• Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      Agree, but that’s a mighty powerful “if”.

      Specifically, it’s putting the stress on the vertical support pieces of the railing with a horizontal force. While this one looks sturdy, that piece is often strictly decorative. It’s also not designed for that type of stress.

      It’s certainly not as bad as it looks, but it’s also not ideal

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      10 months ago

      It would only take a small amount of side to side movement to walk those feet straight off that little ledge.

      Nobody who falls off a ladder and breaks their spine says “I’ll probably fall off this ladder and break my spine but whatever” beforehand, they say things like “It’s actually not too bad” and “That’s not going anywhere”.