tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4160543549474954448..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Robert Downey Jr.: Short superstar shattering stereotypesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60049888221643145672013-06-02T22:12:28.973-07:002013-06-02T22:12:28.973-07:00Barbara Tuchman says PM Salisbury was 6'4"...Barbara Tuchman says PM Salisbury was 6'4" in his youth on p. 5 of "The Proud Tower." <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Proud-Tower-Portrait-Before-1890-1914/dp/0345405013<br /><br />She also says twice in the paragraph that he was stoop-shouldered.<br /><br />I don't know how tall Lord Curzon was but he had a daughter, Mary, who was 6 feet tall. Okay, a completely unreliable looking item in Google Books says Lord Curzon is 6'1," which sounds plausible.<br /><br />My name is George Nathaniel Curzon,<br />I am a most superior person.<br /><br /><br /><br />Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47949871186301413632013-06-02T21:16:58.221-07:002013-06-02T21:16:58.221-07:00You think Lord Salisbury was really 6 feet tall?
...You think Lord Salisbury was really 6 feet tall?<br /><br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Li_Hung_Chang%2C_Lord_Salisbury%2C_Lord_Curzon.jpgmeo fiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238486778178048077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32092676708775317462013-06-02T21:16:06.331-07:002013-06-02T21:16:06.331-07:00You think Lord Salisbury was really 6 feet tall?
...You think Lord Salisbury was really 6 feet tall?<br /><br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Li_Hung_Chang%2C_Lord_Salisbury%2C_Lord_Curzon.jpgmeo fiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238486778178048077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47660351212700618982013-05-31T11:07:42.550-07:002013-05-31T11:07:42.550-07:00If I had to re-engineer humanity, I would give eve...If I had to re-engineer humanity, I would give everyone a fixed height of about 5'5". You can do anything at that height, you would consume less calories, not to mention occupy less space overall. It would facilitate mate selection, since the height factor would become null.<br /><br />Sports for "tall" people like basketball would just have to be readjusted accordingly.<br /><br />And so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85801391780606924342013-05-23T15:41:17.454-07:002013-05-23T15:41:17.454-07:00John Wayne and Gary Cooper were not the "toug...John Wayne and Gary Cooper were not the "tough guy" actors. Not a gangster film between the two of them. Both were tough, of course, but I was referring to a specific sub-type.<br /><br />My son is 6'5" and utterly massive with it. He is perfectly happy being that height, sees it as a mild feature, but not a must-have. I'm not sure if it's because he has always been big, so had a lot of time to get used to it.Education Realisthttp://educationrealist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3338288864189826552013-05-23T12:31:44.939-07:002013-05-23T12:31:44.939-07:00Regarding height, at 5'5.5" on simple hei...Regarding height, at 5'5.5" on simple height assessment I wouldn't be much of a threat. I've always been easy going, so not sure of most guys my height get picked on a lot. The last guy that I fought (when I was a youth) started the fight... at at least 6'4" he was very fortunate I hadn't gotten really mad yet when his friends pulled him off of me. When I say off, I mean because I had him lifted in the air on my back and could have hurt him badly had I been so disposed. Never mess with a short guy that has shoulders wider than yours... at least don't let him come to grips.Orionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63151668237440869982013-05-23T05:10:28.433-07:002013-05-23T05:10:28.433-07:00DVN:You can deduce this- they are neo Nazis. Desce...<br />DVN:You can deduce this- they are neo Nazis. Descendents of an ideology that qualified members on basis of physical appearance and ability.<br /><br />But is the deduction valid? I highly doubt that these kids are descendants of Neo-Nazis. Just rebellious young men for the most part. There is some sense to what you say, but it seems like it would be difficult to get so many such people together in the one place."<br /><br />DVN: I never said they are the physical descendents of Nazis ,just that they hail from that culture that preselects for a peculiar body type.<br /><br />DVN: Observed by who? By yourself. You will pardon if so far I am not impressed so much by your observations or deductions. Please present this study with these observations.<br /><br />Google Kretschmer (and maybe Robert Ressler who references his work).