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Height seriously needs to be a factor on boarding flights.

Blade2.0

Member
Especially with these companies trying to cram every last person into smaller and smaller seats. There's only so bloody small you can go, damnit. If you're going to make normal seats sit less than 6' people then exit rows should go to people that can't have their knees break while sitting for 4 hours. my knees are still hurting and it's only first leg of the trip. Still 4 hours to go...
 
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nush

Gold Member
Every airline is the same.
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or stop traveling coach.
 
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or stop traveling coach.
Traveled cross country from California to Virginia for years back when I was in the military and I'm 6' 3'' and it was fucking AWFUL if I couldn't get an exit seat. I would have spent more than half my salary if I had to pay for seat upgrades, and it's not like I could have said no to traveling.

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Bid dick, tall people like us B Blade2.0 just have to live in these small, ineffectual ass people's world I guess. Sucks, but it is what it is.
 
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12Goblins

Lil’ Gobbie
Every airline is the same.

pretty much this. people love to rag on spirit airlines but it's literally the same shit as all the other garbage airlines, and I've been on all of them. I'm 5"9 160lbs and feel crammed to shit on every airline, so I can't imagine what it must be like the average American... it must be such an awful experience that it's probably partly why Americans don't travel and if they do it is by car, even if that means you have to drive 12 hours when it would take you 1-2 hrs by plane

I just don't understand how the air travel is getting worse and worse over the years. it's maddening

and if u go first class , instead of paying $1,000 you're now paying 4-5k for something that is marginally better
 
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godhandiscen

There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I am short and I am not willing to fly coach ever again. The airlines have a monopoly on international transportation and there is nothing we can do about it other than bitch. It is an awful situation.
 

nush

Gold Member
Nah, weight and stinkiness should be a factor though.
This one time I was sat next to an asshole on a long haul flight. In the row in front was a fat sweaty Russian guy, I mean so fat that he'd melt into the seats either side of him. During the night he called the attendant to let her know his seat was not reclining, his seat would have reclined into the asshole next to me. The flight attendant was apologizing that as this was a fully booked flight there was no seat that he could be moved too. Poor guy, poor poor guy, so out of the goodness of my heart I offered to switch seats with him as my seat did recline. They both thanked me for my kind offer.

Now the asshole next to me had a fat sweaty Russian dude for the remainder of the flight melting into his space. :messenger_smiling_horns:
 
No, I actually fucking hate it. Id rather be shorter
Same. I’m 6’3, I hate fucking flying with a passion for this reason. I had a guy almost fight me during an intl. flight once because his daughter wanted to lay down and she couldn’t because my stupid fucking legs couldn’t go anywhere else. My whole lower body and back is on fucked street when flying over a few hours. Man also, just once I’d like to blend into a crowd and not stick out. Maybe I’ll move to the Netherlands.
 

Raven117

Member
The only way is to sit with your butt backed all the way to the back of the seat, and crunched over on your tray table. That might give your knees enough room if the person in front of you doesn’t lean back. (That’s honestly what they need to stop allowing).
I’m well over 6 feet tall.
 

Raven117

Member
Same. I’m 6’3, I hate fucking flying with a passion for this reason. I had a guy almost fight me during an intl. flight once because his daughter wanted to lay down and she couldn’t because my stupid fucking legs couldn’t go anywhere else. My whole lower body and back is on fucked street when flying over a few hours. Man also, just once I’d like to blend into a crowd and not stick out. Maybe I’ll move to the Netherlands.
I had a similar experience. A some prick short guy was literally jamming his seat against my knees (and he knew what his seat was hitting and he kept doing it…. Probably should have told an airline attendant and got him arrested for it)…. I forgot what he said to me while we were getting off the plane… after I said “what do you want me to do… my knees are against the seat….
I said, well dude…. No matter how mad you get you will always be a short pissed off short guy with a complex…and walked off.
 
This one time I was sat next to an asshole on a long haul flight. In the row in front was a fat sweaty Russian guy, I mean so fat that he'd melt into the seats either side of him. During the night he called the attendant to let her know his seat was not reclining, his seat would have reclined into the asshole next to me. The flight attendant was apologizing that as this was a fully booked flight there was no seat that he could be moved too. Poor guy, poor poor guy, so out of the goodness of my heart I offered to switch seats with him as my seat did recline. They both thanked me for my kind offer.

Now the asshole next to me had a fat sweaty Russian dude for the remainder of the flight melting into his space. :messenger_smiling_horns:


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Kenpachii

Member
Of course you would, you know what they say for tall men and dick size. Aint flattering, everyone wants to be shorter.

Yea u laugh but let me tell you something, if i could shrink for 6 inches i would absolutely do it. Straight up nothing is made for you.

Here are some examples in pictures tall people struggle with.

Simple training device, lets use it? can't to tall.

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Look i want to sleep at a hotel, but they have a head board at the leg part, congratz u will now not be able to sleep in the bed. ( half southern europe does that shit ), because u simple don't fit in it.
Or in the bed below your feet are getting cold as fuck and u wake up 24/7.

