how can you get your body stuck in something and not get back out the same way?

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Some examples:

A ring slides on but gets stuck trying to take it back off.

A kid puts his head through metal slats on a railing, but can’t pull it back through.

A girl gets her body in a clothes dryer, but can’t get back out.

If we can fit forward, shouldn’t we be able to fit backwards, too?

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Imagine a flexible cone on a stick, it’s easy to push it through a gap a bit smaller than the cone, because the gap is going to progressively compress the cone while pushing. But you can’t pull it back using just the stick, you would need to compress the base of the cone manually first.

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