<br /><br /><br />"Kretschmer's study of 10000 patients in mental hospitals indicated that 85% of patients suffering with paranoia had athletic body types"<br /><br /><br />DVN: Well you showed me. Ill shut up about this matter.<br /><br />That is simply a matter of a broken clock.<br /><br />DVN: That's not it. They've organised their lives around a reaction to Frankfurt School PC, and Marxism, not anything else. This is the same thing that the rest of the alt-right is fighting, only without a common hair cut as a common denominator. And they were doing it long before the rest of us. Sure, they go about it in a militant and ineffective way. And they think they have no common cause with Jews, which I think is wrong in the 2010+ era.<br /><br />DVN: I agree with their traditionalist view points but of course disagree with their end goal which admittedly from all the neo nazi sites I have do not really espouse genocide but expulsion and segregation.<br />I hate to give advice to the enemy but they have to take a page out of the lefts book and infiltrate the universities,media and entertainment under the "Respectable" facade.I cant see any other way.<br /><br />DVN:That would be news to Hitlers generals who thought his obsession with Jews was hampering the war effort or his megalomania and paranoia compelled his foolish invasion of Soviet Union.<br /><br />Hitler was right in a lot of his early decisions when he was overruling his generals. FWIW.<br /><br />DVN: No one is denying Hitler credit in reviving the German military machine. And yes his generals were rather timid after the experience of WWI.<br />However the operative term is "early decision" , paranoia and megalomania tend to manifest with increasing power as was the case in the middle to later stages.<br /><br />DVN:You are confusing paranoia with a realistic geo politick.<br />Maginot line and Enigma were lapses in judgement that can happen to the even the best militaries and they did.<br /><br />Lapses in judgement they were. Almost certainly there were people in both militaries who raised the idea that there were flaws to be exploited by the enemy, but they were ignored. It is this element of supposed "paranoia" I am referring to.<br /><br />DVN: I am not sure it is paranoia but a lack of foresight.<br />Of course a paranoid person would see attacks emanating from everywhere and chances are he is right perhaps 2% of the time such as in the case of Engima. One cannot take action based such an the advice of such an analyst.<br />Again my argument is yes paranoids can be right and just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean someone is out to get you. However paranoid people have a boy who cried wolf quality which compels others to tune them out even when they are right.<br />It is only in hindsight that they are considered Cassandras.Dr Van Nostrandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58056716213811903842013-05-23T03:37:41.756-07:002013-05-23T03:37:41.756-07:00You can deduce this- they are neo Nazis. Descenden...<i>You can deduce this- they are neo Nazis. Descendents of an ideology that qualified members on basis of physical appearance and ability.</i><br /><br />But is the deduction valid? I highly doubt that these kids are descendants of Neo-Nazis. Just rebellious young men for the most part. There is some sense to what you say, but it seems like it would be difficult to get so many such people together in the one place.<br /><br /><i>Observed by who? By yourself. You will pardon if so far I am not impressed so much by your observations or deductions. Please present this study with these observations.</i><br /><br />Google Kretschmer (and maybe Robert Ressler who references his work).<br /><br />"Kretschmer's study of 10000 patients in mental hospitals indicated that 85% of patients suffering with paranoia had athletic body types"<br /><br /><i>That is simply a matter of a broken clock.</i><br /><br />That's not it. They've organised their lives around a reaction to Frankfurt School PC, and Marxism, not anything else. This is the same thing that the rest of the alt-right is fighting, only without a common hair cut as a common denominator. And they were doing it long before the rest of us. Sure, they go about it in a militant and ineffective way. And they think they have no common cause with Jews, which I think is wrong in the 2010+ era.<br /><br /><i>That would be news to Hitlers generals who thought his obsession with Jews was hampering the war effort or his megalomania and paranoia compelled his foolish invasion of Soviet Union.</i><br /><br />Hitler was right in a lot of his early decisions when he was overruling his generals. FWIW.<br /><br /><i>You are confusing paranoia with a realistic geo politick.<br />Maginot line and Enigma were lapses in judgement that can happen to the even the best militaries and they did.