On diet and human height

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[@woIf]

I hate when people call anyone under 6'2 a short king because jeez, how do you think actual short kings feel watching tall people get hyped up as short?!? 😭

[@0xCAFEF00D]

Short king isn't a particularly good term either. Imo

[@lonestarr1490]

Not exceeding 6" as a male could just as well prevent you from downloading any dating app, as the amount of success you're going to experience with them will be exactly the same.

[@dontlookatmyname5439]

​@@lonestarr1490good thing most men are over 6 inches

[@jamieironside1256]

@@lonestarr1490 What I find interesting about this video, and your comment, is that the whole online discourse about height seems very US-centric. I'm a 165cm / 5'5" fella, and only in the US, or by Americans, has the conversation about my height come up. Certainly has never been an issue on dating apps.

[@mroiddzhem7311]

@@jamieironside1256 I have observed this too. As a bellow average man in my country, noone has ever commented on my height and I never had any problems in dating life.

[@fatcat22able]

Why I measure my calories and not my height

[@dvongxx]

My head cannon is that Adam made this entire video to fight back against the Short King comments Is it something Adam would do? Probably not. Is it something I would do? Oh, most definitely

[@mytunes7401]

The shot of adam around 1:15 talking about wanting to take back hot takes while seasoning his steak is pure art

[@RecliningWhale]

Knowing your own height is kind of useful for calculating how many calories you need for maintenance.

[@KalebPeters99]

​@@mytunes7401i didn't even notice that lmao 😂

[@griffin3964]

Caloric intake or caloric content?

[@michaelell389]

If Adam's a Short King than I'm an Emperor Hobbit at 5'4"

[@WayStedYou]

He basically said he is just normal height.

[@Vicente_Bravo]

At least you are the tallest of the hobbits

[@SomeDudeQC]

Same

[@exploshaun]

Same

[@DogginsFroggins]

@@mda7629 Smartest youtuber, so by this logic dwarves who sprint end up tall? Are you really this dumb?

[@Danny.._]

that must have been a typo. i'm sure all those people were trying to call you a "short shorts king," because of the length of your shorts.

[@brazilnut8898]

Danny please post a link where we can donate to your campaign.

[@mikestubbs5242]

But... those aren't even short-shorts? Those are just regular shorts?

[@Danny.._]

@@mikestubbs5242 i can see you must be another short shorts king yourself

[@mikestubbs5242]

@@Danny.._ dude, seriously, watch the last half of this video again, slowly.

[@aragusea]

@@mikestubbs5242so slowly

[@jonathanc664]

Adam, I'm going to choose to believe that the person commenting "least athletic person on KZbin" commented it with an air of irony, commenting not on how unimpressive they thought your physique to be, but instead how high the standard is of well-known creators who show themselves working out. I would think of it as a compliment--you're showing off your above-average body in a place where most people who would do the same are competitive athletes and bodybuilders.

[@onurbhubinsky4275]

Indeed, this comment needs more recognition

[@OmniversalInsect]

Agreed

[@samuelswayze]

Let us not forget how a large quantity of fitness influencers partake in the anabolic gym candy whether they admit to it or not.

[@citizen.insane]

Yup, Adam misconstrued a compliment, look up the "Strongest Man vs. Weakest Man" meme, the exaggeration is part of the humor - the commenter was intending to draw a comparison between you, having recently lost weight and built muscle, to the average KZbin content creator - a demographic known for being fit and healthy.

[@drgrey7026]

Ya it's a slander meme. Adam is a millennial though so give him some slack.

[@anonymousanonymous1338]

Adam, the “least athletic body on KZbin” comment was most likely gen z slang meant to compliment you by saying you’re still very athletic despite being a 40 something cooking KZbinr. It was a pretty common joke to make on the internet around when you and Dr. Mike did that collab.

[@PMann-gl4ru]

I second this. That's what my 20-year-old mind went to--not a actually personal attack

[@Kai_Squared]

Third

[@lorenzzz8630]

Yeah it meant that he was the standard for youtube bodies. It was meant to be a compliment. Vouching for this

[@isaaccaraballo5359]

yeah fr no cap

[@megank.9043]

yeah agreed adam is fit af, there’s even that one video of him working out

[@humanbeing7504]

I am so shocked that adam mentioned lindybeige

[@mattickista]

No way

[@Triniwn]

Both Adam and Lindybeige are history fans and armchair evo psych spitballers, not surprising at all

[@JimFaindel]

They do come from the same youtube generation after all, a lot less names going around back then, and even fewer that remain to this day

[@teggyegg]

i havent watched enough lindybeige to know which viruses he introduced to be multiplied across the internet. I know he strongly questioned the UKs membership in the EU well before it was cool to do so, surely Adam isnt just referring to that?

