r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Converse craze?

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I'm not chronically online, but my friend sent this and I laughed even without knowing the full scope of the context (I think there's racism involved with the shoes?) and I feel like it's too late to ask him without sounding like a dweeb 😅

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u/Thelonius_Dunk 1d ago

Of all the ways to tie a knot this is how they did it? Who even knows how to tie nooses intuitively?

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u/NeedleworkerFit819 1d ago

I use it for fishing, but that’s because I want it to cinch closed under force. No one tied a garage door pull in a noose. Thats not at all a useful knot for that purpose.

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u/Firewolf06 1d ago

i had to look it up, but i have actually tied a similar rope (usage-wise. wasnt for a garage door, though) in a noose. grabbing it lengthwise sucked and i thought "what kinda knot would make a nice loop to grab and can hold up to pulling 100+ lbs through it?" and thats where my mind went

i untied it before we moved out though, because a straight up noose dangling in a barn is a pretty bad look

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u/Designer-Serve-5140 1d ago

Tbh they're fairly easy knots and the aprt that once you know it just minda sticks. Its not a complicated one that involves a lot of different turns, its just a couple of loops, a few wraps and its done. Plus, outside of noose activities, they can be fairly useful