Your friends are super tall, you know?

So, I mean, you know how sometimes you go out in Seattle, and you just feel like everyone around you is… average? Like, you're at Dick's, or maybe grabbing a coffee in Capitol Hill, and it's just a sea of perfectly normal-height people? Well, apparently, there are hundreds of *super* tall folks here who just want to blend in. And they found their spot, you guys.

This past weekend, a whole bunch of very, very tall people — we're talking legitimate giants, I guess — gathered at a sports bar right here in Seattle. The Associated Press, for whatever reason, decided this was a story that needed telling. I mean, it's pretty wild, right? Imagine walking into a bar and everyone's looking *up* at you, for once? Or, you know, *across* at you? I wonder which sports bar it was? Was it near SoDo, where the Kraken and Seahawks fans already create a pretty imposing crowd? Or maybe somewhere a little more chill, like in Ballard?

### Why This Matters for Seattle

* **A Unique Gathering:** It’s rare to find such a specific niche group gathering in such numbers.

* **The "Seattle Freeze" Thaw:** Maybe these meetups are just another way for people to find their community here, especially in a city often (unfairly) characterized by the "Seattle Freeze."

* **Visibility for the "Vertically Gifted":** It highlights a small, but significant, part of our population that often feels, well, overlooked, or stared at.

I mean, that's Seattle — Rainier's out, everything's forgiven, and even the tallest among us are just looking for a place to feel normal, you know? It's kind of sweet, in a weird way.

Preet Kaur-Sullivan, MiTL Sports Desk.

You can hear more strange stories like this on the Morning Wire. Catch the crew live at mornings.live.