[@whiderboss]

I was shocked but I'm not at all confused, didn't expect it but it makes sense

[@erzvolnes]

I'm the shortest dude in my entire family - just barely scraping 5'3 (genuine 'short king' territory LOL), even my sister has a few inches of height on me. My mum is 4'8 so I guess it makes sense, but when you're this short it really does become obvious that some people see it as sort of an inherent fault, even subconsciously. Luckily I don't think it's affected my life in any serious way, so it's mostly just an interesting observation. Really cool to see the subject laid out as thoughtfully as you have!

[@parispc]

I feel this. Every male in my family is at the very least 5'8, most around 5'10. Meanwhile I am here at 5'5.

[@georgejones5019]

I'm 5'6", it only really affected my dating life, all things considered.

[@TheIrishAlchemist205]

​@@georgejones5019says more about literally everyone else other than you. The whole "discourse" about this, the "short king" "compliment" included, is absurd.

[@Emerald_Forge]

​@@TheIrishAlchemist205It really doesn't, height is part of looks and everyone who's not sugarcoating knows looks get you in the door

[@daltonriser1125]

Damn he really is financially stable being able to actually print out all those studies

[@kevinf2757]

If I had KZbin money I'd definitely print out some GameFAQs or something.

[@brazilnut8898]

Get yourself a Brother laser printer (cheap) and print everything you want for a decade on a single toner cartridge (this claim assumes you are like everyone else and steals printer paper from work)

[@georgejones5019]

@@brazilnut8898 Just work in IT like me and you get all the free paper in the world. I was printer tech and would sometimes whisk away one of my test reams. Perks of the job.

[@blarghblargh]

How young and barely established are you to feel that's a flex?

[@slamslam-qw8qi]

​@@kevinf2757Back in my day we had to print them out, was cheaper then the data to look it back up. They were simpler times. RIP Cheatcc

[@thespanishinquisition8628]

Normal ordinary international average height king 👑

[@Brownyman]

By far the best argument I’ve ever heard about why the United States should adopt the metric system is “minimum height preference in heterosexual women for male partners.” In a population of men height is distributed along a bell curve with some men being very short and others very tall with the majority in the middle. In nations that use the metric system minimum height preference for men by women roughly matches the bell curve of male height distribution. But in the United States this is heavily skewed because of the “first digit bias” e.g. something being priced at $299 rather than $300. This causes women’s minimum height preference in the United States on the tall side to appear normal, but once it goes from 6’2”, 6’1”, 6’0” in height to 5’11”, 5’10”, 5’9” and lower the minimum height preference drops off a cliff significantly. This creates an artificial desire in a significant percentage of women who won’t date a man shorter than 6 feet tall. In the metric system, this does not occur because height is simply measured in centimeters with 6 feet to 5’11” being 183 cm to 182 cm in metric.

[@Zora3y]

not really. I'm from EU country where men are generally taller than rest of Europe, so that might skew my perception, but for most women here, 175 isn't consider terribly short, but women still prefer 180 minimum. That said, most women say they prefer if man doesn't have inferiority complex and that in particular is more important than height - the general attitude to life or personality, not just lack of inferiority complex.

[@Muddrelks]

@Brownyman It's an interesting idea that anything starting with 5' will inherently be thought of as worse than anything starting with 6'. I do have to say, I'm from Hungary and we have something similar so it's not necessarily an Anglophone thing. Many women here will say they want to be able to wear high heels and still be shorter or equal height to their partner. If you look at the average height this still works out to be a preference of roughly 175-180 cm and above, although not nearly as strict as the "above 6 feet" thing. It would be interesting to see if something like the "above 6 feet thing" is present in countries where the average height of women is already close to 6 feet, like the Netherlands. BTW your conversion is wrong at the end, 5'11" is 180 cm

[@kevinf2757]

I like the ending: "You may not care at all about my feelings, and that's perfectly fine, but think about yours. If you have unrealistic expectations for me, you're going to have unrealistic expectations for yourself, and that's not going to end well for you." That's a great perspective to have. You're a little bit taller than myself and I know how insensitive people can be when commenting on people's height so sorry you had to deal with that. I think a big part of this is cultural and also generational. Whenever I travel to places closer to the equator where people tend to be shorter on average I get treated so much better and more fairly. It really makes me resent the culture where I'm from (the PNW). I say there's a generational aspect to it because I've been single and dating the last few years and I notice single women around my age (40) still really care about height and younger women have been much more open to dating men even men shorter than themselves. I know you're married but just thought I would report some progress there. I caught myself turning down or shying away from an insanely attractive woman that was interested in me because she was quite a bit taller than me and so I started going to therapy. I felt like an insecure asshole probably spreading more insecurity around.

