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Redditor’s Dating ‘Revelation’ Provides Hope For Short Men Everywhere

Just a heads up: short men don’t like height jokes. And fair enough: no one likes being made fun of for something they can’t control.But in a blow to all the cruel, joke-happy tall people of the world, one man on Reddit has shared an anecdote that appears to disprove the tired old whinge that women never date men shorter than them.The Reddit user, u/LittleBear42, wrote in the r/Tinder community: “Just matched with this tall Amazonian beauty. I’m 5’7” wish me luck.”

His match’s profile appears to provide hope for short men everywhere: not everyone will write you off for being short.Her profile reads: “I’m tall, dark and handsome. What more could you need? Oh and I have great hair.”

“I’m 6ft and I like both taller and shorter guys; the confidence is attractive either way.”

The first thing the r/Tinder community picked up on was the joke in her profile (which many people missed): “Damn, this many people never heard the cliche how fortune tellers in movies always predict that ‘you’ll meet a tall, dark, handsome stranger’? This is obviously a joke referring to that.”

“Everyone on here talking about her describing herself as handsome. Relax, it’s part of the saying she is using as a joke.”

Other users shared their own height difference stories.One man, who claimed to be 5’4″, wrote: “It’s rough out there for a shrimp lol gotta have much better game than all my tall friends and still don’t get laid as much.”Others said dating is more about your attitude. One Reddit user claimed he dated someone who was 6’3″ while he was 5’4″ and it “was a lot of fun.”Another provided another revelation: “I’m 5’9” so not really that short but I used to chat up tall girls exclusively back in my single years. The taller the better. I figured most girls preferred to be the shorter one but tall girls don’t always have that luxury. Plus any guy shorter than her would also be either too intimidated or just figure the same thing as me, so they wouldn’t bother. So I was really only in competition with myself.”In response to this, another Reddit user wrote: “As a 6’ tall women, yes please talk to us!”RELATED: How To Dress Stylishly When You’re Short“Exactly! Personally, I never cared about a man’s height. If he was funny and confident, he was gorgeous,” commented another.

“Same here!! I’m 5’8” so a lot of times the guy is about as tall as me, especially if I’m in heels. Makes no difference to me as long as they’re confident about it.”

There’s also the matter of sideways looks from others. To which one user says: f*ck em.“I’m a 6’5″ female married to a man for the last 5 yrs (13 together total) who is 5’7″! It can be done, but you have to be OK from the very start. You’ll get comments and questions and weird jokes. F*ck em.”Finally, one user provided an ice-breaker for any short dudes lost for an opening line on a dating app: “I’m 5’7. Basketball court ____ 7pm. Loser buys drinks.”

Watch Salt Bae’s latest workout in the video below.

In the photo, which 2,094 people commented on, Salt Bae can be seen doing a plank up in the air between a house and a patio wall, with a rock on his back. It should be noted you shouldn’t try this without building up your strength to be able to cope with it.Many followers were impressed by the weird workout, and stunned by Salt Bae’s physique.The photo follows on from previous, similar, workouts Salt Bae has done in Mykonos. He has previously shared videos of single leg squats with the same kind of rock, showing off some impressive counter balancing skills (and trunk and leg stability).Salt Bae also recently took to Instagram to remind followers the value of hard work, sharing a motivational message (“have the same focus and discipline every day at work and in business”) and videos of him reaping the rewards of his work, enjoying a cigar, after three good years for his restaurant in Mykonos breaking a record.

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Simpson’s said he wants to continue focusing on his swimming career alongside his music – he’s still young, so fingers crossed he can keep working on his times and maybe we could see him at the Paris 2024 Games. They’re only three years away…RELATED: Here’s How To Become An Olympian While Putting In As Little Effort As PossibleCody’s journey to the Australian Olympic trials has become the focus of a documentary called Head Above Water, which you can watch on Amazon Prime Video.

La Perouse

@viewswithdavLocation at the end! The colours just emerged out of nowhere! Has anyone been before? ##australia ##sydney ##views ##fyp ##viewswithdav ##trending ♬ my audio yellow – ♡

As the above video shows, La Perouse (near Maroubra) is one of Sydney’s most beautiful sunset spots and it’s just a 20-minute drive from the Sydney CBD. It also shows how much a place can change in two hours.

Commenters on the above TikTok video said things like “The Bridge is great for jumping off,” as well as “You’re getting fined by the time you’ve finished with this recording. No parking after sunset gate closed.”

