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[-] hihi24522@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago

At what point does a set of stairs become a wall? How thin can steps be before they are no longer considered steps?

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

I don't know but I think it's fair to say if it becomes necessary to ask those questions then you went too far.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago

Missed opportunity to say "you went a step too far" ;)

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oof I sure did

[-] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I would assume when you can no longer stand on them.

[-] hihi24522@lemm.ee 100 points 2 years ago
[-] breckenedge@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

I know it’s stupid, but it’s posts like this that make me really wish that the fediverse had gold badges to award

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] embed_me@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I love this comic. Typical JoJo scenario

[-] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The steps don't have to be thin, you could make them jut out. But still, at some point it's effectively a ladder. That's probably the point where it's easier to start using your hands too.

[-] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wtf, why didn't you tell me you were coming over?

(Thankfully not nearly as steep)

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago
[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When does a stairs become a ladder?

[-] debil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

When the steps transform into rungs.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 10 points 2 years ago

Everyone worrying about getting up. I'd be more concerned about the way down on these.

[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My exact thought. I could get up on the balls of my feet, but my ass is falling down those stairs, for sure, on the way down.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think the trick is to not think of them so much as difficult stairs but as an easier rock climb.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Indeed.

Took me a while to consider if this was an art piece. They were functional and used by many people, IIRC.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

"Time for bed! Who's gonna belay me?"

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'll sleep at base camp tonight and try for the summit in the morning.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Lol if you can afford to buy a house with an upstairs, you can afford an autobelay

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 2 years ago

When my siblings and I were kids, we would ride laundry baskets down the stairs.

These stairs would be fucking rad to do that with.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Riding the laundry basket off the roof would be more comparable

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

Steep stairs are one thing, but putting carpet on them is just asking to slip.

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, shoulda done Teflon.

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

And install some sprinklers.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago

Where I come from we call these, "up only" stairs. Kind of like how Perl is a write-only language.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I guarantee I can get down them. Very quickly.

[-] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

House of Leaves vibes

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Dutch stairs. Yes, they're like that.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago

Yep can confirm this is standard issue in slightly older Dutch houses.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago

Looks like an advanced Doom II map.

Just missing a teleport at the top to simulate a second floor, or a silent téléporter if you're really fancy.

[-] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think Doom teleported the player to simulate a second floor. I think it was closer to asset swapping what got drawn on screen in the same location.

If you turn the Minimap on you can see where you are in the level. The Minimap was almost a depiction of how the game was really programmed, and the 3D POV was a programming trick to display it for the customer.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago
[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

My old house had some steep stairs that felt like this.

My wife broke her ankle on them, fun story.... Nope. That sucked.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At this point, just use a ladder. It'd be safer too.

That would also make space for a slide-down pole, which would be faster.

[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I have nightmares about this exact scenario.

There's a lady who's sure.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Extreme inner city house attic stairs vibes. Anything goes with attic stairs!

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You'll be thankful for anything more sloped than a ladder 😂

[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've been looking for attic stair options. Anything that easier to carry/slide boxes down than a ladder.

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[-] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"Stairs" that ever Spiderman would reconsider...

[-] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Just give me a sec to put on my jump kit.

[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

you must go doon before you go ooot

[-] Cap@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 years ago

If that's the stairway to heaven, can I request to be shown the stairs leading down?

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[-] don@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

One of the ladders aboard my carrier that led down to DC Central was a bit steeper than that. The first time most people saw it, they couldn’t believe how close to an ordinary vertical ladder it was.

To add to the chaos, the handrails on either side were way too far apart to use with both hands. And as if that wasn’t enough of nightmare, and a scuttle right above it that I had to pass through with my duty belt on. Carriers are death traps, and should qualify a sailor for HDIP.

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Laddairs, it's French.

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