Irish men if they are to fit their stereotype, will also enjoy things like Guinness which is a thick ale-like drink, Irish coffee and sports such as Rugby.
But you only have to skim through a few women's online dating profiles to discover height is regularly listed as a qualifier -- sometimes, as the only qualifier, even for women of average height.
Here's a common one: "I like to wear heels, so if you're under (insert desired height) swipe left." And it's not even just requests for guys who are slightly taller -- in some cases it's pushed to the statistical edges of male height.
Often there is a story – perhaps it takes effort to winkle it out, or perhaps it's up to viewers to impose their own structure and insights on the material.
Not everyone wants to do this, which is fair enough – sometimes we just want to be entertained.
The number of ladies on dating sites listing a minimum height requirement for potential matches is stunning.
At the outset, I can understand: women are typically shorter than men; and if a man falls way below that variance it’s fairly easy to deduce he may be seen as less attractive to the general population.
"You see these women who are overweight and unattractive clamoring for a tall man on their profiles, but I can’t ask that the girl be attractive or under a certain weight.” Now, the above quote crystallizes an important point.
No one here is claiming that guys aren't guilty of being shallow, too.
The charge of pretentiousness is most frequently levelled at films that don't conform to a conventional narrative structure.
It's human nature to want to impose meaning on chaos, and to try to knit seemingly random events into a story, and there can be resentment when filmmakers fail to provide signposts.