Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java
I'm terrified of the Netherlands now
Submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Honestly, this graph was able to make me understand why such a small country like the Netherlands was able to colonise the Netherlands
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Worst fucking graphic ever lmao
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
It has to be a joke haha.
gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 years 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
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Apparently i’m almost 3 inches taller than average. So somewhat better but still scary
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
They have ridiculous accents, though. They got nerfed in an old patch
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Ah, yes, Netherlanders are indeed 4x taller than Indonesians, but at least the Indonesians get better saving throws from their size.
Scrappy@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Dont forget theyre naturally Lucky aswell!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Kenyans aren’t on there, but I have to assume they’re pretty big given the 60’ move speed.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They’re actually in the middle but their legs are twice as long.
TomMasz@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m 6’4" (193 cm) and I felt totally average walking around Amsterdam. As opposed to being a mutant freak in Tokyo.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 years 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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
6’2" is still 9 inches taller than the average woman in Utah. Is Park City some kind of extreme international anomaly?
Lynxtickler@sopuli.xyz 2 years 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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 years 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 😄
Red_October@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
FierySpectre@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Only time I ever felt small was when I stepped off the train in The Netherlands. (2m)
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 2 years ago
urquell@lemm.ee 2 years ago
U smol
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Was the scale of this graphic decided on by an incel?
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 2 years ago
A Dutch one.
manucode@infosec.pub 2 years ago
So that’s how the Netherlands colonized Indonesia.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Really weird that I’ve been skipping that exact video in my YouTube feed and then see this comment.
BenVimes@lemmy.ca 2 years 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.
Atin@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Are they counting Homo Floresiensis for Indonesia?
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years ago
RUMBLING, RUMBLING, IT’S COMING
Axiochus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Tatakae!
ignotum@lemmy.world 2 years ago
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
ITALIAN DETECTED
sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This is an excellent shitpost and made me laugh very hard.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 years ago
I like how Indonesian men are the same height as a Dutch man’s knees.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Why are half the comments talking about the scale??? That’s the joke, are they stupid???
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I had to check where this was posted for a minute, thought this was Cool Guides lol.
nifty@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This scale is so exaggerated, I am short and know tall people, they do not tower over me like that haha
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 2 years ago
It’s called Netherlands, those are all Enderpeople so obviously they’re tall
pelletbucket@lemm.ee 2 years 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
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
How old is this chart? The average American has got to be at least 5’10"
drphungky@lemmy.world 2 years 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".
Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 years ago
5’9. close enough.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m surprised that the US is so low.
Korne127@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Around 5’11" in Germany
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This is the scale used by Oda when world building for One Piece.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 years ago
That's a weird scale.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 years 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.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Agreed, it’s total bullshit. This sort of stuff should be outlawed.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 years ago
You mean completely amazing scale choice
ramble81@lemm.ee 2 years 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.
takeda@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Or simply, according to the scale from top of the head to calves is only one foot.
rem26_art@fedia.io 2 years 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
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Their feet starts at the 4 foot 8 inches mark.