You women and your "precious" height preferences, or should I say height requirements. I'm going to blame this on your parents. Your parents met in the 80's or 70's, an era where women were of unparalleled beauty, and young men from those decades always dreamed of drowning in them. Your mother obviously stood out in her high school and college, chewing gum or with a lollipop, and got all the attention for her looks. Only for her to be cruel to guys shorter than her or her height, and ended up with a tall, muscular, long-legged, big-haired jock who was a bully during his youth. And then they both raised their daughters to view the tall as the attractive and handsome ones, and tell them that they're the ones "all" girls dream of. And then wished for them to end up with a 6 foot tall Prince Charming who could protect her, because apparently short men can't protect because they're "weak"... Your parents never should've met
And fuck the 80s. It had too many tall men, the decade was too masculine, and women and schoolgirls back then with their "cutesy" hair and smiles wore shirts that exposed their shoulders and the laces of their bras and short shorts just to attract their ideal guys (who were "tall"). Women back then who showed off their bodies and acted kinky were only thinking of tall men. Every man that appeared in commercials and p*rn back then looked like clones of Robert Hays... And Ronald Reagan was clearly seen as attractive to women back then... Sigourney Weaver, who's 6 feet tall, was ONLY seen with men EVEN TALLER than her back then... Of course tall women have ALWAYS not wanted to date shorter men since it makes them feel like their mother... The male taller norm was at it's ABSOLUTE WORST back then, taller girl shorter guy couples were nonexistent back then, and women back then apparently were more likely to view tallness as attractive than today's... There existed dating shows back then, and of course the women mentioned "Tall" when describing men, apparently "short" has NEVER been seen as attractive in men! The women being with guys to wear heels with insecurity of course existed back then, and of course, it was associated with taller men... Women back then ALWAYS mentioned Tall when describing men back then. And men being tall helped with first impressions with women... Fuck those first impressions over uncontrollable traits! Just look at the Gillis and Avis study from 1980, it was all about the male taller norm in mate selection, and they found only 1 couple where the woman was taller than the man out of 700 different couples! Women were ALWAYS attracted to men being taller then themselves! And they NEVER found men being shorter than them as attractive! Apparently short men have been disadvantaged getting dates for the entire 20th century...! ALL BECAUSE OF WOMEN! This one chicken mcnugget commercial from 1985 showed a woman recieving a fortune from a fortune cookie telling her that she'd meet a "Tall handsome man"... And the song Micro Monster contains a line "He's nasty and he's so tall~!"... High schools back then were hierarchies ruled by tall jocks (who ALWAYS had girls), and short guys back then struggled and were called losers! Teenage girls have just ALWAYS been spoiled boy-obsessed bimbos who'd do nothing but lay on their beds and talk to their friends on the phone about their crushes, and they ALWAYS mentioned "tall"... This was also the golden age of cheerleading, and of course, cheerleaders have ALWAYS been associated with tall preferences, and jocks were all they dated... And let's not forget valley girls... They were ALWAYS into tall men... I fucking hate Valley Girls! They were the most cruel girls in history when it came to underdog boys! In high schools during the 80s, they were nothing like in movies, ONLY jocks and cheerleaders were treated with respect and got dates... Look at high school footages from the time! They contained very tall guys walking with girls a whole head shorter than them, and would crane their neck down to kiss them, and they were also clearly overprotective of their girlfriends and would attack any shorter guy who'd dare to just say hello to their girls, and it was apparently justified all over the reason and who did it... These are also the types of guys that took their girls to Lover's Lane and to drive-in movies... Taller guy shorter girl couples were more common back then than today... After all, relationships back then were still traditional... Women with big hair just COULDN'T be seen without a man taller than her...! I'll tell you Gen X women right now that men don't have to be taller than women! I know for a fact that you Gen X women dated jocks during your high school years... Why?! Tell me why!
And if you're going to deny all of this to me... Then you better give me proof that corrects me
Officials delay start of fights to 9pm for storm forecast
Donald Trump and UFC president Dana White have now made their entrance, emerging from the White House to a Color Guard from the “military district of Washington” in a scene that feels equal parts campaign rally, state ceremony and fight night. As the Zac Brown Band reaches the closing bars of the Star-Spangled Banner, a rare Super Delta formation flyover by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds roars overhead, providing a display of American military might to match the scale of the occasion.
The four-man studio desk for the broadcast consists of former UFC champions Dominick Cruz, Chris Weidman and Michael Bisping alongside veteran play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Fitzgerald. Judging by the opening segment, they are also serving as tonight’s department of patriotism, a role embraced enthusiastically by all involved, including Bisping despite the minor complication of being English.
Continue reading...The substitute Amad Diallo struck in the 90th minute to give Côte d’Ivoire a 1-0 win over Ecuador in their Group E opener.
