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

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.
garbagebagel,

I bought a standing desk for my posture issues. It’s also too low when at the lowest setting so I had to transfer my bath stool to my desk and now I need to go buy an actual squatty potty cause I hate not reaching the ground from the toilet.

It’s perfect though because actual stools are too tall for sitting at a desk and a little bath stool like this has been perfect for my posture.

skybreaker,
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Comparison is the thief of joy.

Tsunami45chan,
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As a petite woman it’s embarassing but buying kids clothes (especially if you’re going for the basic look and no printed design). One is clothes can be expensive and two I just noticed that the quality of kids clothes are thicker and it feels right.

garbagebagel,

If you have small feet to match your stature like I do, there is no shame in buying way cheaper kids shoes too.

IonAddis,
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I forgot about the kid’s shoes trick. It can be hit or miss…sometimes kid’s shoes aren’t made as well as they’re expected to be outgrown. But sometimes the toe boxes are bigger, which I appreciate because it sucks looking for 5 wide women’s. (And size 3 men’s isn’t always available.)

Iamdanno,

I was outdoors with my girlfriend and I commented on the cute prints in the dirt of flowers. Turns out her shoes were purchased in the kids department. You could tell by looking at them, until she left tracks.

Nonameuser678,
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I dramatically strain for something that’s too high up for me to reach it. Pretend to try and weild the force to pull it towards me. And then wait until my very tall partner just comes along to grab it.

LittleTransPunk,
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As a tall person who came in here for tips to help our shorter comrades, we don’t mind it at all and most of us feel like mini heroes when we do this

Nonameuser678,
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Thank you for your service

SkaveRat,

feel like mini heroes

ಠ_ಠ

LittleTransPunk,
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Socially mini, not physically mini

elbarto777,

Understood, Little Trans Punk ಠ_ಠ

LittleTransPunk,
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Social presence size :-P

SpaceNoodle,

Big damn heroes

illi,

Aint we just

Iamdanno,

My (comically so) shorter wife always says “I need your highness!” if she can’t reach something. I’m always glad to help out my subjects, LOL

boogetyboo,
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Don’t forget the “nyeeeeeehhhhhhh” noise that accompanies the dramatised physical effort

Mouselemming,

I have a nice aluminum stepladder. I discovered the handiest place to store it is behind the living room curtain. Much easier than in a closet. And much safer than climbing on chairs!

lemann,

Somewhat related;

Recently saw a video where the presenter attended a press event, but ended up watching the thing from other attendees’ phones being held in the air, because the presenter wasn’t tall enough to see the stage 😢

I guess it could be a nice hack at concerts if you can’t see the stage properly

KISSmyOS, (edited )

Life(lengthening )hack: Office chairs aren’t stepladders.

DreamySweet,

Nothing with wheels is.

ValiantDust,
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I stand on the wheels of cars when scraping the windshield or removing snow so I can reach the middle of the windshield. Doesn’t work with every car though.

weariedfae,

My feet don’t touch the ground on chair height toilets. I don’t know about you but it is very uncomfortable to try and use it while your feet are dangling. To solve this I’ve repurposed a single step stool that lives in the restroom at home.

For most other things I have a thing-grabber, tongs, and a tall person I can summon by pathetically crying out “tall person!”

DreamySweet,

Don’t be pathetic, summon your servant with pride.

atrielienz,

A squatty potty stool might be helpful there.

PlutoniumAcid,
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Aka. Stool Stool

SkaveRat,

I have a thing-grabber, tongs, and a tall person

is that all the same person?

Lemminary,

I’ve never had problems for being short. Maybe I haven’t been paying attention but there’s nothing a stool or a chair can’t fix. Also, climbing on furniture is easy but rare. 🤷‍♂️

Xariphon,

For people in need of a desk or table...

I'm an amateur woodworker and I could use the practice transitioning to furniture making. If you don't mind covering materials and shipping (from New York to you), feel free to message me and we can work something out. I'm not looking to make a killing here, but getting some practice while helping somebody out would be nice.

XenoWarden,

I’m not sure how to DM people on my Lemmy client Thunder but I might be interested depending on the deets! I’m located in Florida.

Xariphon,

Hmm. I don't know either. Maybe I need an account on your instance? I'm posting from kbin anyway so heck if I know.

XenoWarden,

Tried a different client (Voyager) that did seem to have the ability to DM, so we’ll see if that works!

Xariphon,

I don't seen anything on my end.

Toes,

You can drop an egg on its side on a flat surface to get a perfect break.

Naja_Kaouthia,
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Every single one of my kitchen cabinets is too high and I can only reach the bottom shelf. My kitchen tongs double as a grabby thing so I can reach stuff. I bought a rather large kitchen cart/portable island thing and that’s where the dishes live and it doubles as my cooking prep station since it’s slightly lower than my counters.

finthechat,
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I'm in politics. I won't say who I am but you've probably heard of me.

Lately I've been wearing heel lifts inside some cowboy boots whenever I make a public appearance. I don't think anyone has noticed.

TonyTonyChopper,
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Napoleon Bonaparte?

PlutoniumAcid,
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Yes! What gave it away, was it the cowboy boots?

RampantParanoia2365,

Rhonda Santis?

0x4E4F,

Tell your kids the boogie man and witches are afraid of books and reading, so if we read, they won’t come 😁.

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