• @[email protected]
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    47 months ago

    When you get off an airplane, do you say

    “Its great to be back on solid first floor of the earth.”

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    • pelya
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      27 months ago

      If the walkway goes inside the building, then yes. And the walkway usually leads directly to the second floor, because the airplane door is 3 metres above the ground.

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        7 months ago

        OK but what about going onto the ground?

        Like, in your garden, is that the first floor of the planet?

        • pelya
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          17 months ago

          Inside the building it’s the first floor, even if it’s exactly at the sea level altitude. Outside the building it’s the ground. Basement levels start at minus one, there is no zeroth floor.

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            Exactly, the idea that you go up a floor because there’s a roof over your head is very silly.