[@sekcaJ]

Adam, your progression to wholesome "Dad content" is much appreciated

[@TMinusRecords]

Pretty incredible to do a meta analysis in the form of a breakfast vlog

[@Yentz4]

As a 5'3" male, yall average height guys who complain about being short can shove it.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

I'm 5'10" (177cm) which is the shortest man in my family. They're all giants (some have trouble with 2m doorways) and I'm the same height as my mom and sister. That's really hurt my self-esteem, especially when my grandpa came over and thoughtlessly complemented my... broad shoulders (true, but the pause was long). Really got the brain spinning about that. My point is that insecurity isn't rational. I understand I'm just slightly below average male height. People complain about how they feel not any rational basis and it's not a deliberate jab at you or anyone else when they do this even if it may feel that way (and it's just as valid as their feelings).

[@DeathToMayo]

​@@0xCAFEF00D Where are you from? 5'9" is average for an American man.

[@CobIboC]

​@0xCAFEF00D if you are 5'10" you are above average height globally (5'8") and above average in the US (5'9"). You would only be average to slightly below average in some not all Nordic countries and the Netherlands. Which is 5'10" in the short countries and 6'2" in the Netherlands which is the tallest.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

How has life been treating you? Do people not take you seriously etc?

[@0xCAFEF00D]

​@@DeathToMayo​ Sweden, average is 181cm (5'11") for men 167cm (5'5") for women. I'm certainly feeling that even just going outside. I know these stats. The point is just that for me this insecurity isn't rational. It doesn't matter what the general population is like mostly. That's your rate of exposure to the insecurity. But how many other men and women are you exposed to just walking down the street? It's constant there. Even just finding women my height or taller triggers it. In the comparison mind I'm mostly blind to anyone who's slightly shorter or equal to me. They don't count towards countering this unless I spend effort to include them. There's also the fact I'm still quite young. And people have been getting taller. The average isn't entirely accurate to my experience either. Still doesn't make my insecurity rational.

[@NarlepoaxIII]

Adam Ragusea shouting out Lindybeige. This is absolutely wonderful.

[@totlyepic]

Nah, the dude sucks, and not in a "I don't care for his content" way; I mean it in a "he spews really shitty opinions with undue confidence" way.

[@justindie7543]

@@totlyepic He's definitely arrogant annd a bit of a know it all. He doesn't always get everything right, for instance his climate denialism, but he does really make you think deeply about a topic whether you agree or not, which is I think his main draw for me anyways.

[@swedneck]

@@totlyepic this is just absurd lol, most of what he says is perfectly fine and just encourages being nice to people. Probably the worst i've heard him say is a bog standard "women, am i right?" which is about as offensive as someone sneezing into their hand.

[@galaxya40s95]

Haven't watched anything from him in years. Time to check again I guess.

[@blackbelt352-dd]

​@@swedneck Lindy Beige's climate denialism even almost a decade ago really makes me question his credibility as a historical communicator. Like he's not trusting the decades of scientists and academics saying climate change is real and a problem, how can I be certain he's using reliable sources for his historical information?

[@brettjohnson536]

The "least athletic body" thing was a compliment. It's saying the standard of fitness on youtube is so high (with so many fitness models, bodybuilders, ect) that someone with an athletic body like you is the least athletic. A bit like when some people say "least angry person in Hull" and show an extremely pissed off guy

[@JRAS_]

it totally was. He was calling you fit Adam LOL. I know, modern slang / sayings can be confusing

[@micahrobbins8353]

I'm pretty sure the "least athletic body" comment didn't mean what you thought it meant. It's a meme format that essentially used you, a moderately muscular person, to say that everyone on yt is beefed out. At least that's how I would read it since that format is common in comment threads

[@christophertstone]

Absolutely great video. Really loving the energy of the recent videos.

[@timstevens3183]

Genuinely loving the new vlog-esq informational video format! Also you're looking great Adam! :)

[@cfv7461]

Adam noooo "least athletic body on youtube" is a compliment!! It's a meme!! Like putting "weakest scottish man" on a video of a scot lifting wheights, implying that all scots are strong

[@Xenibalt]

shit culture

[@Aurora-bv1ys]

fr bro didnt even get the meme

[@Xenibalt]

@@Aurora-bv1ys trash meme then

[@Bigbadbog]

I really really enjoy your almost inner monologues videos. Back by research, a great many good points. And then a closer at the end of the video with a call to action to change your perspective on the human body. Keep up the good work Adam.

[@majermike]

it's like he just woke up and had a bunch of interesting thoughts in his head in the shower and decided to just start spewing out loud to the camera, really turned into a beautiful video

[@JeWilliams43]

So glad Adam is happy and making videos.

[@arborealblazer283]

Love you style of video. It's really encouraging to folks like me who are very intimidated by the idea of cooking a meal to see that it can be extremely easy and casual.

[@callmecoffingaming4807]

I love Lindybeige, such a perfectly beige man.

[@SZvenM]

Love the style of this video. Sort of a "fast but casual". Works really well.

