Comment by Ajedi32

Comment by Ajedi32 2 hours ago

4 replies

I agree that sounds frustrating. Respectfully though, it sounds like you're a special case and that's not a problem which would apply to most people.

But maybe in the future I'll make a point of checking whether the person behind me is in the 95th percentile of adult male heights before reclining.

lostlogin an hour ago

> I agree that sounds frustrating. Respectfully though, it sounds like you're a special case

It would be interesting to know the numbers on this. Height is not going to tell the answer though, you as people of the same height have wildly variably limb length.

I know half a dozen people who have the same issue and they vary from 1.9-2.1m tall.

I don't work in a circus.

  • Ajedi32 an hour ago

    1.9m is 6' 3", already in the 93rd percentile of US adult males according to this chart. https://preview.redd.it/oruqlgczepp91.png?auto=webp&s=cb797f... 2.1m is in the 99th percentile. Maybe you just have a lot of very tall friends.

    • lostlogin 41 minutes ago

      Maybe. I used to like being tall, but seeing a colleague use a fixed height desk as a standing desk has made me reconsider.

      Short people would seem likely to be comfortable in more places.

      • Ajedi32 31 minutes ago

        I think once you get past the 95th percentile in any metric like that things start to get more difficult. I'm not even that tall and I sometimes have trouble finding pants that fit me. I imagine there are probably similar difficulties on the other end of the spectrum being below the 5th percentile.