Did you know that Ben Affleck is 6'4 (193cm)? And that Margaux Hemingway was as tall as her grandfather Ernest at 6'0 (183cm)? It would've probably taken the majority of us to stand 2 minutes behind them at a concert to start to envy them, thinking they must have the world at their feet. But that might not be the case.
Tall people have problems. In fact, they even created a subreddit to prove that they don't have it as easy as short people think. From having to almost kneel to use the ATM to folding themselves in order to fit in an airplane seat, you gotta admit, some of the photo evidence they provide make the case pretty compelling. Continue scrolling and check out the images.
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They Wanted Me To Get In My Co-Worker’s Car For A Mr. Incredible Moment. I’m 6’7”
If we were to get serious for a bit (this will only take a moment, I promise), we would see that poor nutrition and illness in childhood limit human growth. Which means, the average height of a population strongly correlates to its living standards. Thus, the study of human height becomes relevant even for historians who want to understand the history of living conditions.
Even though human height is used as an indirect measure for living standards, experts emphasize that it is not used as a direct measure of well-being.
My Colleagues Sometimes Get Mistaken For My Children.
Human height has been steadily increasing over the past 2 centuries across the world. It is in line with improvements in our health and nutrition during this period. Generally, the data for these studies comes from soldiers (conscripts), convicted criminals, slaves and servants. It is, in fact, the reason why so many talks on human height focus on men.
When You're 6'5" And Date Someone Who Is 5'5"
During a 100-year period between 1896 and 1996, the largest gains in height were recorded for European and Central Asian men; their mean height increased by 11 cm (4.3 inches), overtaking North American men in the process. The smallest absolute gains were seen for South Asian men; mean height increased by only 5 cm (2 inches).
There are only 2.5K members in the r/TallPeopleProblems subreddit, but I guess the bigger it gets — the more people experience these issues — the better?
My Dad Made This Raised Cutting Board For My 6'8 Boyfriend. No More Hunching Over The Counters!
Took Away The Spotlight
Prom Pictures With GF And Her Dad
Me And My 6'4" Date To Our Rowing Formal. I'd Say We're Pretty Cute
Japan Wasn’t Made For Us (6’7”)
Thought You Guys Would Enjoy This One
Smashed My Head On The Guatemalan International Departures Sign, Came Crashing Down. Wasn't Made For Tall People...
This The Season To Be Clotheslined By Christmas Decorations At Work.
A Nice Surprise At A Restaurant - A Secondary Mirror Specifically For Us Tree-Folk.
Just A Tall Tourist Using An ATM In South East Asia..
6’3” Lived In A Traditional Japanese House In Japan For Two Months. There Was Lots Of Exposed Wooden Beams
Brain.exe Has Stopped Working
Friend Of Mine Had A Photo Booth Set Up At His Wedding... Probably My Favorite Picture Of My GF (6’2) And I (6’6).
Went To Prague With My Friend Who Is 7’ 4”
You Know It's Bad When The Shower Is In The Ceiling And You Still Don't Fit
Jumping On The Work Desk Bandwagon
After Many Years Of Marriage, It's Still Nice That We Can Sit At The Table And Just Hold Hands.
Don’t Mind Me, Just Passing By
How Miserable.
My New Apartment Has This Shower Head, And I'm Only 6'1"
Who's Doing Dishes Like This? 🙋
I Love My Job, But Can't Wait To Get Hired Into A Larger Airplane.
Tired Of Looking Out Of Place In Most Of My Pictures With People
Be Your Own Door
New Apartment... I Present To You My Mini Fridge
When I Stand Up In The Stall I Make Eye Contact With The People Washing Their Hands. Is It A Little Awkward?....yeah
With The Current Trend Of Others Wearing Tall People's Clothes, Here's My Former Colleague From The Philippines In My Coveralls
I Don't Even Care That I'm 7'8", I'm Going To Enjoy The 'Little' Things That This World Has To Offer!
Door Frames Get You Once, But Ceiling Fans Get You More Than Once...yeah, Walked Into A Ceiling Fan.
Getting A Shirt Tailored In Vietnam.
I Present To You My Crappy Design Bathroom And How I Like To Use It
My Team Mate And I Are Both 6’10...now I Know What I Look Like Using An ATM.
A Mess Only We Can See. ( Top Of Vending Machine )
Getting Requests To Do Hand And Feet Comparisons At Parties Is Just Routine Already
I can't stop noticing that that dude in the background's eye contours perfectly to the other dude's mouth. I can't unsee it.
Tall Girl (6’3”) vs. Door Frame. Grrrreeeeaaattttt.
Hey, Check Out This Cool Place We'll Never Be Able To Enter.
Just climb it on your hands like a dog. I still go up my mom's stairs t home like that sometimes out of childhood habit.
Dear Delta And Faa, Tell Me Again How This Is Safe, Let Alone Humane...
This isn't a tall person issue. I'm short but have long legs and have the same problem on planes.