[@velvet_bass]

You have swiftly become one of my favorite channels on KZbin. Thanks for being so genuine!

[@majermike]

this format seems so genuine, just adam being real and eating breakfast, love it

[@Exiled_Rouge]

I love these kinds of talk/cook or talk/do stuff videos lately!

[@atomcraft3698]

Anyone else find themselves watching adam not to learn how to cook, but just for entertainment? Seriously, i don’t know if anyone will see this but you have inspired and helped me so much through my cooking journey and learning about food science as a young teen cook. Thank you for that.

[@lettuce1626]

I actually started out watching him through his food science videos It was the mother vinegar video that got me into him For a good while I stayed clear of his cooking videos cause theres enough of that on yt but eventually ran out of adam vids so I watched those too

[@v3lta622]

I like to learn while entertaining while entertaining while entertaining

[@tann_man]

Nah he usually has pretty bad lib takes when he goes outside his expertise

[@OmniversalInsect]

Both

[@brazilnut8898]

There's no shortage of fantastic content on YT but the difference is fantastic talent, which he has.

[@suzz1776]

Just compare N. Korea to S. Korea. The southerners r around 2-3" taller due to better diet. It is a perfect comparison cuz they r the same ethnicity but the only diff is nutrition.

[@jimmytyson6726]

Divergence is also a very recent thing. NK had generally higher standard of living than the south until the mid 70s, remember SK was an underdeveloped US backed military dictatorship then. During the 90s SK economy grew just as rapidly as NK fell apart. Would be interesting to see how height stacked up by generation side-by-side.

[@peterknutsen3070]

I’d honestly have expected a 5” differemce!

[@peterknutsen3070]

@@jimmytyson6726Very interesting.

[@karlisdievins9986]

I find your content really refreshing and entertaining, and I particularly liked how you emphasised the fact that we are looking so much at extraordinary people and and thus not seeing what actually constitutes as normal or average. Really refreshing and helps to ground yourself better. Cheers, Adam! :)

[@AustinPerdue]

Greatly enjoyed the video, thanks Adam!

[@jsvaodinson2272]

I’m 5’11” I used to spend lots of time or forums especially toxic male lifting forums and even delving into the incel sphere It gets really toxic and even I was getting insecure about my height and my image from the stuff I was reading If anyone is reading this please love yourself however you are built and whoever you are

[@ruminate5866]

"the incel sphere" lmao

[@id-lm6mn]

It helps to know that dating apps aren't a reflection of reality. The women who use these apps regularly are usually the type of person who struggles to keep relationships long-term(toxically high standards and being unwilling to compromise will do that). Most well-adjusted women just want a guy who's taller than them, not the tallest guy in the room.

[@amp4105]

Imagine how 5'2 guys feel ur basically perfect height lol

[@Shoegaze-]

Bro is lying LOL

[@TheFluffySpaz]

bro is literally 6ft with shoes lmao

[@morrigambist]

Although my dad had barely enough to eat in the Depression, he ended up at 5'9". He used to trap rabbits for the table, and once he caught a possum (they always foul traps). He gave it his mother, who baked and served it. He said it was the most awful thing he ever tried to eat. I assume they didn't have a frame like the one used for chickens today. I ended up 5'10" but have lost an inch over the years. I was well-fed as a child. Your dog has exquisite self-control. He looked in every direction not to stare at the meat. Your channel is always entertaining.

[@gregorysoble8494]

I LOVE that you're rocking the preds gear now that you live in TN! Last night was rough but what a season!

[@georgejones5019]

To preface, I'm 5'6" and around 145-150 lbs, lean and slightly athletic, military veteran. You mentioned the study related to military service and height. Ironically most of the special forces guys I met, were around my height up to 5'11" but were in peak condition and weighting anywhere from 170-200 lbs.

[@sheezy2526]

Yeap, I had a chat with a retired Sri Lankan special forces soldier and he told me their training was so brutal it is not the big muscley guys that passed the training, only those with shear willpower.

[@HuntVeil5]

More muscle means more energy(food) needed and it also slows down quickly.

[@jasonbaker1887]

Thank you for this video Adam. It definitely hits home for me I am 5'10" and have been called short my whole life by basically everyone not in my immediate family. I have also battled with my weight for decades now and the amount of time I have spent fretting over what others thought of me was not helpful for me at all and now while I am very much still battling with it I am doing for my own reasons mostly dealing with my health and not if random person a or b likes my aesthetics. SO Thank you.

[@drinfernodds]

I'm 5'6. I would've been totally pleased with being 5'10 😂

[@BiggyJimbo]

5'10? I'm 5'5 on a good day mate. Not to diminish your struggles but you are taller than the average height in most developed nations. You're at least 4-5 inches taller than the average woman

[@jasonbaker1887]

@@BiggyJimbo yeah believe me I've pointed this out to the giants around me that the average height here in my area is not average on a broad scale and I'm definitely not short. It's always been baffling to me that people consider me short around here.

