They're always like this. GAF has a height thread every couple of months it seems, and they're like fire to the 6'+ moths who can't wait to post how much they're loving life. Men are cruel, indeed~
Actually, considering that prejudice towards height is definitely a thing in Western countries towards positions of power, education, career, and eventual income (don't ask me about the source, I remember seeing that last one a while back, but I'm not going to look that up just for one post), saying that you're 6''+ is basically just admitting to nepotism.
Speaking of nepotism, the "worst president the US had" was put forward only because of his height. For now, that refers to Warden Harding. A few months for now -or years.. - that will be Donald J. Trump, and the description will stay the same.
The "tall" in this case being 6" (183 cm) and 6"2 (188 cm) respectively. So you know, they're not actually tall (modern average male in the US is 178cm, 183cm in the Netherlands, which is the highest average globally), but the fact that people need to sell themselves as such says a lot.
A funny example of this happens in Judge Dredd (I wrote Judge Dress there for a moment... kinda want to see that now), the Stallone 1995 version, where he and Rico get their height called out near the finale and they're both said to be 2 meters tall. In reality, Stallone and his co-actor Armand Assante (Rico) are 1m77 and 1m78 respectively.
But they still gotta sell them as such.
I personally don't see many advantages to being taller than about 1m75 other than social ladder stuff. Worse, on camera you can actually tell because of the distorted body proportions that happens when passing beyond that level, as seen in the current running (to cancellation) TV show The Mist, where every goddamn actor has that gauntly 'too tall for the love of the camera' sense to them, as if the casting director had a fetish to fulfill.
Finally, a topic where I can randomly throw in that 'why would you notice that' observation.
But seriously, it's really noticeable, because they're not compensating for others who aren't that tall, which otherwise hides that gaunt aspect. Once you see it, it starts to get... weird.
Last one: an example of a camera man not being prepared for someone being taller than everybody else happens in Last Action Hero, when Charles Dance enters Schwarzenegger's character's house and his head is clipped off by the frame, leading to a very quick 'oh shit' camera move up to give him the proper headroom in the frame. Charles Dance is 1m95. It's an adorable mistake that made its way into the movie, and I feel that makes it better somehow. Adds to the 'it's a movie!' theme.