Diallo’s first-time strike of Wilfried Singo’s cross gave the Ivorians their first World Cup victory over South American opposition and halted Ecuador’s unbeaten run at 19 matches.
Continue reading...Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, and residential buildings hit across capital
Ukraine has come under a massive Russian missile and drone attack with waves of explosions echoing through the capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Monday morning as air raids killed at least five people across the country.
Among targets hit in the sustained wave of strikes were the city’s historic Dormition Cathedral within the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, as well as residential buildings across the city.
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Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
handwritten on back of photograph, "black taffata Formal, December 1946"
Microsoft dropped "massive" updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the "Microsoft enthusiast" site Neowin.
Here's some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:
The Photos app (version 2026.11060.2004.0):
AI watermarking — "AI-generated or edited images can now carry a visible Copilot watermark. You choose Never, Always, or Ask Every Time in Settings, with a confirmation when saving. The watermarking is off by default in settings."
Calculator (version 11.2605.9.0):
More accurate square-root results. "Fixed rare cases where a calculation that should equal zero (like sqrt(2.25) — 1.5) returned a tiny leftover value instead...."
Reliable launch after upgrading. "Fixed an issue where upgrading from much older versions could leave outdated settings that stopped the app from opening..."
The Clock app (version 11.2605.9.0):
"Timers keep counting after they hit zero — When a timer runs out, it now keeps counting up (for example, -00:27:31) so you can see how far past the time you've gone..."
"Correct sun and moon icons during midnight sun — Fixed an icon that wrongly showed a moon during all-day daylight in polar regions... "
"No more double announcements — Screen readers no longer read the timer value twice."
Media Player (version 11.2605.14.0).
"Playlists need a name — You can no longer accidentally save a playlist with a blank name."
Here's some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:
The Photos app (version 2026.11060.2004.0):
AI watermarking — "AI-generated or edited images can now carry a visible Copilot watermark. You choose Never, Always, or Ask Every Time in Settings, with a confirmation when saving. The watermarking is off by default in settings."
Calculator (version 11.2605.9.0):
More accurate square-root results. "Fixed rare cases where a calculation that should equal zero (like sqrt(2.25) — 1.5) returned a tiny leftover value instead...."
Reliable launch after upgrading. "Fixed an issue where upgrading from much older versions could leave outdated settings that stopped the app from opening..."
The Clock app (version 11.2605.9.0):
"Timers keep counting after they hit zero — When a timer runs out, it now keeps counting up (for example, -00:27:31) so you can see how far past the time you've gone..."
"Correct sun and moon icons during midnight sun — Fixed an icon that wrongly showed a moon during all-day daylight in polar regions... "
"No more double announcements — Screen readers no longer read the timer value twice."
Media Player (version 11.2605.14.0).
"Playlists need a name — You can no longer accidentally save a playlist with a blank name."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
KYIV (ANP) - Bij diverse luchtaanvallen door Rusland op Oekraïne zijn zeker vijf mensen gedood. Ook vielen op diverse plaatsen gewonden. Dat melden de Oekraïense autoriteiten in de nacht van zondag op maandag.
Vijf reddingswerkers in Kharkiv zijn omgekomen en minstens vijf anderen raakten gewond door Russische luchtaanvallen terwijl ze branden bestreden. Dat deelde de minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Ihor Klymenko op Telegram.
Ondertussen meldde de burgemeester van Kyiv, Vitali Klitsjko, luchtaanvallen met raketten en drones op de hoofdstad. Volgens hem wisten de Oekraïense verdedigingssystemen diverse luchtaanvallen af te slaan, maar is er toch sprake van schade en gewonden. Hij spreekt van zeker tien gewonden.
Volgens de burgemeester zijn onder meer een bekend klooster, flatgebouw en filmstudio geraakt en staan deze in brand. Hij riep de bevolking op om een schuilplaats te zoeken. Ook zitten 140.000 mensen momenteel zonder stroom, omdat elektriciteitskabels zijn beschadigd.
Polen heeft maandagochtend vroeg gevechtsvliegtuigen ingezet en zijn luchtverdedigingssystemen en radarverkenning in staat van paraatheid gebracht na de Russische luchtaanvallen. Dat meldden de Poolse strijdkrachten in een bericht op X. "Deze acties zijn preventief van aard en hebben tot doel het luchtruim te beveiligen en te beschermen, met name in gebieden die grenzen aan de bedreigde regio's", aldus het bericht.
Het Nederlands elftal leek op weg naar een fraaie overwinning op Japan. Tot de bondscoach in de drinkpauze van de tweede helft drie spelers wisselde waardoor de ploeg geen snelheid meer had.
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iain.davidson100 has added a photo to the pool:
