1. Public transport was not made with you in mind
Photo: @CabbagetownMatt
2. Nor were cars
Photo: @la_la_lauryn143
3. Nor were baths
Photo: @dapper_dan93
4. Nor were door frames
Photo: @thisisboughey
5. Okay, pretty much everything in life was made for people of ‘average’ height
Photo: @j_WhatNow
6. Clothes only ever sort of fit you. There’s always something wrong, like the sleeves being too short
Photo: @arifkur2
7. Being tall means either sleeping diagonally or a lifetime of cold feet
Photo: @jorxloko
They even had to tilt the camera to fit his feet in, that’s how tall he is.
8. You seem to walk into cobwebs a disproportionate amount of times compared to other people
Photo: Paramount Pictures
Harrison Ford makes it look good, though. It’s usually more like this
9. People have no trouble coming up to you and stating the obvious
10. It’s not unusual to get a shorter person’s umbrella in the face when it rains
Photo: @Murpherss
11. You are the designated getter-downer of things on high shelves
Photo: @karis402
12. Using a shower outside of your own home is a frustrating affair
Photo: @ThefakeBilly
13. Your head is forever being cut out of photos
Photo: @MrPond007
14. There’s a constant pain in your lower back from having to bend over further than most people
Photo: @m4tt_lewis
15. And, given the relative height of your groin to the rest of the world, you get thwacked in the nuts more often than others
Photo: Charlotte Gilhooly
16. There’s no tall person joke that you haven’t heard
Photo: Skreend Tees
17. Basically, you need one of these cards
Photo: @mamaheffa
Feature image: @j_WhatNow / @ThefakeBilly
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