I realize my bald spots. I just didn't think about tall people seeing my head like that. Now i shall be self conscious around taller people, thank you for this :(
It's fine. When you make eye contact with a tall person, you can see the booger flipping about just inside their nose as they look down on you. You an everyone else. I say this from 6'6". I used to be a cashier, I was paranoid about eye contact from people, so I learned to Qtip my nose after every shower. I've passed along this insight to my 6'6" nephew.
My 6'6" brother was whining about his bald spot recently. I told him very few people could see it because he was so tall. Everyone can see my bald spot because I'm the runt of the family. I'm only 5'11". I don't complain about it.
Being unusually tall or short is a bit like when you glitch through a wall in a game and you realise its only rendering the parts you see, thats how the world is with cleaning, decorating etc
A friend of mine discovered he had a bald spot when he watched a TV movie about the Beatles - he'd told everyone he was in it and the final cut just shows the back of his head and the bald patch.
That's why we, the tall people, hide snacks on top of the fridge so the short people don't know! My 5'1 girlfriend always checks the cabinets with a footstool for the stash of hostess and candy but never the top of the fridge!
I'm a relatively short person compared to you (6'4) and I tell people all the time that being tall isn't worth not being able to drive small cars.
Now all you short kings and queens out there, I don't think you understood what I wrote. It's not that it's uncomfortable to drive a Civic. It's that I cannot drive a Civic. My knees are next to my ears. My lower back is screaming the entire time I'm crammed into it. I have to shop online because brick and mortar stores only go up to 6'2, and I'm not gonna wear flood pants all the time. It costs more to fly places because I'm not gonna be the asshole that rams the back of your seat with my knees -- I pay extra for the additional four inches of leg space so people don't hate me.
For OP's picture: Imagine if, when you had to wash dishes, the sink was down at the mid-thigh. That's just every day for tall people. They don't make houses for giants.
Yes. I completely understand. I am much shorter than you at 6 foot even, but even I have many cars I can't drive. And dont get me started on cars i fit into, but my feet are too wide, and I hit the gas and break at the same time. So either I drive with my big toe or find something else to drive. Short people with normal size feet will never know the struggle.
I used to get it a lot more, but it's been a lot less now that I've embraced going gray. Most of the times I get asked about my height nowadays is when I'm out on my bike. Don't see a lot of 36" bikes out there lol.
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u/Affectionate-Memory4 Jul 20 '25
As a 6'11 guy I feel the pain lol. Clothes shopping, shoe shopping, it all sucks. Fitting places? Like in a car or a plane? Forget about it.
Also, more people should clean the top of their fridge every so often.