• remon@ani.social
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    1 day ago

    Do people really have that problem with shoelaces? I tied mine almost a year ago and they’re holding up fine.

    • boobs@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      One of my shoelaces has stayed for 2 or so years now, the other comes apart every few weeks. It’s pretty annoying cause I feel like I’m tying it well enough and I haven’t been able to find anything that might be forcefully pulling it apart. But hey maybe I got it right this last time and it’ll stick for 2 years

      • Wolf314159@startrek.website
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        23 hours ago

        It’s never to late to relearn a suboptimal skill you thought you knew. I believe I found this site several decades after being taught the standard shoe lace knot and a child. That one ALWAYS needed a second knot to keep my laces tied. Now I tie either the two loop knot “bunny ears” or Ian’s Secure Shoelace knot. Both are balanced so the knots always stays tied and both can be pulled apart and undone with a simple tug at both free ends of the shoelace. Haven’t tied my laces the way my parents taught me ever since.