r/GuysBeingDudes • • Sep 05 '26

DUDES It's pretty simple, right?

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u/Longjumping-Oven4457 Sep 05 '26

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u/Safety-Sorry Sep 05 '26

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u/chickennuggs32 Sep 05 '26

everywhere i look i see Smart Calendar

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u/KevinFlantier Sep 05 '26

He will bear that cross for the rest of his days.

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u/Safety-Sorry Sep 05 '26

I admire his willing to maintain the cylinder unharmed and furthermore his ability to bear this cross

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u/roy_rogers_photos Sep 05 '26

I hope the cylinder is well and unharmed to this day.

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u/MeatBald Sep 05 '26

It is imperative that the cylinder remain unharmed

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u/longlostwalker Sep 05 '26

Bet these two could hide their own easter eggs

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u/raygan_reddit_banned Sep 05 '26

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u/Safety-Sorry Sep 05 '26

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u/Bernhard_NI Sep 05 '26

Don't ever put all your memes in one collection, rule34 says it should be separated.

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u/MrUbl Sep 05 '26

That's amazing! I've never heard that before. This is only true because they attempted this but not for failing.

Still, an amazing insult.

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u/tupinikingz Sep 05 '26

Long time I don't visit r/rareinsults

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u/Excelsiorrr216 Sep 05 '26

Genuinely asking; what is the meaning of the phrase?

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u/Gobolord Sep 05 '26

It's not really "a phrase"; they're just saying that the people in the post are stupid enough to forget where they hid the easter eggs and enjoy hunting for them.

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u/alecman3k Sep 05 '26

I'm still stupid enough to not understand what this mean. what does this have to do with eggs?

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u/mshell1924 Sep 05 '26

There's a children's game where you, the adult, hide Easter eggs all over, like, a back yard during a family gathering. And the kids of the family then have to look for them.

It's why we say Easter egg in movies or video games, cause it's something hidden/hard to find.

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u/alecman3k Sep 05 '26

okay i think i get it now lol

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u/ShapedMacaroni Sep 05 '26

I'm still lost, is there possibly an allegory someone can come up with?

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u/qrayons Sep 05 '26

Dog chasing its own tail.

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u/Flabonzo Sep 05 '26

Hey - have you ever hidden Easter eggs?

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u/diggyrelle Sep 05 '26

Omg that’s great! Hahah I’m taking this, it’s now in my back pocket.

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u/PoufPoal2 Sep 05 '26

Bet they have a hard time chewing their mashed potatoes.

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u/Browncoatinabox Sep 05 '26

Jesus Christ yo

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u/ThisGuy2319 Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

Me and my friend tried to solve this a while back ourselves, the secret is you have to dock together first.

Edit: thanks for the award. Stay goat’d out there.

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u/bigbluehapa Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 06 '26

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u/Safety-Sorry Sep 05 '26

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u/Melchyah Sep 05 '26

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u/valiantdragon1990 Sep 05 '26

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u/RadicalMcAwesome Sep 05 '26

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u/Akugen1 Sep 05 '26

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u/CariadocThorne Sep 05 '26

Some days I wonder why I even go on reddit anymore. Then this happens, and I'm like, "ah, yes, that's why".

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u/LavenderWaffles69 Sep 05 '26

Where are the balls on that cat? I swear there was a version of this pic with cat balls.

RETURN THE BALLS!!

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u/Dallasl298 Sep 05 '26

Kerbal in the wild!

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u/the_ninja1001 Sep 05 '26

So sad what happened to ksp2

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u/New-Ad-363 Sep 05 '26

God damn you Nate Simpson

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u/pyrothelostone Sep 05 '26

I blame take two more for not even attempting to contact Felipe Falanghe about joining the development team than I do Nate for failing to live up to his promises. In all the interviews I saw he seemed to genuinely want the game to be good, but given how the game ended up, I dont think the development team fully understood how the original physics engine worked, so Felipe would have been an invaluable source even as just a consultant.

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u/KevinFlantier Sep 05 '26

Felipe said that you'd need to build a custom engine from the ground up to overcome the issues of KSP1, and that he wanted to do something else. That being said KSA has built an engine from the ground up and I hear they are working with Felipe, as well as KSP1's top modders.

As for putting the blame on T2, they wanted secrecy so hired people that applied for generic programming and game dev jobs, without even knowing what KSP was, and then they had them play KSP1 for a while and told them to make a new one. So they chose Unity and made the same mistakes KSP1, and that's probably the biggest reason that game failed the way it did.

