Theres no such thing as average, everyone above 5 8 is tall and everyone below 5 8 is short (5 8 people arent real) Edit: its been 2 weeks and im surprised how many people fell for the bait lol. For clarification, i am shorter than 5 8, and also a girl 💀
average is being called tall and short all the time. nobody will believe youre average... until you reach the kneecaps AND the shelves. then that's when people get scared
As a short person who is constantly perceived as a child, I related to this video SO MUCH. It doesn't help that I have "childish" interests either. T^T
I feel your pain. In high school, I was the shortest kid in my grade! Everyone treated me like a child and I was very hurt, but I was actually just a late bloomer. I do have tall genes, but they just kicked in a little later.
No worries about being shortcake like you said everyone will understand what your going through one day just know that you have a lot of support ❤hope that helps👾🥰
I’m the same height as you and I can relate to this a lot 😭 a bunch of my friends tower over me even if they’re only seen as average or short, they still have me to feel better lmao. One thing that sucks is that sometimes people make it seem like I’m a lot shorter than I actually am, or even that I’m the shortest person they’ve ever seen. Though I’ve gotten used to it it still gets to me every now and then. It’s even kind of embarrassing too because I’m pretty much the oldest out of my friends. I’m glad you’re trying to find solace in being short, I’m also trying to myself😭
@@ChupacabraRex Yup. In Russian (not really a saying. just a phrase) that would be "Расти вширь", which translates to "to grow in width" (God damn Slavic languages, where even native speakers have to look up, whether or not to write it "вширь" or "в ширь")
Same. and I still do. someone even went as far to say, "Are you lost looking for your class little boy?" (My school goes from Kindergarten-8th grade) and yes, while i do look like a fourth grader or maybe an even younger grade, people meme on me a by also saying "You look like a 4th grader" "You can easily blend in with these younger kids" "my younger sister is taller than you" etc. and it's really hurtful to me. being short is both a blessing and a curse. I can't reach anything on the top shelves at stores without the help of an employee
This was so relatable to me I nearly cried. I feel like I'd be sooo much more confident if I was just a bit taller, especially considering I live in a country with one of the tallest average heights. No one ever takes me seriously so it's hard to take *myself* seriously. Worst part is I actually think I'm pretty good-looking otherwise so I assume the reason people don't hit on me is because they're afraid to go to jail 💀
Same but I also see it as the saddest thing ever, because personally despite being just 5-10 cm taller than them I've never been infantilised to that degree where people talk to me with a like pitched up voice and stuff
i relate to the first part, i hit puberty kind of early, during 10-12 i was taller and looked older than most of my friends\classmates, now the tables turned and most guys my age are taller than me 😭
Sameee, ive always been the tallest in my class till 5th grade.. i stopped growing and all my classmates grew WAY taller than me. I even get teased on by my friends a lot😭
It's crazy how 5 inches can change someone's perspective. I'm 5'2" and I'm literally the perfect hight. I can reach everything, and I never bonk my head. My mom is an inch taller than me and she hits her head fairly often. My hair just barely grazes the top cupboard door when I open it. Whenever I walk through stores it's like everything is built for me. Tables are at the perfect leaning hight, chairs are perfectly aligned to my knees. But international travel makes me feel like I'm a 6 year old 😂 The average height in America is 5'4" but the moment I step foot on international ground, the average hight is 5'7". Everything is too high, the tables go up to my shoulders, and I have to scale some of the chairs.
As a 4’11 Filipino girl, i can totally relate to your struggles as a short person. Like, the feeling of people towering over you and is seen as a baby is very funny yet embarrassing at the same time (especially when you’re the older person in the room yet still the shortest among them. Even my little sister is much taller than me, it’s kind of lowkey embarrassing for me as the big sister. 😂) I’ve experienced the amount of anxiety whenever I even go to a certain place that involves people in general, it’s not a serious thing being a short person in the Philippines but when you mentioned that you grew up in the US and has a half-Filipino and American family, i can tell that there’s not much short people there that has the same height mark as you.(I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong with this one.) but nonetheless, I think being short is a blessing and a curse at the same time, seeing that some people still appreciates us short people while we kept struggling the regular normal stuff everyday, and is just another add-on to our cute nature. Thank you for making a video about this topic, it really helps me appreciate myself even more.🩷 (Also, I also noticed that you’re a strawberry shortcake lover just like me.🍓😃)
I'm a 4'10 African American and I feel your pain 🩷 My driver's educator thought I was a child or 15 years old. When I told them I am 18, they were shocked.
4' something 30 year old man here, and I'm sick of every interaction I have with taller people being so degrading. I remember one time, a good five years after graduation, I was with an older neighbor and friend of the family, and I asked him for help with finding a job and dealing with interviews and such, because god knows my high school and parents couldn't be bothered. The guy had a good ten years over me, to be fair, but he just ignored my questions and launched into a "When I was your age" lecture like I was a bratty middleschooler and started going on about responsibility and doing chores. It's been 6 years since then, and I still can't have a normal conversation with anyone. And then people have the nerve to question why I keep to myself! [EDIT] Finally managed to scrounge up a functioning tape measure. Turns out I'm closer to 5' something since the last time I checked. Doesn't change anything. Still short and angry.
I am 6'4 and at 23, I also get these "when I was your age" lectures from people I have no relation with. At times from people who aren't even 5 years older than me. Like I once got some lecture from a 23 year old when I was 19 or 20, she talked to me as if I was a special needs kid, despite us working the same job It's something people do to display some kind of superiority, to rub into your face that they're more mature and wiser and all that shit. Comes from insecurity ultimately I think
@@juannaym8488 Some of these people I can understand though. Most of the time I don't really think it's out of insecurity, rather just genuine advice coming from someone who's pretty bad at explaining things and/or assuming too much. People change a ton even over 3-4 years, especially when they're younger. I know that it's probably annoying as you say it happens a lot, but keep in mind that not everyone really means ill intent even if their advice seems stupid.
@@neztech. You don't give genuine advice in a condescending tone. I can accept advice and see it as well meaning. But when someone gives you "advice" and talks down to you when they give it, there is no good intention
I’m a 5’5” fifth grader, aka 165.1 cm so I don’t know about your struggles with being short. But I have a lot of 4-5 foot friends so I’m sorry for your struggles as a short person (I apologize on behalf of the tall community) and please don’t listen to these people who make you uncomfortable/the things that seem out of place, because it all happens for a reason. Also, one thing that’s happened to me, I couldn’t reach a bottom shelf in class because the art room in my school has to be suitable for all the kids, I asked a short friend of mine to pick something out of the shelf for me, and she got so mad. Like she said stuff like “I’m not your maid” bla bla bla, which is reasonable. But she also said that it’s different for short and tall people, which is true. I said something along the lines of “tall people have struggles too!” And she said “*insert scoff here* no you don’t. You’re so tall and ‘smart’ that you think everyone is in your world. Get it yourself.” Plot twist, I actually slipped and fell while trying to pick up the object, so moral of the story is, people of all heights help eachother out.
Looks like not all small women need head pats. As a tall person, I value their feelings and will only talk the way a height conscious woman would prefer for me to talk. Keep doing you, girl. You got this.
this really opened my eyes to how ive been treating my shorter friends, and taught me how my jokes may be making them feel. thank you, ill try to do better with treating my short kings and queens with respect the same way i do with anyone else.
:D Glad ur the type of person to listen to other ppls thoughts and feelings. Sometimes jokes are ok but I guess there are ppl that over do it or joke on new ppl they don't know. Anyway just thought it was cool what ya said
Man the infantilization bit hit quite deep. I'm not short but I have autism and people seem to have a samn "gaydar" for it lmao. A lot of people talk to me with more tenderness and while I can appreciate it sometimes, it really makes me feel like a child being tended to. It's hard to explain but I can feel it.
Most of it just comes from body language and the confidence in which you speak, imo. It definitely makes people take you less seriously and treat you with more of a filter when you're on the low end of those qualities. Nothing people can't change, though.
Damn, I might do this sometimes. In my mind, I see a lot of people with autism talk about tone indicators and getting confused with sarcasm on the internet, so I try to be more intentional with my words since I naturally have a dry sense of humor especially when I’m tired. I’m now realizing I may be coming off as infantilizing but at the same time i don’t want to confuse people with my words lol.
