QI | Why Are So Many Great Men Short?

[@him050]

"No wonder they put him on such a big column" fucking dying 😂

[@benwhiley9680]

Napoleon's Imperial Guard Grenadiers, the soldiers most usually surrounding him, were a minimum of 5'10" - extremely tall for the time. He wasn't short, he just surrounded himself with the egregiously tall - making himself look small by comparison.

[@_Mentat]

Napoleon conscripted on height, preferring tall men. He got a million of them killed, hence the French being so short in modern times.

[@Blueturtle1]

@@_Mentat that’s probably not true but even if it isn’t it’s very funny

[@mattdavis9601]

I do the same thing with weight. I'm somewhat overweight but I'm often the sexiest person in the Wal-Mart, by comparison.

[@captaincrash9286]

@@freneticness2136 Did you not hear Stephen say that Napoleon was 5'7"?

[@generouslyfat]

egregiously is a funny sounding word

[@TheOnlyGimmeturben]

"means nice one, son" Sean Lock is a champ

[@GuilhermeMetz]

RIP

[@johndean4998]

Sean Lock: 1:59 "Mostly they're not judged on their height, are they?"

[@JoeBlac]

@Bert they're mostly judged on their actions.

[@TallSilentGuy]

We tend to get bogged down in more trivial matters like how many wars they started or how many people they killed.

[@DevinHeida]

@@TallSilentGuy hahaha love that. The trivial things.

[@ThisistheMaasster]

JJ this sounds like short people speak

[@duke_hugo]

@JJ the point of this discussion though is that what you’re describing isn’t the case. Just as many of these guys were average height or tall. There aren’t a bunch of tiny dictators.

[@Jotari]

I heard that Napoleon's alleged shortness came from the French actually changing their scale for measuring during revolution and the British just not realising what the new height tht was reported really meant.

[@mattylaa4447]

floooooooooooooooood that's what I heard

[@spaculama9184]

floooooooooooooooood as far as I understand the belief that he was short came from the changed French scales and then it being exaggerated by cartoonist

[@Brobert1996]

his guards were all 6ft and over which made him seem shorter.

[@No1downy]

yeah in french feet he was 5'2 just happened to be 5'7 in english

[@PanglossDr]

No, it was propaganda, that's all, like the lies England created about the Spanish Inquisition.

[@butterflymoon6368]

4:24 - wow that aerial view makes it looks like they're much closer to each other than it normally looks on TV. Normally it looks as if they're on opposite sides of the room.

[@robertleitch1050]

Stalin couldn’t reach the top shelf so he made sure there was no food up there

[@12bananaboy]

He made sure there wasn't food on any shelf

[@Intedujag]

only the ussr out-caloried the us during stalin so get fucked

[@MrYouarethecancer]

@@Intedujag spotted the commie

[@Gilmaris]

Pun would have worked, but for the fact that under Stalin, the top shelf was precisely the one where food was stocked.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

Dark humor is like food Not Everybody Gets It.

[@JJStarcade]

"Heightism does exist ... the disparity is comparable to race and gender" *short jokes intensify*

[@jamesshepherd9390]

@Ben Yeah I know exactly how you feel. Comments like, "he doesn't need as much because he's only half a person" get old really quickly.

[@khalkeus5114]

Time to start the Campaign for Equal Heights!

[@jamesshepherd9390]

@Thadson Exactly, the same thing has happened to me over and over again. And when you try and bring it up people just say "no one really cares about it" which is obviously bullshit.

[@debunkingstupidity1335]

Yeah I’m about 5’5” as well and it’s amazing how people think they can take the piss. It’s one thing friends having a laugh but when it’s from strangers it really makes you wonder how the fuck they think it’s acceptable. To be fair though, although 5’5” is fairly small, it’s not that bad of a height, plenty of women around this height and plenty don’t seem to mind it too, although some definitely do and I’d rather not go out with women a few inches taller myself, so that’s limiting. But I suppose attitude plays a big role in gaining other people’s respect too. In my group of friends I’m known as a pretty talented musician, I can make people laugh and throughout my life women have generally found me attractive. So height is far from the be all and end all. It does define your experience but you shouldn’t let it define you too much. Also, if people are often poking fun, it’s probably best to sharpen your wit and snipe back with something. It’s amazing how soft people can be who dish it out.

