This is why you get your own place so you can design the kitchen for YOU. Friend of mine bought a house where the kitchen table was around 65 cm tall. Seems the former person was around midget level size and just ensured the kitchen worked for them. Friend obviously ripped it down and made it for him and his wife since it wasn't useful for an almost 2 meter tall person
There's a video floating around of a tall guy who has a midget-sized mom and the kitchen/home is built around her. In the video, he brings over a midget-sized friend who is just ecstatic to find that the kitchen and the living room furniture are all perfectly suited to his height.
I wouldn't say "unreasonably" upset, but my partner does stand kind of right in my personal space when I'm working in the kitchen. When it actually gets on my nerves I simply pick her up and put her down 3 feet further away.
I'm starting to think she does it on purpose because she likes getting picked up...
I am very busy with sharp knives and hot fire. No, I don't care that you think you need a small plate for your snack and no you can wash your hands in the bathroom I swear to all the gods.
You know, for a second I thought that folding chair was a step stool, and I was SO ready to make a joke... But hey at least you get extra storage space on top of the cupboards.
RE: The last part: I am using the top of the cupboards for ages (6'9 here). Up to the day my roommate in the dorm complained ;) Now that I live on my own again its free real estate again!
ahhhh I interpreted this as a comment from OP based on the notification and not paying attention. Even so. Dude you are WILDLY tall. Human society must be complex to navigate at times.
Congratulations on upgrading from the Trump supporting Texan. That said, if your Austrian boyfriend wants to pursue painting as a career, please support him completely.
Never said he was. But a Trump supporter nonetheless, so basically a piece of shit human being. How do I know? I live among them. I won't let them in my house. I hope you know better now as well.
How tall are you? As a 5'7" dude, I don't know how many times I've hurt my shoulders reaching for stuff on the top shelves of places. That doesn't seem to stop me from trying to get the stuff without standing on a stool though.
That's like slightly taller than me. I imagine you all get a bunch of stares and references of "snu snu" and him "going up on you".
Way back in the day, I briefly knew a girl who was about 6'5". She ended up becoming a runway model. A big reason why so many runway models are really tall and really thin is because their bodies make good "living hangers". Their height allows the design to be longer, and their thinness prevents the design from bunching up anywhere while they are on the catwalk.
Subway tiles are typically 2"x4"
34 tiles gives us 5'6.5" grout lines are typically 1/16th of an inch which matches up with this picture that gives us a pinch over 2" so lets say 5 foot 9 inches.
5'10" if we are generous on the tiles being a few feet back and therefore perspective shifted.
I tell my family that if I had the money to customize my kitchen the counter would be much taller. I hate cooking big meals because I have to hunch over the counter.
Low kitchen counters are such a pain in the back for those who aren't vertically challenged, my dream is to one day have a setup I picked myself so I can get the right height on them.
I am 6'3" and my Girlfriend when i was student 5'10". We got a cheap used Kitchen for the standard 5'7" Person. I bought a thick Kitchen Top with 8cm (3.1 inch) height a little wider then the old Kitchen and simply clued it with Silicon on the old Kitchen Tops, only had to redo the Hole for the Sink. Best Investment of 100 Bucks (+80 for the used Kitchen) and 2 hours work ever. Even when smaller friends came around all were happy for the lifted Tops.
Nice! One thing I did as a student was I bought a bar cabinet/counter (since they're usually taller), which had its own modestly small countertop and I just used that as my kitchen counter for all cutting etc. Most comfortable I've ever been cutting stuff. Sadly I didn't repeat that at later places, instead often opting to just sit down at the dining table to cut stuff. Once I have my own place instead of renting I'll definitely do something to raise the counters, I'll keep your trick in mind.
Those of us that are vertically challenged the other direction have the same issue in reverse. The country's are too high and we get shoulder, neck, & back strain. Welcome to the club.