I Made Something To Reduce Back Pain In The Kitchen
I had the worktops set about the much higher when I changed the kitchen - saves a lot of grumbling. That hob looks painfully low.
I Can Forgive Short Mirrors Since I'm Ugly, But I Will Never Forgive The Evil That Is Aku! (Manifested In The Form Of A Short Shower Head)
He ain't ugly, he just hasn't noticed yet because he can't see himself in a mirror.
Everytime Sidewalk Ever.
This is so annoying. Walking on the sidewalk like it's an obstacle course
So My Two Tall Buds Decided To Sit Opposite Each Other On The Bus
Finally, A Bathroom Mirror Just For Me
Eating Lunch With 6'4" Tallette
Being Tall And Large Chested Turns Any Dress Into A Shirt. I Can't Even Think About Heels.
The Shower In My San Francisco Hotel Room Was Impossibly Low (I'm Only 6'3)
I Hate Elevators
I Forgot About Doctors Offices
Apparently I Was The Measuring Stick For The London Underground (6’7”) [x-Post R/Perfectfit]
My Husband (6’5”) In Front Of A Home In Nepal.
Giraffes United Against Ceiling Fans
My Mom In The Sweater She Got For Me For Christmas, She’s 5’8”
As A Tall Man, I Find This To Be My Problem More Than Walking Through Doorways
A Mall In Amman Jordan.
Too Tall For A Full Pull-Up Extension. I Miss The Gym.
We Always Hear About Showers, Mirrors, And Bathroom Stalls, But I Can't Be The Only One Who Can't Stand This At Traffic Lights...
When Your Friend Stands Two Steps Above To Be An Inch Or Two Taller Than You In Heels
You May Steal If You’re Tall Enough.
If You've Thought About Joining The Navy...
F**k Chandeliers.
Waited In Line For This Rollercoaster For Two Hours, When I Finally Got To The Front They Said I Was Too Tall.
I’m 6’2 And A Half And This Is What I See In Most Mirrors.
6'6" Checking Into My First Airbnb. I Didnt Think To Ask How High The Ceilings Were. Woops.
Where do they have apartments with ceiling that are less than 2 metres high?
The Eternal Bathtub Struggle!!!!!
I'm 5'2" & have this struggle; bathtubs just aren't comfy for anyone ever.
Why I Can’t Have Nice Things
"You Can't Fit In This Bed. You Should Post This To R/Tall." 6'5"- Taipei Hostel
i slept in a "pod" hostel in Edinburg. I'm not super tall, 1,75m, but I didnt fit in the pod....
Sometimes, It’s Sucks To Be Tall And A Car Enthusiast.
7'6 Tacko Fall
Went To A Friend's House In Seattle. I Miss My Customized Shower.
Frustration: Can't See While Cooking
Ordered This Shirt Online... It Was Normal Length On The Model. Good Thing Crop Tops Are In Style?
Working From Home...couldn’t Get My Knees Under The Desk, This Seems To Do The Job Nicely.
Tall Guy Problem #4 Solved. Solution: Extra Mirror
I Guess 6’4” Is About A Foot Too Tall To Use My Bathroom Mirror ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As A 7'0" Tall Guy, I've Held Back On The Rage. I Just Go With It Now.
Sitting At Fenway
Any Time A Chair Is High Enough For Comfort...
this would affect anyone who doesn't have abnormally skinny thighs
Sunbathing Towels Never Seem To Be Long Enough-So You Have To Double Up!! Anyone Else Do This?
For context, the average beach towel is 80cm × 160cm (5'2"). The average human is 162cm (5'4").
My Biggest Problem With Being Tall.
Fixing My Too-Low Bathroom Mirror
51 Inch Long Legs
My Dad (6’6) Was A Little Too Tall For The Camera 😂 He Was Taking His Health Card Photo
My Wife Wanted Me To Hang Up A Mirror, So I Did. Seems Fine To Me, But She Takes Issue With It For Some Reason. [i'm 6'4" And She's 5'2"]
Public Transport Oppresses Tall People (I'm 6'7)
I Feel Attacked
*sigh*
I Thought Commercial Flights Were Bad (6’10”)
I’m Gonna Rip My Door Off It’s Hinges, The Quarantine Is Making This Happen Far More Frequently
Ya All Know The Feeling. (Regular Train In Germany)
This Is How I Initiate Conversation/Flirting With A 6'8" Man I Met...right?
At least you have a great opening sentence. "Are you also getting tired of those low hanging showerheads all the time?"
I Love It When There’s No One Sitting In Front Of Me... My Legs Need To Always Improvise, Adapt And Overcome.
I Was Volunteering At A Library And Everyone Told Me To Be Shorter
May vs. October
A Different Type Of Shower Problem From The Usual Ones On This Sub. I Elbowed My Shower Head While Scrubbing, And It Cracked Spraying Water Everywhere.
Constantly Ducking Gets Old Fast In Japan.
My 6’6 Buddy Doing Dishes At My Apartment.
Then why don't you do them? He is gonna smack his head when he stands up.