[@moodby]

@Ben "Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you." -Tyrion Lannister. Make it your armor , make fun of your own height and nobody can use it against you - You are sensitive about it because it still hurts your feelings. I get that. It's true though, and you can't do anything about it except accept it and don't let others use it as a weapon against you. Ignore this, keep being mad about reality, and you'll always hate that part of yourself. Embrace it, mock it, and it will never hurt you again.

[@kylenetherwood8734]

The answer is: The question is wrong.

[@Hailey_piggie]

Welcome to QI

[@Eric-sy1xu]

It actually isn't necessarily. 5' 5" is short by today's standards, then not so much; but the question disregards time span.

[@luufia]

Teacherino For Kripperinos Kripperino ur in the wrong comment section mate.!

[@seriousbusiness47]

If any of them had brought this up, I'm sure Stephen would have just said "hahaaa, gotcha"

[@jessicalee333]

That's usually the answer.

[@cueball6969]

All the guys in my friend group are 5,11 or taller, I'm 5,7 and naturally many jokes spring from this All that smugness however, comes crashing down when we board the plane or go into a medieval building, I savour those moments

[@MrDiddyDee]

In trains, planes, cinemas and theatres it's an advantage having shorter legs, when the rows are so tight. Except if you go to a gig, the biggest guys seem to go near the front and want to stand, give us shorties a break will you and lift us to the front?

[@milesharbord9339]

You should get your friends to fly in a medieval plane.

[@clairerobertson1288]

No comments praising a young, pretty David Mitchell? Oh go on, I will then

[@Cludnugget]

Claire Robertson he's pretty young here, but I'm not sure I would describe him as independently young AND pretty....

[@noodleppoodle]

@@Cludnugget I would

[@RubinRudeboyCarter]

God women are superficial

[@ProfX501]

Just a thought And I’m sure you aren’t at all

[@deadshot8077]

ARC-5555 'Fives' lighten up, dude. You short or something?

[@davidmarshall3683]

I do like the joke that no one really judges them for their height because it kinda makes you realise historically if you achieve a position of power people don't tend to care about all those superficial things you deem important in fact even when you're alive they decrease in importance proportionally to increase in stature.

[@DevinHeida]

Worked for a short italian guy back in the day, loved taller women. When asked why, or whether or not theres ever issues with height differences, he always said "when we are lying down, we're all the same height"

[@psd.3144]

Not if she fat

[@gccarnovale]

To be fair, that’s more a reflection on Italians than his height.

[@piergiorgioscollo7163]

As an Italian of average height, I can confirm this story. I've heard my countrymen say this countless times.

[@emporioalnino4670]

as a fat guy this is wrong

[@soapdude1]

The delay after he says "Chinese" and before he says "person" about made me LOL.

[@Crossark1]

Napoleon's height misconception has various possible points of origin, all roughly contemporaneous to one another. The one I've seen the most support for is that it was picked up by a spy or an overheard statement in battle that referred to him as the "little general" as a term of endearment, and the British ran with it and turned it around to belittle him.

[@majordbag2]

0:48 that might be the most British insult of all time.

[@gerryjtierney]

Yes, very Scottish

[@samueldouglas6476]

How is it very Scottish ?

[@gerryjtierney]

@@samueldouglas6476 you said it was British, the Scots are British. You meant English. So you're saying exactly my point.

[@matthewbuckley3003]

@@gerryjtierney Yes, very Geordie

[@gerryjtierney]

@@matthewbuckley3003 Straight outta Swansea

[@douglasreeves9938]

HaHa!! Danny Devito is actually 4' 10"". So much shorter than Napolean or Nelson.

[@Jekubman]

One thing is certain, when you're short it is difficult to break the glass ceiling.

[@hermask815]

I don’t know what’s with this glass ceiling? Glass is such an easy material to break . Break in emergency. Those who don’t break it don’t seem to have an emergency.

[@weckar]

Isn't part of the Napoleon confusion that the French inch was longer than the English inch?

[@weckar]

@matthew O Yup, thanks for the exact numbers, I thought it was something like that.

[@CharizardMaster69]

weckar that and his guards were huge

[@jbo4547]

Like the guy above me said, his guards were all very tall men, so whe Napoleon was above average height looked small near his very very tall bodyguard

[@KevinLLH]

Yeah wasn’t above 5’7 which was about average height in Europe at that time so no not really that short

[@japphan]

You know what they say about men with small inches ...

