Dutch East India Company arrives on the island of Java
I'm terrified of the Netherlands now
Submitted 11 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3a3b33f8-f799-47b3-85a1-1d2aeae8b5e4.jpeg
Comments
Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 10 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
samus12345@lemmy.world 10 months ago
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Worst fucking graphic ever lmao
Obi@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It has to be a joke haha.
gerryflap@feddit.nl 10 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
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 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.
gerryflap@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Apparently i’m almost 3 inches taller than average. So somewhat better but still scary
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
They have ridiculous accents, though. They got nerfed in an old patch
taiyang@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
Dont forget theyre naturally Lucky aswell!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kenyans aren’t on there, but I have to assume they’re pretty big given the 60’ move speed.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’re actually in the middle but their legs are twice as long.
TomMasz@lemmy.world 10 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.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 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.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 10 months 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 10 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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 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 😄
Red_October@lemmy.world 10 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.
FierySpectre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Only time I ever felt small was when I stepped off the train in The Netherlands. (2m)
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
urquell@lemm.ee 10 months ago
U smol
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Was the scale of this graphic decided on by an incel?
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
A Dutch one.
manucode@infosec.pub 10 months ago
So that’s how the Netherlands colonized Indonesia.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Really weird that I’ve been skipping that exact video in my YouTube feed and then see this comment.
BenVimes@lemmy.ca 10 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.
Atin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are they counting Homo Floresiensis for Indonesia?
rockerface@lemm.ee 10 months ago
RUMBLING, RUMBLING, IT’S COMING
Axiochus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tatakae!
ignotum@lemmy.world 10 months ago
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
ITALIAN DETECTED
sunbytes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is an excellent shitpost and made me laugh very hard.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 10 months ago
I like how Indonesian men are the same height as a Dutch man’s knees.
Godric@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why are half the comments talking about the scale??? That’s the joke, are they stupid???
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I had to check where this was posted for a minute, thought this was Cool Guides lol.
nifty@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 10 months ago
It’s called Netherlands, those are all Enderpeople so obviously they’re tall
pelletbucket@lemm.ee 10 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
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
How old is this chart? The average American has got to be at least 5’10"
drphungky@lemmy.world 10 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".
Num10ck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
5’9. close enough.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m surprised that the US is so low.
Korne127@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Around 5’11" in Germany
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
This is the scale used by Oda when world building for One Piece.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 11 months ago
That's a weird scale.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 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.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Agreed, it’s total bullshit. This sort of stuff should be outlawed.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
You mean completely amazing scale choice
ramble81@lemm.ee 10 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.
takeda@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Or simply, according to the scale from top of the head to calves is only one foot.
rem26_art@fedia.io 10 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
danc4498@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Their feet starts at the 4 foot 8 inches mark.