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Skirts aren't the only reason to avoid transparent stairs. I always wear trousers, and I also get freaked out when I have to climb transparent stairs or even st
by troymc 4y ago
Skirts aren't the only reason to avoid transparent stairs. I always wear trousers, and I also get freaked out when I have to climb transparent stairs or even stairs with holes in them. Why? I can see through them and below, and it makes me worry that the stairs could break and I could plummet to my death at any moment. I cope by not looking down and holding onto the handrail.
- masswerk 4y agoFear of heights is a thing. Architecture should be still bound to human needs (at least, too a lesser extent. /s)
- monkeybutton 4y agoAs a little kid I used to be terrified of stairs made of metal grating like the ones used for fire escapes. Something about being able to see what felt like 100s of feet below through the thing that's supposed to hold you up just did not compute in my little brain.
- orbital-decay 4y agoYeah, floating staircases and balconies with grates caused nightmares for me when I was a kid. When you're small and everything is big, the gaps induce severe fear of height; at 6, you see nothing where adults see guardrails. What's worse, some Soviet architectural genius built floating stairs in my school. I got used to it over time, but in the first year I felt a bit lightheaded every time I had to use them.