If that’s not the quintessential Sydney experience, nothing is.

Hutt Lagoon

@haylsaAdd this to your bucket list! ##pinklakeaustralia ##pinklakeinaustralia ##australiatravel ##bucketlistplaces ♬ original sound – Hayley Andersen

TikTok appearing to be the new Lonely Planet… where else to go for more inspiration but there?

Travel blogger Hayley Andersen has implored followers to add this one to their bucket list, and we can see why.

The pink lake draws visitors from all over the world with its vivid waters. It’s 515km north of Perth, and near the picturesque fishing town, Port Gregory.

According to Australia’s Coral Coast, “The lake is at its most vivid when the sky is clear and the sun is overhead. It’s recommended that you visit between 10am and 2pm, when the sun is high – this will bring out the most impressive shades.”

“Cloudless days also give the most impressive results, as heavy cloud cover blocks sunlight and can sometimes make the lake look paler.”

Ormiston Gorge

@kendallandglennAdd this to your list ##northernterritory ##travelaustralia ##outbackaustralia ♬ Twilight – Spencer Hunt

“Would you believe us if we said this was in the middle of the Outback?” travel bloggers @kendallandglenn ask their followers.

This spot is a favourite of the MacDonell Ranges, along with Redbank Gorge.

Olivia Snell – who is currently travelling around Australia in her campervan @murphythemercedes – told DMARGE: “Upon heading to the NT we also thought the Red Centre was going to be just that, red and dry. It was on our road trip for Coober Pedy to Alice Springs that we commented on how green the area was.”

“We were both shocked at how much greenery and water surrounded the city but ultimately thought that was just the city. It was when we started exploring the MacDonnell Ranges that we realised that this place is so much more than just red and dry.”

Fairy Pools Noosa

@kobajourneyCrystal clear ##fyp ##travel ##queensland ##swimminghole ##traveltiktok ##summertime ♬ Can We Kiss Forever? – Kina

Noosa’s fairy pools are some of the most photogenic in the country – and the above video, by @kobajourney, provides yet further proof of why people are obsessed with them.

Though some users warned of “blue ringed octopus” sitting at the bottom (and rogue waves) and the bored teenagers sitting around it, spoiling the serenity, it’s still a cool spot.

Noosa Heads, where the Fairy Pools are located, is just a 35-minute drive from the Sunshine Coast airport.

Cape York

@kobajourneyCape York 2020 ##capeyork ##4×4 ##offroad ##roadtrip ##australia ##foryou ♬ Stuck in the Middle – Tai Verdes

One of those things seems to be on everyone’s bucket list, Cape York is a survival mission and a pilgrimage all in one. You need a sturdy 4WD, a couple of weeks and a good guide (or some skills of your own) to make it to Australia’s Northernmost point, located in Queensland.

Flaherty’s Beach

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Flaherty’s beach may be freezing compared to the Maldives, but it still makes for some cool photos.

Alana McDonald, one half of travel duo @laplivin, last year shared with DMARGE some of her favourite Victorian and South Australian hideaways for pretending you are in the Maldives, and Flaherty’s made the cut.

“Wilson’s Prom, Rapid Bay, Flaherty’s Beach, Daly Head.”

Bendalong Point

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As we established in April, Bendalong Point is not the Maldives…. But it’s a damn nice place to visit while Australia’s borders remain shut. And it’s just 3 and a bit hour’s from Sydney.

Jerome Webzanet, whose photo can be seen above, visited Bendalong in February. Jerome told us Bendalong was “a little piece of heaven on earth.”

Rolex Submariner

First up, we have the Submariner: arguably Rolex’s most famous model and in many ways, the archetypal wristwatch full stop. At the time of its launch in 1953, it was one of the first-ever modern dive watches and remains one of the most popular dive watches on the market (even if it’s been superseded on a technical level by other watches such as Rolex’s very own Sea-Dweller or modern dive computers).Altieri argues that the reference to collect is the ref. 14060/14060M, a reference he termed “the last of the best” in this brilliant article. Produced between roughly 1990 and 2010, these references sit in a real sweet spot that makes them perfect for daily wear as well as a convincing investment/collection opportunity.To broadly summarise Altieri’s article, newer Submariner references are much chunkier than the classic references – in line with the modern taste for larger watch sizes – and their Cerachrom bezels won’t age and develop a patina like older references’ aluminium ones. On the other hand, truly vintage references lack many of the modern creature comforts later references benefit from, such as sapphire crystal glass, unidirectional bezels, and advances in movement technology.RELATED: Heartwarming Moment Man Discovers Staggering Value Of Late Father’s Rolex SubmarinerThe 14060/14060M is already well-known to collectors, but Alteri expanded upon his article exclusively with DMARGE, explaining that there’s actually even more to it – there’s a “best of the last of the best” that collectors should look out for:

