At what age do we switch from measuring a human by length to by height?
And while I perfectly expect joke answers, this is also a serious question.
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when they can stand it
He gets measured and weighed.
Height length width and weight
Funny and factually correct.
About the time they start walking.
Once they're standing up, they're tall.
While they're still laying down, they're long.
And at what age do boys start to measure length again?
Usually around 12-15
??? not a joke answer - what is the difference between length and height?
Orientation.
I guess that answers it then - when humans start walking instead of crawling
Also, I imagine gravity may compress us a bit.
Gravity gets me down
it does...
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whatisyourspaceheight.pdf
Maybe I'll start using my space height on my tinder.
So the answer is "if/when they come out"?
Well done
[Insert face-palm gif]
Gravity surely?
90°
As a man, I don't believe I've ever stopped measuring by length. But maybe I should switch to weight.
"It weighs 10 whole pounds just by itself."
"That is too big for a tumor. Hou're going to die."
I have dick like a baby, 10-pounds of dangling fury.
I'm just imagining a grown man standing there, then you takes off your towel, and instead of a dick, you have a conjoined infant baby dangling from your crotch. Attatched by the head to your crotch. Clearly only aged until age 3 months old, meanwhile the adult half of you is 34 years old.
Scientists can't figure out if they love or hate you.
around 2 years old I guess, when most people are able to walk frequently
This would make sense
they are the same thing, this is just a matter of when they are able to stand up to measure them while standing vs while lying, I think
The same time you stop measuring age in months.
For as long as you can't stand it
It depends... length of what part?
(No, don't try to tell me that wasn't what you wanted to hear! :-))