What does this mean
I think it means there is no backwards. If you’re going down the stairs, stop and turn around, you’re facing forward in the up direction. You could walk backward on stairs but not stand backward.
But, this is true of most places you stand. Sidewalks, middle of your living room, in a park. You can only stand backwards in places that have a specific direction to stand, such as in a line, an elevator, a classroom.
elevators with rear doors:
Can’t stand backwards on stairs. It’s immoral, they’ll arrest you
Standing on stairs in both directions is a correct orientation, either to go up or down (unless it’s single direction stairs of course). The only “wrong” way to do it is sideways, there is no “backwards”.
Well, that’s not true. The correct orientation is “facing the direction that I’m going”.
I now want to use all stairs as sideways as possible. I will be doing this the next time im in public. Someone needs to be the crazy one.
I could stand on stairs in either direction, but I’m not sure how to stand in both simultaneously.
Can’t stand backwards in a hallway or a room either. There really isn’t anywhere one could stand backwards, unless the frame of reference is moving (e.g. escalators, airport peoplemover belts).
Backwards is a concept that entirely hinges on motion, come to think of it. No such thing as a static backwards.
You can absolutely stand backwards in a group that’s all facing one way.
Pants.
I should clarify: animate objects can’t be backwards without a frame of motion.
A car parked on the wrong side of the street.
I would argue that a parked car is not an animate object and that a street has an implied frame of motion
Staring backwards at a landscape or art or statue.
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You dropped these
the stairs where i work were actually built backwards because of a misprinted blueprint so i can only stand on them backwards
Is this a glass half empty thing?
Yes, as stairs work both ways, up or down. However one can walk backwards or forwards either up or down stairs, if one wishes to do so. Other options do exist, please see Parkour.
And Michael Scott is running around my head now dramatically saying “parkour”. Thanks 😅
I for my part only ever stand backwards 😌
You can when you face your back to the lift’s door
