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* In the [[Liaden Universe]], Val Con, a guy who's around 5'5, tries to operate a spaceship designed for a larger species of human. He gets seriously injured from this.
* One of the characters in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s [[Worldwar]] books is Kassquit, a human woman raised by the alien, lizardlike Race. She must wear artificial "fingerclaws" to be able to use the Race's computers.
* The ''[[My Teacher Is an Alien]]'' series involves thousands of alien species living peacefully on one massive space station. This leads to some rather complex
* Similar to the situation in ''The Colors of Space'', the Tyr in C S Friedman's ''The Madness Season'' claim that FTL travel can only be performed by them because the method that they use causes a state of absolute terror for any other living thing in hyperspace. {{spoiler|It is later uncovered that there is more than one method of FTL travel, but the Tyr suppressed those in order to maintain control of the galaxy.}}
* In Anne Mason's ''The Stolen Law'', Vallusians have six fingers on each hand. This leaves our human protagonist unable to work the gun they want her to train with; more seriously, when an important piece of technology is sabotaged, it reveals the existence of a Vallusian traitor, as none of the other known races would have been capable of manipulating the necessary controls.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The [[Halo
* The [[Fallout: New Vegas|Pimp Boy 3 Billion]] isn't designed to be used by [[Double Standard|female Couriers]], and will always be held at an awkward angle. [[Sarcasm Mode|Way to go, Bethesda]].
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* CAPTCHAs, those things where you have to prove that you're a human and not a bot by entering the text from an image, have quite a difficult time distinguishing between bots and blind
* A remarkable number of tools assume (often with dangerous consequences) that the user is right-handed.
** This includes nearly all bullpup firearms (magazine well behind the trigger), as attempting to fire them left-handed will fling red-hot cartridge cases into the user's face or down their collar. Many newer bullpup weapons can be adjusted for left-handed firing in the field, but heaven help you if you then pick up the wrong rifle by mistake, or a right-handed soldier picks up yours.
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