“Early variants of the Submariner 14060 still used tritium for lume, which really adds to the vintage appeal of the watch – especially if it’s developed a warm patina. Dials with tritium are denoted by ‘Swiss-T<25’ text below the 6 o’clock marker. Rolex eventually switched to modern Super LumiNova during the production of the Submariner 14060/14060M.”

Rolex GMT-Master

Next up we have the GMT-Master. Visually similar to the Submariner, the GMT-Master was designed for the skies, not the seas. Designed in collaboration with Pan American Airways for use by their pilots and navigators, it first hit the market in 1954 – its Pan Am-inspired red and blue bezel since garnering the nickname ‘Pepsi’ by the watch community.In the early 1980s, the Rolex GMT-Master II was released, although production of the original GMT-Master continued alongside it until 1999. The original black and red bezel of the GMT-Master II has been nicknamed the ‘Coke’, although Rolex now manufactures GMT-Master IIs with the GMT-Master I’s original ‘Pepsi’ bezel.RELATED: ‘Counterintuitive’ Rolex Aftermarket Trend Renews Age-Old American RivalryThis is all some important context for understanding why Altieri’s pick for the must-have GMT-Master reference, the ref. 16700, is worthy of your attention.“Rolex produced the GMT-Master 16700 from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. As the very last GMT-Master model ever made, the ref. 16700 is truly one of the ‘last of the best’ Rolex watches,” he explains.

“The watch combines fantastic classic design traits such as aluminum bezels, lug holes in the cases, and tritium on the dial (until about 1997) with modern touches like scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and an updated movement.”

“Although the ref. 16700 is exclusively available in stainless steel, there are two bezel colourways (blue and red ‘Pepsi’ or all-black) and two bracelets (Oyster or Jubilee) to choose from, which makes it a fun Rolex reference to collect.”

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

Finally, we have the Daytona: Rolex’s only chronograph and the focus for some of the most valuable Rolexes in existence, such as the famous ref. 6239 “Paul Newman”. First introduced in 1963, any Daytona is hard to get one’s hands on – but there’s still good buying to be found, if you know where to look.RELATED: ‘Sporty’ Watch Selling Trick Can Make You Thousands“Any stainless steel Daytona chronographs, whether vintage four-digit references, Zenith El Primero-based ones from the eighties and nineties (ref. 16520) or those that run on the in-house made Rolex Caliber 4130 (ref. 116520 and 116500) will always be highly collectible Rolex watches due to their immense popularity,” Alteri explains.“However, a particularly interesting model to consider is the two-tone Daytona ref. 16523 from the 1990s. Not only does this Rolex chronograph combine stainless steel and 18k yellow gold but it also houses Rolex’s first automatic chronograph calibre, which was based on the famed Zenith El Primero movement.

“Rolex ‘Zenith’ Daytona models are a favourite among collectors but the two-tone versions are often overshadowed by the full steel or full gold variants.”

“If you’re a fan of two-tone Rolex sports watches, the Daytona ref. 16523 is one worth looking at as it’s still quite undervalued in the current market compared to other Daytona references from the same decade.”

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Of course, buying a vintage or discontinued watch comes with its own challenges. Provenance aside, even the most immaculately kept watch will require maintenance of some sort – and you can’t expect an older reference to necessarily keep up with the performance of a modern Rolex, for example.Still, if you’re looking for something a little different – or just can’t stand the idea of having to wait years for a new Rolex – consider these prime references from Rolex’s most popular models.

Watch David Goggins reveal his secret to always being motivated below.

