Making Light:  Logic Puzzle (Open Thread 90) ::: September 06, 2007, 01:30 PM

Mary Dell (583) said, "I know a few men who seem to have body
dysmorphia, but instead of looking in the mirror and seeing a fatter
person, they see a taller person."

First, I think the word you want is "anamorphia".  "Dysmorphia" is
a faulty shape (and "body dysmorphia" refers to preoccupation with
perceived body faults) but, hey, I'm just playing erudite.

At 182cm, I've never known whether to call myself six feet
(exaggeration), five eleven (incorrect rounding), five eleven and
a half (do I sound preoccupied?), or five eleven and five eighths
(quick, where's the DSM?).  I also don't usually think of myself as
tall, because I know tall guys: they're the guys who are taller than
me.  On the other hand, I usually think of guys shorter than me as
average height, down to about four feet, though sometimes I notice
guys with short guy syndrome, a particularly offensive form of
internalized body dysmorphia.