[@seba_dud]

This video's disposition is amazing, it feels like a fully coherent thought that treats everything it mentions as is proportionate for it's relevance to the topic. How you achieved this in a 16 minute video is admirable 😁

[@Xenibalt]

very true

[@travisgreene29]

Love the Tenessee pride with the Preds sweater! Another great video Adam, loving the 'retirement era' you're in here with just good, random content.

[@terilapsey]

Brilliant dissertation as always! This is why I watch, love you. It’s not for the cooking it’s for these moments.

[@sanveersookdawe]

0:39 You double flipped the steak, so you did not in fact dab both sides with the paper towel like you intended

[@SilverSnark]

was looking for this comment XD

[@tarabaskin]

morning brain xD

[@tomhalla426]

As far as nutritional/stress height effects, I remember seeing Japanese American families entering a Buddhist temple. The grandchildren were a notably taller than their parents, who were quite a lot taller than the grandparents. I was in school in the 60’s and 70’s with third or fourth generation Japanese Americans, and they were not notably short. They were about as big as southern Europeans or Latinos.

[@peterknutsen3070]

3:24 I once read that in the decades after WWII, as Japan switched to a somewhat more westernised protein-rich diet, average height went up drastically.

[@avalokiteshvara113]

You're forgetting that people shrink as they age

[@Robbasd]

This is one of the best videos you've done

[@Aliberation]

Awesome content as always. Keep it up!

[@alicecarter9672]

You mentioned how you think that you have a very average body and I just wanted to say that you are in very good shape for someone in their like 40s. Not every one can make short shorts work like you can!

[@kthfox]

I love how real you are with us. You are unpatronizing as you explain deceptively simple concepts and thorough when explaining complex nuance. You make the effort to be kind to everyone while explaining unkindnesses. You don't directly call people out, you just lay out the research papers and they can slip on them if they want. I appreciate how much effort you put into these commentary videos. really. Thanks.

[@catbat06]

Being unpatronising is probably Adam’s best USP considering the subjects he touches.

[@NicolausNemeth]

Wow, there are so many layers to this video, I don't even know where to begin! Without saying a word, you demonstrated how to cook a steak AND had one of your characteristic rambles about something on your mind... all at the same time. Bravo!

[@grayson1126]

I just want to say, I’ve loved the direction you’ve taken with your channel Adam. It’s informative and interesting, and while it may be a lot of different topics, your delivery, thorough research, and tact make any topic learnable and listenable. You were likely the most kickass professor ever 😂

[@AaronMk91]

The funny thing about the line "least athletic body on KZbin" is there is the "Most X of Y vs Least A of B" meme so it could really be a compliment but I haven't watched the video in question nor be as in that online clique where that would be a meaningful compliment as understood by the innuendo and irony of that meme format

[@matthewbrotman2907]

One example of food insecurity affecting British people was the wartime food rationing, which continued for several years after the war ended. This resulted in the British Invasion bands being stocked with shorter guys. Roger Daltrey, Davy Jones, etc. The Small Faces got their name in part because none of them were over 5-6. They had to drop the “Small” part when the towering 5-10 Rod Stewart joined.

[@ThymeHog]

I love it when Adam pulls out the studies and proof that support his statements. Very likely my favorite (cooking) KZbinr

[@BrewshkiMTG]

I wasn’t expecting it to be so deep, but so well done. You’re a cool dude.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

2:43 this is actually far more true today then back then. Today we have fighter jets and tanks which all have maximum height limits, whereas back then maybe being shorter was better for cavalry, and that was about it AFAIK

[@kadokafire]

being short was also useful for tunneling, digging to get close to castle walls during a siege, or in ww1 digging under trenches to place explosives, as well as the general usefulness of just being a smaller target.

[@41rmartin]

Also if space becomes a relevant theatre of war in the near future but we don't come up with a better way to get there than we have now. Weighing less is gonna be HUGE in terms of fuel savings.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

@@kadokafire that’s true, but even for that, and especially back then, the strength of taller people would’ve allowed both potentially digging more tunnels, as well as carrying more explosives

[@Brent-jj6qi]

@@41rmartin I think there’s no real way space becomes an actual theatre of war at current prices, it’d basically just allow the US to launch attacks from somewhere untouchable

[@laddoink7636]

I believe there have been studies of height and soldier mortality on modern warfare (ww2 onwards) some studies saying shorter men survive more, but some saying taller survive more as they can carry gear and stuff more Maybe small athletic > big athletic But small unathletic worse than big unathletic

[@SimuLord]

I, at 5'10, and my brother, at 5'9, are the shortest guys on our mom's side of the family. At a family reunion, I remarked "how did we get so short coming from a family of six-footers?" (my uncles stand 6'6, 6'5, and 6'3 and I've got cousins as tall as 6'8) My brother quipped, "you forget, our dad came from a family of four-footers." (My dad was 5'7 and his brother and sister are 5'2 and 4'10 respectively.)