@@jackalplays5178as another autistic person, that's not usually the problem!! What makes ME feel like I'm being talked down to isn't explaining a joke or being clear, it's that you can often hear people's voices go up in pitch and soften like they're talking to a toddler or small dog. Like they're asking about my day but It sounds like they're about to offer me a dog treat or ask if I need to call my mommy to be picked up >:( Sometimes someone will talk to me normally, find out I have autism, and then CHANGE how they talk- again, not in clarifying things for me, but in talking around me in the third person like the video talks about, and again in talking to me in the same voice they use for small children and animals. Being accommodating is great! It's important to honor disability accommodations and help make sure we can get a foothold so to speak. It's about respect and seeing someone as an equal.
I’m really short and I’ve been made fun of a lot and called “the short one” by my friends. It’s good to see others people including you going through the same which makes me feel like I’m not alone. :D
Im glad your on the path of respecting yourself, everyone does need to go through that major path in theyre life, as for me i believe im just an average, i wish you luck on your path
I was tall as a kid, and I looked like a teenager so I wasn’t really treated like a child. It made me miss being treated like a child and being allowed to act like a child without being called weird or childish. ALSO I LOVE YOUR ART STYLE AND POSITIVITY, YOU GO GIRL ✨❤️
I'm a very very skinny 5'0" person who struggles to gain weight for some reason, so this is an incredibly interesting video to me. I relate in when we're treated as younger though. I feel like when you're so small on both ends, you end up being both infantilized and sort of... fetishized, as well. One of my worst experiences is most definitely when I've been incredibly sick due to being underweight and people (who aren't doctors) tell me that my body weight is the "most ideal", or when people have asked how old I am, or asked if I was a teenager, before I tell them I'm an adult, and then they change their tune and begin to try hitting on me. A scary ick.
BRO, I am also a mega skinny person. 130 lbs but 6'7. I really do also hate it when people say that we are the "ideal weight" or that they want to be as skinny as us. It really needs to be changed to lean weight, cus being super skinny is not very fun.
The some reason is, that it's actually easy for short people to lose weight. The actual caloric NEEDS are the important thing, and if you take the adult position of securing your own meals it's way easier to just, not eat, because you're not going to be hungry. And that's why "the patriarchy" has for centuries told women to get more meat on their bones, their LIFE very often depended on it. Many wouldn't survive to adulthood because they wouldn't learn to apply themselves even to do some digestion. It's the PRIMARY purpose of being active, not gaining mass or anything but simply that your gut will function. The problem short people come up against that they're really only hungry for socialization in a rich western country, so because they don't have to work in some Congo cobalt mine, their time actually is occupied with using the opulent services that those Congo mines service like McD's having blinking monitors for a menu display. There's no shortage of jobs in Samsung factories, assembling more tech into your selfie camera or youtubing machine. It's just called a bad job, like being a plumber, because it's ACTUALLY a job. What you got here is some real princess and the pea situation and I'd send you out the door in a nanosecond. Maybe toss you a rock climbing pick as a parting gift.
I was also very short and skinny as a kid. Eventually fell very ill at 17. I eventually found out I had several nutrient deficiencies, and some food intolerance which took me a while to realise. Try Elliot Overton to find out more info.
God I feel this one in my bones fr. 5'0 here and yeah it's really hard for me to gain weight. Like I can pack away a ton of food, work out a ton (did 2 years of weightlifting and still stayed the same damn weight throughout), but yet can't seem to gain a single ounce of mass whatsoever. I can lose it easily due to high metabolism, and the annoying part is being able to find ANY clothes that fit me pants wise that aren't designated in the kids section. Shoes, bras, socks almost every time as well, even gloves :/ The annoying thing with being skinny and not having much body mass is the fact that you randomly will pinch yourself or hurt yourself like laying down in bed and turning over and s o m e h o w, a section of your side gets pinched between a rib and you have to sit upright, now wide awake to adjust the discomfort = v = The infantilization is extreme, like with any other adults, including those who are my age, it's met with lack of respect commentary, people treating me like a porcelain doll that might crack or shatter if I do something too aggressive or "extreme" for me, or never looking or sounding my age and people assuming I am much younger or much older (this varies from situation to situation, but more times than not it's a negative thing :/ ) It's frustrating man, and it also doesn't help either that when I wear clothes that I feel confident in or cute in, it's either met with more babying OR objectification out the wazoo. Like let me wear overalls and not be treated like a toddler, they are comfortable and have multiple pockets that are deep and durable. Let me wear tall platforms and cute decora/goth/lolita style shoes, no I am not a stripper or a whore, they are comfortable, give me height, and help me balance better with more weight at my base. u - u
I relate to the infantilization part a bit. Not only am I as short as a kid(I'm 4' 11"), but I also LOOK like a kid too, and it's always been like that. I looked like I was 7 when I was a 6th grader, and 8th grade girls would sometimes say "aww" when they saw me despite me only being two years younger than them(but granted I was also acting pretty immature back then). I'm 19 now and still look like I'm 13-14, and I'm worried that because of that my love life will be non-existent. What girl would want to date a guy that looks like a preteen? I've been able to cope a lot better knowing that I'm way shorter than other guys, but as more people I know start dating and having girlfriends the more worried I become that won't be really possible for me. But I've also heard you are supposed to work on improving yourself and building confidence first before you try to date, so I might just do that for right now.
@@KenanLaudat-tp3bp bro tf you mean 3'5 or 4 feet like bruh what school is that, smurf school? Like how is it possible to just have these small ass people like i thought it was rarer than that
I hit 6'3" as a freshman in high school and stopped there. The desks were so small I had to get permission to use a folding table and chair for my classes. To this day I either sleep in a queen size bed or a hammock because anything smaller has the chance of my 3' arms whipping over the side and slamming my hands into a wall or dresser. Between the joint/back/neck issues and the strain on my heart (apparently hitting that height so early wasn't good for the old ticker), I've honestly wished I hadn't ended up so tall. At least not as quickly as I did. PS: Another thing I found funny is how the house I bought, I had to rehang all the mirrors because they were to low and will have to replace the toilets because they are too small and short.
this is the first video ive watched of you and you remind me of sucy manbaveran, lotte jannson, and fluttershy all at the same time but mostly the first 2 (also good video)
Honestly I’m 6,1 & im jealous. Like you get to walk through a doorway without smacking ur head. Gave myself a concussion once because I tried to run into my kitchen because i smelled burning & slammed my head into the archway.
Feel ya. I'm 6'2 myself and it's just kinda uncomfortable to even feel the doorframe close above my head. I always think to myself, how the actually really tall people have it, must suck :(
I'm tall and, yeah, I have back problems-pretty common for tall folks. I have a lot of short friends, but I don't treat anyone differently based on height or disabilities. I respect everyone equally because that's just how I roll. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter your size, color, or eyes. We're all human. 😊 Never feel bad for who you are. We are all made perfectly.
i’m 4”11 and i’m so happy to know someone who’s my height 😭 yes the struggles we go through are countless, but us short ppl have to stick together!!🌸i love your videos sm, keep up the great work!
@@achannelname6219 I’m not saying it is the same. Those are two completely different experiences. I’m saying that people don’t talk very much about some of the more serious aspects like getting bullied, the fact that it’s not as safe to drive, struggles with weight loss, etc. I’m well aware being short is not a disability, I would just love to open up conversation about being short that involves some of the more serious aspects that are less talked about
Im 4’10 and 18 and i have never felt so seen lol. I relate to everything in this video. Feeling out of place in photos, weight loss problems, being infantilized, I always felt silly for feeling upset about it but it really does hurt your self esteem lol. It makes you feel like people see you as stupid. Thank you for making this video!!
I’m 5,3 at 14 and Idk how to feel. For a majority of my life I felt so much pain about being little and not being big. I always wanted to be just HUGEEEEEE to help shorter people
I am 6'5, so I have a pretty good view on the other side of this problem. Well you struggled to reach everything, I was at Walmart 30 minutes ago, and had to help three separate people get things off of higher shelves. I have need problems, and I'm literally 19 years old. I physically cannot fit into any of the cars that I've been looking into buying, the smallest that I can comfortably fit in is a Kia soul. I also struggle with the opposite problem with weight. I consume around 3,000 calories every single day, and that is just to stay stable. If anyone has any questions, I would love to answer!
