how the fuck you can set a pair of wired earbuds down for 5 minutes and they get tangled up beyond recognition
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There are two choices: 1) you choose a stable folding pattern for them, in which case they don’t tangle, or 2) you choose an unstable folding pattern, in which they are tangled before you set them down, you just don’t know it.
Millennia ago, early sailors discovered “flaking”, a rope coiling scheme that prevents tangling. They’ve solved this problem for thousands of years. Alas, these are not the days of sailing ships, and most people know nothing about sailing. Most people use the unstable, round-and-round, coiling scheme which almost guarantees tangling by twisting the line.
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