Our kitchen was built for a 5' woman. We can redo the whole thing for about 20 grand, or we can do what we do, which is have some large 2 inch deep cutting boards where we work. Washing up is a pain, though, bent over the sink.
i built my own bed legs, to finally get a bed high enough. I may just end up learning how to make my own tables to finally be able to eat dinner at my own height
As a fellow human of normal human size, I have built special raised feet for some tables and furniture. Nowadays, though, I keep a little paper with measurements of the space needed from floor to bottom of a table+bottom to surface so I know what to look for. I also have chair seat height+chair back height. When I had to reinstall toilets, I made sure to get special, "tall" toilets. Someday when I remodel my bathroom, I'll make sure the tub is of a normal human size and depth too.
It gets so much worse. At least it has for me. Before my 40s low chairs could be annoying. Now they're excruciating for any type of long period. Almost no chair is high enough for me. Everything is made for someone a foot shorter.
TheOneThatGotBanned
masterpainimeanbetty1
Karlach at home
BythepowerofPlank
Awwwwwww
Amomani
Explain for me please?
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Every kithen is a small kitchen when you put a basketball hoop in it.
Because then you have a kitchen-net.
dasAchteck
julia child was also remarkably tall, and had her kitchen built with taller countertops to reduce back strain.
eromitlab
https://imgur.com/SeDrBB0.jpg
TheButtInButterfly
plus that shit's just tiny as hell.
Mohareb
This is why you get your own place so you can design the kitchen for YOU. Friend of mine bought a house where the kitchen table was around 65 cm tall. Seems the former person was around midget level size and just ensured the kitchen worked for them. Friend obviously ripped it down and made it for him and his wife since it wasn't useful for an almost 2 meter tall person
cowgoesmoo1
There's a video floating around of a tall guy who has a midget-sized mom and the kitchen/home is built around her. In the video, he brings over a midget-sized friend who is just ecstatic to find that the kitchen and the living room furniture are all perfectly suited to his height.
linkdude212
I'd love to see this video.
PookieDog
https://youtu.be/M7fLUgpx1Pg?si=EJzxMtUhGGXKBa1E
There ya go!
OxJunk
PorterPickUp
https://imgur.com/mC3EbL3
Zalm
the mp4/gif for your amusement and later use
WhatSayYouCitizen
The thing that really gives away how tiny this kitchen is is the folding chair.
Imtheguywhogetsawaywithit
It's no banana, but it does in a pinch
TayOi
Does anyone else become unreasonably upset when someone gets in your way while cooking?
Badprenup
I wouldn't say "unreasonably" upset, but my partner does stand kind of right in my personal space when I'm working in the kitchen. When it actually gets on my nerves I simply pick her up and put her down 3 feet further away.
I'm starting to think she does it on purpose because she likes getting picked up...
AproposNothingAtAll
It's not unreasonable at all. Stay out of the kitchen if I'm busy in there. I don't go in faffing around while you cook, offer me the same.
MyHuskyAteMySandwichAgain
I am very busy with sharp knives and hot fire. No, I don't care that you think you need a small plate for your snack and no you can wash your hands in the bathroom I swear to all the gods.
Jaqdakloun
May I ask how many bananas tall you are ?
BythepowerofPlank
I am approximately two standard ar15s tall, standard everything.
BreakerSwitch
You know, for a second I thought that folding chair was a step stool, and I was SO ready to make a joke...
But hey at least you get extra storage space on top of the cupboards.
Seldor
RE: The last part:
I am using the top of the cupboards for ages (6'9 here). Up to the day my roommate in the dorm complained ;)
Now that I live on my own again its free real estate again!
BreakerSwitch
6'9"? Like I knew the joke was you're tall, but hot damn!
GIRL.
I have opinions.
Seldor
I am not the one from the photo. And I am not a girl (sorry).
;)
BreakerSwitch
ahhhh I interpreted this as a comment from OP based on the notification and not paying attention.
Even so. Dude you are WILDLY tall. Human society must be complex to navigate at times.
MrFancyPanzer
I didn't realise how tall you were
noccymcchunkchunk
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlYmtlMTJqY3B3MDFyZ3Q1Y29wd3BqbzN3cjV0cjZwNzJrY2xrYnF5ciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/37H5XhwrXuHPq/giphy.mp4
pelon365
Is the big woman still here
BythepowerofPlank
sadly no. i'm in norway again.
