• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    The last girl I dated was 5’10", and I’m 6’1", for comparison, but when we sat down next to each other, she was a good 2", taller than me, because my legs are much longer than hers, but my torso is shorter.

    If she had my legs, she would have been 6’3", and if I had hers, I would have been 5’8"

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        13 minutes ago

        If it makes you feel better, it kind of hurt my brain for a minute, too. And I’m supposed to be good at math.

        It boils down to my legs are 5 inches longer than her legs, so adding 5 inches to her height by swapping legs would take 5 inches from my height, and the reason why our individual heights are different afterwards is because of the 2 inch differences in our torsos.