At least the legs are getting stretched out, even if the back isn't.

I never thought I'd experience this. But I was on a short flight that was an hour long. So I was in what I call the tuna can plane. The small city hopper type. When we were getting off the plane, I stood up and full force twatted my head off the overhead bins.
I'm 5 foot... I dunno what dazed me more, the shock or the smack on the head. Lmfao.

Guarantee it happens again when I take that flight soon.

Not if you have an aisle seat

Not quite, but still, at this point anyone above 5'8 have had their knees pressed up against the seat ahead for at least a couple of hours.