PurpleShouldBeAPrimaryColour
My kitchen and a cutie in it. Heck!
BythepowerofPlank
puppy <3
PurpleShouldBeAPrimaryColour
That’s me! https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlZXdnYzh1djlvZ3lkejltaDJmN243dXg1YW9wajNzc2s1aXh3cnFraCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/QvBoMEcQ7DQXK/giphy.mp4
rebelft
I dont envy your back
BythepowerofPlank
My back appreciates the daily yoga I do, which I do to help my back
NotASpeckOfCereal
Yeah, but you can reach that stuff on top of the cabinets.
DrowningLessons
This is me, your counter may actually be slightly higher in your thigh. 😅 The world is built for hobbits istfg
goodbyeitwasfunwhileitlasted
This doesn't answer the most important question: what're you making?
BythepowerofPlank
I was making pytt i panne, with random ingredients in my austrian boyfriends fridge.
Syxcfaq
Congratulations on upgrading from the Trump supporting Texan. That said, if your Austrian boyfriend wants to pursue painting as a career, please support him completely.
BythepowerofPlank
my friend from Texas was never a boyfriend.
Syxcfaq
Never said he was. But a Trump supporter nonetheless, so basically a piece of shit human being. How do I know? I live among them. I won't let them in my house. I hope you know better now as well.
PowerPedant
Cooking in a fridge sounds like a pain.
mikeatike
Username accurate.
BythepowerofPlank
hah, no i mean the ingredients was in the fridge, i took them out to cook with them
terajack2048
Wait wait wait, is that a 10 pack of eggs? wtf?
EroticZombiePants
How tall are you? As a 5'7" dude, I don't know how many times I've hurt my shoulders reaching for stuff on the top shelves of places. That doesn't seem to stop me from trying to get the stuff without standing on a stool though.
BythepowerofPlank
1.90meter, so omething like 6.2 in the American system
EroticZombiePants
Yeah, you'd totally tower over me. How tall is your boyfriend?
BythepowerofPlank
he's around 1.76 i think
EroticZombiePants
That's like slightly taller than me. I imagine you all get a bunch of stares and references of "snu snu" and him "going up on you".
Way back in the day, I briefly knew a girl who was about 6'5". She ended up becoming a runway model. A big reason why so many runway models are really tall and really thin is because their bodies make good "living hangers". Their height allows the design to be longer, and their thinness prevents the design from bunching up anywhere while they are on the catwalk.
BythepowerofPlank
i heard a few guys tell me they wanna climb me, yes :P and the snusnu and got meme man
LordHosk
That just looks like a tiny kitchen
BythepowerofPlank
It is. But I am also tall
LordHosk
Subway tiles are typically 2"x4"

34 tiles gives us 5'6.5" grout lines are typically 1/16th of an inch which matches up with this picture that gives us a pinch over 2" so lets say 5 foot 9 inches.
5'10" if we are generous on the tiles being a few feet back and therefore perspective shifted.
BythepowerofPlank
Oh I wish I was that. But last time I checked my height. During a medical checkup 2 years ago. I was 1.90meter
captainfakeypants
I'm a tall girl but based on where your head is relative to those cupboards you're 6'7" (200cm)?
BythepowerofPlank
nope. i'm shorter than that. i'm 1.90m so uuuuh, 6.2 in the American system?
WillemHellfire
Damn. You be tall.
captainfakeypants
okay, that is a kitchen for dwarves.
BythepowerofPlank
They go by Austrian these days
MagmaCarta
So the kitchen siz changes, but the only consistent factor is you.
Does that make you...Plank's Constant?
BythepowerofPlank
yes, yes it does
jaydude22
I tell my family that if I had the money to customize my kitchen the counter would be much taller. I hate cooking big meals because I have to hunch over the counter.