[@dcllaw677]

Correction-some people think because they have a long femurs and tibia is that they are intrinsically better than people with short femurs.

[@ComradeHellas]

Hahahaha spot on

[@brantlambermont1657]

Mostly they're not judged on their height. Most underrated joke ever

[@Herodollus]

Brant Lambermont How? It killed.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Positive psychology twist: Why are so many small men so great?

[@DomWeasel]

What always fascinated me was how great dictators aren't from the countries they're associated with, so Napoleon is Corsican and had a thick Italian accent, Hitler was Austrian and had a strong Austrian accent and Stalin was from Georgia and once again, strong accent. French generals had trouble understanding Napoleon, Germans were often amused by what they considered Hitler's 'hick' accent and Stalin was famous for his long ponderous speeches that many Russians couldn't understand because of his Georgian accent.

[@gwishart]

Next you'll be telling me that Donald Trump is from Canada.

[@DomWeasel]

@@gwishart Well, he does like to bang on about his Scottish roots. To the point where the Scots are horrified and mortally embarrassed.

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

@@gwishart DJTs grandfather Freidrich had a whorehouse in the Yukon. Start of the family fortune.

[@joelouis-arena4061]

So Stalin moved from USA to Russia?

[@DomWeasel]

@@joelouis-arena4061 If you're making a joke; it's terrible. If you're not...

[@bruce000000070000000]

“I’m sure they would” hilarious

[@anujprajapati129]

3:17 They should rise up.... Lol

[@c.w_]

Sean Locke should have been on weekly! He is genius.

[@rosebrown6128]

Miss you Sean with your dry humour! RIP

[@linebrunelle1004]

subjective

[@GeeksAndGuinness]

"Mostly they're not judged on their height" lmfao 🤣

[@kjamison5951]

rem acu tetigisti [lit.] you have touched the matter with a needle [colloq.] you hit the nail on the head.

[@ChristinaSmith97]

Oh Alan Davies is one properly funny geezer.

[@sammylong3704]

Winston Churchill should be on the list, at 5'5 he was shorter than everyone they showed. No prizes for guessing why Churchill isn't on the list.

[@thomasshort182]

Sammy Long they said 5,4

[@JohnSmith-yv2tl]

Yeah Francisco Franco was 5'4

[@laurabogar3956]

A man who inspired an entire nation to rise to it's full height, and refuse to be cowed by a tyrant, could be nothing less than a giant. No matter how many measuring sticks were used to measure his body.

[@damianrudling7663]

@Albion Mudd because the british have double standards.

[@Victory987]

Because it doesn't promote the liberal leftist agenda orchestrated to castrate men from society.

[@richardlandrum1966]

Remember that time all the dinosaurs died? It was the short stuff that lived. 😁

[@crazyjoe1540]

Alan’s comedic timing is just perfect

[@mightquinnable]

Cause short men have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

[@sblack5113]

Lol what no

[@mightquinnable]

s black then whats your answer

[@tubularbill]

Churchill was 5’6”, King Edward was 5’5, Einstein was 5’8”

[@otterno.1128]

5'8" is average height...?

[@stt.9433]

@@otterno.1128 no 5'10 is the everage height, also many consider anything below 6' to be a manlet.

[@otterno.1128]

@@stt.9433 Many also believe you're a twat who's no where near 6 foot and is bragging through the anonymous internet. Mike Tyson was 5'10... Manlet?

[@Victory987]

@@stt.9433 I concur with the previous comment. You are a twat.

[@ganeshgaikwad6022]

@@stt.9433 in old times average height was lower than today . See wiki

[@robmarrin6720]

Stephen is massive tall and I'd say he's a great intellectual ❤️👍

[@Robotoda2000]

James Randi, Prince, Martin Scorsese, Gandhi, lil wayne, Kevin Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, Bruno Mars, Seth Green, Al Pacino, Robin William's... to name a few

[@Brickcellent]

"Lil wayne, Daniel Radcliffe, Bruno Mars, Seth Green" - These men are merely famous. How does that make them "great"? They're fucking shite.

[@creepyaxe]

@@Brickcellent Are you famous??