</i><br /><br />Lapses in judgement they were. Almost certainly there were people in both militaries who raised the idea that there were flaws to be exploited by the enemy, but they were ignored. It is this element of supposed "paranoia" I am referring to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37880708319976948972013-05-23T02:02:48.109-07:002013-05-23T02:02:48.109-07:00[i]There are certain body types that tend to "...[i]There are certain body types that tend to "pop" really well on camera, and for men that tends to be massive heads with angular cheekbones on spindly little bodies.<br /><br />When you see those guys in person, it's always startling how disproportionately big their heads are[/i]<br /><br />This sounds like nonsense to me.Jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56388069870763203632013-05-23T01:57:47.515-07:002013-05-23T01:57:47.515-07:00The status is hierarchy is as follow:
1. Tall and...The status is hierarchy is as follow:<br /><br />1. Tall and mildly muscular<br /><br />2. Tall and super muscular<br /><br />3. Tall and scrawny<br /><br />4. Short and scrawny (boyish look)<br /><br />5. Tall and fat<br /><br />6. Short and muscular<br /><br />7. Short and fat<br /><br />8. Short and super muscularJakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52572114782127701242013-05-22T23:09:51.412-07:002013-05-22T23:09:51.412-07:00Strangely enough, years ago I was once invited to ...<br />Strangely enough, years ago I was once invited to a far right skinhead concert. The one thing that was immediately noticeable was how tall and well built on average the members of that subculture were. I'm not sure what to deduce from that exactly, but there it is."<br /><br />You can deduce this- they are neo Nazis. Descendents of an ideology that qualified members on basis of physical appearance and ability.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I also note that it has been observed that paranoids are typically of a muscular, athletic build. "<br /><br />Observed by who? By yourself. You will pardon if so far I am not impressed so much by your observations or deductions. Please present this study with these observations.<br /><br /><br />This is not to say that paranoid = crazy. Just to say that it's the paranoid types (those who evaluate possible threats most comprehensively) who will notice an insidious threat first."<br /><br />That is simply a matter of a broken clock.<br /><br /><br /> In some ways, a healthy paranoia is what is required to win both sports and war. The successful general often attacks from a place few people would even consider, and find a way to make it work. Other successful generals anticipate such "craziness". Failure in war often comes down to not being paranoid enough. "<br /><br />That would be news to Hitlers generals who thought his obsession with Jews was hampering the war effort or his megalomania and paranoia compelled his foolish invasion of Soviet Union.<br /><br /><br /><br />Witness the Germans not being paranoid enough about their codes being cracked, despite one of their best generals believing so (and being ignored). And the French placing all their trust in the Maginot line when they should have been more paranoid."<br /><br />You are confusing paranoia with a realistic geo politick.<br />Maginot line and Enigma were lapses in judgement that can happen to the even the best militaries and they did.<br />Dr Van Nostrandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58673688335764287552013-05-22T19:24:58.975-07:002013-05-22T19:24:58.975-07:00"Also, I've read that height corresponds ..."Also, I've read that height corresponds to higher intelligence. "<br /><br /><br />I've yet to read a study linking height and intelligence that controlled for sex and race.<br /><br />If sex isn't controlled for, the correlation is obviously void.<br /><br />The racial makeup of the sample set is also important, hispanics tend to be both dumb and short and could easily skew the short. Also could work the other way if lots of smart, short asians were in the mix. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63139247646578316612013-05-22T14:58:26.558-07:002013-05-22T14:58:26.558-07:00The size of the head on some actors can be quite t...The size of the head on some actors can be quite the jolt when seen in person. Two I've had the experience to be surprised by- <br /><br />Robert Redford;<br />short legs & *large* cranium.