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Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by IonAddis to c/asklemmy

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Here's some of mine:

Camping tables are generally shorter than typical desks, and helped ease some posture issues I had sitting at a desk that was too high for me. (Even adjustable desks still were too high for me at their lowest setting.)
When a place I lived in had a washer that was too tall for me to reach the bottom in (from the top), I found I could use kitchen tongs to get things like socks out of the bottom.

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[–] RBWells 7 points 1 year ago

This is such a funny thread because I am only barely tall, only as tall as an average man and it always seems the world is designed for someone around 5'2". Kitchen counters just a little too low always. Mirrors too. Door handles, everything calibrated just a little shorter than I am. Except those stupid over the refrigerator cabinets, which are made for someone 7'5".

The tongs trick I have used though - no matter how long your reach, something is too far. And when my kids were short we had to arrange things for them, mostly just making sure there were stepstools around.