[Video, un: alwayswright]

[servesyouwright]

[ First, there's Phoenix's face. He's standing in one of the hallways of the station, so it's all pretty plain. He smiles, waves once, and gets straight to the point: ]

I have a very important question for you.

[ And the camera cuts to show a corner of the hallway instead, where an innocent stepladder is standing. ]

What do you call this object?

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video | un: S.H.

[astudyinviolet]

If there is a reason for the distinction, then I can see why such specification is necessary, but even a more exact descriptor doesn't change that the object is a ladder.

For example, a rope ladder is still a ladder even if its make differs from a more common ladder. I could call it by either name and be correct. Two ladders present may require more explanation. The ladder on the left or the wooden ladder could suffice. Evidence of scrapes along the ground could suggest a type of ladder, and if that carries importance, then you would be more correct to use a more specific name. But, for all of that, they are all still ladders.

Does... that help the argument any?

[ Or did he just make it more complicated or worse? ]

[servesyouwright]

I mean, you're not wrong, but ... A rope ladder or a wooden or steel ladder have the same general shape, right? They're straight. A stepladder isn't. So I think it's still an important distinction.

[ And not narrow-minded!! So there. ]

[astudyinviolet]

[ A rope ladder? Straight? A rope ladder is about as straight he is, which is to say hardly at all. Someone has clearly never tried to be a pirate climbing among the rigging. ]

A rope ladder doesn't always have the same general shape as a wooden ladder. It can roll up, flex in the wind, and requires anchoring for at least one end to properly function. I would argue then that the distinction between a rope ladder and a rigid ladder to be of greater importance than a wooden ladder and a stepladder.

[ Now he's just arguing to be arguing in petty revenge for something like this making him question his sanity. ]

[servesyouwright]

Never mind what you can do with a rope ladder-- A rope ladder will get you higher up. A stepladder will get you higher and make you safer than either a rope ladder or wooden ladder would do.

[ This isn't even what this argument was ever about for him and Maya. This is kind of fun. ]

[astudyinviolet]

So this is about safety and elevation now, is it? Then need I bring stairs into this argument as well? Stairs will get you higher up much safer than all previously mentioned ladders.

[servesyouwright]

No, no, I'm just saying they have different functions. Stairs won't get you to the ceiling lamp, and a ladder probably won't either. But a stepladder would.

[astudyinviolet]

Then if safety is not an issue, a chair would get you there as well.

[ Says the guy who will jump over a chair. ]

[servesyouwright]

Not as high.

[astudyinviolet]

... Exactly how high are your ceiling lamps to where that is a problem?

[ Even with Victorian ceilings being high up, that seems to a bit extreme. Or Sherlock is much taller than the other man. ]

[servesyouwright]

I mean, I guess it also depends on how low the lamp hangs.

[astudyinviolet]

And the type of lamp. How it creates light factors into how it's utilized.

[servesyouwright]

Not sure that makes a big difference for how to reach it.

[astudyinviolet]

A hanging lamp which uses candles requires by its very nature a need for access to light and replace the candles.

[ Look not everyone has electricity yet, okay? ]

[servesyouwright]

Oh.

I've never had to deal with a hanging lamp with candles. We don't really use those anymore.

[astudyinviolet]

Electricity then? Or is there a new technology that replaces it by your time?

[servesyouwright]

Electricity, yeah. I think pretty much everything runs on electricity.

[astudyinviolet]

[ No more using candles to deduce time or open windows in the future then. ]

I still maintain that, save for the most opulent of rooms, a chair can serve well enough to reach the ceiling to attend to a lamp.

[servesyouwright]

Sure, sure. But my point is, a stepladder has uses that a wooden or rope ladder doesn't, so the distinction is kind of important.

[astudyinviolet]

And yet if you say to get a ladder so that you can attend to a ceiling lamp, a person would get the appropriate ladder without needing that distinction said.

[servesyouwright]

W-well-- I mean, yes, probably, but-- If you don't have clear context, it's important.

[astudyinviolet]

And when, pray tell, would you need someone to know a specific ladder without knowing why?

Besides this arbitrary question to everyone.

[ Desk slam! What crime are you committing with your accomplice with a ladder?! ]

[servesyouwright]

Wh-- Why do you need to know the reason? Why would I say 'could I borrow a ladder to change the ceiling light' when I could just say 'could I borrow a stepladder'?

[ Seriously why is this guy getting so hung up on this. ]

[astudyinviolet]

I would ask why for the latter example. It's my business to know things of that nature, and the only reasons why someone would hide such a purpose tend to be of a nefarious purpose.

[ He grins, fully knowing how much of a nuisance he's being. ]

But I also recognize that consulting detectives meddle in much more than the average person.

[servesyouwright]

[ Wow. ]

Okay. So it's just you. So I'm actually right.

[astudyinviolet]

[ Future punching Sherlock is made all the more easier by being a brat here. ]

There are apparently more than just me as I am not a singular instance of myself.