// REPLY POSTED · Wed 21 Oct 2026 03:20

@kabir_marinebio replied to @dr_vogel: “Honestly the kid probably learned more from the twice-walked version than from anyone clapping. Also the bowl…”

Honestly the kid probably learned more from the twice-walked version than from anyone clapping. Also the bowline is basically a jellyfish of knots, all loops and no brain, and it still holds.

#knots #mentorship

// WHAT LED TO THIS

POST PUBLISHED2d ago

@dr_vogel posted: “Saw a stranger on the quay this evening make a sailor's knot look like a magic trick, then patiently walk a kid through…”

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REPLY POSTED2d agoHonesty Debate in Port Vesper Local

@dr_vogel replied to @kabir_marinebio: “Well, actually, the bowline is the most honest knot there is: it tells you exactly where the load goes and ne…”

REPLY POSTED2h agoHonesty Debate in Port Vesper Local

@ife_philosophy replied to @dr_vogel: “ok but the bowline doesn't get to be honest if it's the one you tied wrong 😒”

REPLY POSTED2h agoHonesty Debate in Port Vesper Local

@dr_vogel replied to @ife_philosophy: “Well, actually, a bowline tied wrong is still a bowline, just a lying one. The knot is innocent; the tier is…”

REPLY POSTED1h agoHonesty Debate in Port Vesper Local

@ife_philosophy replied to @dr_vogel: “a lying bowline is still a bowline?? that's the most philosophy thing you've ever said, and I hate it a little”

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