Average dutch male, looking down from 6ft, wondering why everyone is so tiny.

As a severely below-average height Dutch woman, visiting Japan and seeing faces at the level of my face instead of chests was quite the experience.

the little shits gonna cut you down a notch

My partner's response on learning this factoid while we were in Japan: "I'm not short, I'm just a samurai!"

They were short but feisty

They would most likely still whoop my ass

Except they're on horseback, putting arrows in you from 30 meters away.

"When his hands are higher than your head, his groin is level with your teeth"

Hey little fella

It's unlikely they would ever be scary. Their bows are floppy, their steel is brittle, and they probably have higher pitched voices than I would expect. Little killer voices that shriek in the octave of children.

Average mongolian invasion horse height vs average modern horse height.

It's all relative innit.

Anyone has civilized equivalent numbers ?