[@zoulzopan]

how did you dad marry your mom? seems like she was tall too?

[@lawrencevaughn9149]

The mother was probably around a similar height, women usually are on the shorter side even if they come from taller families, or she didn't care about his height like a reasonable person😂​@@zoulzopan

[@SimuLord]

@@zoulzopan My mom's 5'8". My dad was a rakish charmer. Looked like Peter Sellers, had a great sense of humor, and even today, 38 years after he passed away, my mother still calls him the love of her life and kept his last name even after finding another man to live out her days with (what my stepfather thinks about this, I've never had the gall to ask him.)

[@chancetokubo]

Thanks for this comment. I'm 5'9 with my mom's side having the shortest man at 6'2. My dad just happens to be 5'7 with parents 5'3 and 4'11 respectively

[@zoulzopan]

@@SimuLord i see thanks

[@siperdo]

I love seeing "The Format" making an appearance on your channel, Adam. John and Hank would be proud.

[@karolinse]

Great video Adam I totally agree with you!!

[@nickastley2347]

I LOVE ADAM RAGUSEA UPLOADS HELL YEAHHH

[@timft4606]

I think a part of this stereotype comes from school years. Shorter boys are bullied more often (as a 5'6 guy in my mid-twenties now, can relate) and therefore they end up in the lower end of class hierarchy more often. Hence the view on them as inferior men compared to 6" jocks.

[@Mo95793]

You look amazing dude, your hard work shows

[@mrkingsudo]

Great video, and your stove is possibly the coolest thing I've seen!

[@MauiTheRockJohnson]

Can't believe Adam is actually 5'1

[@violetviolet888]

He isn't. He's 5' 9"

[@kyleo883]

I love Lindybeige! He's definitely one of those classic youtubers that have been around as long as I've been on the site.

[@dbot3]

I really liked this form of video, keep up the good work

[@daaara]

Adam's been working through some body image stuff, we love to see it!

[@matthewwhiting255]

Also as someone who is 5'3 I was really hoping I could blame this on some material conditions lmaooo

[@blarghblargh]

Genetics are a kind of material condition. It's not like it was a choice

[@ninamartin1084]

Being taller might make it easier for men to get ahead in work, love life etc. but when you are over 6ft as a woman, your prospects in the world of employment and romance are severely limited, unless you are thin enough to be a model or athletic enough to be a basketball player. Various studies (as well as my own personal experience) indicate that tall women suffer the same fate as short men, having fewer opportunities in terms of employers and romantic partners. Factor in intelligence and you find that tall, clever women do the worst in terms of heterosexual relationships and are the least likely to marry. But at least I know 'what the weather's like up there.'

[@durleywanger2801]

boo hoo. who cares

[@VestigeFinder]

being a tall woman may be harder than being an average height woman, but it’s NOTHING like being a short dude. never heard a woman being publically made fun of in the workplace, but short dudes get insulted for sure

[@nes3sese734]

the last line is golden, "you may not care about my feelings but think about yours (etc)" really well constructed and also true

[@MRjAvellaneda]

Dude you’re posting less but these videos have been getting great. Highly thoughtful and thought provoking. Don’t full retire just yet.

[@gavinf69420]

I think tall bias comes from how we spend our formative years growing. Like as children, everyone taller than us is older and therefore wiser. Once we reach adulthood, that bias sticks.

[@jimjimson6208]

This actually lowkey makes a lot of sense, I have no idea how true it is but it seems plausible

[@pacenal_18]

Always a great day when Adam uploads

[@scigy]

Happy to see your good recording of references. That correlations of the past may disappear as circumstances change is an important lesson. Lindybeige always seemed to go for giving entertaining introductions to many different historical topics. There must be a tradeoff between accuracy, accessibility, entertainment etc... I'd expect he'd agree with a lot of what you said.

[@griffin5502]

you're completely right Adam

[@thothrax5621]

