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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
does this point not defeat your own arguement, a ruler would not need to stand upsideways if it lived in a dimensionally proportional living space, constructed and tailored to it's size, where it can function freely, i.e. without having to stand on its side?
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*Sigh*
Like in the human world, universal standards must be adopted for optimal coexistence of diversity within and without species. The ruler, when lying horizontally, is significantly wider than its peers. To accomodate such a disproportionate size in the standard of construction would be ludicrous. One could apply the principles of evolution to this very situation: the absurdly wide ruler, being in the minority in that respect, naturally evolves to adapt to its environmental circumstances. This is much more scientifically logical and efficient than the other, more similar species adapting to the ruler's needs, or the establishment of structural standards based on the circumstances of an isolated anomaly. If the latter were the case, said species would quickly become resented by the others, and, if not extinguished by the technicalities of physical limitations, would be socially ostracized to the extent that they would become obsolete.
It's just easier on everyone if the ruler stands up vertically.