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[MadMojoMonkey]

My proof's being audited by the feds, they'll just have to take my word for it.

In all seriousness, I bet banana ties a proper knot in one shoe and a granny knot in the other.

Actually plausible, but goes against my expectation for human learning and conscious involvement in mundane tasks.
(I'm basically the opposite of an expert on this subject, though, so grain of salt.)

I'd think that the physical, tactile process of tying the laces is practically identical for both shoes. Muscle memory has nothing to do with your muscles storing memories, but it's still a cheat that the brain uses to avoid thinking about stuff. Why bother putting conscious thought into tying your shoes when your subconscious can repeat rote tasks w/o much effort at all? Why try to re-invent the knot when knowing that yesterday's knot was good enough and so long as your fingers feel the same feedback in the process of recreating that knot, no conscious effort required.

It's fully possible that bananananana was taught to tie his shoelaces in a non-congruent fashion, though.

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The point about tying pro knots and not noob knots is a worthy question, though.

Are you trying doubly-slipped square knots? or doubly-slipped granny knots?

The granny knot has less hold and is prone to coming loose due to vibrations.

[Poopadoop]

On what planet does a parent teach their child to tie two different knots in their two shoes? Gtfo with that theory.

We need some video of bananaman tying his laces so we can subject it to kinematic analysis.

[OngBonga]

On what planet does a parent teach their child to tie two different knots in their two shoes? Gtfo with that theory.

We need some video of bananaman tying his laces so we can subject it to kinematic analysis.

It could be a matter of poor tequinique when teaching. Granny knots and square knots are similar, it's easy to accidentally tie a granny knot when trying to make a square knot. That said, it's possible that one shoe has a granny knot, and the other square, due to improper tying tequnique which was taught from a young age by accident. It's certainly plausible.

[Poopadoop]

It could be a matter of poor tequinique when teaching. Granny knots and square knots are similar, it's easy to accidentally tie a granny knot when trying to make a square knot. That said, it's possible that one shoe has a granny knot, and the other square, due to improper tying tequnique which was taught from a young age by accident. It's certainly plausible.

Doesn't almost everyone use the knot in this video? In my childhood, Granny knots or square knots were only used by kids too uncoordinated to do it the easy way. The same kids who were the last to get picked for your team in gym class.




Waiting for video of bananaman tying a sheep shank in his left shoe and a square hitch in his right.