[@ryans756]

@@creepyaxe Fame does not equate to greatness, you sap.

[@creepyaxe]

@@ryans756 no but it sets you apart from the unknown. It's the money and status part of the requirements

[@ryans756]

@@creepyaxe So the argument you're putting forward is that because Seth Green has money and status, he's a great man. That's your argument. To be honest, I think your argument says more about how you view yourself relative to celebrities than it does about the celebrities themselves. I feel sorry for you and I feel sorry for the future of our species.

[@dcllaw677]

Regarding Horatio Nelson as compared to Danny Devito-Danny Devito wishes he were 5 foot four.

[@michael43567]

2:33 lol nobody caught that "all that LITTLE hope"

[@flxfaber]

Childhood nutrition (height), social aspiration and education standards are probably all correlated with parent's income. Might explain the well paid tall people.

[@garywood97]

Height is heavily genetic too.

[@theamici]

Actually, nutrition is a surprisingly dominant part of height. If you increase the nutrition of a population over generations, they will become taller. But that's on average, for a single individual in a single generation the genetics are gonna be the big factor.

[@is-yn6jf]

also sex would be a big factor, if 'average height' is the overall average

[@mittao86]

Than explain why people in africa is still taller than people in japan?

[@Judewilkinsonjfk]

Felix Faber I think being tall increases people's perceived confidence which means they are more likely to get a good job.

[@darthvader3910]

Short people quite literally have to work twice as hard as their taller counterparts I've noticed

[@xXLoonoeXx]

David sounds very sick in the beginning

[@TheJackstor]

Siamese dream has got to be one of the best ever albums

[@bizarreisthenewblack]

I love your profile picture:))

[@TheHutchy01]

Nelson: "I'm gonna make that hoor my wife"

[@Jovian999]

Alan on fire for this one.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

I always was under the impression that napoleon was called short, because he was a "small man" - an expression that, at least in german, referres to a member of the bourgeois or below classes (= not aristocratic)

[@redshift1976]

(edit) On Napoleon: He's considerably shorter now...but only if you measure him from the the Elba...

[@Draculhitz]

RIP Sean Lock

[@ze_rubenator]

I've heard that one particular despicable head of state has very small hands. He's quite insecure about it.

[@JoelCarli]

No, they're _yuuuuge_, believe me.

[@The8347135]

He has the largest hands in the world. Everyone loves his hands, no one ever makes fun of his hand. Everyone tells him his hands are yuuge. FAKE NEWS. Sad!

[@Hippaforalkus1]

Someone just handed that to him.

[@Manx123]

Well I heard that people who intensely dislike him are so incredibly delusional and moronic, they thought a rather small man was behind his victory. They're quite insecure about that.

[@Hippaforalkus1]

Herb Sewell What would the world be like without despicable leaders with small hands? Just a shame he doesn't have a white cat on his lap.

[@OblivionZXZ]

Tom cruise, Robert Downey jr., Peter dinklage, me.

[@يوسفاحلام-م7ص]

Brusli messi Einstein

[@MarioRafaelM]

I was about to sleep and this came up damn

[@GrubblandeGrapplern]

I miss Stephen!

[@douglasreeves9938]

They need to listen to the Randy Newman song "Short People."

[@williamb4652]

One of Randy’s anti-racist songs

[@luqas99]

We've also seen Vladimir Putin is basically an imp.

[@HusseinDoha]

@Andy JML What do you say about Assad, Saddam, or the rest of Mid East dictators?? Also isn't shortness a relative thing? How Do measure who's short? BTW, Sarkozy is 5.5. Only 4 inches shorter than Carla. The photo here shows her wearing high heels.

[@erinhand]

@@HusseinDoha Assad is quite tall and Hussein average height

[@dawesreads1263]

Bogdy Yo Putin barely scrapes 5’4. He is definitely an imp

[@PtolemyJones]

Love her earrings...

[@dantheman4838]

Why are so many great men short? Shows image of 4 mass murderers.