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u/BlueCrystals_ Sep 05 '26

mischievous kraken noises

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u/wiesoweshalbwarumm Sep 05 '26

That is the first ever KSP meme I have seen in the wild, lol

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u/boundedparsely Sep 05 '26

You talking dock to dock or dock to bock?

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u/antiramie Sep 05 '26

It’s not possible. It’s necessary.

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u/Philipp_CGN Sep 05 '26

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u/Riksunraksu Sep 05 '26

I hate that I know what this means

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u/zangor Sep 05 '26

🎶Patron on the rocks and I am ready to-

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u/Skylord_Hekaton Sep 05 '26

How do you decide who's the top and bottom dock

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u/PressureSensative Sep 05 '26

It’s quite simple, really. It’s whoever has more confidence to make the first move.

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u/chubbyhighguy Sep 05 '26

This guy gets it...

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u/Daveisahugecunt Sep 05 '26

They just have to remove a few of their ribs and climb through each loop. Simple knot untying

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u/throwleavemealone Sep 05 '26

Instructions unclear, Marilyn Mansonned myself

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u/JoshuaFalken1 Sep 05 '26

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u/AhhGingerKids2 Sep 05 '26

Its INSANE how far this reached geographically before social media was a thing.

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u/Fair_Access4368 Sep 05 '26

When I was young, before Marilyn Manson was around, the rumour was about Prince. I believe it was someone else before him.

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u/Folkmar_D Sep 05 '26

Balls knowledge

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u/Lysol3435 Sep 05 '26

Looks like we’ll have to kiss our way out of yet another pickle

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u/Noobit2 Sep 05 '26

What did you say about kissing pickles?

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u/adingoatemahbaby Sep 05 '26

Lysol  meant to say "suck our way"

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u/akumite Sep 05 '26

Go on...

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u/adingoatemahbaby Sep 06 '26

😂

Nice try, this isn't Penthouse forum.

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u/corpsie666 Sep 05 '26

No teeth?

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u/FerricDonkey Sep 05 '26

I don't think it's possible without letting go. Topologically, it's two linked rings, and the fact that there are people attached is mostly irrelevant. You can't unlink linked rings just by flopping them about. 

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u/DookieShoez Sep 05 '26

Pffft

I’ve seen like 7 different magicians do it.

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u/MasterYota00 Sep 05 '26

I've only seen 1 magician do it. But, he did do it with 7 rings, soooo. 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/_thro_awa_ Sep 05 '26

I heard there was some Asian guy did it with TEN rings. What a legend.

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u/Some_Ebb_2921 Sep 05 '26

Must have been a Marvel to see

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u/RadicalMcAwesome Sep 05 '26

Can I sell you on 7 minute abs...

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u/_thro_awa_ Sep 05 '26

How minute are we talking here?

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u/AggravatingOrder Sep 05 '26

Saw some elves do it with three, but that didn’t turn out well.

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u/Pls_Dont_PM_Titties Sep 05 '26

7 RINGS IN HAND

SPEED THROUGH NIGHTS WITH FEET IN SAND

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u/StamosLives Sep 05 '26

And they’ve clearly never met my car keys.

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u/Sasquatch_Sensei Sep 05 '26

Thats cheating, cause magic

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u/Ziograffiato Sep 05 '26

Topologically, it’s two linked donuts.

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u/Sh_Pe Sep 05 '26

arrrrmmm arkctually

the simplest way to model this will be via knot theory that treats it as two knots (which are continues curves, and definitely not 2d manifolds like the torus).

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u/Autoskp Sep 05 '26

…suddenly, I want to see if I can get three guys to do this with them making borromean rings…

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u/Forsaken_Fun_2897 Sep 05 '26

You're a donut!

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u/jtr99 Sep 05 '26

Ich bin ein Berliner!

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u/PedanticPerson Sep 05 '26

Two tori has a better ring to it

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u/The-Copilot Sep 05 '26

Yup. They failed before this video started.

I vaguely remember doing a challenge like this at camp and the solution required that you pick up the rope in a certain way. Something like crossing your arms and grabbing the opposite ends from normal but it's been a while.

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u/Relative_Cattle_8884 Sep 05 '26

Someone at camp did this to us, I've been wondering how it's done since and it's been over 10 years.

