by Dirty-Harry February 25, 2018

Joel proceeded to use the ladder to put the tv on the wall
It was work health safety compliant because the lash bed identified as a ladder
It was work health safety compliant because the lash bed identified as a ladder
by Rodney007 April 29, 2024

If you are going to go to a DOMINANT DEFINITION LADDER you may want to SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST as the BOTTOM ONE is the TOP ONE to really FUCK WITH so to speak.
by INSERT CAREFULLY September 2, 2021

You mudt have balls of steel, X-ray vision, a cape, and the ability to fly if you can see through rungs in a ladder or walls in a building, most people find that stuff opague enough.
by The Original Agahnim September 27, 2021

A social phenomenon in which individuals or groups who have successfully advanced in status, wealth, or opportunity then act to block others from accessing the same path upward.
Key Features:
Motivated by fear of competition, scarcity mindset, or desire to protect hard-won status.
Can manifest in politics (e.g., immigrants opposing immigration), economics (e.g., professionals gatekeeping their fields), or class mobility (e.g., elites dismantling welfare or education programs they once benefited from).
Example (fictional): Raymond Leon in the movie "In Time" rises out of poverty to become a Timekeeper but enforces the very system that traps others where he once was.
Example (real): An immigrant who gained citizenship but campaigns to restrict immigration for others.
Key Features:
Motivated by fear of competition, scarcity mindset, or desire to protect hard-won status.
Can manifest in politics (e.g., immigrants opposing immigration), economics (e.g., professionals gatekeeping their fields), or class mobility (e.g., elites dismantling welfare or education programs they once benefited from).
Example (fictional): Raymond Leon in the movie "In Time" rises out of poverty to become a Timekeeper but enforces the very system that traps others where he once was.
Example (real): An immigrant who gained citizenship but campaigns to restrict immigration for others.
1. After becoming wealthy through public education, the politician now opposes funding for schools, effectively pulling up the ladder behind him.
2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
by Social Climber September 16, 2025

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by The real23 October 30, 2017
