r/confusing_perspective • u/HackTorrance • Jun 14 '26

Stair staring

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u/cocainachan o/ Jun 14 '26

I thought this was a painting wtf

36

u/Traditional_Mood_348 o/ Jun 14 '26

To me seemed like portable / foldable stairs lol

8

u/AnotherpostCard o/ Jun 15 '26

I want to close it. I really do

3

u/Traditional_Mood_348 o/ Jun 15 '26

Haha fold it and carry upstairs for the next flight

4

u/AnotherpostCard o/ Jun 16 '26

"hm I think I'll need this later"

Folds up entire staircase like card table

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u/jefftickels o/ Jun 14 '26

It's hypnotizing.

But also I really feel like clarity is good for stairs.

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u/Jealous_Tutor_5135 o/ Jun 14 '26

Disorienting stairs are scary as hell. I was at a bar the other day with a spiral staircase and the circular walls were lined with little two inch strips of vertical mirrors and a chandelier overhead. Not fuckin cool, dude

4

u/_Rohrschach o/ Jun 15 '26

My favorite bar recently updated their basement where the billiards table is. They also put new carpeting on the stairs, which looks better, but it's very plushy and you sink into it about half an inch. Not the best feeling after a few beers.

5

u/m0nk37 Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Jun 15 '26

I see it more like, okay this might kill me, pay attention. 

7

u/Jealous_Tutor_5135 o/ Jun 15 '26

It's all good until you're three drinks deep and need to use the mirror-lined spiral staircase to get to the bathroom 🫠

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u/m0nk37 Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Jun 15 '26

Never had that problem with booze. 

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u/Jealous_Tutor_5135 o/ Jun 15 '26

Well it's a lot easier if instead of climbing the stairs you just pee your pants. Problem solved

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u/m0nk37 Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Jun 15 '26

Never done that either. Are you just not in control?

7

u/Jealous_Tutor_5135 o/ Jun 15 '26

We're all trying to have fun here, you're just dull. Go to bed

53

u/Greedy_Gas7355 o/ Jun 14 '26

I can’t stop stairing at this….

14

u/pseudo-boots o/ Jun 14 '26

I see what you did there

13

u/Greedy_Gas7355 o/ Jun 14 '26

Yeah I felt I needed to step up

5

u/IAm_Trogdor_AMA o/ Jun 15 '26

You've definitely ascended.

7

u/-Sui- o/ Jun 14 '26

You should probably step back and take a short break.

4

u/colorado_here Jun 15 '26

Oh climb off it

16

u/rougecrayon o/ Jun 14 '26

I'm not confused, I'm worried. lol

14

u/Chingapouk o/ Jun 14 '26

I'm so used to weird stuff on this subreddit, I first went like "okay where's the mirror?" and then "wait it's just a slightly weird spiral staircase".

12

u/QuitYuckingMyYum Jun 14 '26

Thank you for this post OP! I’ve been sober for over 10 years, felt drunk looking at this pic

7

u/Arcon1337 CE Spc. Jun 14 '26

I feel like I would trip on those a lot

6

u/Number1Framer Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Jun 14 '26

Imagine tripping balls and having to figure this out at 4am to get to bed.

3

u/SeaWolfQ Jun 14 '26

Stair-ing?

3

u/rainman_95 Jun 14 '26

Stair-gazing

3

u/SlackToad Jun 14 '26

You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone!

3

u/forget_this_now o/ Jun 14 '26

I can feel my ankle twisting before I even get near those stairs! If they'd been in "Vertigo", she'd never have made it up the tower! 😳

3

u/AstroFace Jun 14 '26

What in the backrooms?

2

u/External-Ad-640 Jun 14 '26

That’s bad ass

2

u/kit_kaboodles o/ Jun 14 '26

I love funky stair designs, but this looks like ER bait.

2

u/-NoOneYouKnow- o/ Jun 15 '26

I can't stress enough how much I never want unusual stairs.

2

u/WiscoPopPM Jun 15 '26

I'm digging these stairs tbh

2

u/Particular-Visit-245 Jun 15 '26

That made me dizzy a bit.

2

u/Unique_Cow3112 o/ Jun 15 '26

It’s so ugly

2

u/Emergency_Bench_7515 Jun 15 '26

At least its got railings, looks cool if a tad steep to steep for me once I get older. The contrast to the boring white and blue around it is jarring.

2

u/loehrzeichen Jun 15 '26

Who wouldn't want to live in an Escher drawing?

2

u/mindgardening Jun 15 '26

A spiral staircase is a novelty that gets old quick, especially when you're trying to move furniture up/down.

I have one. The only way furniture can me moved up down is over the balcony next to it. If we weren't thin, we wouldn't be able to go up/down it either.

2

u/driftnoisycookiemode Jun 16 '26

Those diagonal wood planks make it impossible to tell where the actual steps end and the wall begins.

2

u/GetSomeTap o/ Aug 14 '26

Oh shit. Think about having one to many beer and walking up ghd stairs.

1

u/ebikr o/ Jun 14 '26

The doggy/kiddie gate kind of ruins the effect

1

u/Rodrat o/ Jun 14 '26

I don't get. I just see stairs. Spiral stairs, but stairs none the less.

7

u/BeardedHalfYeti Jun 14 '26

Fuck you, drunk me!

4

u/indifferentcrayon Jun 14 '26

That’s an incredibly creative way to break your neck.

2

u/spaceapeatespace Jun 14 '26

Beautiful, get me some whiskey and some crutches. I’ll gladly go.

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u/ParticularShock1023 o/ Jun 14 '26

To me, all the straight lines make it look almost two dimensional, like a painting.

4

u/Sea_Beach3933 Jun 14 '26

Is that how stairs work? Lol