Long story short, one woman is causing controversy for confronting men for telling tall tales.
A TikTok user by the name of Samantha has sparked an online debate after posting a clip on TikTok showing herself using a tape measure to mark 6 feet on a doorframe.
“Fact-checking guys we invite over from Hinge that say they’re 6ft,” she wrote in the video.
“You must be at least this tall to ride.”
The video quickly gathered 3 million views and 207,000 likes, with thousands flocking to the comments debating the importance of men’s height and the need to catch them lying about it.
“If you can’t tell, then why does it matter?” Titus Nilssen commented.
“Bc they’re shallow and care about ‘lying’ but really just want to shame the guy if he’s not ‘tall enough,'” K claimed before others jumped in.
“You really think most women are completely changing their minds over an inch or 2 if the person is just honest? No, so it is about the lying,” Eelin.aaa replied.
“It’s not that it isn’t okay to be short but like don’t lie about it,” Natalie wrote.
The TikTok post also lead to a gross influx of misogynistic comments, with men fat- and makeup-shaming women.
“Male equivalent is keeping a scale at front door. Some bridges got Weight limits while others have Height Signs,” CourtesyMouse quipped.
“Fact checking girls: makeup remover,” stupid fat elephant wrote.
Most women continued to reiterate that the problem revolves about men lying, rather than a match being under 6 feet.
“Do they not realize all this is showing … if a woman lies about anything yall allowed to cut ties too. Why they taking this so personal,” MostLikelyCats noted.
But internet personality and dating expert Serena Kerrigan believes it’s fine for women to have a height preference, which she claims is no different from how men persistently critique women’s bodies.
“Women are constantly scrutinized for the way they look,” she said. “[A man’s height is] the one place that they’re able to kind of take back that power.”
However, other TikTokers, like Collin, noted, “This does not vibe with short king spring.” The TikTok tag #ShortKing has gathered more than 354 million views, with some users calling the increase in interest in shorter men “Short King Spring.”
Whether you’re vibing with Short King Spring or have a certain preference for a match, the best way to avoid being dragged into this debate and to find a compatible connection is to be honest.
“The point is [men] be lying. If u lie about the little things we know ur gonna lie about bigger things too,” Babyteeth111 said.