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Duck for fucking everything.

So many fucking car issue's. Hit a road bump your head hits the roof top, having to put the car seat all the way to the back, because your legs hit the dashboard which gets painful after a while. So with cars, u need to fit if u can even sit in there.

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Cloth shopping: its all 10x more expensive.

U go into a shop, u ask got anthing that fits? not i like this or that. Nope, u buy what fits and i can tell you this visiting 10 shops to have 1 item that fits isn't fucking funny.
So u gotta make cloths, biker cloths, motor gear why? because u are tall.

This is very much a real thing.

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Only picture i found.

Perpare to encounter lots of this shit. Stuff not being made for you. Look at the guy. Put him in between those chars and he will have to put his legs in the walk way having no back support or simple have a fucking horrible painfull experience. I had to put cases under my ass so i would lift up to be able to put my legs in there and sit there for luckely less then a hour. I went back by boat fuck that shit.

Now imagine if you are not lean trained and a bit chubby, u straight up won't fit.

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Oh look have fun walking bend now in your rented apartment because u can't even stand up straight which will fuck you up heavily the longer u are in there and if you are claustrophobic yea gg. It's fun for a screenshot, its not even remotely fun to life there for a week.

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Oh look something as simple as dropping your bottles in a machine, oh wait u can't fucking reach it i have to fucking kneel to even use it.

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Get ready to bump your head constantly and be for the lookout.

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Hey lets cook some food at your friend place. Oh wait. Can't see shit.

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Nice apartment with a bath in it. Let's do this. Oh wait its made for midgets only.

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let's take a shower

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let's watch the city.

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Got hospitalized. oh fuck i don't fit! Try to sleep, that guy laughs now. Until its evening he will be sleeping next to the bed on the ground.

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Have fun peeing

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Go a cinema or to a concert and

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Let's sleep on the couch.

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Let's brush my teeth

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I could go on for a while.

Being tall and u are in a country not the Netherlands u are fucked. But even here u buy shit that fits not because u like it. While a shorter person just goes into a shop and buys whatever he likes. U sit there with 10x the same shirt. And hope to god u don't have to shop for the next decade again. For my triathlon bike i could only buy 2 models which had a year wait time, another had to be rebuilded to fit. both expensive as shit. Shorter person, see's a discounted bike walks into the shop and buys it.

Honestly, being tall sounds great if you are a midget and gets laughed at because u are short. U sitting in that airplane wishing u where that tall guy. That tall guy sits in the airplane hating his life with pain because fuck my height.
 
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nush

Gold Member
Yea u laugh but let me tell you something, if i could shrink for 6 inches i would absolutely do it. Straight up nothing is made for you.

Here are some examples in pictures tall people struggle with.

Simple training device, lets use it? can't to tall.

thumb_tall-guy-problems-enjayyk-do-what-you-gotta-do-diplymix-13763557.png


Look i want to sleep at a hotel, but they have a head board at the leg part, congratz u will now not be able to sleep in the bed. ( half southern europe does that shit ), because u simple don't fit in it.
Or in the bed below your feet are getting cold as fuck and u wake up 24/7.

images


tall-people-problems-43-58fa14fc5fea4__605.jpg


Duck for fucking everything.

So many fucking car issue's. Hit a road bump your head hits the roof top, having to put the car seat all the way to the back, because your legs hit the dashboard which gets painful after a while. So with cars, u need to fit if u can even sit in there.

tall-people-problems-3.png


tall-people-problems-38-58fa0acea5f2b__605.jpg


Facebook-Tall-person-problems-Tall-person-solutions-Car-b7bcbb.png


Cloth shopping: its all 10x more expensive.

U go into a shop, u ask got anthing that fits? not i like this or that. Nope, u buy what fits and i can tell you this visiting 10 shops to have 1 item that fits isn't fucking funny.
So u gotta make cloths, biker cloths, motor gear why? because u are tall.

This is very much a real thing.

images


Only picture i found.

Perpare to encounter lots of this shit. Stuff not being made for you. Look at the guy. Put him in between those chars and he will have to put his legs in the walk way having no back support or simple have a fucking horrible painfull experience. I had to put cases under my ass so i would lift up to be able to put my legs in there and sit there for luckely less then a hour. I went back by boat fuck that shit.

Now imagine if you are not lean trained and a bit chubby, u straight up won't fit.

images


5b4b105661ced97a4125cb75298c9c67.jpg


tall-people-problems-44-58fa17b8152e9__605.jpg



Oh look have fun walking bend now in your rented apartment because u can't even stand up straight which will fuck you up heavily the longer u are in there and if you are claustrophobic yea gg. It's fun for a screenshot, its not even remotely fun to life there for a week.

images


Oh look something as simple as dropping your bottles in a machine, oh wait u can't fucking reach it i have to fucking kneel to even use it.