LesbianRedwings
K
LesbianRedwings
(This is a joke about the limited number of letters in the English language and that so many of math/scientific constants are defined at the letter k)
TheButtInButterfly
K
RobErtE87
that's 0K (very cool)
nclu
I think it technically makes her a banana
anender
I dunno why you're getting downvoted, that was Gödel.
dissonantcognition
I…Gauss?
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlN3RiYTAweG1idTc3eTJqYjczcjI1a3c1dDlscXV1OWQ0dzhpa2JwOSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l2SpYKMax9qvbUWcw/giphy.mp4
anender
dissonantcognition
Awesome
MagmaCarta
People hate modern physics? Idk.
tellm1by
I don't see the downvotes. This is probably an orientation-dependent variable.
anender
Was negative 1 when I reversed it, and responded. Downvote brigade downvotes.
Sanzanna
How frustrated do you feel at the height of standard kitchen cooktops?
BythepowerofPlank
very
Sanzanna
I feel that, and it's the cause of SO much back pain
Skyff
Low kitchen counters are such a pain in the back for those who aren't vertically challenged, my dream is to one day have a setup I picked myself so I can get the right height on them.
Elkarlo77
I am 6'3" and my Girlfriend when i was student 5'10". We got a cheap used Kitchen for the standard 5'7" Person. I bought a thick Kitchen Top with 8cm (3.1 inch) height a little wider then the old Kitchen and simply clued it with Silicon on the old Kitchen Tops, only had to redo the Hole for the Sink. Best Investment of 100 Bucks (+80 for the used Kitchen) and 2 hours work ever. Even when smaller friends came around all were happy for the lifted Tops.
Skyff
Nice! One thing I did as a student was I bought a bar cabinet/counter (since they're usually taller), which had its own modestly small countertop and I just used that as my kitchen counter for all cutting etc. Most comfortable I've ever been cutting stuff. Sadly I didn't repeat that at later places, instead often opting to just sit down at the dining table to cut stuff. Once I have my own place instead of renting I'll definitely do something to raise the counters, I'll keep your trick in mind.
Tootsie1
Those of us that are vertically challenged the other direction have the same issue in reverse. The country's are too high and we get shoulder, neck, & back strain. Welcome to the club.
valen00
See you think that. Then you marry a short cute girl and you build the kitchen so she can reach things and you have the same problem again.
AproposNothingAtAll
Our kitchen was built for a 5' woman. We can redo the whole thing for about 20 grand, or we can do what we do, which is have some large 2 inch deep cutting boards where we work. Washing up is a pain, though, bent over the sink.
HowlingRollercoaster2
get a stool
dragoonwraith
Julia Child (6’ 2”) famously did that after making it big.
BythepowerofPlank
i built my own bed legs, to finally get a bed high enough. I may just end up learning how to make my own tables to finally be able to eat dinner at my own height
linkdude212
As a fellow human of normal human size, I have built special raised feet for some tables and furniture. Nowadays, though, I keep a little paper with measurements of the space needed from floor to bottom of a table+bottom to surface so I know what to look for. I also have chair seat height+chair back height. When I had to reinstall toilets, I made sure to get special, "tall" toilets. Someday when I remodel my bathroom, I'll make sure the tub is of a normal human size and depth too.
hufflesnuff
It gets so much worse. At least it has for me. Before my 40s low chairs could be annoying. Now they're excruciating for any type of long period. Almost no chair is high enough for me. Everything is made for someone a foot shorter.
BythepowerofPlank
build your own chair! :D
JarJarDrinks
Some of us appreciate tall women....
BythepowerofPlank
my boyfriend sure does
MadamPuddifoot
As a 5'10, pathetically single woman... HA yeah right 😕
idtakeapuppers
So is my wife!
LittlePinkAnimal
Hey! A lot of us do! My girlfriend is 5'10.
BythepowerofPlank
Lots of men likes tall women, tho. I had quite a few exes who loved having a gf taller than them .
MadamPuddifoot
I have not at all had that experience. Maybe one day...
thefnord
Ex is 6'2", wife 5'11.5" and particular about that decimal.
MadamPuddifoot
I refuse to relent the 10 in my 5'10 as I age and compress 😂😂