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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by calmworm on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:17PM (#45705449)
This special knot prevented the cable from transmitting a signal?
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by MichaelDickens on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:29PM (#45705548)
I'm not OP but presumably the knot made it so that the cable wasn't long enough to reach the computer.
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by jellyfishbeaver on Saturday October 25, 2025 @02:10PM (#45705844)
Yep, exactly. You couldn't reach the computer unless you undid the knot.
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by Sammi on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:37PM (#45705614)
> and hide it in a closet
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by exe34 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:23PM (#45705499)
it's like a seal to show that they had disobeyed.
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by unfunco on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:29PM (#45705553)
It makes it shorter.
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Re:Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly by analog31 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:37PM (#45705611)
Obligatory reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

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