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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by kevinmchugh on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:10PM (#32976273)
The "above six foot" rule seems like it's just a round number, but in the US at least:

* height is normally distributed for men.

* The average height of a man is 5'9".

* The standard deviation for men's height is 3".

So six foot is one standard deviation above average. I am sure one or more of the above does not hold for NZ. I just think this is neat, that the commonly stated preference happens to be for one standard deviation above the average.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by avgcorrection on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:13PM (#32976311)
A neat coincidence only. America consists of lots of ethnicities. Some bring that average up and some bring it down. There’s some preference for intra-ethnicity dating.
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