c/onehundredninetysix · by antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1ycable rule 201 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
6 Comments
Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y
This article about spontaneous formation of knots may be relevant:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0611320104
TLDR: If you put a string in a box and move it around, the string will most likely knot itself.
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 1y
Sounds like Big Cable Elf propaganda.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
Why doesn't that apply to boxes of snakes
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Snakes expend energy to counteract entropy.
Malgas@beehaw.org · 14 pts · 1y
"Cable elves"? Ridiculous.
They're called machine elves, and if you want those pictures to come out you'll have to load that camera with DMT.
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Must be related to the fishing line fairies. That stuff has a magical ability to tangle and knot.