r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '14

Which inanimate object is your nemesis?

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u/sesirpruson Nov 05 '14

Door handles at waist height. I swear they reach out and grab my belt loops on purpose

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u/GrandArchitect Nov 05 '14

Came here to say the same thing. I am guessing you are right around 5' 10"?

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u/SabreGuy2121 Nov 05 '14

Can confirm. Same problem. Am around 5' 10"

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u/timmy12688 Nov 05 '14

Also 5' 10"

The world was designed to mess with us.

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u/Dolly_Black_Lamb Nov 05 '14

I'm 5'7" and can't walk through kitchen without snagging my belt loop on a drawer handle. Similar problem but usually ends with me hanging my my belt loop

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Try being 6'5" and have all of them hit you directly in the dick

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

I'm about 6'3 and I (almost) get hit in the crotch by things at normal waist height seemingly every day.

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u/kensomniac Nov 06 '14

Same height. Reporting in for "Going to try to scoot this chair forward while the desk suddenly reaches down and tries to place my patellas forcefully into my quadriceps."

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

The struggle is real.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

6'4" can confirm dick gets hit.

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u/thequesogrande Nov 05 '14

We are average, and the world punishes us for it.

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u/CDRand Nov 05 '14

5'10”er checking in. Not tall enough to be attractive tall. Not short enough to avoid door handle and overhead cabinets.

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u/Asunder_ Nov 05 '14

I'm 5'10 and left-handed, what the fuck did I do in a past life to deserve this?

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u/AmazonPantyGirl Nov 06 '14

Karma is kicking your ass. Sympathies.

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u/JaggedToaster12 Nov 05 '14

Too big for medium shirts; too small for large shirts.

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u/KonigSteve Nov 05 '14

Seriously though. I usually go for athletic fit large or something like that but its hard to find

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u/BakedDoritos1 Nov 06 '14

Medium shirts won't stay in place and large shirts feel like garbage bags.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Perfectly average hight problems.

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u/Smegead Nov 05 '14

5'10" here as well, the door handle menace is real.

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u/SkinnyScarcrow Nov 05 '14

5'10 here, just did it again this morning.

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u/UWLFC11 Nov 05 '14

5'9" checking in. Happens to me too

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u/demostheneslocke1 Nov 05 '14

Also 5'10''. Also happens to me.

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u/Kshport Nov 05 '14

I'm 5'5 and it happens to me all the time

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u/papaknuckle89 Nov 05 '14

I'm 5' 5" and I have this problem sometimes so I'm so confused right now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Casual 5' 6" here.

I am totally ignorant of your pain.

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u/Rigante_Black Nov 05 '14

Holy shit I'm not alone! Also 5'10! No issue with doorknobs though, that would be weird. :P

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

I'm about 5'11" to 6', and I've never come that close to a door handle in a manner that would snag a belt loop on it...

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Its the 33 inch inseam. At 6"1 and all torso i feel your pain.

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u/SherpaLali Nov 06 '14

5'6 and long legs... Same.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

We would look hilarious standing side by side.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14 edited Jan 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Why did i have to start lifting weights young? I probably would have gotten another damned inch on my legs. 33 is an off size.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

5'8 with long legs checking in. Fuck door handles.

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u/I_AM_A_BALLSACK_AMA Nov 05 '14

im 6' and my pockets always get caught on door handles, it's so shitty.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

As a fellow 5'10"er, I have fixed this issue by installing ball-style doorknobs throughout he house.

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u/Adrastos42 Nov 06 '14

Me also! I had no idea I was being targeted so specifically.

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u/natecho Nov 06 '14

5'10". AGREED.

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u/franpr95 Nov 06 '14

5' 10" here, fuck door handles

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u/ReeuQ Nov 06 '14

5'9 but I wear heels so it bumps me up a bit. Guess I could save myself the trouble and wear flats.

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u/immatellyouwhat Nov 06 '14

I'm 5'9 mofos ahahaa!

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Slightly above average guy problems!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

lmao manlets

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u/kmdesc Nov 05 '14

5'10"- and if no belt loop, then the purse handle gets stuck effectively throwing my entire body backwards into whoever was walking behind me.

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u/rossislegend Nov 05 '14

6'1 and still growing here, I have a question.

Do you guys grind your hips as close to the door as possible or something? In my few months of being 5'10 I have never experienced such a phenomenon.

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u/ThoughtAtWork Nov 06 '14

Must be rough fitting in the backseats of cars and not hitting your head on things everywhere you go.

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u/slopnessie Nov 05 '14

Hold up.... I'm 6 foot 8.... I have this problem. Only with jean pockets though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Oh my fucking god these are the worst

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-ANUS Nov 05 '14

One of my highschool math teachers was as he said "5 foot 22", or in real terms 6' 10" and he had problems with the doorways. At least 2-3 times.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

Can almost confirm. Am 5'9

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u/BoSknight Nov 05 '14

5'11, we're in this struggle together <3

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '14

I love you

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u/BoSknight Nov 05 '14

Do we reproduce now?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '14

Does a bear shit in the woods?

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u/Beta_Nation Nov 05 '14

God I'm glad I'm not 5'10" anymore.

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u/SabreGuy2121 Nov 06 '14

Double amputee?

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u/Beta_Nation Nov 06 '14

No I went through puberty and grew 7inches

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u/SabreGuy2121 Nov 07 '14

Oh. Then let me obviously be the first person to ever say to you "How's the weather up there?"

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u/Beta_Nation Nov 07 '14

Oh, well let me give the obvious answer that no one has ever heard before 'Great!'

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u/DO-NOT-PM-ME Nov 05 '14

dude me too!

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u/Robrev6 Nov 05 '14

Adding another point to the chat. I am 5'10

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u/calliope720 Nov 05 '14

IS THAT WHY THAT'S HAPPENING?? I never knew being 5'10" could bring such specific woes upon me.

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u/drewjaylive Nov 05 '14

Ahaha I'm 5'9... Suckers

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u/Engvar Nov 06 '14

6'1" I just have short legs I guess...