[@Theaikro]

That's how British measure greatness, I mean just imagine how great British were in their colonial times (y)

[@markcorrigan3311]

MrGallagher1998 stop being triggered, by ‘great’ they meant they were important/ in positions of power, not ‘good’ you idiot

[@gustofzephyr947]

@@jordywilliams different brown people lol

[@Blazedreptile]

“Voldemort was great but he did terrible things”

[@sulphuric_glue4468]

Sometimes to achieve your goals you have to be brutal. Stalin certainly had little care for human life, and Mussolini was not much better, but the brutality of both Napoleon and Franco is massively exaggerated and in their cases basically all or nearly all of their supposed crimes happened in war. Killing in war is not murder. It's just war.

[@SmearCampaignsAreEvil]

Is that where the term "to belittle" comes from then? Because if we didn't respect someone or their opinion we would assume they short or to exaggerate their shortness?

[@bokchoiman]

Laugh it up tallies, cars are only getting smaller

[@gagequinn1438]

Really? I don't think so. The Mini used to be a very small car. Now it has the wheel base of a Land Rover. And now every single car company is making SUVs. Cars are getting a lot bigger

[@jessicalee333]

We just got a new car, and I tried getting in one that was the next size up from the one we were replacing, and my head literally went out the sunroof.

[@kikisian]

Leg room both in cars and planes is an issue. Only buying shoes at specific stores because your feet are bigger than average. Pants that fit at the waist but sit above the ankle. Extra length beds so your feet dont hang over the edge. My brother had to make sure the house he was renting in the UK allowed him not having him duck or bend to move around in.

[@adamgreenhaus4691]

Been to America lately?

[@BromanNumerals]

Is this the best you've got, midget?

[@alexthebudgie9071]

I, as a 5ft 1 person,I am incredibly angry over hearing these stats, and I would love to start the short revolution. Let’s begin our battle plan.

[@thomthom6268]

Ankles first!

[@iCABALi]

I'll warn all average and above average height people to keep their shinpads well maintained.

[@weswheel4834]

As I thought, short man syndrome only exists in the heads of tall people. It isn't short people with the mental issue. Doesn't affect me though, I'm about average. Ish.

[@stt.9433]

manlet status.

[@debunkingstupidity1335]

St T. It’s funny that people throw this manlet term around, kind of shows that you think you’re better than someone for being taller. Your real value lies in your skill and intelligence, something people parroting this ‘manlet’ shit almost definitely lack.

[@PoppyCorn144]

Can we discuss Sean's shirt...what's happening there?

[@michaeldukes4108]

PoppyCorn144 ... Mostly he’s not judged on his shirt.

[@mark-ish]

Better than what Paul Merton puts on !

[@kjamison5951]

Rorshach patterns…

[@1999_reborn]

It’s almost like your height has nothing to do with your character

[@MaeV808]

But people get judged based on appearance first before getting to know their character. :/

[@ararune3734]

It's almost like people don't care, if you're short and you get angry it must be because you're overcompensating, if you don't then you're a pushover. Same with how handsome people's actions are interpreted more generously.

[@doomguy8215]

4:02 favorite part

[@thekatazsiuniverse4868]

Lindybeige warned me about this.

[@kollchris91]

id rather need a step stool to get to the top shelf than have to do a back bend to wash my hair in the shower .

[@engineergaming5989]

"a small price to pay for salvation" -Thanos

[@ShawnRavenfire]

This is why when women started getting into executive positions in the early 80s, they started wearing really tall high-heeled shoes. They knew that adding height affected salary.

[@GamerFreak-jf3qq]

Because they're massive brains held them down closer to the Earth

[@shellsbignumber2]

Should of used Brunel as an example, he was only just over 5 feet tall.

[@kaizokuAUTO]

The other reason for the perception of Napoleon being short was that his Imperial Guard were all really tall (Germans, I believe) so in comparison he appeared short.

[@VestigialHead]

+ Niss Yes I think you may be right. Many of Hitlers imperial guard were Germans. Well spotted.

[@dreamdancer8212]

@@VestigialHead I think maybe even the majority of them were Germans. 🤔

[@lexigrimhaive]

“That’s my height!” Okay Stephen, just keep bragging. 😋

[@hollyandersonsmusic3226]

Snuggling under the covers watching QI.

[@wizardswine]

Reading some of these comments I'm seeing a pattern. Great does not mean good, great means powerful, important, influential and at times impressive (not often for good reasons).

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

I think we must expect great things from you, Mr Potter … After all, He Who Must Not Be Named did great things - terrible, yes, but great.” Probably the best quote to prove this point

[@InservioLetum]

Lock + Mitchell + Fry is always instant win. If the fourth was Phil Jupistus, Lee Mack of Jimmy Carr, the set would be complete.

