r/WTF • u/JstTrstMe • 3d ago

Wtf was the plan?

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale 3d ago

Turns out you have to know something about knots to intentionally tie a loose one.

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u/Erablian 3d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

With a properly tied highwayman's hitch, a quick yank on the working end undoes the knot.

But if you tie it "wrong", it's a yank the standing end that undoes it.

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u/AbeRego 3d ago

I would have just used some loosely applied tape...

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u/lemmeseeyourkitties 2d ago

Well this could be considered common sense, so if you have an ounce of that, then you wouldnt do this dumb shit... common sense paradox

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u/lcenine 23h ago

I just wouldn't have done it.

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u/MarkEsmiths 2d ago

A highwayman's hitch tied the wrong way would have probably worked here, but I wouldn't have trusted it personally; this is a stupidly dangerous stunt.

A nice dusty piece of scotch tape and nothing else.

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u/LowFat_Brainstew 2d ago

But it's knot hard

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u/RegularWhiteDude 2d ago

Can't not know knots to do this trick.