I think when people drive anywhere, the tallest person should automatically get shotgun. When flying, a tall person should be given more legroom. Thankfully, newer movie theaters now offer a lot of space (they didn't always), but in the same way we have handicap seating in venues like that, there should be mandated tall-person seating in venues as well.
I don't think shorter people appreciate how difficult, uncomfortable and potentially dangerous cramming a tall person into a backseat can be. Anecdotally, I've noticed considerate people are quick to offer a larger space (such as a front seat) to taller people, but dopes, bitches and a-holes don't care about accommodating a larger person in a way that uses the space best for everyone.
I think it's viewed negatively to stand up for your right to comfort as a tall person, but I hope more people make themselves aware of compounding the discomfort for a tall person when it's unnecessary by selfishly taking up more space than they require at the expense of a taller person's comfort.
With all of our awareness growing about accommodating disabilities, some focus needs to be placed on tall people and things we can do to make everyday life more comfortable and welcoming for them as well.
I'm fine with all of that so long as we also make a rule that tall people stand at the back for events that are GA and/or standing-room only.
Yeah, super good point. I always do that. At our kids' concerts, I'm at the back (6'4") and my wife is at the front (5'3"). Sort of sucks, but there's no other way that's reasonable.
Actually physically, it is harder to be tall getting around. For men, socially, being shorter is harder. For women, socially, being very tall is harder.
I am a 6' able-bodied, straight, white Canadian man. About the easiest you can have it in the history of planet earth.
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I think something you can't fix, like height, should be accommodated. Something you *can* fix, on the other hand, should be on you.
It's nonsense that airlines are forced to give away a seat to someone who ate themselves into that conundrum, but people who are tall through no fault of their own get stuck with seats made for people 5'10" or shorter... if they're lucky. My knees touched the seat in front of me on an Air Canada Rouge flight to Anchorage once, and I'm just over 5'10". Anyone taller than me would have been in absolute hell.
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Every time some shorty bitches to me about their height I cite three disadvantages to being tall:
1. Legroom on airplanes, and pretty much everywhere else
2. Shower heads
3. Snoozing on a couch
Funny that two of my three have been whined about here recently, but they're true. Whoever complained about shower heads said it was in hotels, but it's in houses as well. I don't think I've ever lived anywhere where the shower head was above my head.
As far as the snoozing on couches goes, it's really annoying when the couch's armrest is stupidly high, or wooden or something. Gotta go fetal, but then your knees or your ass are hanging off the couch.
And when I say snoozing, I'm talking about nowadays, and the thought I put in to buying a couch. It originally ground my gears back in my 20s drinking days where sleeping on someone's couch was necessary because cabs sucked, and drinking and driving was (is) a bad idea.
But I do enjoy getting a thank you from a little old (or young cute) lady at the grocery store for grabbing that thing off the top shelf.
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The one that I agree with for sure is space for tall people in airplanes.
It's ridiculous how small the space between seats is for people taller than 6'0" on an airplane, and you just have no chance if you're 6'4" or taller.
I find it funny that airplanes have regulations that pets must be able to fully sit, stand, and turnaround in the crate for air travel, when the majority of human passengers can't stand and turnaround in the area allocated for them in their seat.
Only time I've ever really experienced major discomfort because of my height is on an airplane. I'm only 6'2 so not giant by any means, but airplanes suck.
That said, its not that big a deal. Unless I flew all the time for work or something, then I'd be more annoyed. But a small handful of times a year I can generally suck it up.
I feel for those any taller though, I'm at the upper echelon of where comfort starts to disappear.
You are discounting the benefit of how much better being tall is in general which more than offsets your concerns.
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I'm not tall and I can't count how many times as a younger dude I got the "he's cute but too short" comment. I've been out of the dating game but my brother who's 5'10" gets denied all the time at online dating sites because a lot of females have a 6 foot cutoff.
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Tall People are Treated Unfairly