[@NadiaEldemerdash]

Reach the jam 😂

[@Nero-ox5tw]

They grouped Napoleon in the same category as Franco and Stalin? Napoleon was a war general on the front lines for almost a decade. He fought against the monarchy and revolutionised Europe. Stalin committed democide and forced Russians to work in labour camps. He was a politician, not a man of the people.

[@potmki6601]

Your logic goes above my head. How is it OK to get people killed for some reason (but not the other)? The difference really is only in what tone they are spoken about in your country. Napoleon, you know, set the war to the whole Europe. That kills people. And colonise countries. And in retrospective, those countries were a bit too advanced to get colonised, so, in the end, it was also quite ridiculous and useless mass killing

[@ComradeHellas]

False you rogue! Stalin was much like Napoleon a self made man who rose to power to protect and serve the people. And he did that successfully removing the bourgeoisie from power in he Soviet Union and later from Berlin to Pyonyang and thus the reason why he is hated in the Capitalist west. Meanwhile Russians still revere him as a saint.

[@FrankLucas-pw5hs]

iop erty “how is it okay to get people killed for some reason, but not another reason?” Is the most obscure and stupid question I’ve ever read on KZbin 😂

[@WallKenshiro]

That Bruce Lee wasn't on that pic is a terrible oversight. He was the greatest short man.

[@seabass8154]

5ft 8in

[@WallKenshiro]

@@seabass8154 ok yeah, he wasn't that short, especially for Chinese guy. But for an action star, and for a guy still considered by most, to this very day, to be the toughest actor of all time, he is.

[@seabass8154]

The world couldn't handle his awesomeness

[@aaronwalderslade]

He was half Chinese so at 5'7" not really short, but average. Stallone is an inch shorter at 5'6" and Van Damme is also relatively short. But what you are all missing is that 5'6" is the natural, proportionate height for a human, so it probably just looks better on screen. Big eyes (think Al Pacino) are highly cinematic and attractive. The unusual height of the late twentieth century has caused all kinds of health problems from back problems to extra strain on the heart. As for action stars, a naturally proportioned human tends to move more elegantly than an oversize one.

[@angrytedtalks]

Bruce Lee's great grandfather was a Kosher Butcher's son from Netherlands. He was part Jewish on his mother's side. Also born and educated in USA, with plenty of access to western cuisine. His brothers weren't short either and his son quite tall.

[@abilawaandamari8366]

GREAT does not mean GOOD. Period.

[@lee-michaeldsouza6557]

I get a lot of casual flak for being short. The anger thing, it's much more noticeable and negative for me. Lack of given respect when compared to people of normal or especially tall heights. Being assertive can be tough as you're not taken as seriously at times. Of course, not being the go to for women. Also women seem to assume my penis would also be small, which at least gives them a pleasant surprise since an average one actually seems large with my stature. There's quite a few more other height-related undertones in western society at least. Saying that, due to my bubbly and forward personality it makes me stand out more than someone of average and tall persuasions - since it's simply rare. And although generally respect is down, when people get to know me I find people respect me a lot more than they'd respect someone else, even within a shorter period of time - it seems my height accentuates my personality. Which makes me think, maybe I'm less threatening so people end up trusting me easier? Anyway, we've all got our pros and cons; I'm about 159cm, but it's not half bad. Quite interesting!

[@vaughnsigal4560]

ara naea this is my situation as well, and the problem is that if anyone rather short in the leg mentions any of these points, you're simply laughed off, and told you have short person syndrome. Fuck off

[@PanglossDr]

My mother told me it is better to be looked over than overlooked

[@geemaan1]

Be quiet you useless midget and show me the yellow brick road.

[@debunkingstupidity1335]

Josh H wow, what a great insult. Your height doesn’t give you added value in life, your intelligence is a key area that matters - an area you definitely seem to be lacking in! Daft twat

[@petersenior5432]

Dwarves- Rise up!

[@Bosoxist]

2:50 Stephens having a little nibble on the thumb. I do that too. Maybe I'm also a genius.