YES AHAH ANOTHER FILIPINO ANIMATOR/ARTIST! ANOTHER ONE TO THE LIST! (my current list of Filipino animators so far: ross mo, shar aka Sharlene Yap, xrayalphacharlie aka Xierra, shortcxke)
Something I wanted to add to this video is how some people would use being short as an insult, in any sort of argument they could just say “Oh I know you’re not talking shortie!” and how you can’t really say anything about that because you ARE short but it’s not something to be insulted for. I’m the average height (5’4) but I still face people who are maybe like 5’9 or something telling me that my opinions suddenly aren’t valid because I’m a few inches shorter than them, which isn’t and will never be true.
Considering that at the age of 16-ish years old I was the bottom rung in a human ladder in a team building exercise with two other chonky teenagers and the tall kid in my grade (I think he was somewhere around 6'6" but not certain definitely somewhere in the middle of the 6' height range though) during a school camping trip, pretty sure that wouldn't be a problem for me. Must've had over 400 lbs of peer group relatively easily standing on my shoulders.
I so get you with the getting treated like child because I’m autistic and even know i am tall for my age people still treat me like a baby and it always makes me feel so bad inside I get that they probably think they are doing the right thing but it always makes me feel so wrong in this world.
As a 6'4 individual, I know my role in life. So I lift weights and stretch as much as I can, so I can carry/reach whatever needs done. Whether it be objects or lifting my smol frens. I've occasionally carried my not so short frens. One of them sitting at around 370lbs, not a complaint outta me! This is what I was made for! Get you a tall fren who's sole reason for exercise is to carry you when you can't carry yourself anymore.
I’m a short person about 4’9 and let me tell you, everything you said in this video I can relate to. When walking up the stairs I always have a butt up in my face. Especially how everyone gives you the baby talk omg it gets annoying. It’s okay at first but it really does feel like I’m being treated as a child. Love your art style 🌸🪷🩷
Wait, people actually do that? That's rude. I'm 6'4" and I've known people who's head barely reached the bottom of my ribcage and I'd never even dream of doing babytalk at them. What the hell?
6:57 OBJECTION! as a 6ft 193cm tall person, I get to suffer from back pain, higher food costs, incorrect medication dosages, being expected to be “strong” or lift large objects by my self, needing to lean down to use a counter top, constantly ducking through doorways, smashing my feet and knees into everything and anything, having fun fitting onto a toilet either because it’s placed for someone without legs or arms or is small enough to bruise my butt cheeks, constant clothing issues either being too tight or too short in one dimension or another (example tight sleeves, short torso, tight tall torso, tight neck holes, super wide short torso small sleeves) I would love to see this high paying job based on height.
I'm a lil bit taller than you. I'm 4'10.27" or 148 cm. Yea, I feel you. I'm shorter than my mom (a lil bit) and dad, and yes I got asian genes. I'm from Indonesia so my height isn't really a problem here, but here is the problem. I have a plan to move to China for college and you know people there must be pretty taaaaaller than me. I'm 13 but I have a condition where my bone age is actually 15 years old, also the last time I checked to the doctor my growth plate is almost closed. I really wish that I can be at least 160 or 165 cm. I'm still trying now, searching every way on CZcams and Google. I wish the best for you, all of you who are reading this (and watching this video), and also for me :) Your video also made me feel more confident about my height, thank you. :D
I'm 4'3 and 16,i feel you! I sometimes get physically bullied in school and I once got pushed off the staircase because of a cute crowd in elementary school, I looked like a toddler then so I'm pretty proud of my height now
I genuinely cannot imagine being at that height. I'm a tall dude (5'11 at 15), so I've only seen the world and people from that point of view. Thinking about dropping even a few inches kinda breaks my brain a little bit. I'm glad that you are proud of your height though.
At first I was just sad about it, when they made fun of me for it at school. Later in life it became a running joke, which I embraced, and now I make a poker face everytime someone tries to ridicule me for it, because it became boring.
As a fellow Filipino, I can feel you mate with the photo bit. I have buddies that stand higher than my doorway but I am proud that I made some good friends in the end. #ProudtobeShort 😁
This reminds me, there was this Japanese woman who made a 3 book series about the ins and outsof being 150cm. Nice oc, hair looks kinda like a lotus flower
4'11 enby here, I used to work as a hospital prep in the kitchen I struggled getting all the other stuff my co workers were so easy to get. I can't wait to go work there again as soon as I can, I had wonderful co workers who understood that I am "short".
Oof, my enbyfriend is a smol bean too. I didn't reallize how annoying being short was as well until meeting them. Hugs and bugs for all the short monarchs and kings ❤🐜
I'm am enby too and also 3cm shorter than her 😭 being treated like a 5 year old is an everyday thing, not to mention I live in a homobhobic country so that just makes it living hell
IM ALSO 4’10!!! (im almost 18 too)😭!! I relate so so much to this video I cant even begin to thank ya for makin this video! Being super short does make living in a tall world harder but Its even weirder when you’re not noticed as a short person. I totally get the “infant” perspective and ngl its hard to brush off, but knowing other short ppl feel this is so relieving!🙏😮💨 SHORT GANG FOREVER
4'11 and I hate sun vizors! Crowds too, but I've learns to lead with my elbow through them, as if I'm holding my bag, to move people out of my way. Comes in handy at cons
As a 5’5 guy, I can relate. I work in the school system and people have only recently stopped thinking that I’m a student. And that’s only because I just grew a beard
I get you 🥺 Im 4'9 and im growing up and I feel like I'll never be treated seriously or feel like an adult. I can barely reach somethings up high up. Good thing tall shoes exist at least.
personally as someone who is 5'6 its kinda fun and kinda funny because I can be the tallest in a class, stick out like a hare among bunnies, or i blend in completely no in-between.
I'm just 5'1 (and asian as well) and when you said that you grew tall as a kid and then suddenly stopped growing in 5th grade I immediately thought, "same"!
I've got the same situation rn man From kindergarten to 4th grade, I used to be in the middle of the height line or somewhere further back where the taller kids are. Idk about 5th or 6th grade since those school years of mine were during the pandemic when we were online... By 7th grade, we apparently didn't use the height line as much so I could barely remember a thing from that, however, all I know is that most of my classmates seemed taller or just about the same height as I am, but during 8th grade, DAMN I was 3rd in the height line and moved to 2nd by 3rd quarter.. Everyone else was probably about 4-7 inches taller than me, even my own cousins who used to be much shorter than me have outgrown me recently😭 Although lowkey, it's not that bad. I got used to it over time, mostly around my gf ig. I kinda like seeing myself as someone shorter than her and she's fine with it too so uh... yeah
I'm 4'10 too and in 5th tbh everyone says I'm short bc I'm not in my fives yet and I only grew 1 inch this year so I feel you. MY GROWTH SPURT ISN'T GROWTH SPURTING😭😭
I feel you, im like almost 5' but my 5'4 ish friend calls me short, btw we would be about over average hight since a 12 year old's height is 4'6 to 5' something (im in 5th grade to)
*please don’t eat me…* Being 5’9 as a literal child is annoying. People ask if I had been held back all the time. My own family members were asking me if I was 14 by the time I was nine. NINE YEARS OLD. 😭
I'm a guy who's only 5/7 as an adult and I can relate to most of these problems in the video. There's a number of things I hate about being short, but to name two of them, one was when I had to go thirsty because I couldn't reach up to a drinking fountain, and the second, when I was in a group, I couldn't join in the conversation, because everybody was a head taller than me and they never looked down, they just ignored me
I'm not going to lie. I pretty much stopped growing in 5th grade as well😂. I was lucky to have some growth my senior year in high school.... i'm still short....
This was really cutely animated, thanks for sharing your experience. It definitely sounds hard, as even my wife at 5'3" struggles with not being able to reach stuff, so I can imagine shorter than that would be extra tough. The one advantage of being shorter is you don't have to deal with the intense back pain of someone like me at 6'3", who is ALWAYS bending down or craning my neck down to grab or look at things, and it really builds up pain and stiffness over time.
