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> It's also something that is difficult for me because the world itself is not designed to be accessible to me

I don't understand what you mean by that. The world is not "designed" in any way for anyone, all beings from bacteria to animals and humans live as they can, so you probably want to say something else, can you please tell that with different words?

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Not OP, but consider being 6 feet and 8 inches tall. In many buildings (especially older ones), you will have to dodge light fixtures regularly. Many doorways will actually be too short and you'll need to duck. Cooking in most kitchens will end up being quite uncomfortable since you'll be hunched over the entire time. You won't fit in a large number of cars. Flying in planes becomes physically painful unless you get an exit row or pay more. And so on.

You can still interact with the world, but being an outlier adds a whole lot of little bits of friction and discomfort that a more statistically average person doesn't experience.

I am tall. I have problems finding clothes. I cannot fit in the best light plane (in my opinion) and I am a pilot. My grandmother's house had the ceiling very low, it was about my shoulder (she was 5 ft tall). Never complained. Never complained the world is not built around me. I don't understand how that works. I am not entitled to anything.

You may not complain, but you do observe that your experiences are different in a way that can sometimes be unpleasant.

It appears that when another person recounted how their experiences are different in a way that can sometimes be unpleasant, you assumed that they were placing a burden on others to change for their benefit (or that they were entitled to it). I don't think that is a correct interpretation.

Nice job moving the goalposts. The original question was whether the world can be said to be "designed". What you, personally choose to complain about is irrelevant.

Isn’t the built world designed by humans with particular viewpoints for other humans with a certain set of perspectives, capabilities and capacities to adapt to those built realities? (But not necessarily all such capabilities…)

The human world is very much "designed" in 2022. All the stuff humans have built and structured didn't just appear out of thin air.

You undermine your point with the CTA for the OP to change.

No idea what CTA means, I am just asking to explain in simpler language if possible.

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