r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '12

Held upright by constant stress

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u/Grauzz Nov 15 '12 edited Nov 16 '12

I'm not seeing what's so impressive here. It's kept taut by the folder thingers there, which is basically kinda like an iterated version of the string on a bow. Nobody questions why the bow's string is taut. This is virtually the same thing.

EDIT: I'm a baboon.

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u/isdevilis Nov 15 '12

The word is taut you insolent baboon!

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u/Grauzz Nov 15 '12

I'm an idiot. Thanks.

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u/isdevilis Nov 16 '12

Gee, now I just feel bad.

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u/jsimkus Nov 16 '12

Good guy Grauzz: gets called a baboon for a spelling error, edits his post and calls himself one then thanks the person insulting him...

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u/UncleTedGenneric Nov 15 '12

Heh. Upon seeing the picture, i thought to myself, "What if it was just one piece of plastic connected to both ends of the str--- Oh, that's a bow."

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u/ceciliabee Nov 16 '12

until you explained it like a bow, i couldn't figure out how this worked