I love your characters design, but just because your short doesent mean you cant be skilled your youtube channel is inspiring for others and Its adorable to see youtubers like you grow a community :3
Jax caught me off guard frfr why the heck does he have so many simps, I mean I've been jumpscared by so many "saucy" fanart pics online that going online for me, is the equivalent of dangling my leg over a bridge with crocodiles beneath and hoping they don't snap at it
You must get large. By lifting. Not in your height but In your muscles. Large. Larger. Largest. Then when string bean step on you, you pick them up and throw them onto the ground. Where they will then be shorter than you. Because they are lying on the ground. Where you threw them. Then you can tower over them and laugh derisively.
The worst is seeing that people are getting more exigent about physical characteristics when finding a partner bc I am a 5'6 boy (like 1,68m) 17y old and many want someone taller than 5'9 (1,79m)
It gets better as you get older; most people realize that height is really not that big a deal in a relationship as soon as they start trying to date outside of/after high school. A 30-year-old who turns someone down because of their height is going to be seen as a shallow idiot. You've got the entire rest of your life to find someone if that's what you want, don't worry too much about it now
So, I'm a 6'1" guy fresh outta high school (which unfortunately means I may still have some years to grow). I can comfortably say that there is no good height to be at. Personally, being tall sucks. I have full body joint pain due to my height. Not only does this just make everyday life a chore, but I actually have to make more of an effort to reach things closer to the ground. Another thing is that I almost never look up, because most things are below my eye line. I sometimes forget my height and end up missing something that happened to be above my head, or even worse, hitting my head on a lot more than what would seem like a comedic bit. House life isn't so great either. I sleep on a nice single bed, which is great. It's a comfort space, but when I lay my lanky ass down, head on pillow, my feet are off the end of the bed. Of course, I'm not gonna change it either, because I am a single pringle. I don't need a queen bed all to myself. One of my biggest issues with my height is the social situations it gets me in. I feel bad for saying it, but it's kinda annoying sometimes when I'm the go to guy to reach things because I happen to be there. There's also the expectations. Not only is my height a crippling factor enough, but roughly half of my entire body mass is straight up legs. Everyone sees me and asks, "Did you play any sports?" or they'll say "You should play basketball." I'm not an athletic guy. My muscle structure is quite literally designed not to be an athlete. I can't run faster either. Just because I have long legs doesn't mean I'm fast. I have a friend that two-thirds of my size and can run twice as fast as me. Of course, this also plays into mental health because I like an ungrateful trash wad because all these shorter people tell me how they wish they were tall and how being short sucks, but I don't like being tall. I've gotten more confident in myself over the years (mostly thanks to happy meds), and I've become more okay with my size. I actually try to embrace it more. I have the body of Slender Man, so what do I do? Talk in the deepest voice possible and wear dark clothes. I'm also easy to lose track of and sometimes just spawn behind people like an absolute menace, which gives them a good scare and gives me a good laugh. I won't say I like my height now. I do not. It still sucks, but everything has it's advantages with the grocery list of downsides. Just gotta see them from the best angle, I guess.
I’m 5 foot 1, certainly not the shortest but basically guaranteed to be the shortest in most groups and it used to make it hard in Highschool but I don’t feel it as much now but every point you brought up really stuck with me, especially the infantilization, I’m the oldest of my siblings and therefore grew up very quickly to care for them but when I’m outside of that I’m treated like a child often and it’s especially noticeable at my work where the fact people think I’m younger than I am is supremely obvious.
Being tall: S u c k s and r o c k s
Being short: S u c k s and r o c k s
Being average: what’s that?
Im 5.8 and that's basically average
Same ( 5.7)@@cordellwilliams-pm4bh
Theres no such thing as average, everyone above 5 8 is tall and everyone below 5 8 is short (5 8 people arent real)
Edit: its been 2 weeks and im surprised how many people fell for the bait lol.
For clarification, i am shorter than 5 8, and also a girl
💀
average is being called tall and short all the time. nobody will believe youre average...
until you reach the kneecaps AND the shelves. then that's when people get scared
Yea that's me pretty much.
5'9" and all
As a 6'3 person, I have this strong feeling of duty towards my vertically challenged sisters and brothers. I will reach to that shelf for you!
I thank you for your gesture, however- Vertically challenged-
😭
VERTICALLY CHALLENGED. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Vertically challenged feels like an insult 😭
VERTICALLY CHALLENGED 😭
“Vertically challenged” I hate you
As a short person who is constantly perceived as a child, I related to this video SO MUCH. It doesn't help that I have "childish" interests either. T^T
I feel your pain. In high school, I was the shortest kid in my grade! Everyone treated me like a child and I was very hurt, but I was actually just a late bloomer. I do have tall genes, but they just kicked in a little later.
I live in the netherlands, the shortest person I've ever seen is 6'8 so I can't imagine what it would be like meeting you
Ha I’m Dutch and 5.9 breaking world records
6’8 is so tall what the hell 😭😭
So its true the deutchs are very tall
I see you on every animators comment section lol
I was in the netherlands once and i didnt see any tall af ppl like im 5‘3 and some peeps were shorter than me 😭
Something that makes being short worse is being surrounded by tall people with egos even higher than their height
Ikr 😆
Idk about that, I have a pretty low ego
@@thewafflegamer6152same… I think that most of us tall ppl are somewhat awkward in general lol. I think that’s a cute trait haha
and i thought i was the only person hah
Ikr and when u get mad and they look down at u, u feel like a baby
No worries about being shortcake like you said everyone will understand what your going through one day just know that you have a lot of support ❤hope that helps👾🥰
@@Ros3vr yeah it does ☺️ thank you.
@@silverandblaze688no problem
I’m the same height as you and I can relate to this a lot 😭 a bunch of my friends tower over me even if they’re only seen as average or short, they still have me to feel better lmao. One thing that sucks is that sometimes people make it seem like I’m a lot shorter than I actually am, or even that I’m the shortest person they’ve ever seen. Though I’ve gotten used to it it still gets to me every now and then. It’s even kind of embarrassing too because I’m pretty much the oldest out of my friends. I’m glad you’re trying to find solace in being short, I’m also trying to myself😭
@@mcdonaldsenjoyer1709 same here 😭☺️🥰.
"I stopped growing... vertically" 😭
My family always uses that saying "crecimos para los lados" we grew to the sides.
@@ChupacabraRex My familly says it in english but at this point I don't even know how many languages they know lol.
we in our family say that someone grows sideways (instead of up)
@@ChupacabraRex Yup. In Russian (not really a saying. just a phrase) that would be "Расти вширь", which translates to "to grow in width" (God damn Slavic languages, where even native speakers have to look up, whether or not to write it "вширь" or "в ширь")
cu😭😭😭😭y
As a short person, I was mistaken for a 1st grader _multiple_ times.
Lol♡
Same. and I still do. someone even went as far to say, "Are you lost looking for your class little boy?" (My school goes from Kindergarten-8th grade) and yes, while i do look like a fourth grader or maybe an even younger grade, people meme on me a by also saying "You look like a 4th grader" "You can easily blend in with these younger kids" "my younger sister is taller than you" etc. and it's really hurtful to me. being short is both a blessing and a curse. I can't reach anything on the top shelves at stores without the help of an employee
me too
Oh yeah your short💀-
1st grader? Rookie numbers
This was so relatable to me I nearly cried. I feel like I'd be sooo much more confident if I was just a bit taller, especially considering I live in a country with one of the tallest average heights. No one ever takes me seriously so it's hard to take *myself* seriously. Worst part is I actually think I'm pretty good-looking otherwise so I assume the reason people don't hit on me is because they're afraid to go to jail 💀
Me too 😢
that last part is crazy
Womp womp
her voice is so calming 😭
As a short introverted artist myself I see this highly relatable and sad funny at the same time
Same😭😂
Same but I also see it as the saddest thing ever, because personally despite being just 5-10 cm taller than them I've never been infantilised to that degree where people talk to me with a like pitched up voice and stuff
@@neoma6316 same fr
Same
I was only 5'1, and yes it does feel like as what being said in the video
i relate to the first part, i hit puberty kind of early, during 10-12 i was taller and looked older than most of my friends\classmates, now the tables turned and most guys my age are taller than me 😭
I- darkfabb??- damn didn't expect ya here
The new collab vid was awsome tho
BRO UR HERE???
