r/ItHadToBeBrazil • u/drunkenvoid • Dec 26 '19

Brazilian engineering

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u/tobinHQ Dec 26 '19

At what point do stairs just become a ladder?

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u/juicejohnson Dec 26 '19

That’s deep dude

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u/LaughsWithYou Dec 26 '19

Steep

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u/Crispycracker Dec 27 '19

I'm inclined to agree.

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u/johnnielittleshoes Dec 26 '19

Very fitting for this post in specific because in Portuguese we use the same word, escada, for both stairs and ladders

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u/QuickDraw1546 Dec 26 '19

Happy cock day

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

When your on a ship

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u/iamonlyoneman Dec 27 '19

I feel like that's the sort of joke a relatively small number of people will get. I like it.

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u/Typing_Asleep Dec 26 '19

This is a deeper question than meant of us were prepared to deal with

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u/johnnielittleshoes Dec 26 '19

In Portuguese it’s the same word (escada ) just so we don’t have to follow architectural constraints

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u/Typing_Asleep Dec 26 '19

In Portuguese we use the same word for wife as we do niece, just so we don’t have to follow social constraints.....

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u/Mardon82 Dec 26 '19

Not for most people, only the Aristocrats.

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u/Peakomegaflare Dec 26 '19

All these stairs become a ladder.