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This is a thread for your daily height-related problems. Short and tall people are both welcome.

I'll start: knee-level bathroom sinks.

having to jump a significant amount to reach the chinup bar at the gym :/

i was once pretending to be michael jordan in my room and forgot how tall i was and dunked my hand into the ceiling and busted my knuckles open

When I was in China I had to duck to get past a good 80% of all of the doorways. I understand space is tight, but 6 foot doorframes just sounds like a terrible idea.
Bonus pic of me in front of a "door"

Over 6' + good posture = car rides in the back seat suck

I've hit ceiling fans so many times by stretching or putting on shirts.

Tacking onto what rjb said: being tiny and always having to sit in the middle back seat :[ I want a windowwww

not being able to take full advantage of kitchen storage—can't reach the top shelves even with a stepstool :( I do jump up onto the counters sometimes.

I'm not really incredibly tall but being 5'8 in a large group of 5'2 asian girls makes group photos very awkward. Do I squat down? Do I stand in the back? Or do I stand on the side and sorta lean in towards everyone?

Sorority squat

What's the worst to me is being at a party or something and not being able to hear anyone you're with because they're all 5'3". I usually just give up and pay no attention to conversation.

Feeling guilty at concerts because people behind you can't see as well

i'm not even short and my boyfriend keeps putting the nice cooking pots up where I can't reach them

is he doing this to fuck with me y/n

Buying extra-long custom beds. With custom fitted sheets and custom mattresses.

(Non-custom double-sized comforters and comforter covers are long enough, though.)

@ratchetkoala: 6'. I like having a footboard, though. Also not accidentally hitting said footboard while having my arms above my head.

@jrisk: I wish that worked; I'm just too wide and flop around too much.

When ppls tell u ur a waist of height when u say don't play sports

I didn't care about posture until my early mid 20s but really wished I did while growing up. Really important for physical health and just looking better in general. Easy to slouch when you've had a big growth spurt when younger.

i get promoted quicker than my shorter peers and people find me more trustworthy

asian moms say i'm handsome

i can't reach the high microwave at work

i get asked to change the lightbulbs when i visit my parents' home.

when you stand up inside a stall and make eye contact in the mirror with the person washing their hands

when u can barely fit into your sick 1998 honda integra with the VTEC

when your abysmal self esteem/body image may or may not be a result of the systematic social dehumanization of short male-bodied people that you've dealt with your entire life and results in being condescended to like you're a child/rampant body-shaming/a reduced likelihood of ever being taken seriously

when I was seeing pediatric oncology for my yearly checkups up until last year, I could not comfortably fit/lay on the examination bed. I almost broke the computer screen stretching out my legs

I switched to the young adult survivorship clinic and it is better

Couldn't reach things well before but now post-surgery I can't lift my arms above my head. Literally needed help getting a ginger beer out of the fridge today.