While I don't know the intent behind the comment in question, and maybe context would change that, I do suspect from having grown up with, and spent much if not most of my free time on, the internet, I suspect the "least athletic body on KZbin comment" wasn't actually an insult. It's a common meme format wherein someone is making a comment on the state of something, by acknowledging that something that looks extraordinary in isolation is actually quite begin in context. Often this is used especially in cases that are meant to be humorous by exaggerating the idea, for example you might see the phrase "least gun-obsessed american" over an image of a guy with a gun collection that is hundreds deep. Obviously it isn't accurate, but is rather commenting on the idea that america does at least seem to be more obsessed with guns than many if not most other societies. Another more relevant one might be someone on the video in question, is saying "Least attractive doctor" in reference to Doctor Mike (the actual doctor one lol, not the one in the actual video, I realized this might confuse people). They aren't actually saying Doctor Mike is ugly, rather playing on the obvious sarcasm to say that they believe doctors to universally be very attractive. The irony there is very obvious since I think it's fair to say most people agree that Doctor Mike is incredibly attractive. All that is to say, you're interpretation isn't necessarily wrong, it could just as well be exactly what you pegged it as, and regardless if it made you comfortable that's obviously fair. But what I described is fairly pervasive right now in generic, internet culture, so it could just as well be someone saying that, but because there wasn't as much obvious irony it was hard to pick up on. As you said, you have a very average, if anything slightly above average, build, so the joke doesn't quite land as easily. Maybe that just speaks to a tendency to put ourselves down, with the commenter holding the erroneous belief that they could never be as fit as those they see online.

[@owensmusicalmisadventures2312]

By the way, the term “least (adjective) person in (place)” is generally used to mean “this person is in fact very (adjective)”. It is generally just a joking comment when you take someone who’s a great specimen of some group and pretend this person is unremarkable for that group as a joke about how crazily (adjective) that group is

[@jimjimson6208]

least informative youtube comment

[@anarquay5581]

these more casual style semi vlog type videos are pretty nice

[@sirbbq2403]

I'm enjoying this new energy and flow in your videos. Also, you did emit tall guy energy. Idk what it is either, you had it. lma0

[@brettmajeske3525]

So one comment, Ming-Tsai. Just compare him to his parents, both of which have appeared on his cooking shows. HE is twice the size of both put together.

[@Danny.._]

i don't know his full family history, but i do know his grandparents on one side at least lived through the cultural revolution and escaped to america. if his parent on that side had also lived part of their early childhood in the cultural revolution, they would have been severely stunted by that, and the grandparents wouldn't have had much money after coming to the us, at least not right away, so there's the bad diet and potentially disease in china that could be in effect there.

[@akshayde]

He ate!

[@rey3472]

America vs Asia. Traditional diet in Asia is not nutritious. Even after WWII austerity and revolutions, basic diet is not like what you see at sushi places or Chinese restaurants. Low fat, low calorie, low protein. In Asia, if the young people adhere to the traditional diet and no Western food, they are small.

[@violetviolet888]

@@Danny.._ You're talking epigenetic. Stresses like war, famine, etc. will manifest for three generations.

[@violetviolet888]

@@rey3472 Not sure that's sayin much when 41.9% of adults in the United States are obese according to the CDC. You can be small and healthy. I also disagree that traditional Asian food is unhealthy. It is far more healthy than western food. Asians eat real ingredients that come from nature, not factory made processed crap that the human body is not designed to process or thrive from. Even street food is made from scratch with real ingredients and served to you as fast as fast food in America.

[@FKATorp]

"Least athletic body on youtube" mf would have a stroke if he saw Boogie2988

[@austinbell4685]

I only learned about Nikocado Avocado last week but it made me think this website should be banned

[@WayStedYou]

Go back and see how he was when he wasn't fat it's crazy ​@austinbell4685

[@megapussi]

its a sarcastic joke. people call adam "least athletic youtuber" the same way people call boogie "most athletic american"

[@BOUHAMAMA]

this video was so funny... He really made this vid entertaining by allowing his insecurities and justifications for them the real story being told. great vid

[@AndyBebop01]

Hi Adam-- When you mentioned your height in that one vid I was a bit surprised, as you genuinely give off "tall people vibes". Although to me it was more so because of your charisma, and the fact that you're a content creator. I think that creators like you and even more so for celebrities--who we only know through our screens-- have the larger than life effect and seem taller, smarter, funnier, prettier, etc., than everyone else. Regardless, I've really been enjoying the content since you lessened the frequency of vids ! Hope all is well ((:

[@alspinor]

Dont worry about your height, i hear hobbits are very good at cooking.

[@gabrielveiga5713]

Adam, you misunderstood the "least athletic person on youtube" comment, it's a meme, the person was saying the opposite!

[@Zelmel]

I feel so seen just by you having used the literal brand and model of polymer cutting board I have at home (when I so often see people actively saying if it's not wood, it's shit).

[@yonischott]

this was one of your best, lots of interesting ideas to think about but can't believe you got that comment so mean!

[@BingBong422]

I think modern dating is also responsible for the idea that someone 5'8 or 5'9 is short. A lot of women won't even look at a man that's under 6 feet tall

[@PredictableEnigma]

As a short woman, I don't get why my peers ONLY want to date someone if a trampoline is required to give them a smooch on the cheek. Having a tall person in your life is nice, but not so nice that I'd discard anyone that I can keep easy eye contact with at eye level lol

[@nickmarsh4176]

I think this, too, is the result of what Adam is talking about towards the end of the video - social media seems to have just warped our perception of what is extraordinary and what is ordinary.