NO WAYYY :0
Heyo :D, you’re also short? haha *point and laugh*
Sameee, ive always been the tallest in my class till 5th grade.. i stopped growing and all my classmates grew WAY taller than me. I even get teased on by my friends a lot😭
As someone just shy of 6'2 I do my best to make sure the shorties don't feel inferior. Much love
It's crazy how 5 inches can change someone's perspective. I'm 5'2" and I'm literally the perfect hight. I can reach everything, and I never bonk my head. My mom is an inch taller than me and she hits her head fairly often. My hair just barely grazes the top cupboard door when I open it. Whenever I walk through stores it's like everything is built for me. Tables are at the perfect leaning hight, chairs are perfectly aligned to my knees.
But international travel makes me feel like I'm a 6 year old 😂
The average height in America is 5'4" but the moment I step foot on international ground, the average hight is 5'7". Everything is too high, the tables go up to my shoulders, and I have to scale some of the chairs.
As a 4’11 Filipino girl, i can totally relate to your struggles as a short person. Like, the feeling of people towering over you and is seen as a baby is very funny yet embarrassing at the same time (especially when you’re the older person in the room yet still the shortest among them. Even my little sister is much taller than me, it’s kind of lowkey embarrassing for me as the big sister. 😂) I’ve experienced the amount of anxiety whenever I even go to a certain place that involves people in general, it’s not a serious thing being a short person in the Philippines but when you mentioned that you grew up in the US and has a half-Filipino and American family, i can tell that there’s not much short people there that has the same height mark as you.(I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong with this one.) but nonetheless, I think being short is a blessing and a curse at the same time, seeing that some people still appreciates us short people while we kept struggling the regular normal stuff everyday, and is just another add-on to our cute nature. Thank you for making a video about this topic, it really helps me appreciate myself even more.🩷 (Also, I also noticed that you’re a strawberry shortcake lover just like me.🍓😃)
I'm a 4'10 African American and I feel your pain 🩷 My driver's educator thought I was a child or 15 years old. When I told them I am 18, they were shocked.
hiii kiffy im fan big love
helloo you’re also here :O
yeah kiffy, but imagine all of yours problems but you are A BOY...
same im 4’11 😭
4' something 30 year old man here, and I'm sick of every interaction I have with taller people being so degrading.
I remember one time, a good five years after graduation, I was with an older neighbor and friend of the family, and I asked him for help with finding a job and dealing with interviews and such, because god knows my high school and parents couldn't be bothered.
The guy had a good ten years over me, to be fair, but he just ignored my questions and launched into a "When I was your age" lecture like I was a bratty middleschooler and started going on about responsibility and doing chores.
It's been 6 years since then, and I still can't have a normal conversation with anyone.
And then people have the nerve to question why I keep to myself!
[EDIT]
Finally managed to scrounge up a functioning tape measure. Turns out I'm closer to 5' something since the last time I checked.
Doesn't change anything. Still short and angry.
"4' [...] man" I'm sorry for your loss.
I am 6'4 and at 23, I also get these "when I was your age" lectures from people I have no relation with. At times from people who aren't even 5 years older than me. Like I once got some lecture from a 23 year old when I was 19 or 20, she talked to me as if I was a special needs kid, despite us working the same job
It's something people do to display some kind of superiority, to rub into your face that they're more mature and wiser and all that shit. Comes from insecurity ultimately I think
Thats brutal man I'm sorry.
@@juannaym8488 Some of these people I can understand though. Most of the time I don't really think it's out of insecurity, rather just genuine advice coming from someone who's pretty bad at explaining things and/or assuming too much. People change a ton even over 3-4 years, especially when they're younger. I know that it's probably annoying as you say it happens a lot, but keep in mind that not everyone really means ill intent even if their advice seems stupid.
@@neztech. You don't give genuine advice in a condescending tone. I can accept advice and see it as well meaning. But when someone gives you "advice" and talks down to you when they give it, there is no good intention
I’m a 5’5” fifth grader, aka 165.1 cm so I don’t know about your struggles with being short. But I have a lot of 4-5 foot friends so I’m sorry for your struggles as a short person (I apologize on behalf of the tall community) and please don’t listen to these people who make you uncomfortable/the things that seem out of place, because it all happens for a reason.
Also, one thing that’s happened to me, I couldn’t reach a bottom shelf in class because the art room in my school has to be suitable for all the kids, I asked a short friend of mine to pick something out of the shelf for me, and she got so mad. Like she said stuff like “I’m not your maid” bla bla bla, which is reasonable. But she also said that it’s different for short and tall people, which is true. I said something along the lines of “tall people have struggles too!” And she said “*insert scoff here* no you don’t. You’re so tall and ‘smart’ that you think everyone is in your world. Get it yourself.” Plot twist, I actually slipped and fell while trying to pick up the object, so moral of the story is, people of all heights help eachother out.
Looks like not all small women need head pats. As a tall person, I value their feelings and will only talk the way a height conscious woman would prefer for me to talk. Keep doing you, girl. You got this.
this really opened my eyes to how ive been treating my shorter friends, and taught me how my jokes may be making them feel. thank you, ill try to do better with treating my short kings and queens with respect the same way i do with anyone else.
:D Glad ur the type of person to listen to other ppls thoughts and feelings. Sometimes jokes are ok but I guess there are ppl that over do it or joke on new ppl they don't know.
Anyway just thought it was cool what ya said
We all need a friend like you you
Thanks for recognizing that and taking steps to fix it. There should be more people like you in the world!
my freinds need to be like u, im ligit older then them but they treat me like a 4 yr old >:(
Man the infantilization bit hit quite deep. I'm not short but I have autism and people seem to have a samn "gaydar" for it lmao. A lot of people talk to me with more tenderness and while I can appreciate it sometimes, it really makes me feel like a child being tended to. It's hard to explain but I can feel it.
Most of it just comes from body language and the confidence in which you speak, imo. It definitely makes people take you less seriously and treat you with more of a filter when you're on the low end of those qualities. Nothing people can't change, though.
@@neztech. ah yikes
Damn, I might do this sometimes. In my mind, I see a lot of people with autism talk about tone indicators and getting confused with sarcasm on the internet, so I try to be more intentional with my words since I naturally have a dry sense of humor especially when I’m tired. I’m now realizing I may be coming off as infantilizing but at the same time i don’t want to confuse people with my words lol.
@@jackalplays5178as another autistic person, that's not usually the problem!! What makes ME feel like I'm being talked down to isn't explaining a joke or being clear, it's that you can often hear people's voices go up in pitch and soften like they're talking to a toddler or small dog. Like they're asking about my day but It sounds like they're about to offer me a dog treat or ask if I need to call my mommy to be picked up >:(
Sometimes someone will talk to me normally, find out I have autism, and then CHANGE how they talk- again, not in clarifying things for me, but in talking around me in the third person like the video talks about, and again in talking to me in the same voice they use for small children and animals.
Being accommodating is great! It's important to honor disability accommodations and help make sure we can get a foothold so to speak. It's about respect and seeing someone as an equal.
I’m really short and I’ve been made fun of a lot and called “the short one” by my friends. It’s good to see others people including you going through the same which makes me feel like I’m not alone. :D
Im glad your on the path of respecting yourself, everyone does need to go through that major path in theyre life, as for me i believe im just an average, i wish you luck on your path
I was tall as a kid, and I looked like a teenager so I wasn’t really treated like a child. It made me miss being treated like a child and being allowed to act like a child without being called weird or childish. ALSO I LOVE YOUR ART STYLE AND POSITIVITY, YOU GO GIRL ✨❤️
I’m 10 and I’m TALLER THAN YOU!??!
I'm a very very skinny 5'0" person who struggles to gain weight for some reason, so this is an incredibly interesting video to me. I relate in when we're treated as younger though. I feel like when you're so small on both ends, you end up being both infantilized and sort of... fetishized, as well. One of my worst experiences is most definitely when I've been incredibly sick due to being underweight and people (who aren't doctors) tell me that my body weight is the "most ideal", or when people have asked how old I am, or asked if I was a teenager, before I tell them I'm an adult, and then they change their tune and begin to try hitting on me. A scary ick.