If you’re worried Goggins is exaggerating, remember – it’s about the symphony, not the notes (and also, yeah, take it with a grain of salt and some professional advice before applying to your own life or trotting off to run an ultra marathon or something).“Negotiating with yourself is the root of all evil. It’s a fucking cancer,” Goggins wrote.“If you are a person who wakes up everyday wondering why you are in the same position you have been in for years, I can almost guarantee you it is because you were in the negotiation phase of your life for too long.”This rant was inspired, Goggins said in the video, by a meeting with an old friend who was amazed Goggins was able to keep up the same intense fitness routine he had 20 years ago, and asked him how he did it (the answer? “I don’t negotiate with myself”).“Life requires an abundant amount of action,” Goggins wrote in the caption of the video. “There is no action taken in the negotiation and explaining away phase.”“Let me explain to you how this works – when it’s early and you don’t want to get up, you wake the fuck up! When you don’t want to go to run, you put your shoes on and go run regardless if it is hot, cold, windy, snowing, etc.”“If you just got home from school and are having a hard time with a particular subject, you sit your ass down and start studying that very subject again. If you are an athlete and you just can’t hit the shot, after practice, you pick the ball back up again until you get it.”“These examples are people who don’t negotiate with themselves. This shit can be exhausting. Even more than exhausting, it can be frustrating and mind-numbing. The amount of work and effort required can be overwhelming which is why the majority of us love to negotiate our goals and ‘explain away.'”“Explain away is very simple – if you have kids and they eat shitty food, you will say you eat shitty food because they eat shitty food. If you have a spouse who doesn’t work out, you will use your spouses’ lazy ass as the explanation for your laziness.”“Some of you make yourselves feel better by telling yourself that people in better life situations than you didn’t have the same challenges and problems that got you stuck in the negotiation/explain away phase. Sorry to tell you, most of them did, they just navigated them better than you.”

“Instead of negotiating in life, learn to navigate it!”

Many users chimed in claiming to have been inspired by the post.One user wrote: “When I think about being soft, I recite all the gogginisms and I get back on the fucking log of life and carry that damn thing with pride.”Another said: “It’s insane to expect a better result when all you are doing is aiming without firing.”Another proudly shared a feat of their own: “Ran a marathon today David.”One user admitted they “literally talked myself out of going to gym this morning” before saying it would “never [happen] again.”Another wrote: “It has to become ‘a must’ not ‘a should'”.This “not negotiable” message is one many influential figures – from renowned self-help coach Tony Robbins to podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan – have spruiked.As we wrote recently, it can be very helpful to treat your workouts a bit more like work – scheduling them into your calendar as if they were meetings and sticking to them with the glue-like pegament.Food for thought.

Watch Federer explain his decision to get surgery in the video below.

For those that stubbornly hoped to see him continue to compete as per usual – to continue to defy time – this is heartbreaking, if not entirely unexpected. News no one wanted to hear.There is a bit of hope though.Federer said:“It’s not been simple. I’ve been doing a lot of checks with the doctors as well on my knee, getting all the information as I hurt myself further during the grass court season at Wimbledon… it’s just not the way to go forward so unfortunately they told me for the medium to the long term to feel better I will need surgery.”

“I decided to do it.”

“I will be on crutches for many weeks and then also out of the game for many months so that’s going to be difficult of course in some ways. But at the same time I know it’s the right thing to do because I want to be healthy.”“I want to be running around later as well again and I want to give myself a glimmer of hope also to return to the tour in some shape or form.”Federer underwent two knee surgeries in 2020. He played only six times that year. In 2021 Federer has only played 13 matches, having already pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics to rest his knee.

Roger Federer of Switzerland walks off court after losing his men’s Singles Quarter Final match against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland on Day Nine of The Championships – Wimbledon 2021 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Some commentators and journalists have speculated this could be the end of Federer’s competitive career.

May well be that that’s it for Roger Federer.

He can and should take as long as he wants to seek a solution, and decide.But at this stage, mainly hope he can get his knee back to a state in which he can enjoy life, and perhaps a farewell exhibition tour. He’s done it all.— David Law (@DavidLawTennis) August 15, 2021

“I am realistic – don’t get me wrong,” Federer added in his update video.“I know how difficult it is at this age… now to do another surgery and try it but I want to be healthy and I will go through the rehab process with a goal while I’m still active which I think is going to help.”He then ended with a big thank you for the messages for his incredible fans (“you always think of me”) telling them that mentally he is feeling ok, and that he appreciated their messages of support.

“I’ll update you as I move along with my rehab.”

Instagram account @atptour wrote in the comments section: “Wishing you a speedy recovery, Roger! We hope to see you back on the tour again soon.”All our best hopes and wishes the champ makes a full recovery. How else is he going to win one more grand slam and nose once again ahead of Nadal and Djokovic (who are currently tied with him on 20 major wins)?

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