[@lonestarr1490]

​@@PredictableEnigma Can you elaborate on why having a tall person in your life is nice? (Genuine question, because I want to understand what makes women lean so much into that direction.)

[@jasonmaguire7552]

​@nickmarsh4176 dating apps mean that women have access to the same top X% of men so they have no need to 'settle' for a man of average height

[@mimio008]

And yet, many men out there, shorter than 6 feet, moving in with women everyday. Go figure 🤷‍♀️

[@lizcademy4809]

I come from a line of genetically short people, and had kids with a genetically short man. I knew my son would also be short; one of my mom jobs was to make him feel his stature was a non-issue. [Unlike his father, who has a short complex.] I succeeded ... at 23, my son is comfortable being 5'5", athletic, and very confident when he leads others. [He also cracks jokes about spending less on clothing because he can shop in the boy's department.] Being 5'2" myself, my ideal height for a male partner is about 5'6", with 5'10" plenty tall. Any taller makes him hard to kiss ;-) Not all women are drawn to super tall men.

[@teatowel11]

Congratulations, you have exactly the same preference of most women 4-8 inches taller that they are. 4 inches is the difference in average height from men to women so you can see how this leaves shorter men short on availible women.

[@lizcademy4809]

@@teatowel11 Very true ... I wanted to reassure the short to medium sized men that there are plenty of womem who don't mind their height. We read so much about the ladies who refuse to look at a man unless he's 6 feet or taller ... those women are the outliers. I won't refuse to look at any eligible man, but my height preferences is well under 6 feet.

[@firstnamelastname-li1cc]

@@lizcademy4809 From what I've seen, scientific studies and data from online dating websites does seem to confirm that women prefer taller men. I think a more reassuring thing to say would be that most women are perfectly willing to date men who aren't their physical ideal. One thing I've noticed on the internet is that when people reassure insecure men, it often devolves into some kind of misogyny. For example, someone in this comment section stated that women who only date tall men are not "well adjusted". Don't take this the wrong way, but I think when you downplay women's preferences to make men feel better, it just hurts women. Women have just as much a right as men to be superficial and choosy.

[@Brownian_floation]

Dang Adam, I kinda needed this video and information 15 yrs ago. 😅

[@carlosdanielolivera9787]

Thanks, this explains a lot! (I'll watch the video later)

[@JohnHausser]

“Why I measure my calories and not my height”

[@thomasmaguire536]

Adam: I'm done with hot takes Also Adam a few minutes later: The nobility in feudal times were objectively superior both physically and mentally

[@martinnolhaf3151]

Based and Nobility pilled!

[@Kookiebiskit]

If that's how you choose to interpret that portion of the video, then your brain is actually fried.

[@pancake7117]

I can't believe it, Adam is a monarchist smh/j

[@martinnolhaf3151]

@@pancake7117 Long live the Empire!

[@thomasmaguire536]

@@martinnolhaf3151 Gigachad

[@fastmathematics]

Great video - this should be used as an example of “piece to camera” content.

[@sirdomo4]

I like this age of Adam Ragusea. It feels like a casual master at his craft. Just going well as he pleases. It is just very easy going, I feel.

[@jaska3900]

Lindybeige!

[@popinmo]

i don't think eating meat primarily meats growth alot of people point at the past that people were shorter and that they also ate less meat but people forget they also ate terribly in general like in the past you couldn't go to the store and get avocados and pineapples no not eating meat in the 1500s meant bread and dirty water

[@OmnipotentNoodle]

Yeah lol anyone who wasnt rich simply had fewer calories in general, but also almost _everybody_ had vitamin/mineral deficiencies and were chronically dehydrated... It would be like saying healthcare outcomes are better nowadays because people use more bandaids. Its not _exactly_ wrong, but clearly the bandaids arent the cause, and there are plenty of obvious and effective substitutions.

[@akshayde]

Dude, learn to formulate a thought and write a sentence. Unbelievable and unreadable!

[@popinmo]

@@akshayde learn to read better

[@popinmo]

@@OmnipotentNoodle sadly I see a lot of people and friends I used to have try to tell me that eating meat was the only reason and completely ignore the entire world changing

[@bread6070]

i like this new style of content keep it up

[@Razvansar]

This has got to be the most unhinged, yet calm rant on youtube. I loved it!

[@irishmarine3]

LINDYBEIGE!!!

[@kcloudz8182]

This video has 5'8" energy (bring your own connotation)

[@tanzilhossain2693]

I eat steaks at restaurants every morning for breakfast

[@penvzila]

Yeah loudly declaring that you are the global average height ... like nobody asked, man. Nobody.

[@horsesho3]

As a short young man, this video makes me feel a lot better about myself. Thank you Adam :)

[@lonefighterpilot]

This AI can never replace who Adam once was, may he rest in peace ❤