BRO, I am also a mega skinny person. 130 lbs but 6'7. I really do also hate it when people say that we are the "ideal weight" or that they want to be as skinny as us. It really needs to be changed to lean weight, cus being super skinny is not very fun.
The some reason is, that it's actually easy for short people to lose weight. The actual caloric NEEDS are the important thing, and if you take the adult position of securing your own meals it's way easier to just, not eat, because you're not going to be hungry. And that's why "the patriarchy" has for centuries told women to get more meat on their bones, their LIFE very often depended on it. Many wouldn't survive to adulthood because they wouldn't learn to apply themselves even to do some digestion. It's the PRIMARY purpose of being active, not gaining mass or anything but simply that your gut will function.
The problem short people come up against that they're really only hungry for socialization in a rich western country, so because they don't have to work in some Congo cobalt mine, their time actually is occupied with using the opulent services that those Congo mines service like McD's having blinking monitors for a menu display.
There's no shortage of jobs in Samsung factories, assembling more tech into your selfie camera or youtubing machine. It's just called a bad job, like being a plumber, because it's ACTUALLY a job. What you got here is some real princess and the pea situation and I'd send you out the door in a nanosecond. Maybe toss you a rock climbing pick as a parting gift.
Saaaame, 5'2 and still struggling to get into 100 lbs
I was also very short and skinny as a kid. Eventually fell very ill at 17.
I eventually found out I had several nutrient deficiencies, and some food intolerance which took me a while to realise.
Try Elliot Overton to find out more info.
God I feel this one in my bones fr. 5'0 here and yeah it's really hard for me to gain weight. Like I can pack away a ton of food, work out a ton (did 2 years of weightlifting and still stayed the same damn weight throughout), but yet can't seem to gain a single ounce of mass whatsoever. I can lose it easily due to high metabolism, and the annoying part is being able to find ANY clothes that fit me pants wise that aren't designated in the kids section. Shoes, bras, socks almost every time as well, even gloves :/ The annoying thing with being skinny and not having much body mass is the fact that you randomly will pinch yourself or hurt yourself like laying down in bed and turning over and s o m e h o w, a section of your side gets pinched between a rib and you have to sit upright, now wide awake to adjust the discomfort = v =
The infantilization is extreme, like with any other adults, including those who are my age, it's met with lack of respect commentary, people treating me like a porcelain doll that might crack or shatter if I do something too aggressive or "extreme" for me, or never looking or sounding my age and people assuming I am much younger or much older (this varies from situation to situation, but more times than not it's a negative thing :/ ) It's frustrating man, and it also doesn't help either that when I wear clothes that I feel confident in or cute in, it's either met with more babying OR objectification out the wazoo. Like let me wear overalls and not be treated like a toddler, they are comfortable and have multiple pockets that are deep and durable. Let me wear tall platforms and cute decora/goth/lolita style shoes, no I am not a stripper or a whore, they are comfortable, give me height, and help me balance better with more weight at my base. u - u
us short people need to stick up for each other
I relate to the infantilization part a bit. Not only am I as short as a kid(I'm 4' 11"), but I also LOOK like a kid too, and it's always been like that. I looked like I was 7 when I was a 6th grader, and 8th grade girls would sometimes say "aww" when they saw me despite me only being two years younger than them(but granted I was also acting pretty immature back then). I'm 19 now and still look like I'm 13-14, and I'm worried that because of that my love life will be non-existent. What girl would want to date a guy that looks like a preteen? I've been able to cope a lot better knowing that I'm way shorter than other guys, but as more people I know start dating and having girlfriends the more worried I become that won't be really possible for me. But I've also heard you are supposed to work on improving yourself and building confidence first before you try to date, so I might just do that for right now.
oh god, i'm 4'5" and relate to this SO MUCH
i needed someone to relate to me somewhere in this world, thank you
I know a bunch of ppl in my high school and even adults who are 3-5 feet tall (3 is a bit rare but 4-about five feet is more common)
I'm 4'6
Hey there
Dang why is everyone here a smurf like goddamn
@@KenanLaudat-tp3bp bro tf you mean 3'5 or 4 feet like bruh what school is that, smurf school?
Like how is it possible to just have these small ass people like i thought it was rarer than that
0:06 THE WAY SHE EATS HER LIKE KIRBY AND TURNS INTO HUMAN
So all im getting out of This is you are A short king right So what that alright
@@azhfarbima9859 what
i fw the strawberry ‼️
NSFW artists after seeing that : I’m bouta make millions off of this
Keeping this in mind
I hit 6'3" as a freshman in high school and stopped there. The desks were so small I had to get permission to use a folding table and chair for my classes. To this day I either sleep in a queen size bed or a hammock because anything smaller has the chance of my 3' arms whipping over the side and slamming my hands into a wall or dresser.
Between the joint/back/neck issues and the strain on my heart (apparently hitting that height so early wasn't good for the old ticker), I've honestly wished I hadn't ended up so tall. At least not as quickly as I did.
PS: Another thing I found funny is how the house I bought, I had to rehang all the mirrors because they were to low and will have to replace the toilets because they are too small and short.
this is the first video ive watched of you and you remind me of sucy manbaveran, lotte jannson, and fluttershy all at the same time but mostly the first 2 (also good video)
Honestly I’m 6,1 & im jealous. Like you get to walk through a doorway without smacking ur head. Gave myself a concussion once because I tried to run into my kitchen because i smelled burning & slammed my head into the archway.
I feel U, same pain
Feel ya. I'm 6'2 myself and it's just kinda uncomfortable to even feel the doorframe close above my head. I always think to myself, how the actually really tall people have it, must suck :(
Feel with You
I’m always hitting my head on things but doorways, probably because msot doorways are about 7ft-8ft tall here
I feel u
angry kirby
Kirbaby
Danm 😭😭
Your done buddy‼️
@@Partykidd2.0Your🔥🔥
I'm tall and, yeah, I have back problems-pretty common for tall folks. I have a lot of short friends, but I don't treat anyone differently based on height or disabilities. I respect everyone equally because that's just how I roll. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter your size, color, or eyes. We're all human. 😊
Never feel bad for who you are. We are all made perfectly.
It’s my first time watching you immediately subscribe and also I love your character design it’s really cute!
i’m 4”11 and i’m so happy to know someone who’s my height 😭 yes the struggles we go through are countless, but us short ppl have to stick together!!🌸i love your videos sm, keep up the great work!
thats very short
same
I’m 4 foot, 10 inches and I don’t think people understand that short people struggles are deeper than “agh, I can’t reach this”
@@ShinyRedStar-dn2yf its not the same as being in a wheel chair
@@achannelname6219 I’m not saying it is the same. Those are two completely different experiences. I’m saying that people don’t talk very much about some of the more serious aspects like getting bullied, the fact that it’s not as safe to drive, struggles with weight loss, etc. I’m well aware being short is not a disability, I would just love to open up conversation about being short that involves some of the more serious aspects that are less talked about
Im 4’10 and 18 and i have never felt so seen lol. I relate to everything in this video. Feeling out of place in photos, weight loss problems, being infantilized, I always felt silly for feeling upset about it but it really does hurt your self esteem lol. It makes you feel like people see you as stupid. Thank you for making this video!!
As 5'1, I still felt the same, it doesn't even have that much different
I’m 5,3 at 14 and Idk how to feel. For a majority of my life I felt so much pain about being little and not being big. I always wanted to be just HUGEEEEEE to help shorter people
fucking smurfs
Me too istg everyone says I’m an Oompa Loompa😭😭
correct me if im wrong but i think you're legally a dwarf
I am 6'5, so I have a pretty good view on the other side of this problem. Well you struggled to reach everything, I was at Walmart 30 minutes ago, and had to help three separate people get things off of higher shelves. I have need problems, and I'm literally 19 years old. I physically cannot fit into any of the cars that I've been looking into buying, the smallest that I can comfortably fit in is a Kia soul. I also struggle with the opposite problem with weight. I consume around 3,000 calories every single day, and that is just to stay stable.
If anyone has any questions, I would love to answer!