[@cariboll]

I always thought Napoleon had a feeling of inadequacy, re: his height, because of his hatred & jealousy of Gen. Thomas-Alexandre (Alex) Dumas (father of Alexandre), who was over 6 feet tall and a genuine M. Congeniality in post-Revolutionary France.

[@mrnimbys4774]

The weight of the really big brains compresses the spinal column! This is one of the easier questions. Just saying🧠

[@andrewsoboeiro6979]

The whole "Napoleon is short" idea isn't wrong só much as oversimplified; there's at least six layers to it: 1) Napoleon was 5'7, which 2) is short by today's standards, but 3) was taller than the average adult Frenchman in the 18th century (5'3); but 4) was shorter than the average male French aristocrat in the 18th century (who were closer to the height of men nowadays, which is 5'9 on average); and 5) was much shorter than the bodyguards Napoleon hired to surround himself at all times (minimum 5'10), making him look short by comparison; and, on top of that, 6) British journalists at the time accidentally-on-purpose misreported Napoleon's height as 5'2 (ostensibly by mixing up inches with a contemporary French metric; but also, they probably just didn't care to get it right); and 5'2 was short even compared to non-aristocratic men of that era

[@blackletter2591]

Tall men go further on just being tall, with only mediocre talent.

[@swine13]

Is this laid end to end, or what?

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

As a reletively average size person I've always said there is no such thing as a short person. If they were their legs wouldn't be long enough to touch the ground.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

What about Isambard Brunel?

[@iriscollins7583]

Just five feet tall I believe

[@hootsgoobs4795]

This hurt

[@max2008abhi]

Tall men use physicality to create domination. Short men use intellect to create domination.

[@MrScateboy]

Man I'll Probably regret this called wee man syndrome

[@KevinLLH]

What about a tall man that also has intellect? Kinda just destroyed your logic there bud

[@max2008abhi]

@@KevinLLH tall men having intellect but using it. Rare but possible. They don't have the same compulsion that the short men do.

[@Brickcellent]

Holy shit, what a cope

[@doge8153]

sigmawolf idiot

[@butterflymoon6368]

Jo Brand looks great!

[@JeremyKasperson]

Height Supremacists with the wage discrimination.

[@michael43567]

1:59 lol that timing

[@chronobot2001]

A short man has to be twice as good as a tall man to command the same respect. Tall men don't have to work as hard to be admired or "looked up to". Did you notice how everything degenerated into short jokes? The tall men weren't disparaged just for being tall.

[@fahadus]

That's QI for you, nothing special about those short jokes. Did you miss the bit where they joked about the genocide? I'd like them to repeat this discussion with the new host. She's quite short and in almost every show someone or she herself makes fun of her height. With her, this discussion would go on for a lot longer.

[@specialized29er86]

Where did Sean get that shirt, thinking out the reject bin at the dump.

[@gavriloprincip11]

Great men....... then a list of dictators!!!??

[@holypaladin4657]

gravilo pricip Do you think you could enforce your will over millions of people?

[@gavriloprincip11]

Holy Paladin I would have to brainwashe some slack-jawed ,drooling,troglodytes into believing in a god to pull that off!

[@ahmadmahdee9495]

Triggerd tall bitch

[@gwishart]

"Great" doesn't necessarily mean "good".

[@Archangelsvoid]

@@gavriloprincip11 You'd be suprised in reality how difficult that would actually be to pull off succesfully.

[@Dongleoid]

He looks so different without the beard.

[@TheHutchy01]

Of the opening three only Napoleon was great without having to sound like Ollivander.

[@zarlg]

Too bad they don't touch on WHY Napoleon was depicted as tiny in those caricatures, which is classism. Size was shorthand for rank. It was meant to signify that Napoleon, being an upstart from minor nobility, had no right to consider himself the equal of kings. It appealed to the notion that was dominant in England at the time (and very different from revolutionary France) that there is a natural order and everyone should know their place.

[@onemercilessming1342]

So, George Washington (6 feet, 2 inches) and Thomas Jefferson (also 6 feet 2 inches) must have towered over almost everyone they knew.

[@punkiller666]

As A. Lincoln would have!

[@robinmabbott7334]

0:58 Maybe he was addressing Jo Brand

[@Hirnlego999]

- You'll come of short even in LIFE! - I most certainly will NOT!

[@dangelnut]

close your eyes and you will hear afred from batman halfway through 2:20