Being tall ain't all that it's made out to be. In fact, there's a whole lot of the stuff that we use in our everyday lives (cars, toilet seats, doorways) that is absolutely not tailored to account for abnormally tall individuals. On top of that, if you're extra tall you're bound to run into all the spiderwebs that other people never come close to touching themselves.
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The internet likes to salivate over the advantages of tallness, but on the flip side, it can be rough having to navigate a world in which cars, chairs, clothes and even buildings weren't built to accommodate your specifications. If these don't seem like big enough of inconveniences and you still resent tall people, just sleep well knowing that they're at a much greater risk of joint and heart problems.
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This brings us back to playing sports as kids, when the opposing team had the one kid who had already gone through puberty and all your teammates could do was just look at each other and go "well, good luck everyone." They're playing on an 8 foot rim too, so this kid doesn't even have to jump to dunk. Watching all the other kids try they're best is harrowing, but also kind of hilarious.
Most people wish they were taller, but few people think that there might be any drawbacks to living in a world that was made to accommodate people a foot shorter than you. Here's a bunch of tall people cramped into small spaces, leering over bathroom dividers, hitting their heads on stuff, and generally being what seems like inappropriately tall. For some instructions for the tall, here's memes about how to talk to short people.
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Being tall has its perks. You can reach high places and excel in sports like crew and Basketball. However, when it comes to fitting into tight places like cars, airplanes, showers, even doorways, it can be a massive pain in the neck (literally).
The tall ladies of the world recently took to Twitter in order to celebrate their height with #TallGirlTwitter.
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