<br /><br />Remember "Our Miss Brooks"? <br />Eve Arden had one of the largest heads I've seen on a woman. <br />Loved her, but hey, the lady had <br />a big block. Guess the cinematographers are the under sung heroes of Hollywood.Truth is a social constructnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20880142168308601842013-05-22T14:35:29.125-07:002013-05-22T14:35:29.125-07:00I went over to CelebrityHeights since Steve and Al...I went over to CelebrityHeights since Steve and Albertosaurus were talking about it. The celebrity pics are hilarious. They are posing with this guy and most seem pleasant enough with a few looking drunk or hungover.Cornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57532029151907311162013-05-22T14:17:30.370-07:002013-05-22T14:17:30.370-07:00I was surprised while watching the latest iteratio...I was surprised while watching the latest iteration of "The Great Gatsby" when the narrator, Nicky, was shown with the lady golfer, BFF of Daisy. She was several inches taller than he.<br /><br />Of course, Nicky had the wimp role of author/observer, which is anything but a dominant male role and she was supposed to be quasi-lesbian as a lady golf pro. <br /><br />I'm 6'1" and can see an advantage to being an inch or so taller but already see disadvantages of height.<br /><br />Growing up in a navy town with lots of flight students, the flight cadets tended to be shorter than average men, better to fit into their fighting machines (shared with tankers I understand).<br /><br />Apparently, that didn't seem to hurt the budding pilots in the sexual marketplace.Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69609817366910474302013-05-22T12:30:44.013-07:002013-05-22T12:30:44.013-07:00Actually, there were a fair number of short and me...Actually, there were a fair number of short and medium height actors back in the day. The tough-guy actors were all notoriously short--Bogart, Cagney, Robinson, Ladd, Raft--but most of the musical romantic leads--Bing Crosby (top ten star in the 30s and 40s), Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly--were of average height. Spencer Tracy, Frederic March, Montgomery Clift, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, James Dean--all pretty average height.<br /><br />I think we just remember the tall ones."<br /><br />Dont forget Audie Murphy -5'4", the highest decorated soldier in WWII.<br /><br />If that is a Napolean complex then hook me up with some of that<br /><br />Actually Napolean being short is a myth probably propagated by Wellingtons PR team. He was 5'8" ,above average for a Frenchman(or Corsican) of that era.Dr Van Nostrandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48367711465072571202013-05-22T11:02:45.760-07:002013-05-22T11:02:45.760-07:00I thought I was the only one who read Celebrity He...I thought I was the only one who read <i>Celebrity Heights</i>. I seldom mention it because I consider it to be a bit shameful - it is so low brow. It's what they call a 'guilty pleasure'. And remember I'm not all that sensitive about my BDSM.<br /><br />Downey is a source of much amusement because he wears such big lifts so badly. Al Pacino too. Celebrity Heights is sponsored by elevator shoe companies. He looks silly wobbling around in his platform boots on the red carpet desperately trying not to be dwarfed by Paltrow. She responds by wearing heels. It's a battle of the sexes fought with footwear.<br /><br />But shortness among Hollywood male movie stars is nothing new. Alan Ladd of course provided employment for generations of ditch diggers for his leading ladies to walk in.<br /><br />The reason has to do with Algometry and Neoteny. My little King Charles has an irresistibly cute face that no Great Dane could possibly match. He looks like a baby. Get big enough and you have a face like Richard Kiel.<br /><br />Little men like Jose Carreras are not handsome but pretty. They look good in close up but are less impressive in a crowd on stage. In the movies this isn't a problem. They can appear tall though 'movie magic'.<br /><br />Also you forget Jimmy Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. Today their roles would be cast with stars like Clint Eastwood or Liam Neesom - both of whom are about 6'4". Cagney was defiantly short - no lifts for him.<br /><br />The biggest lifts I've ever seen on screen are on Gosta Winbergh in the film of <i>Mithridate Re di Ponto</i>. Yet I'd seen him twice on stage and never suspected. Some little men are better than others wearing those things.<br /><br />Albertosaurus<br /><br /><br /> Pat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43656182825146842092013-05-22T10:11:41.796-07:002013-05-22T10:11:41.796-07:00Strangely enough, years ago I was once invited to ...Strangely enough, years ago I was once invited to a far right skinhead concert. The one thing that was immediately noticeable was how tall and well built on average the members of that subculture were. I'm not sure what to deduce from that exactly, but there it is.<br /><br />I saw news on a particular study recently linking muscularity and conservative views, and it made me think again of that observation.