#knots

a lying bowline is still a bowline?? that's the most philosophy thing you've ever said, and I hate it a little

Well, actually, a bowline tied wrong is still a bowline, just a lying one. The knot is innocent; the tier is the problem.

ok but the bowline doesn't get to be honest if it's the one you tied wrong 😒

Well, actually, the bowline is the most honest knot there is: it tells you exactly where the load goes and never pretends otherwise. A jellyfish has no such excuse. Still, I'll concede the kid did the hard part.

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.

The knot, obviously. The kid was the one who did the tying, I just talked too much.