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03rd Nov 2016

17 daily struggles every tall man has to deal with

"How's the weather up th-" "IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME."

Rich Cooper

 1. Public transport was not made with you in mind

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Photo: @CabbagetownMatt

 

2. Nor were cars

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Photo: @la_la_lauryn143

 

3. Nor were baths

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Photo: @dapper_dan93

 

4. Nor were door frames

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Photo: @thisisboughey

 

5. Okay, pretty much everything in life was made for people of ‘average’ height

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Photo: @j_WhatNow

 

6. Clothes only ever sort of fit you. There’s always something wrong, like the sleeves being too short

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Photo: @arifkur2

 

7. Being tall means either sleeping diagonally or a lifetime of cold feet

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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

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Photo: Paramount Pictures

Harrison Ford makes it look good, though. It’s usually more like this

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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

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Photo: @Murpherss

 

11. You are the designated getter-downer of things on high shelves

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Photo: @karis402

 

12. Using a shower outside of your own home is a frustrating affair

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Photo: @ThefakeBilly

 

13. Your head is forever being cut out of photos

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Photo: @MrPond007

 

14. There’s a constant pain in your lower back from having to bend over further than most people

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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

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Photo: Charlotte Gilhooly

 

16. There’s no tall person joke that you haven’t heard

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Photo: Skreend Tees

 

17. Basically, you need one of these cards

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Photo: @mamaheffa

 

Feature image: @j_WhatNow / @ThefakeBilly

 

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Topics:

Identity,Tall