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Offline St Giles

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Re: Average U.S. men and women heights and weight
« Reply #65 on: December 30, 2025, 03:13:35 PM »
16oz of water weighs 1lb, so 1lb is a meaningless change in weight depending on when someone last drank or used the bathroom.
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Offline Geremia

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« Reply #66 on: December 30, 2025, 03:15:49 PM »
Quote from: TheRealMcCoy on December 30, 2025, 02:48:58 PM
The only thing I can think of is retained fluid as I was drinking unlimited quantities of water, black coffee, and tea.  Probably at least a gallon a day which for me is a lot.
Oh yeah forgot about fluid intake.
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Offline Dolores

Re: Average U.S. men and women heights and weight
« Reply #67 on: December 31, 2025, 07:49:55 AM »
Quote from: Matthew on June 30, 2025, 05:04:35 PM
Averages are problematic when you're in a "melting pot".

Example: the "average" pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. But for white women, it's 41.5 weeks.
So for my family, the average pregnancy is 41.5 weeks. THAT is the average, with 50% more, and 50% less.
Because my wife and I are both white. Why would we care what the average gestation is for a negro, or an asian, or an eskimo? It has zero bearing on us.
Might as well concern myself with the gestation period of an elephant.

Why is it problematic? Because the doctor will become "concerned" when your white wife is 41 weeks pregnant -- even though she's right on track for a white woman.
He might schedule an induction, which often leads to a C-section, and could ultimately affect how many children you can have! All because of PC nonsense about "ignoring race" and "we're all the same".
At what point do these differences matter, however?  You use race as an example.  What if the average for green-eyed women was 42 weeks.  If your wife had green eyes, would you consider this average significant, or would you say eye color has no bearing on child bearing, and so the statistic is useless?  What if it was something like height?  The state you live in?  The language you speak?  etc?
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Average U.S. men and women heights and weight
« Reply #68 on: January 01, 2026, 10:39:19 AM »
Quote from: alaric on June 30, 2025, 06:01:27 PM
Is it me or the less white the country gets, the fatter it gets.

Blacks are some of the fittest people out there, but the MAJORITY of fit people I seen my whole life are white. It's in our DNA to pursue perfection.

Do you mean to say "fittest" or "fattest"?

Many young black men are impossibly fit and muscular.  They have physiques that are truly enviable.
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Offline alaric

Re: Average U.S. men and women heights and weight
« Reply #69 on: January 01, 2026, 01:28:56 PM »
Quote from: SimpleMan on January 01, 2026, 10:39:19 AM
Do you mean to say "fittest" or "fattest"?

Many young black men are impossibly fit and muscular.  They have physiques that are truly enviable.
Fittest. That's my point, I grew up around blacks, many were naturally fit, but they also had more than their share of fatties than whites. And their diet is terrible, southern fried everything. But they were a lot more healthier years ago than now, just like whites.
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