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[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Bottom. The spacing/size of the stairs is the biggest clue. If we were at the bottom, it would indicate that the stairs are very tall and not very wide. As others have said, the worn carpet is also an indicator, as the carpet on the side of the stairs would not be worn. It would also likely have something sticking out like most stairs, not just flat.

[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

Bottom. Carpet is really worn on the side facing us

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago
[–] Xande@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

On the top.

On the top left you see something... The holder for the railing...

[–] Lederrucksack@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago

Can still be the bottom

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At the top-left corner of the image we see a support bracket for the hand rail. The orientation of this bracket only seems to make sense if we are at the bottom of the stairs looking up at the mattress. The shadow cast by the mattress also looks like the light is above and slightly closer to the camera.

If we were at the top looking down, that would imply that the hand rail brackets were sideways instead of being vertical, and that the light was mounted on the wall instead of the ceiling. I have seen stranger things in construction but it would still be strange and unlikely.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So people walk on the face of the stairs now? 😁 Look at the wear of the carpet on the stairs.

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Old carpet will show wear as people kick / drag against the backs of the steps. This is especially true for cheaper construction where the steps don’t have the typical overhang.

[–] Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Bottom, you can see the carpet on the steps are worn out.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Bottom. Wear marks from foot traffic + if that were the top. those mattresses would tip backwards unless someone was holding them in place.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 day ago (13 children)

How are y'all arguing this? The banister makes it unquestionably obvious that it's at the top. There's no debate to be had here unless the banister was intentionally installed wrong just for the purpose of this meme, which would be crazy.

The mattress is at the top, y'all.

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So the people walk on the wall? (Wear of the carpet and lack of visible ledge that stairs should have)

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[–] Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I know as someone who has rabbits and cats that the hairfall on the close to camera stairs indicates we are at the top looking down. I know hair patterns.

[–] Legom7@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steps in a staircase have two measurements. Tread and rise. The proportions of what we can see make more sense as treads rather than rises. Therefore the mattress is at the bottom. Also what we can see of the handrail would make sense in either direction.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bottom, look at the wear of the carpet, lots of people have walked here.

[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not just that, but the steps seem unreasonably tall and get shorter in the distance.

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[–] manigordo@lemy.lol 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mattress is a metaphor, it doesn't matter where it is.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The cake is a lie.

[–] manigordo@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

Omg you are right!

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If it were from the bottom looking up, that'd be some tall risers. So I think we're looking down.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 145 points 2 days ago (25 children)

bottom, as we only can see the treads not the risers (that small inset underneath a step).

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

And you can see the wear on the treads. plus the handrail mount in the top left would be at a very inconvenient height if we were looking from the bottom up

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The carpet has wear on one side, and it doesn't make sense for the wear to be on the front of each stair, so most likely we're looking down from the top of the flight of stairs.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

We are at the top.

Suppose the mattress is at the top. Why would someone fold the mattress into a V shape and not push the point forward?

Also, it makes sense that someone would try to fold it into a V, shove it, laugh that it is stuck and take a picture.

[–] IHawkMike@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

While I'm not 100% certain it's not just confusing perspective, it does appear that the slope rise is shorter than the run, suggesting that this is from the top of the stairs.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think the railing gives it away.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Nice catch. The carpet wear corroborates this.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The wear on the steps say bottom

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Bottom, these stairs have a rounded lip to make them compliant with rise over run requirements in limited space.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is gonna be our white and gold/black and blue dress, huh?

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I have those stairs with that carpet.

💯% this is looking down to a mattress at the bottom of the stairs.

Conclusive evidence:
Looking Down

Looking Up

(Sorry I was too lazy to get the low perspective)

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] lightsblinken@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

technically correct etc ;)

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You can literally see the rail in the top left. It's at the bottom.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] madjo@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s white and gold!

All joking aside, most stairs that I know had some sort of overhang, which we don’t see in this picture, so I’ll venture to say that we are looking down. The mattress is at the bottom of the stairs.

[–] Corigan@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Top the railing gives it away

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[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

top or bottom doesnt matter, whats important is that you PIVOT!

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Unless it is floating, it's at the bottom.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The biggest factor IMO is something no one mentioned yet: we can only see one face of each step (either the top or the wall). If a photo is taken from the bottom, we would almost always be able to see the tops of the first few steps, which isn't visible here. If a photo is taken from the top, the walls would pretty much never be visible (if they were, you could also see the photographer's feet).

Therefore, this photo is only consistent with a photo taken from the top.

It is possible that this is an extremely long flight of stairs or that the photo was taken from a deliberately deceptive angle, but if that's the case I have to say it was expertly done, because I am CERTAIN that we are looking from the top and the mattress is at the bottom.

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bottom, we can see dust and debris accumulated on the "run" part of the steps.

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[–] Cooljimy84@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)

From the wear patten on the carpet I would say bottom, but the handle to the side makes me think top !....

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[–] joshcodes@programming.dev 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thought something was weird here. The contrast and colour is making it difficult. If you turn up shadows it changes the entire feeling, including where the obvious light source is. I wouldn't expect the dark side of the mattress unless there was a bright light directly above it.

Also the banister/handrail arm wouldn't be horizontal. Most importantly, congrats, you got me invested.

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[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

The correct answer is fuck whoever took this picture.

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