RbhXnlSSTIUdbJMam6-rcbdmHpwSq6Jsb8xt_HN90-zfDlS7eNHeVZMekQ4CxZ-okjYvVfGcTw_TMcSBBAorCMOzOgcI-QbA3TzXBAbctg


Get ready to bump your head constantly and be for the lookout.

pic-10-tall-people-problems-200264.jpg


Hey lets cook some food at your friend place. Oh wait. Can't see shit.

images


Nice apartment with a bath in it. Let's do this. Oh wait its made for midgets only.

c2fa215968a5d8e9de01567664.jpg


let's take a shower

images


let's watch the city.

1fb91c5041a0b43cfa9ab9bfd6.jpg


Got hospitalized. oh fuck i don't fit! Try to sleep, that guy laughs now. Until its evening he will be sleeping next to the bed on the ground.

tall-people-problems-114-58ff5bfc8a90a__605.jpg


Have fun peeing

5cff9ecd0eb21_0zqtb9zch63z__605.jpg


Go a cinema or to a concert and

e9a27757186c4e78a06b5e0ef3485cff.jpg


Let's sleep on the couch.

e9493d3fe134a2f6d9bf858a28d34966.jpg


Let's brush my teeth

5289f425591bc393294565ecd8eaec78.jpg


I could go on for a while.

Being tall and u are in a country not the Netherlands u are fucked. But even here u buy shit that fits not because u like it. While a shorter person just goes into a shop and buys whatever he likes. U sit there with 10x the same shirt. And hope to god u don't have to shop for the next decade again. For my triathlon bike i could only buy 2 models which had a year wait time, another had to be rebuilded to fit. both expensive as shit. Shorter person, see's a discounted bike walks into the shop and buys it.

Honestly, being tall sounds great if you are a midget and gets laughed at because u are short. U sitting in that airplane wishing u where that tall guy. That tall guy sits in the airplane hating his life with pain because fuck my height.

Short guy problems: many women won't fuck you because you don't reach the minimum standard of 6ft.
 

Allforce

Member
I'm 6'1 so I guess I'm "tall" by some people's standards, I'll admit airline seats aren't the best but they're not horrific for me. I think a lot of people don't bother to stand up and stretch on longer flights out of some social anxiety but I'll just get up and stand for 5 minutes in the aisle when things aren't busy if I feel a bit sore or cramped.

I sort of balance out the fact of being (mildy) uncomfortable for a few hours with the fact that I'm getting wherever I'm going in just a few hours. Glass half full yo.
 

Valonquar

Member
6'7 and even 1st class flights are like being nailed in a coffin for 3+ hours. Also you can't drive a lot of really nice looking cars without your knees to your chin.
 

Endangered08

Neo Member
Especially with these companies trying to cram every last person into smaller and smaller seats. There's only so bloody small you can go, damnit. If you're going to make normal seats sit less than 6' people then exit rows should go to people that can't have their knees break while sitting for 4 hours. my knees are still hurting and it's only first leg of the trip. Still 4 hours to go...
I’m 6’2” 220lb. I’ve sat in coach from Chicago to San Francisco to Sydney AUS. Not fun. But a few trips like that and before you know it you’re getting free upgrades to First Class lay down seats.
 
Help me to understand this conundrum. Oversized behemoths complain about the challenges of their height and how it's something they cannot control, but we manlets are suppose to take criticism for the exact same reason?

Sympathy? Fuck that shiet!!!
 

llien

Member
Honestly, being tall sounds great if you are a midget and gets laughed at because u are short. U sitting in that airplane wishing u where that tall guy. That tall guy sits in the airplane hating his life with pain because fuck my height.
Welp, there is that sexual attraction part to it.
Tall women gain nothing, they actually lose some.
Tall men, on the other hand, benefit from it quite a bit.

The question is, though, if it is possible to accommodate for extra-tall people, who should pay for it?
In case of people with disabilities entire society is largely OK to pay for it.
I don't think such readiness is there or will ever be there in case of tall people, men in particular.
 

godhandiscen

There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
OP made a thread to express a grievance of being extremely tall and a some posters act as if he cannot complain because apparently only us short dudes can suffer.

Get a grip short bros. Different people have different challenges. I would rather be ignored by superficial women in dating apps than living in a world in which I literally cannot fit.
 
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OP made a thread to express a grievance of being extremely tall and a some posters act as if he cannot complain because apparently only us short dudes can suffer.

Get a grip short bros. Different people have different challenges. I would rather be ignored by superficial women in dating apps than living in a world in which I literally cannot fit.
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^A midget white knighting for the tall. Well, now I've seen everything.
No need to be short with someone just because they're being a decent person.
 
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godhandiscen

There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
^A midget white knighting for the tall. Well, now I've seen everything.
I am also tired of seeing short dudes feeling pity for themselves just because someone rejected them. The internet is full of that shit. I have a younger brother who is my height and I’ve always taught him that a lot of struggles are first in your own mind and it is up to you to overcome them or make them part of your own identity sinking into a sea of pity. He turned into a cool confident dude.
 
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