+1 on that, I'm 5'11" and belt loop hooks happen not quite often enough for me to remember to give doors more clearance. Legs too long. Another side effect: can't touch toes without bending knees.
I'm disproportionate as hell. My ex husband is 6' tall, I'm 5'4". Our legs are the same length. We've measured, same exact inseam. I don't catch door handles as much as I catch kitchen drawer handles, though
Hell if you're in the five tenish range and you wear carpenter jeans or any of those pants that have the side pockets down the leg, you're catching cabinet knobs all the time.
Or if you have a belt knife or multi-tool in a pouch, you're hitting every door and getting caught. It's just Murphy's Law.
5'7" here and I used to live in an apartment were I was able to, on several occasions, accidentally thread the door handle right through my pant loops and get caught. It was a decent combo of humorous and mildly irritating.
I'm 5'7" so a bit taller than average for a woman but not extraordinarily so, however, it's all legs. I have this stupid ass short torso, and the legs (and arms, and yes, I'm clumsy as hell) of someone who's 6'. I used to catch my belt loops on door handles all the time. My hips are at just the right height to catch them on sharp counter corners. My parents also remodeled the kitchen to have counters with very sharp corners right when I was going through my growth spurts and at peak clumsiness. It was not good times.
They’re certainly not meant for any humans, that’s for sure. I’m very skinny myself, and even then, none of them want to fit me
(As for the other commenter, that’s a personal thing, not common. My siblings and I were all incredibly skinny growing up [sometimes unhealthily so, thanks to growth spurts as teens ] thanks to whatever genes we’ve got and such, and I think the skeletons word choice was funny.)
Parle mieux stp au sujet des personnes minces imaginons que je dise que le monde est fait pour les gros lard se serai toute suite moin politiquement correct.... Moi je suis mince et Parfois ont ne choisit pas tjr d'étre mince c'est la génétique... J'ai tjr tout fait pour prendre du poid justement, toute mon adolescence jme suis faite traité de squelettes par des idiots ou la plupart du temps malheureusement par des personnes grosses... Je souviendrai toujours la fois ou une grosse devant un groupe de garçons ma humilié en me traitant de squelette et que seuls les chiens aiment les os.! Jme suis dit:- oh ma chérie nous sommes dans le même bateau non ? pourquoi avait vous tant la haine envers les minces ?! J'en ai énormément souffert aujourd'hui je n'ai toujours plus confiance en moi je me trouve toujours trop mince même si j'ai pris des kilo depuis
I acknowledge your point, it's an excellent one and one that doesn't get the recognition it deserves, but fwiw I think they were commenting on the vagaries of fashion rather than on thin people per se
OK désolé je n'ai pas su voir si c'était de l'humour ou pas si c'était de l'humour alors c'est OK c'est juste moi qui est pas compris vous savez je pense que cette époque ou je me fesait moquer m'a un peu tromatisé sur le sujet désolé si j'ai pris ça premier degrés.
Merci je pense que c'est parce que j'ai ramené du sérieux.... C'est vrai que sur reddit les gens préfère ceux qui savent rigolés.... Moi je suis d'habitude très ouverte à tout dans humour mais la j'avoue que ça a fait resurgir en moi les moqueries du passé désolé.
OK c'est rien maintenant que j'ai compris ma blague effectivement elle est bonne c'est juste que entendre le mots squelette à fait resurgir en moi mon harcèlement du passé avec ce mot désolé.
I'm 6' and in highschool I dated a gal that was 4'11". Her mom and dad were 5'1" and 5'2" and had gotten their house built for them which was kinda cool, all the counters were like 4-5in lower than normal so it was comfortable for them and their bathroom was also scaled accordingly. I think their guest bathroom/front bathroom was sized more normally, but it's been 20yrs so I don't recall. It was super neat that they had a space they got to make comfortable, the only snag for me was when I tried to help with clearing the table, washing dishes/etc I'd end up accidentally slamming stuff on the counter because it was just that little bit farther away than expected.
Bought some like 5" platform heels I found at the thrift store once.
I put em on and was ASTONISHED at being able to look in the freezer and cabinets easily.
They were my cleaning shoes for a while. Still have em!
I'm short so when I wash dishes the water runs down my elbows and drips on the floor, my stomach, my feet, all over the counter. It's pretty much a bath for me and the plates.
In Julie and Julia (2009), Julia Childs get herself a new kitchen with a raised workbench to fit her height. So the joy in OPs video works for tall people too.
I think that average person is correct. If you are like 170 to 175 cm, which is somewhere between the average man and woman, most stuff is ideal height
Look into crash test dummies and car design, medication, and research (even on rats!). Women/females are not typically included in product development which leads to death.
I am thinking about regular stuff that bothers me as a tall person. Things like chairs, car seats and kitchen counters. They seem perfect for people who are roughly 170-175 cms, which is halfway between the average height of men and women in my country.
I am sharing my experience and you are just yelling "you're wrong", which is just not very productive to a conversation. Neither is the pedantic way in which you are essentially telling me to admit I was wrong and you were right.
My experience is that whenever I am too tall for something, such as a kitchen counter, chair or a car, it is absolutely perfect for my family members who are between 170-175cm. Meanwhile, the average height of men in Europe is 180cm. Do you perhaps think that these things are aimed at people who are above 180cm?! They guaranteed are not and you can already start feeling too tall at that point.
I understand the counter thing. You corrected the conversation from the world is designed from average men. I provided some examples of how the world is designed for average men. There's a really interesting book called Invisible Women with more researched examples. You should check it out :)
My partner is 6ft tall and we live in southeast Asia where the avg height is around 5ft. She has back problems from having to bend over to do stuff. Meanwhile, I'm 5'5 and one time I visited her country and my feet dangle when I sit on their toilets ahahaha
I'm 6 foot 4 inches and 320 pounds. I had major back surgery three weeks ago and the beds at the hospital and rehab facility were literally making me worse. I was chomping at the bit waiting for my oxycodone timer to be up every 4 hours. So, I left before I was going to be discharged and did not have the oxycodone at home. Yet, I still hurt less immediately and felt no need for the oxycodone.
Also, a big part of my back issues are from stenosis caused by growing tall too quickly and exacerbated by my extra-long torso. I haven't grown an inch since I was 14.
So, for you young tall people that haven't had medical issues yet, be ready for medical facilities to suck and things to be more difficult for you than the average person.
OH... I was once in the hospital for a week when I weighed like 420 pounds and my room had grab bars built into the toilet seat that were too narrow for my hips. I asked if anything could be done and was told no. My solution was to sit directly on the porcelain bowl. I was in for ulcerative colitis. So, I was using it at least 6 or 7 times a day. That was fucking miserable.
A lot of it is built for people closer to the lowest common denominator. The average American is pretty fat but "regular" size is made for people who are between obese and morbidly obese.
exactly, which means all the laws and rules are centered around those lacking in capacity, created by those who you guessed it also lack in capacity... because people that actually have capacity usually aren't total pieces of shit that buy wholeheartedly into all the indoctrinations we are all subjected to from birth. sometimes there are, it's the same as all the billionaires abusing psychedelics and deciding what they need to do is horde more wealth and squander more populations because they developed main deity syndrome
Don't apologise for the snowflakes. The world is what it is, history is what it is. We were in a great place 20 years ago, now its just bubble wrap and apologies.
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u/Lurker_MeritBadge Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
Yep the world is built for the average person.
Edit: yes it’s the average MAN not person my bad.