YES AHAH ANOTHER FILIPINO ANIMATOR/ARTIST! ANOTHER ONE TO THE LIST! (my current list of Filipino animators so far: ross mo, shar aka Sharlene Yap, xrayalphacharlie aka Xierra, shortcxke)
Something I wanted to add to this video is how some people would use being short as an insult, in any sort of argument they could just say “Oh I know you’re not talking shortie!” and how you can’t really say anything about that because you ARE short but it’s not something to be insulted for. I’m the average height (5’4) but I still face people who are maybe like 5’9 or something telling me that my opinions suddenly aren’t valid because I’m a few inches shorter than them, which isn’t and will never be true.
If someone uses this in an actual argument, just call them ignorant and move on, nothing to be gained if they rely on ad hominems.
"Your back would break if you tried to lift me on your back"
Challenge accepted.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Considering that at the age of 16-ish years old I was the bottom rung in a human ladder in a team building exercise with two other chonky teenagers and the tall kid in my grade (I think he was somewhere around 6'6" but not certain definitely somewhere in the middle of the 6' height range though) during a school camping trip, pretty sure that wouldn't be a problem for me. Must've had over 400 lbs of peer group relatively easily standing on my shoulders.
5'9/ 5'10 in middle school is so nice, like I can see everything everyone is doing. (including playing games)
I so get you with the getting treated like child because I’m autistic and even know i am tall for my age people still treat me like a baby and it always makes me feel so bad inside I get that they probably think they are doing the right thing but it always makes me feel so wrong in this world.
0:35 that lil animation on the sub button was a nice touch.
I didn’t think that was even possible 💀
being short as a girl: cute lil rascal
being short as a boy: (Hell noises)
Or alternatively;
Short as a boy: I’ll fight you.
Short as a girl: GIVE ME. YOUR ACHILLES TENDON. ILL *MAKE* YOU SEE PROM MY PERSPECTIVE
EXACTLY
6 feet 1 inches, more than 140 pounds less than or equal to 150 pounds, current going for both a music and business associates degrees.
As a 6'4 individual, I know my role in life. So I lift weights and stretch as much as I can, so I can carry/reach whatever needs done. Whether it be objects or lifting my smol frens. I've occasionally carried my not so short frens. One of them sitting at around 370lbs, not a complaint outta me! This is what I was made for! Get you a tall fren who's sole reason for exercise is to carry you when you can't carry yourself anymore.
I’m a short person about 4’9 and let me tell you, everything you said in this video I can relate to. When walking up the stairs I always have a butt up in my face. Especially how everyone gives you the baby talk omg it gets annoying. It’s okay at first but it really does feel like I’m being treated as a child. Love your art style 🌸🪷🩷
Girl i'm a 4'10 7th grader and yes what you said is so relatable. All my classmates are at least 5'5 and above 🥹
bro im also in the 4s and life is harder when your shorter but its funnier
Wait, people actually do that? That's rude. I'm 6'4" and I've known people who's head barely reached the bottom of my ribcage and I'd never even dream of doing babytalk at them. What the hell?
I’m a 4’11 fourth grader bro 💀
I’m in high school right now so it’s a bit hard to reach things in class
Aww, this video turned out so good! Thanks for letting me voice a character :3
6:57 OBJECTION! as a 6ft 193cm tall person, I get to suffer from back pain, higher food costs, incorrect medication dosages, being expected to be “strong” or lift large objects by my self, needing to lean down to use a counter top, constantly ducking through doorways, smashing my feet and knees into everything and anything, having fun fitting onto a toilet either because it’s placed for someone without legs or arms or is small enough to bruise my butt cheeks, constant clothing issues either being too tight or too short in one dimension or another (example tight sleeves, short torso, tight tall torso, tight neck holes, super wide short torso small sleeves)
I would love to see this high paying job based on height.
I'm a lil bit taller than you. I'm 4'10.27" or 148 cm. Yea, I feel you. I'm shorter than my mom (a lil bit) and dad, and yes I got asian genes. I'm from Indonesia so my height isn't really a problem here, but here is the problem. I have a plan to move to China for college and you know people there must be pretty taaaaaller than me. I'm 13 but I have a condition where my bone age is actually 15 years old, also the last time I checked to the doctor my growth plate is almost closed. I really wish that I can be at least 160 or 165 cm. I'm still trying now, searching every way on CZcams and Google. I wish the best for you, all of you who are reading this (and watching this video), and also for me :) Your video also made me feel more confident about my height, thank you. :D
As a short Filipino kid, i can relate to this, my dear Filipino friend.
Same. Stopped growing at 5’2” in middle school 😭
Me too. I don't think I'll continue growing and I'm just 5'1".
I'm 4'3 and 16,i feel you! I sometimes get physically bullied in school and I once got pushed off the staircase because of a cute crowd in elementary school, I looked like a toddler then so I'm pretty proud of my height now
Sorry if this is a mean question but does dwarfism run in your family? I’ve always been so fascinated by it
4'3 seems like either genuine dwarfism or you're somehow the latest bloomer possible
I genuinely cannot imagine being at that height. I'm a tall dude (5'11 at 15), so I've only seen the world and people from that point of view. Thinking about dropping even a few inches kinda breaks my brain a little bit. I'm glad that you are proud of your height though.
Thats messed up Im so sorry. Why would people be mean to someone over something they can’t control?
I'm 4'7 and I'm 15 😭😭😭
At first I was just sad about it, when they made fun of me for it at school. Later in life it became a running joke, which I embraced, and now I make a poker face everytime someone tries to ridicule me for it, because it became boring.
As a fellow Filipino, I can feel you mate with the photo bit. I have buddies that stand higher than my doorway but I am proud that I made some good friends in the end. #ProudtobeShort 😁
ANARCHY RANBOW AS AN OUTRO!!??!?! beautiful
glad i’m not the only one who noticed that LOL
Frr
You really hate your hair shortcake. No, you’re my cake as the pie but with a cake
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This reminds me, there was this Japanese woman who made a 3 book series about the ins and outsof being 150cm. Nice oc, hair looks kinda like a lotus flower
help i came across this, now you are one of my idols, and YOU’RE FROM THE SAME COUNTRY AS ME?? omg kamusta
4'11 enby here, I used to work as a hospital prep in the kitchen I struggled getting all the other stuff my co workers were so easy to get. I can't wait to go work there again as soon as I can, I had wonderful co workers who understood that I am "short".
4'11" masc-leaning Enby here too!
Dear gods does it make people taking my gender presentation seriously difficult.
Haha 4’10 - 4’11ish trans man here, got handed a lion king coloring book at a restaurant the other day
Oof, my enbyfriend is a smol bean too. I didn't reallize how annoying being short was as well until meeting them.
Hugs and bugs for all the short monarchs and kings ❤🐜
I'm am enby too and also 3cm shorter than her 😭 being treated like a 5 year old is an everyday thing, not to mention I live in a homobhobic country so that just makes it living hell
IM ALSO 4’10!!! (im almost 18 too)😭!! I relate so so much to this video I cant even begin to thank ya for makin this video! Being super short does make living in a tall world harder but Its even weirder when you’re not noticed as a short person. I totally get the “infant” perspective and ngl its hard to brush off, but knowing other short ppl feel this is so relieving!🙏😮💨 SHORT GANG FOREVER
4'10!!!? That's like 820 centimeters!
@@Joco999 Less than 1000!!!1!
@@Sir_Nix r/factorialchain
4'11 and I hate sun vizors! Crowds too, but I've learns to lead with my elbow through them, as if I'm holding my bag, to move people out of my way. Comes in handy at cons
I’m at a good height. But I’m still scraping by when it comes to getting stuff high up (jumping, tip-toes, step stool, stuff like that.)
As a 5’5 guy, I can relate. I work in the school system and people have only recently stopped thinking that I’m a student. And that’s only because I just grew a beard
4:16 That Jax cameo from TADC, tho... 😆 😂
I was 5’1 at the end of my 5th grade year… I grow like an inch a month for now WHEN WILL IT STOP-
"Can't judge me based on how tall I am"
girl your OC is also short yes we can xD
also... short is cute.
the power of cute cannot be underestimated.
Im 5'5 but you can round it to 5'10 which is basically 6'0. Great video
Seems legit 👍
You know the best part about knowing how to draw but being short? YOU CAN DRAW YOURSELF TALL!!
