the 6+ foot club

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I've seen several in here claim membership and wonder about a link.

In real life I know 4 spectrals around my height. (Admittedly, I'm related to two of them)

Spill it lanky !

It bothers me when people wish they were taller. They should be happy where they are.
I understand being exceptionally short comes with its own problems, but if you're average height (or within one standard deviation), be grateful. Be grateful that you don't have to spend weeks scouring the internet to find the one brand of pants that comes in your size, and then live in constant fear they'll stop making them. That you can comfortably and safely drive any car you want. That you can sleep in foreign beds without your legs dangling onto the floor. That random strangers don't walk up to you and tell you you're very tall, and you don't have to stop yourself from saying sarcastically "Really?? I never knew!" That you can sit down at a regular desk and have your legs fit underneath it. That you don't have to put boxes on the counter when you cook so you're not bending all the way over to reach things. That you don't have neck pain from looking down all the time. That you never stand up and bang your head on a chandelier. That normal showerheads spray water anywhere above your waist.
Sorry that was just my rant. In short, I try to have a sense of humor about it but it's hard when people can't see it as anything but a good thing. Autism is an "invisible disability", hyperverticality is extremely visible but no one can see how disabling it is.

On Reddit I would see the same question over and over asking why it's not okay to shame women about their weight but okay to shame men about their height.

Because as you know, all women are exactly the same and only like men who are over 6 feet tall. Meanwhile, many redditors really seem to be repulsed by anyone female and over 100 pounds.

I'm not unusually tall. 6'1'' but I do hit my head on low doorways. One of which is my front door. It hurts. I don't have great posture so I probably come off shorter than I am.

It hasn't caused me any real problems. I used to drive Minis (classic Minis) which I can't do comfortably any more. People ask me to get stuff down from the top shelf in the supermarket. You have to bend down to kiss your partner if she's 5'4" as mine is. Or get her to stand on a convenient mound.

Other than that it's one of few physical attributes that I don't have a problem with.

I'm 5'4.
Content with my own height.

And will never wear any heels higher than over an inch.

My country's national female average is 4'11.

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6'3" here. if you shaved my head it would look like I had a Caribbean styled steel drum for a cranium because of all the dents I got over the decades up there, from low-altitude things my poor noggin bumped into.

i'm not as tall as some other guys but I still have to work hard at finding clothing which fits me appropriately.

My mom is 5'0.

My NT sister is 5'3.

I am 5'9.