me that way but you. While I am flattered, I hardly think it’s appropriate given that you and I have never even met.
LMAO! This guy practically spouts homoerotica in every sentence and I am supposedly the gay one here.
Does this “Asianguy” have the slightest bit of self-awareness? XD
Asianguy, stop abusing yourself in this manner. Have some respect for yourself.
LOLOLOLOL XD
And now that’s given you some pause Asianguy, go fuck off back to your hole to think about what you’re doing.
Rag,
lol, you sure are an amusing troll. However, your novelty’s worn off. Now fuck off back to the hole you came from.
Now he’s copying me! XD
The mental age of five years explains everything. XD
Rag,
Do you really think I take anonymous trolls seriously? anyways… I’ll be pretty busy for the rest of the weekend.
Flame you later when i get back
Awww you had to pop out of your smelly hole just to tell me that? You afraid I was going to do a little victory dance? How sweet.
When you come back, make sure you bring your Field Report with you.
Now fuck off back to your hole just like I told you to, varmint!
Guys, the trick to this flame war stuff is that you have to discuss the THREAD and call each other idiots based on the other person’s stupid misconceptions of reality. Then, you can throw in the personal insults as… well… like a garnish to a steak dinner! Y’know, like PARSLEY!
You two are doing it all wrong. You’re making an entree of the parsley! What we need here is some steak or chicken or something. One of you has to go back and reference the original subject. Then you can feel free to critique one another’s stupidity based on that. Your current meal is unbalanced and lacks nutrition.
Thank you for the pro-tip XD
Haha! Great analogy, King!
Another analogy: it’s more like hockey than boxing. The goal is get the puck into the goal by arguing your point about the main topic. You can throw an elbow or cross check an opponent on the way to the goal–and it can be funny when you send a man spiraling head first into the side or cause him to slip on the ice–but the main “entree” is when you send the puck sailing into the net. The goal–if you want to fight–is to tag the “opponent” while he’s trying to get a handle on the puck.
Rag, you’re such an internet gangster, lolol
Why are you still trolling this blog? I’ve verbally donkey punched you into stupidity, yet you persist. You must be a masochist.
I mean, I enjoy bitch slapping trolls like you for kicks but you’re a new level of pathetic. Do everyone on this blog a favor. Just leave now with what little dignity you have left.
Um…Asianguy? Did you see King’s last post? Korea’s War on Shortness? Or my post…hockey more than boxing?
Response: ”Raguel my issue with you is when we’ve disagreed with you, your only action is to call me a nerd/loser etc, then follow me to other threads and do the same even when your not invoved in the conversation.”
Rag: ” I will correct you. We don’t have any disagreement, for the fact that we have never argued or debated any points of discussion or even broad issues. However you can learn a lot about a person by the way he or she handles conflict, and in this case, I have decided to learn more about you. “
Just look at the above exchange. This idiot Rag, has CHOSEN to “LEARN” more about Response!!! Lol, omfg. Rag’s saying he has chosen to start a conflict with Response just for the purose of “learning” about another guy. Lol, I swear I literally LOL’ed at the creepiness of Rag’s comments to Response.
Rag: ” “Response to Chr” is afraid to admit that he himself masturbates too, but maybe he never watches porn, and is perhaps afraid of his own erections, “
This troll hypothesizes and has “decided to learn more about” another man’s masturbation frequencies and porn habits. Seriously, get a life.
Rag’s a troll. Trolls don’t understand logic or debate. They do however, react to flaming, which serves to amuse us all.
Okay, okay, he got the last word on the other thread, and you get the last one on this one. Fair? Shake and make up. I’m closing this thread and may reopen at a later time.