Thats What i do :)
Im only a few centimeters taller than her
And yet my freinds point out to me that I'm not that tall. 😭
NICE FANTASY DRAWING
I get you 🥺 Im 4'9 and im growing up and I feel like I'll never be treated seriously or feel like an adult. I can barely reach somethings up high up. Good thing tall shoes exist at least.
personally as someone who is 5'6 its kinda fun and kinda funny because I can be the tallest in a class, stick out like a hare among bunnies, or i blend in completely no in-between.
My older brother would make fun of me when I was younger because I was short, but he can’t even fight back when I kick him in the legs💀
Baby Doll was a horrifically tragic Batman villain.
You should do a remake of tangled up to see how much you have improved😊❤❤
AAAAAAAAAAA UR TALLER THAN ME-
also the thumbnail💞💞 4:16 JAX WHAT YAYYA
1.43 cm you are a damn dwarf then
I'm just 5'1 (and asian as well) and when you said that you grew tall as a kid and then suddenly stopped growing in 5th grade I immediately thought, "same"!
This is so relatable! but I still grow just a lil
I've got the same situation rn man
From kindergarten to 4th grade, I used to be in the middle of the height line or somewhere further back where the taller kids are.
Idk about 5th or 6th grade since those school years of mine were during the pandemic when we were online... By 7th grade, we apparently didn't use the height line as much so I could barely remember a thing from that, however, all I know is that most of my classmates seemed taller or just about the same height as I am, but during 8th grade, DAMN I was 3rd in the height line and moved to 2nd by 3rd quarter.. Everyone else was probably about 4-7 inches taller than me, even my own cousins who used to be much shorter than me have outgrown me recently😭
Although lowkey, it's not that bad. I got used to it over time, mostly around my gf ig. I kinda like seeing myself as someone shorter than her and she's fine with it too so uh... yeah
I'm 4'10 too and in 5th tbh everyone says I'm short bc I'm not in my fives yet and I only grew 1 inch this year so I feel you.
MY GROWTH SPURT ISN'T GROWTH SPURTING😭😭
LMAO I'm 4'4
I feel you, im like almost 5' but my 5'4 ish friend calls me short, btw we would be about over average hight since a 12 year old's height is 4'6 to 5' something (im in 5th grade to)
@@warlyfarly BRO WHAT-
same I am in 6th grade I only grew one inch just in a year not a month a YEAR!!
5’1 started high school average height 🤭 i was 4’5 in fifth grade so dont worry :)
I’m currently 1.90 meters and surprisingly it’s still increasing. I wonder how smart I would be if I didn’t bump my head into so many things.
You wonder how smart you are if you don't bump your head to much?
Yes
But I try to by positive every day :I and thank u very much for the video :)it me happy and more confident in life
*please don’t eat me…*
Being 5’9 as a literal child is annoying. People ask if I had been held back all the time. My own family members were asking me if I was 14 by the time I was nine. NINE YEARS OLD. 😭
Even without having seen it yet, it's already a true masterpiece, yaaay luv ya shortcxke!!🍓🍰✨
simp
I have no idea who you are but OML I LOVE YOUR ART STYLE AND VOICE HAGGQGAGAAHBAHJGHJM
I'm a guy who's only 5/7 as an adult and I can relate to most of these problems in the video. There's a number of things I hate about being short, but to name two of them, one was when I had to go thirsty because I couldn't reach up to a drinking fountain, and the second, when I was in a group, I couldn't join in the conversation, because everybody was a head taller than me and they never looked down, they just ignored me
I'm not going to lie. I pretty much stopped growing in 5th grade as well😂. I was lucky to have some growth my senior year in high school.... i'm still short....
This was really cutely animated, thanks for sharing your experience. It definitely sounds hard, as even my wife at 5'3" struggles with not being able to reach stuff, so I can imagine shorter than that would be extra tough. The one advantage of being shorter is you don't have to deal with the intense back pain of someone like me at 6'3", who is ALWAYS bending down or craning my neck down to grab or look at things, and it really builds up pain and stiffness over time.
Proud of you coming out with this information, keep up cool work
6'1
DAMN
WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN YOU UNTIL NOW?!
Also my in person friends are younger but taller than me
Shortcakee its okayy gurlll, im in 9th and im the shortest in my grade but the oldesttt and yes i agree its hard being a short personn
OMG tysm for the captions!!!! im very greatful. even though i'm able to listen (i have no hearing issues) it just helps to have proper subtitles.
I love your characters design, but just because your short doesent mean you cant be skilled your youtube channel is inspiring for others and Its adorable to see youtubers like you grow a community :3
Jax caught me off guard frfr why the heck does he have so many simps, I mean I've been jumpscared by so many "saucy" fanart pics online that going online for me, is the equivalent of dangling my leg over a bridge with crocodiles beneath and hoping they don't snap at it
You must get large. By lifting. Not in your height but In your muscles. Large. Larger. Largest.
Then when string bean step on you, you pick them up and throw them onto the ground. Where they will then be shorter than you. Because they are lying on the ground. Where you threw them.
Then you can tower over them and laugh derisively.
SHORT PPL RISE!!! If we can..
Happy to see another video 🥰🙏🏻
ALSO FELT, I have literally climbed the shelves at the grocery store
The worst is seeing that people are getting more exigent about physical characteristics when finding a partner bc I am a 5'6 boy (like 1,68m) 17y old and many want someone taller than 5'9 (1,79m)
It gets better as you get older; most people realize that height is really not that big a deal in a relationship as soon as they start trying to date outside of/after high school. A 30-year-old who turns someone down because of their height is going to be seen as a shallow idiot. You've got the entire rest of your life to find someone if that's what you want, don't worry too much about it now
Yea I'm 20y 1,68m as well, not easy
So, I'm a 6'1" guy fresh outta high school (which unfortunately means I may still have some years to grow). I can comfortably say that there is no good height to be at. Personally, being tall sucks.
I have full body joint pain due to my height. Not only does this just make everyday life a chore, but I actually have to make more of an effort to reach things closer to the ground.
Another thing is that I almost never look up, because most things are below my eye line. I sometimes forget my height and end up missing something that happened to be above my head, or even worse, hitting my head on a lot more than what would seem like a comedic bit.
House life isn't so great either. I sleep on a nice single bed, which is great. It's a comfort space, but when I lay my lanky ass down, head on pillow, my feet are off the end of the bed. Of course, I'm not gonna change it either, because I am a single pringle. I don't need a queen bed all to myself.
One of my biggest issues with my height is the social situations it gets me in. I feel bad for saying it, but it's kinda annoying sometimes when I'm the go to guy to reach things because I happen to be there. There's also the expectations. Not only is my height a crippling factor enough, but roughly half of my entire body mass is straight up legs. Everyone sees me and asks, "Did you play any sports?" or they'll say "You should play basketball." I'm not an athletic guy. My muscle structure is quite literally designed not to be an athlete. I can't run faster either. Just because I have long legs doesn't mean I'm fast. I have a friend that two-thirds of my size and can run twice as fast as me.
Of course, this also plays into mental health because I like an ungrateful trash wad because all these shorter people tell me how they wish they were tall and how being short sucks, but I don't like being tall.
I've gotten more confident in myself over the years (mostly thanks to happy meds), and I've become more okay with my size. I actually try to embrace it more. I have the body of Slender Man, so what do I do? Talk in the deepest voice possible and wear dark clothes. I'm also easy to lose track of and sometimes just spawn behind people like an absolute menace, which gives them a good scare and gives me a good laugh.
I won't say I like my height now. I do not. It still sucks, but everything has it's advantages with the grocery list of downsides. Just gotta see them from the best angle, I guess.
“best thing about being short, it’s that every single bed feels like a queen bed, you always fit.” - Michael Reeves, a short dude
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I’m 5 foot 1, certainly not the shortest but basically guaranteed to be the shortest in most groups and it used to make it hard in Highschool but I don’t feel it as much now but every point you brought up really stuck with me, especially the infantilization, I’m the oldest of my siblings and therefore grew up very quickly to care for them but when I’m outside of that I’m treated like a child often and it’s especially noticeable at my work where the fact people think I’m younger than I am is supremely obvious.