What’s the joke here?

I worked with a guy who was like 5’ on the dot. He ended up killing himself in high school.

One particular day he was upset because a girl he was talking to sent him a video on Snapchat of her with some dude and they were making fun of his height calling him a gremlin.

He was a cool dude too but somehow his height is what mattered to any girl he talked to and it was sad.

Americans will call someone short and they’re 5’5. Nobody is short unless it’s under 5 feet I’m sorry

I don’t really like that people use the word incel here. While everyone has problems that can be very harsh for the individual, being a short guy really f’s with your self esteem. I’m amazed that “height” is a standard question on datingsites. And how many people openly admit that when the guy is shorter than the girl, its just weird. This joke points out a society flaw in a bit of an untastefull way.

I don’t know fam, I’m 5’4″ and I’m just fine

Something I don’t think I’ll ever really forget was a conversation I had with my best friend’s girlfriend, who is also one of my best friends. We were talking about his (lack of a) taste in fashion and she responded “At least he’s tall.” Obviously it was a joke, and obviously she didn’t mean it to sound mean, but I can’t get easily forget about it. I’m 5’3, he’s 6’6. Because that’s literally saying “At least he’s not short.”

To make matters worse – I’m asexual, and while I cognitively understand sexual attraction they way most people feel it, there’s always a part of my that’ll be confused as to why someone’s height matters so much when it comes to who you’re attracted to.

What makes you think there’s a joke

This is like looking at a black square and white square and going “what’s the joke here?”

It’s just a contrast. That’s it

Basically short girls/women are cute and short boys/men are looked down upon literally and figuratively.

The thing is. Social media played a large part in this feeling, both for shorter men and women who don’t want to seek short men.

I come from a third world country that until a few decades ago was communist and more isolated and height preference was almost non-existent back then. Obviously due to post-war stuff, wealth and stability was still favored but it wasn’t until the appearance of the western ideals and then of course social media that there was more of a focus on height.

The thing I am trying to say, is that social media really affected how we see ourselves and other people and I wish we wouldn’t really blame each other on something completely else.

That short men feel like the butt of every joke and posts like these make it worse

Pore little fellas

People here trying to downplay the pressure of society on short men saying they should “just get over it and deal with it” etc prove exactly the point and are part of the problem.