Tall People are Treated Unfairly

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Being a short guy I hated the Dutch urinals. They were mounted way to high. Sometimes I had to stand back and arc it in.

That's how you get good at playing games involving tanks; by learning about arc and velocity.

[John Doe]

I think the cloudheads should have to pay more for clothing. It’s ridiculous that some tall-tard with pant legs twice the length of mine pays the same price for a pair of pants when they require twice the amount of material to make. Same thing with shoes. And when did they get so whiny?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by John Doe

I think the cloudheads should have to pay more for clothing. It’s ridiculous that some tall-tard with pant legs twice the length of mine pays the same price for a pair of pants when they require twice the amount of material to make. Same thing with shoes. And when did they get so whiny?

Yeah, but do you have to pay sales tax on your clothes? Being short, you can just tell them you are shopping for a child.

[John Doe]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Yeah, but do you have to pay sales tax on your clothes? Being short, you can just tell them you are shopping for a child.

I tried. They don’t buy that excuse if you try them on yourself first though.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by 4X4

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.

I'm 5'11 so I've never really experienced the too tall issues, everything seems to be built just right for my height, which I do appreciate. That is until I went to Vietnam last year, and I began to truely appreciate the struggle that the tall guys go through. Shower heads at my shoulders, cramped ass little cars with my head hitting the roof, and for some reason the Vietnamese love to sit on these tiny little stools that require great effort and planning on my part when sitting down or standing up. The worst though is that when Vietnamese families have large dinners with relatives, they don't grab an extra table and chairs. No, they clear out the table and chairs entirely and put down a giant mat so that everyone can sit on the floor. I hadn't sat cross legged on a floor since grade school before that, and my knees were screaming in agony about 30 minutes into dinner. I became a source of entertainment for the in-laws though when it was time to stand up, I'm sure I looked like a new born giraffe trying to walk for the first time

[Manhattanboy]

Tall women rock. The taller the sexier.

[Fuzz]

Manhattenboy's ideal women:

Spoiler!

[RinkRat]

My wife is 4'9" our kids better hope for some kind of hidden tall gene as I'm sitting between 5'7" and 5'8".

Although a bet a market for Teacup kids exists somewhere. And if they hit 3' we can aim for some prime midget wrestling maybe even some tossing.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

My height has never really bothered me.

At 6'2 I don't care if I'm in the back seat, shower heads always seem fine, perhaps it's that little things don't really bother me?

The one exception. Airplanes. Sweet Mother Mary and Moses, I'll get by with a 30 inch seat pitch, but 29 is inhumane.

I'll pay for the extra legroom as even a two hour flight in 29" seat pitch it too much.

I think it comes from the lack of room side to side as well as forward. I can't curl up like in the backseat of a car.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

My height has never really bothered me.

At 6'2 I don't care if I'm in the back seat, shower heads always seem fine, perhaps it's that little things don't really bother me?

Not saying this is you, but some people are just oblivious. My friend is 6'1" or 6'2", so pretty tall, and I've driven with him in his car when he has the seat in the same position from when is 5'5" wife had driven last. Knees basically by his ears and looking like a pretzel, and it didn't even occur to him how compromised his comfort was.

Shower heads are fine in that I'll still get clean if they're low, but it's better when they're higher up. You would have to crouch down to rinse the shampoo out. If you don't find that annoying, great, but every tall person I've ever talked to does find that bothersome.

I'm surprised back seats don't bother you. I mean, if your knees are smooshed into the seat in front of you and your head is touching the head liner, how does that not irritate you? At 6'2" you are literally too big for how most cars are designed (with some exceptions, of course).

[sun]

I'm 6'0 and if I see any woman online dating who has some height restriction in their profile, I immediately swipe left. Tinder is shallow enough without having to reiterate how superficial and insecure you are.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Not saying this is you, but some people are just oblivious. My friend is 6'1" or 6'2", so pretty tall, and I've driven with him in his car when he has the seat in the same position from when is 5'5" wife had driven last. Knees basically by his ears and looking like a pretzel, and it didn't even occur to him how compromised his comfort was.