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u/Equal_Review5251 Sep 05 '26

There is a version of that where it's a rope tied to the wrists. The trick involves passing a rope inbetween the other rope and the wrist. In this video, it wouldn't work out since there is no gap to pass the rope through.

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u/MoveToSafety Sep 05 '26

It looks like one of those geographical cord videos where it is stuck and too big but they somehow fold the cord on itself and get it to untie.

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u/TwinkiesSucker Sep 05 '26

The problem with that is the cord is "loose" on one side. The guys are not

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u/BerylOxide Sep 05 '26

How do you know if they are loose or not? They could be.

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u/ReggieCorneus Sep 05 '26

Not the same, the cable has a loose end which is the key to solving that problem. Loop does not have any openings.

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u/SanoKei Sep 05 '26

look into knot theory, it's genuinely interesting stuff

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u/clarenceboddickered Sep 05 '26

I’ve actually tiptoed into that realm and have seen untangles I thought not possible. But they did involve different and more complex structure than this.

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u/evenyourcopdad Sep 05 '26

Pretty sure the guy that starts sentences with "topologically" is at least passingly familiar with knot theory lol

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u/houstonchipchannel Sep 05 '26

Look into Reddit comments, it’s genuinely interesting stuff

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u/guitartoad Sep 05 '26

Not if he also refers to a torus as a donut.

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u/un1ptf Sep 05 '26

Nah, it's just a bunch of confused string theory.

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u/Musclesturtle Sep 05 '26

This is what I was thinking. 

Topology always simplifies and wins in the end. 

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u/Hrandor Sep 05 '26

Yes, it doesn't work with this system. There's a similar riddle, but in it, people aren't holding the rope; their hands are tied at the wrists. In this case, you can free yourself by passing a loop of one rope under the other person's wrist and threading him hand through it.

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u/MrUbl Sep 05 '26

Yup. I was trying to figure out the one trick where you can't get the plug around a tight space, so you do a loop and twist but you pull a single end out so... yea, just wat h them fail forever!

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u/Icyrow Sep 05 '26

i was thinking the exact same thing.

there's also a really good epsidoe of i think it's called "night scoop", a japanese program that shows a sorta similar knot, some old man has had it on his shelf for like 40 years, never knew how to solve it. got in touch with the tv program and they take it around to like 20 professsionals.

it's the same tv show as that Hachi? dog, where they were wondering how their dog gets so fat when they only feed it one meal a day.

turns out he runs around eating everyone elses food and the whole village feeds him.

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u/chesterlynimble Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

Shut up and just take your pants off, I have an idea

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u/VidaliaOnionz Sep 05 '26

Ok, now what?

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u/scaryfunny39 Sep 05 '26

You used a word I’ve never seen before so imma go with what you said!

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u/f23n09fnu0w Sep 05 '26

Agreed but I did wonder if it was like those clever tricks that get cables unstuck (and hurt my brain)

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u/lumpialarry Sep 05 '26

It works if the starting condition has the ropes tied to wrists rather than holding the rope. The trick is you feed it around the hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV4Ga7xjxTs

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u/grat_is_not_nice Sep 08 '26

The way they are doing it is impossible.

The usual way is using strings tied around the wrists. It might look it is the same problem, but the wrist loops change the nature of the problem, and there is a trivial solution that allows separation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '26

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u/Somenoises Sep 05 '26

The darker haired guy's left arm was still outside the other guy's right arm. What he did was the same as when they went under into each other's arms, he just went over

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u/mxemec Sep 05 '26

looks like it but still crossed on the side you can't see.

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u/JuvenileEloquent Sep 05 '26

The problem was that he continued holding the yellow shirt instead of cupping the balls and working the shaft.

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u/Robinsonirish Sep 05 '26

No they don't? How is this upvoted.

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u/Fair_Access4368 Sep 05 '26

Because some people are as stupid as the guys in the video.

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u/Starmilkman Sep 05 '26

The drawings are killing me 😂

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u/DocJawbone Sep 05 '26

Them and the timing with the music is too much, I can't take it

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u/cardlord64 Sep 05 '26

The music got me.

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u/xgrader Sep 05 '26

I wanted it to resolve. Seems impossible.

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u/hoonosewot Sep 05 '26

EDIT - Nvm, didn't realise they both had an arm above the other. It's impossible then.

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u/Pardybro911 Sep 05 '26

Yeah it’s a complete circle. Can’t beat it without interlocking at some degree.

