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I'm terrified of the Netherlands now

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That's a weird scale.

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Such techniques are often used to sell a conclusion with data that doesn't agree. Scaling, cropping, etc. Visuals are very powerful, and people will look at a graph and assume it's correct.

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      • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Agreed, it’s total bullshit. This sort of stuff should be outlawed.

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    • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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      • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You mean completely amazing scale choice

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    • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was trying to figure out what was bothering me about it. Basically 1’0” - 5’0” is 1 tick mark part foot and then it’s 1 tick mark per inch. So basically you have a 12:1 ratio for the first 6 inches, so it’s not a linear, logarithmic, exponential or any normal type of scale.

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      • takeda@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or simply, according to the scale from top of the head to calves is only one foot.

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    • rem26_art@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      one glance and you'd assume that the average Indonesian man only comes up to the calf of the average man from The Netherlands

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    • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Their feet starts at the 4 foot 8 inches mark.

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  • Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java

    Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java

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    • STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly, this graph was able to make me understand why such a small country like the Netherlands was able to colonise the Netherlands

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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  • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Worst fucking graphic ever lmao

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It has to be a joke haha.

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  • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This scale is totally wack. The feet of the human bodies in the graph don’t start at 0 but somewhere between 4 and 5. Such a bad graph. That being said, we Dutch people are very powerful and you should be terrified >:3

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    • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am 7 inches taller than the average Dutch person. Which, by this graph, means I am 50 times taller than you.

      Pee-wee.

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      • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Apparently i’m almost 3 inches taller than average. So somewhat better but still scary

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    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They have ridiculous accents, though. They got nerfed in an old patch

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah, yes, Netherlanders are indeed 4x taller than Indonesians, but at least the Indonesians get better saving throws from their size.

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    • Scrappy@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dont forget theyre naturally Lucky aswell!

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kenyans aren’t on there, but I have to assume they’re pretty big given the 60’ move speed.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They’re actually in the middle but their legs are twice as long.

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  • TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m 6’4" (193 cm) and I felt totally average walking around Amsterdam. As opposed to being a mutant freak in Tokyo.

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    • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In the US, it also depends on the area. At 6’4" you might be normal in Salt Lake City but a freak in Tampa.

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        TIL that Mormons are the just normal Americans that grew too tall and were driven insane by the altitude.

        “So why aren’t Dutch people all Mormon?”, you might ask. Simple: cannabis and women with full legal control to do or not do what they want with their bodies are excellent inoculations against Mormonism.

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      • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        6’2" is still 9 inches taller than the average woman in Utah. Is Park City some kind of extreme international anomaly?

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    • Lynxtickler@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is already noticeable between Finland and England. According to the stats I’ve seen, the averages between the two are two inches apart. So, I’m average or just a tad shorter than the average man in the UK. In Finland I’m 5cm shorter than the average, and I kinda feel oddly tall every time I walk around in London because of that.

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m about a centimeter above the average for an adult male in Denmark and feel like a giant every time I visit the US 😄

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    • Red_October@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it makes you feel any better, you’re a mutant freak no matter where you go, but some societies will be better at making you feel accepted.

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    • FierySpectre@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Only time I ever felt small was when I stepped off the train in The Netherlands. (2m)

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    • Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As opposed to being a mutant freak in Tokyo.

      How I imagined the crowds around you in Tokyo:

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    • urquell@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      U smol

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  • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Was the scale of this graphic decided on by an incel?

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    • user1234@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A Dutch one.

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  • manucode@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So that’s how the Netherlands colonized Indonesia.

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    • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Really weird that I’ve been skipping that exact video in my YouTube feed and then see this comment.

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      • manucode@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which video?

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  • BenVimes@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m 188cm (6’2") and grew up in a fairly insular community of Dutch people and their descendants. I thought I was average height until I left that bubble went to university.

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  • Atin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are they counting Homo Floresiensis for Indonesia?

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    RUMBLING, RUMBLING, IT’S COMING

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    • Axiochus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tatakae!

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  • ignotum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ITALIAN DETECTED

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  • sunbytes@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is an excellent shitpost and made me laugh very hard.

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like how Indonesian men are the same height as a Dutch man’s knees.

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  • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why are half the comments talking about the scale??? That’s the joke, are they stupid???

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  • Ibaudia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had to check where this was posted for a minute, thought this was Cool Guides lol.

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  • nifty@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This scale is so exaggerated, I am short and know tall people, they do not tower over me like that haha

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s called Netherlands, those are all Enderpeople so obviously they’re tall

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  • pelletbucket@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    loll I remembering third grade being shown a graph exactly like this as the bad example, except they were using bags of money. increasing the volume of the bars instead of just the height

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  • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How old is this chart? The average American has got to be at least 5’10"

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    • drphungky@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Average American man is 5’9.3" (and has been around for a long time). So not only is the graph misleading it’s just wrong.

      In case anyone was wondering, within America: White 5’10", Black 5’ 9", Asian and Hispanic around 5’7".

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    • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      5’9. close enough.

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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m surprised that the US is so low.

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  • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Around 5’11" in Germany

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is the scale used by Oda when world building for One Piece.

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