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I’m on Twitter

April 25, 2008 · 5 comments

Besides this blog, find me at http://twitter.com/ramit. Your mileage may vary, but recent posts include…

My friend’s rule of thumb about men on Match.com
Where to find a virtual assistant
How to get a PO box

Here’s my twitter page.

[Update]: You guys are nuts!

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1 Michel Savoie April 25, 2008 at 8:49 am: Excellent!! Thanks Ramit! Now following!
2 Eric April 27, 2008 at 10:32 pm: Ramit,

In all fairness to your friend regarding her rule of thumb about men at Match.com, I’ve found that women are extremely poor at estimating height.

Extremely, extremely, extremely poor.

I did an impromptu experiment about 1 1/2 years ago that stemmed from a bet I made with a friend, and I discovered that the majority of women consistently over-estimate their own height while at the same time consistently under-estimating the height of others. To be fair to women, I didn’t ask any men to participate, so this may be widespread amongst both genders.

For instance, I measure 5’10″ (measured and verified by 3 independent people), yet most of the women I asked consistently estimated my height at an average of 5’7″. Color me unimpressed.

By the way, I won the bet an was $20 richer for doing so.
3 Ramit Sethi April 28, 2008 at 8:23 am: Eric, you are SO RIGHT. I encounter this all the time and it angers me immensely. Great point.
4 Mary May 1, 2008 at 6:31 am: You mention height. You should realize that weight goes along with height. If a man were to ask me what I think his height is, I would size up his weight. He would look shorter to me if he were overweight. A slender man to me looks taller.
5 Travis May 7, 2008 at 3:15 pm: Back to Twitter for a moment. I’m sorry, but I don’t get it. I know, it’s a way to keep up-to-the-minute tabs on people. But, unless I’m a jealous lover, why would I want to do that?