Shower heads are fine in that I'll still get clean if they're low, but it's better when they're higher up. You would have to crouch down to rinse the shampoo out. If you don't find that annoying, great, but every tall person I've ever talked to does find that bothersome.

I'm surprised back seats don't bother you. I mean, if your knees are smooshed into the seat in front of you and your head is touching the head liner, how does that not irritate you? At 6'2" you are literally too big for how most cars are designed (with some exceptions, of course).

1) When I get in the driver's seat and it's up too far, I adjust it.

2) Perhaps it's that I usually shower in my own home where the shower nozzle is above my own head (why wouldn't it be?); I find in hotels the shower nozzle is generally at a decent height as well.

3) In the backseat I'm rarely there for an extended period of time, but there's room to stretch out toward the middle. Perhaps being slender makes this easier?

[CaptainYooh]

Judging by the responses here, a lot of posters suffer from Napoleonic complex...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Judging by the responses here, a lot of posters suffer from Napoleonic complex...

Indeed....we should round up all the tall people and isolate them on a small Island in the Mediterranean.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by sun

I'm 6'0 and if I see any woman online dating who has some height restriction in their profile, I immediately swipe left. Tinder is shallow enough without having to reiterate how superficial and insecure you are.

No, no, no. If r/tinder has taught me anything it is that you swipe right, wait for her to ask how tall you are, then ask how much she weighs, wait for her to freak out and act like a shallow POS. Then screenshot that #### and post it on r/tinder for the upvotes.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Shower heads are fine in that I'll still get clean if they're low, but it's better when they're higher up. You would have to crouch down to rinse the shampoo out. If you don't find that annoying, great, but every tall person I've ever talked to does find that bothersome.

I'm surprised back seats don't bother you. I mean, if your knees are smooshed into the seat in front of you and your head is touching the head liner, how does that not irritate you? At 6'2" you are literally too big for how most cars are designed (with some exceptions, of course).

6’4”, 32” length pants.

Every shower I’ve ever been in sucked, except the one I built. I get my shampoo out and my squats in simultaneously.

Leg room doesn’t bother me much (see hilarious pant length). But seat to headliner clearance in vehicles is the worst. Fun fact, I can’t sit up straight in a Dodge Ram unless it has power seats that lower. Standard seats in a Dodge Ram, my head is in the roof bar. How dumb is that? Better head room in a Hyundai Accent.

Never had that issue with GMC/Chevy though.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Judging by the responses here, a lot of posters suffer from Napoleonic complex...

and a lot of tall people who are a bunch of crybabies. so we're even.

nah nah boo boo

[CaptainYooh]

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

6’4”, 32” length pants.

Every shower I’ve ever been in sucked, except the one I built. I get my shampoo out and my squats in simultaneously.

Leg room doesn’t bother me much (see hilarious pant length). But seat to headliner clearance in vehicles is the worst. Fun fact, I can’t sit up straight in a Dodge Ram unless it has power seats that lower. Standard seats in a Dodge Ram, my head is in the roof bar. How dumb is that? Better head room in a Hyundai Accent.

Never had that issue with GMC/Chevy though.

I’m pretty much the same measurements. The Long Torso makes sunroofs a non starter because of how much headroom they take. And in general manual vertical adjusting seats is far better than power as they go lower.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by GGG

I’m pretty much the same measurements. The Long Torso makes sunroofs a non starter because of how much headroom they take. And in general manual vertical adjusting seats is far better than power as they go lower.

Those lever pumping ones right? I’ve rarely seen those, but I agree they are the best. I can’t stand powered seats. Much prefer manual, but I haven’t had any with the seat height adjustment.

Also, yeah sunroofs are a no go. If they dropped the whole roof down another foot they’d be perfect!