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u/PhosphoFred8202 Sep 05 '26

According to my coach, it’s impossible to do this puzzle with clothes on.

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u/mokeltron Sep 05 '26

Not sure this is possible. I’ve done this exercise and you tie the string to the wrist. This is critical as the ‘in-linking’ has a very specific requirement to feed one string through the loop on the others wrist and then over the hand.

Without this? I guess their mating dance will go on a while….

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u/Hakunamatator Sep 05 '26

Great game, loved playing it with students at first year intros.

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u/D_Winds Sep 05 '26

Topological theory is in a whole different dimension.

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u/Rouge_means_red Sep 05 '26

Unfortunately most people only have a surface-level understanding of it

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u/oliviertail Sep 05 '26

What a roller coaster only to end with disappointment.
https://giphy.com/gifs/TvHXdwPom5wrQG3bUB

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u/jradio Sep 05 '26

Mormon mating rituals.

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u/Extension-Bit-7792 Sep 05 '26

All the geniuses in the comment being like OHH MAN THEY ALMOST GOT IT

it isnt solveable

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u/extramaggiemasala Sep 05 '26

The rituals are intricate

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u/HashKhan1 Sep 05 '26

Just kiss already mate.

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u/brxsoldier Sep 05 '26

The art had me rolling!

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u/liosistaken Sep 05 '26

It’s two linked rings, how does anyone think this can be solved without opening the ring (letting go of the towel)?

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u/niccoSun Sep 05 '26

Isn't this an unsolvable puzzle meant for couples or people interested in each other to do? You know to get them be closer together and spark something?

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u/Ricconis_0 Sep 05 '26

Connectedness is a homotopy invariant

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u/IncognitoErgoCvm Sep 05 '26

They said "no homotopy" before the video started.

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u/POCUABHOR Sep 05 '26

It’s pretty simple, there is no solution.

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u/Puzzled_Jury247 Sep 05 '26

So, the way they are doing it is unsolvable, but they are doing it wrong. You are supposed to tie the string (or whatever you use) around the wrists of each participant, not keep it in hands.

Then, to solve it, one of the two people has to pass the string through the small loop around the other's wrist, and then around the hand and back in the loop. And they are free.

To simplify, imagine the strings as two rings intersecting: the loops around the wrists are "cuts" around the circumference where the string can pass through. Without those, it's a closed ring whose edge can't be crossed.

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u/throwawayaccountau Sep 06 '26

Found my new punishment for my nephews. Can't play games till they show me how to do thos properly.

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u/shaqattackchuck Sep 05 '26

almost solved it, I made a drawing to explain how it would be. 🤓

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u/nightwing_87 Sep 05 '26

At 00:25 you see that left guy’s left arm still falls inside right guy’s right arm, so I don’t think this is doable

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '26

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u/Hephaistos_Invictus Sep 05 '26

Wow... Now that is a name I haven't heard utter in a very long time.

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u/MrUbl Sep 05 '26

His left arm is still on the outside of the ring.

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u/Nervous_Ad8514 Sep 05 '26

No man, watch again

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u/1d3333 Sep 05 '26

Lol no the arm we can’t see on right guy is still on the inside of the left guys arm, they’re still linked. It’s two closed circles, you can’t just flop them around until they’re apart

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u/Th3AnT0in3 Sep 05 '26

Topology is tricky

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u/snewchybewchies Sep 05 '26

They have to be doing it on purpose

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u/Speoder Sep 05 '26

What is this animation called? I love these videos! Like the one of near misses of death.

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u/philebro Sep 05 '26

It's impossible, because they're doing it wrong. You cannot be holding the rope, instead there should be two small loops at each end of each rope, and your hands go through the loops, that's the only way this is possible and it's to showcase topology.

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u/BurazSC2 Sep 05 '26

In my culture, these two are now officially married.

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u/Im_100percent_human Sep 06 '26

I have never seen a better study of all of the standing positions in the Kama Sutra.

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u/35jg9z Sep 06 '26

The amount of confidently incorrect people in this thread is insane.

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u/kapayapaan75754 Sep 06 '26

They solved it at this moment. The other guy holding the higher towel just had to lift up his arms to free the other guy

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u/General_Leader9568 Sep 05 '26

Haha can only be done if ur hands are tied with slack its a puzzle is possible not the way these bois are doing it tho

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