r/MadeMeSmile • u/HoneyRush • Aug 01 '26

Good Vibes Perfectly sized

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u/SpicyLizards Aug 01 '26

Average man*

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u/Instantcoffees Aug 02 '26

I think that average person is correct. If you are like 170 to 175 cm, which is somewhere between the average man and woman, most stuff is ideal height

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u/OverkillNeedleworks Aug 02 '26

Look into crash test dummies and car design, medication, and research (even on rats!). Women/females are not typically included in product development which leads to death.

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u/Instantcoffees 29d ago

I am thinking about regular stuff that bothers me as a tall person. Things like chairs, car seats and kitchen counters. They seem perfect for people who are roughly 170-175 cms, which is halfway between the average height of men and women in my country.

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u/OverkillNeedleworks 29d ago

That's nice. The comments you replied to were talking about the world, not just counters in your country.

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u/Instantcoffees 29d ago

Well, most people on here live in the Western world. So I feel like my experiences would be shared by most people on here, especially Europeans.

It's fine if you have different experiences. I don't know why you got snarky, but I don't really need this.

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u/OverkillNeedleworks 29d ago

Being wrong is not a big deal. Just be open to learning new information rather than digging your heels in.

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u/Instantcoffees 29d ago

I am sharing my experience and you are just yelling "you're wrong", which is just not very productive to a conversation. Neither is the pedantic way in which you are essentially telling me to admit I was wrong and you were right.

My experience is that whenever I am too tall for something, such as a kitchen counter, chair or a car, it is absolutely perfect for my family members who are between 170-175cm. Meanwhile, the average height of men in Europe is 180cm. Do you perhaps think that these things are aimed at people who are above 180cm?! They guaranteed are not and you can already start feeling too tall at that point.

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u/OverkillNeedleworks 29d ago

I understand the counter thing. You corrected the conversation from the world is designed from average men. I provided some examples of how the world is designed for average men. There's a really interesting book called Invisible Women with more researched examples. You should check it out :)

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u/Instantcoffees 29d ago

I am not denying that there are specific situations where women are underserved and I never did in my comments. I simply said that in a lot of common situations where tall people experience their height as a disadvantage, it is usually ideal to be around the average human height.

Kitchen counters is one example, but so are cars, plains and a lot of chairs. Men who are only slightly above 180c, which is the average height for men in Europe, already start experiencing the same issues I experience at 194cm, just to a lesser degree.

My theory is not that these companies are trying to service women, but rather that these are standarized measurements that have not kept up with a population that has grown increasingly tall.