Getting Surgery Today And My Legs Are Hanging Off Of The Table.
This Is The Worst ATM I’ve Ever Used
What I See On The Gas Pump Screen vs. What It Actually Reads.
Sleeping Bag Advertised As Tall Only Goes Up To 6’1. That’s Cute.
You Lot Can Understand
My Goal Before Summer Is Ten Pull-UPS. Anyone Else With Long Arms Finding Pull-UPS Difficult?
Your hands should be facing the other direction for an easier pull-up.
I Guess Only Short People Are Allowed To Shower In This House
I Live In South Korea. I Am Tall. This Is Eye-Level.
Don’t Mind Me, Just Here To Brush My Teeth And *not* Look At Myself In The Mirror.
Same issue for lefties. Most of the world is made for right handed people. I'm having a problem all the time signing things. The pens with chain are always on the right and the chain does not reach for me to sign with left hand. Always have to ask a pen which is not attached to the counter
Leftie here as well... most of us have learned to become ambidextrous due to living in a rightie world. I hate those electronic pads for you to sign. I wind up sliding my hand over the screen and it looks like hell. And yes to the short chains.
Load More Replies...As a very short person (5'0''), I can't relate but this was very enlightening.
Here we go again...international site operating from Lithuania, collecting posts from all around the world and yet you are not able to convert feets to (centi)meters to help the non-US readers better imagine different sizes mentioned in this article and you insist on using the Imperial system. And it is always like this. Everything on BP is measured in feets and miles and gallons. Why? I believe that it is difficult for thousands of BP readers to imagine how tall is a 6`1 person or how much is a cubic yard. Can we have both Metric/Imperial units shown in the articles and next to photos?
Can definitely relate (6'3"). I have issues with showers and with stairs. Cars can also be problematic. Mirrors not so much.
I feel truly sorry for all these people :( They must regularly struggle with back pain.
Visitors laugh at our kitchen. I'm 5ft2 my hubs and boys are 6'2 or above. The island is lower than norm cuz that's where I do most of the chopping/kneading/prep and the counter/sink is higher than norm cuz they do most the dishes. I have a custom step for when I do dishes.
Barron Trump, he appears to be 6'6" at 14. But good luck to you.
Load More Replies...There's a news story and accompanying photo that does the rounds every couple of years of two cops in the city of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia. Male cop is 6ft 9ins (just over 2m), while his female partner is 5ft 1ins (1.54m). I would pay good money to see the male cop unfold himself from the front seat of the front seat of the patrol car.
Now that I've seen this I am kind of prepared for life when I'm olde.r I'm only 12 and already 5'3 or 5'4.
i am very short so i guess I'm glad I'm not tall. but people do tend to think I am a lot younger than I really am soo theres that
As the fiance of someone who is tall I know for a fact tall people do not earn a higher salary or extra privileges, idk what gave you that dumb idea.
Load More Replies...Same issue for lefties. Most of the world is made for right handed people. I'm having a problem all the time signing things. The pens with chain are always on the right and the chain does not reach for me to sign with left hand. Always have to ask a pen which is not attached to the counter
Leftie here as well... most of us have learned to become ambidextrous due to living in a rightie world. I hate those electronic pads for you to sign. I wind up sliding my hand over the screen and it looks like hell. And yes to the short chains.
Load More Replies...As a very short person (5'0''), I can't relate but this was very enlightening.
Here we go again...international site operating from Lithuania, collecting posts from all around the world and yet you are not able to convert feets to (centi)meters to help the non-US readers better imagine different sizes mentioned in this article and you insist on using the Imperial system. And it is always like this. Everything on BP is measured in feets and miles and gallons. Why? I believe that it is difficult for thousands of BP readers to imagine how tall is a 6`1 person or how much is a cubic yard. Can we have both Metric/Imperial units shown in the articles and next to photos?
Can definitely relate (6'3"). I have issues with showers and with stairs. Cars can also be problematic. Mirrors not so much.
I feel truly sorry for all these people :( They must regularly struggle with back pain.
Visitors laugh at our kitchen. I'm 5ft2 my hubs and boys are 6'2 or above. The island is lower than norm cuz that's where I do most of the chopping/kneading/prep and the counter/sink is higher than norm cuz they do most the dishes. I have a custom step for when I do dishes.
Barron Trump, he appears to be 6'6" at 14. But good luck to you.
Load More Replies...There's a news story and accompanying photo that does the rounds every couple of years of two cops in the city of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia. Male cop is 6ft 9ins (just over 2m), while his female partner is 5ft 1ins (1.54m). I would pay good money to see the male cop unfold himself from the front seat of the front seat of the patrol car.
Now that I've seen this I am kind of prepared for life when I'm olde.r I'm only 12 and already 5'3 or 5'4.
i am very short so i guess I'm glad I'm not tall. but people do tend to think I am a lot younger than I really am soo theres that
As the fiance of someone who is tall I know for a fact tall people do not earn a higher salary or extra privileges, idk what gave you that dumb idea.
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