Like on TV for example. The scenario: A man attacks you at your car. You say "He was 5'10", brown eyes, blond hair, 180lbs"
How do you know!?!?!? This came up on the imdb forum for a second but no one really answered. I couldn't imagine guessing someone weight for a description I just have no clue. For a while did everyone walk around with their weight written on them so you'd get a general idea???
2006-07-06 11:19:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
lol i think that's a very funny observation
i think it is because of Americans obsession with our outer appearance although along with that we are among one of the fatest nations, go figure
2006-07-06 11:26:33 · answer #1 · answered by jenzen25 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I've got to assume that you aren't American. Most other countries use a different measure than we do, kilos. A person who weighs about 100 lbs. in our measure would weigh just over 45 kilos. With fractions, it is exactly 45 kilos equal to 99.2 lbs. Since we are a weight conscious society, most of us have a good idea of what a 180 lb. man looks like when he's relatively tall and muscled. But it's hard to fit kilos into such a framework as easily. Our weights are based on units of 10. Kilos are, I think, based on units that don't convert easily to our weights. Thus the difficulty, and confusion, about estimating weight like we do. Hope I didn't get you as confused as I think I just got myself.
2006-07-06 18:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwriter21 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm very in touch with body mass index, so I know what a healthy body looks like, how much they'd weigh by height, how much muscle they have(or don't have) and how much muscle weighs. Plus, I watch a lot of mixed martial arts fighting(in only trunks and gloves), so I see a lot of, 'the bull-dog, Andre Orlovski, coming in at 6'4, 225 lbs' etc.
2006-07-06 18:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by stickfiguresk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I feel that its due to our obsession with weight.. A lot of Americans are obsessed with their weight and the weight of others
2006-07-06 18:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by pentalityism 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know it's strange isn't it and they all know exactly what type of gun someone was carrying, they could probably write a biography about the person :P
2006-07-06 19:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mummy of 2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i guess because they all watch too many talk shows an are all too obs est with other people s lives rather than there own
2006-07-06 18:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by g.i.jane 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magic powers.
2006-07-06 18:33:53 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are watching to many American movies Chill out
2006-07-07 05:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by peter p 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because i guess that most are likely to be at that weight at that height, but just looking at their figure and size.
2006-07-06 18:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by deal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because we should never have lost the war of independence
2006-07-06 18:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