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turing-tested:

do ladders count as stairs? why or why not

no because youre not supposed to use your hands when climbing stairs unless its holding onto the railing

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  7. crime-bot reblogged this from cacoughphany and added:
    Yes.
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    Stairs on a boat are called a ladder, so definitely sometimes
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  11. thisishowwedonut said: Depends on angle, permanence, and type of rungs. Some bunk bed ladders count as stairs I think. Collapsible stepladders are hybrids. A 2 pole, round runged, prop up anywhere type ladder isn’t stairs.
  12. againstfaith said: no stairs have depth….. step ladders do not count as ladders they r just portable stairs
  13. notsoheadless said: Only if shaped like stairs and you go up it with just your legs like stairs
  14. cloudheaded said: if it has rungs its a ladder if it has steps its stairs
  15. lilaclilyhopper said: only stepladders
  16. twistedribbon reblogged this from turing-tested and added:
    According to our nautical forebearers, stairs count as ladders.
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  18. axolola reblogged this from turing-tested and added:
    Ladders are the liminal middle ground between stairs and ledges.
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  20. catsandcataclysms said: I think no because you climb straight up and have to use your hands and they don’t have the stairs pattern, I think the only stairs where you use your hands should be the ridiculously tall-stepped ones
  21. minlex said: Whoops escalators* are only stairs when you walk on them
  22. minlex said: They’re stairs because they make u go up but u have to work for it urself. An elevator is not stairs because it just moves u without work from ur part. Elevators are only stairs when you walk on them
  23. turing-tested posted this
    do ladders count as stairs? why or why not