So a bunch of "specialists in ergonomic design" visited our office today.
They said that we should put our screens at the lowest positon possible. I have some difficulties accepting that /g/, so in the end what is a "good monitor height" ?
>>55055926
>specialists in ergonomic design
specialists in snake oil
>>55055926
Thats actually right. Google it
>>55055939
You tell me.
>>55055968
I don't doubt their words, it's just that if i do that my neck will be looking down.
don't listen to them they are shills for chiropractors and are setting you up for texting neck
>>55055982
looking slightly down keeps your overall posture straighter
![HCG_Illust04[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qjJE3iA.jpg "HCG_Illust04[1].jpg")
>>55055926
I've researched the subject - because I wanted to at least minimize health impairments, and what I discovered it's that the best for health ( which also happens to be the most comfortable for me ) is to mainly have your chair on the most comfortable position - keep a straight back and make sure tat the line of your sight it's 3 - 5 cm under the monitor.
Like pic related, the version on your pic - I've tried that for weeks, it's fucking uncomfortable - seems cool first days but it's very annoying.
>>55055926
>They said that we should put our screens at the lowest positon possible.
I was always told the top of the monitor should be level with your eyes.
>>55055926
>>55055982
I have my monitor set up the same way the chick from the pic has it (Eizo master race as well), not because some specialist told me, but because I figured that works best for me. Looking down (with your eyeballs, not your fucking neck) is easier on eye musles than looking up or straight ahead. When reading a book, I don't fucking hold it in front of my face either.
>>55055926
>i can't accept expert advice
they are right, you egotistical dipshit
>the lowest positon possible
you want it below eye level but not "lowest possible" that would be kinda like having it the highest possible. you want to be relaxed and if you have to put effort into looking above or below, then it's not a good monitor height.
>>55055926
what is the source of those people though?
so far I usually read top of monitor should be on eye level.
honestly most of these "how to sit" guides are flawed in the sense that they say this is the ONE posture you're supposed to be in for the entire time you're sitting. that's some rookie mistake shit right here.
my experience so far is that muscles get fucked if you keep a load (like your bodyweight) at the same spot for long periods of time. however if I constantly switch my posture, I can sit here and shitpost all day.
be water, my friend.
>>55055926
>tell autissimo programmers to set monitor as low as possible
>they start digging
R8. I rose it because my desk is really low and i am tall. Also, so i could stop bending my back to look at the monitor on desk.
From a while back
>>55056167
oh fugg
>>55056052
>When reading a book, I don't fucking hold it in front of my face either.
Bad comparison because you hold a book with your arms and you would get tired
>>55056055
>Expert
What's the difference between expert and idiot assumptions?
How would you test which sitting posture is the healthiest?
>>55056167
>>55056279
Someone post that picture of Linus' standing desk treadmill.
Whatever position keeps you in as good of a relaxed posture as possible while not blowing your back out
Looking down is almost always worse, you'll just arch your back naturally until it hurts in a few years and then want to hang yourself
>not being in recliner master race
>>55056155
This is also what I do, how else would I keep a straight fucking posture while doing this?
>>55055926
Congratulations anon,
You can now sue your company! Be sure to call you doctor today and complain of neck pain. A few doctors visits and a lawyer's visit and you'll be on easy street!
>>55056312
we have these at my work theyre basically a cheap treadmill with a dirty old thinkpad strapped to it
>>55055926
You work in Michigan anon?
>>55057046
not OP but im from god tier blue state
> tfw the law requires employers to provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known dangers.
>>55055939
This desu senpai
the whole ergonmics and sitting posture thing is a load of bollocks
t. i sit hgowever the fuck i want and im 40 and SITTING IN A FUCKING CHAIR HAS NEVER CAUSED ME TO SUFFER PAIN OR BECOME CRIPPLED
I sit barely two feet away from a 40inch monitor whose stand is about level with my saggy manboobs when I'm sat down, I have to move my head around to see it all and idgaf son u a pussy
>>55057063
Only reason I asked is because my place has some ergonomic specialists coming in this week too
>>55055926
Eyes in line with the top of your monitor. You look down slihtly, but not a lot.
>>55056113
I sit exactly like your picture
I've been told that the screen should be two-thirds under your eye line
>>55056139
Kek
I am doing it this ways. The size is kinda incorrect in pic related, but my monitors are higher up than my eyes and I am like laying back. At work it is the same, I don't give a fuck about how to sit. Been doing this for like 18 years now and never had problems. pfft niggas.
How fucked are we all going to be in 20 years and how many painkillers will we be taking to barely handle the pain?
>>55056028
This is the correct answer
>>55056113
This is how I got a pilonidal cyst. Nasty shit. Don't sit on your tailbone.
>>55055926
Prolonged sitting has always been uncomfortable for me, and always makes my legs fall asleep. The only remedy was slouching in chairs or resting my upper body on the table/desk, to reduce the load on my legs. Doing that throughout 12 years of school got me some nasty hyperlordosis.
I really wish schools would take ergonomics into account, and not fit classrooms with one-size-fits-all desks and chairs. And provide puplis the options to use standing desks.