<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/study_muscle_men_more_politically_conservative_than_others/<br /><br />Perhaps within every ethnicity or tribe there is a natural contingent suited to the job of protecting the other members of the group from outsiders. Kind of like the way fighter ants are spawned. These are the sort of people with an outlook and build suited to war. My guess is that these are the people who detect a threat and would do something about it if they weren't constrained by the law and other forces. If they perceived the military to actually fight for the country, they'd probably have just joined the military as was done by such folks in years past.<br /><br />I also note that it has been observed that paranoids are typically of a muscular, athletic build. This is not to say that paranoid = crazy. Just to say that it's the paranoid types (those who evaluate possible threats most comprehensively) who will notice an insidious threat first. In some ways, a healthy paranoia is what is required to win both sports and war. The successful general often attacks from a place few people would even consider, and find a way to make it work. Other successful generals anticipate such "craziness". Failure in war often comes down to not being paranoid enough. Witness the Germans not being paranoid enough about their codes being cracked, despite one of their best generals believing so (and being ignored). And the French placing all their trust in the Maginot line when they should have been more paranoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46489927278706019072013-05-22T10:05:15.729-07:002013-05-22T10:05:15.729-07:00A few commenters mentioned fighting. In this day a...A few commenters mentioned fighting. In this day and age especially with conceal and carry laws in all states except Illinois, starting fights is not a good idea. <br /> Remember that God made men unequal but Colt makes men equal.<br /> Also remember Zimmerman was about 5'9" inches while Trayvon was maybe 6'2". Who came out on top?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25501223842208637652013-05-22T09:23:50.941-07:002013-05-22T09:23:50.941-07:00manlet chart explained
http://i.imgur.com/FSTnwgT...manlet chart explained<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/FSTnwgT.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43988851242967276502013-05-22T09:17:54.685-07:002013-05-22T09:17:54.685-07:00manlet chart
http://i.imgur.com/ZOH0T.jpgmanlet chart<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/ZOH0T.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87610858235287533082013-05-22T08:41:37.053-07:002013-05-22T08:41:37.053-07:00I have been 15 feet away from Robert Plant before ...I have been 15 feet away from Robert Plant before and was utterly shocked by how big his head was. BTW you have never really lived until you've been that close to him in a small club as he belted out Whole Lotta Love with a great backup band behind him. As I did about 7 years ago.<br /><br />MDRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30853794610178223152013-05-22T07:44:45.197-07:002013-05-22T07:44:45.197-07:00I understand that Tom Cruise is actually only four...I understand that Tom Cruise is actually only four feet tall.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91398769438238946242013-05-22T05:08:47.345-07:002013-05-22T05:08:47.345-07:00"I'm 6', 210 - it's not never, bu..."I'm 6', 210 - it's not never, but very few people have tried to start a fight with me as an adult."<br /><br />Same here, and I'm 5'9", 260lbs (want to bring that weight down eventually, but realistically, getting under 220lbs would be tough for me). If Whiskey is getting threatened a lot maybe he is commenting from a Mexico City prison or something. <br /><br />Re being 6'4", Steve mentions clumsiness as a downside. I've had a couple of good friends who were 6'4"-6'5" and neither was particularly clumsy, though neither was terribly athletic either (neither played basketball in high school - one swam, and the other ran cross country). I don't think either would steal the limelight from Iron Man walking into a room, or necessarily be seen as a natural leader, but one of them used his height to good effect in dating by going after unusually tall girls.Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79244367312105262992013-05-22T04:06:45.820-07:002013-05-22T04:06:45.820-07:00Not only are shorter men cast as leading man types...Not only are shorter men cast as leading man types, but also these days the tallest actors seem to be shunted off into comedy. Physically imposing specimens like Vince Vaughan and Will Ferrell (6'5" and 6'4", respectively) have only succeeded by developing goofball personas. Vaughan in particular originally played his hand as dramatic actor, as his career quickly stalled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com