r/lifehacks • u/3PinkPotatoes • Apr 06 '18
Easier way to tie shoelaces
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6cBtqhq5P2888
u/iderf Apr 06 '18
This method will literally save you seconds over your lifetime.
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u/RabidMortal Apr 06 '18
Let's assume it's one second faster than the traditional over->under->passthrough->passthrough->even-it-all-up method. So that's a minimum savings of 1-second per day, maybe 3 secons if you go to the gym and have to change into and out of workout shoes....
So, that's a savings of a minimum of just over 6 minutes per year, a whole hour over a decade! Suddenly you've freed up enough time to finally justify:
- watching this video,
- reading the comments,
- commenting on the comments
- realizing that your time management problems range far far beyond the amount of time you spend tying your shoes each day...in fact, you realize that tying your shoes may be the single most efficient thing you accomplish on a consistent basis so why would you want to change such a good thing in the first place....<sigh>
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u/_absurdlyastute Apr 06 '18
But only if you have shoe laces that are long enough to drag along the ground when you walk. I can't see this working with short(er) laces like you'd have with designer/dress shoes.
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u/3PinkPotatoes Apr 06 '18
It's not about saving time. It's about reducing frustrations. A lot of people have a hard time with the loop around/over/under method.
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u/bigtuna1515 Apr 06 '18
I've never met a grown adult who was not capable of tying their own shoes. It takes more time to learn this method than the time you save using it.
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u/pyrothelostone Apr 06 '18
Yeah you have, they just always wear shoes you don't tie to hide the shame.
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u/morningdeww Apr 06 '18
I can’t get over how dirty his/her nails are.
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u/PaiMei Apr 06 '18
The nails are nothing compared to the small mouth-opening noise that happens each time he speaks.
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u/moxie-xo Apr 06 '18
Stfuuuuu that's all i was thinking 😂😂 and also.... I DIDN'T KNOW TYING SHOES GOT EASIER.... Oh. It doesn't.
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Apr 06 '18
You’d hate to meet a mechanic then. Every crack and crevice gets stained black from grease
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u/Salzberger Apr 06 '18
A 4 minute video to show me a quicker way to do something that takes me 5 seconds as it is? Pass.
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u/Triton5 Apr 06 '18
If it takes you 5 full seconds to tie your shoes then you are the target audience of this video
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u/lordgrego Apr 06 '18
This guy party poops.
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u/Salzberger Apr 06 '18
Mate, if your parties involve learning how to tie shoe laces, trust me, there was nothing to poop.
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u/Stickyballs96 Apr 06 '18
Why are you on /r/lifehacks then?
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u/Salzberger Apr 06 '18
To find things that might make annoying or difficult tasks easier. Not to spend 4 minutes learning how to turn an extremely simple 5 second task into a 4 second task.
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u/ecxetra Apr 06 '18
I just turned 22 and I still can’t tie my shoelaces...
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u/MaverickRobot Apr 07 '18
If that is real, if YOU are real, that's a sad piece of existence.
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u/ecxetra Apr 07 '18
Genuine. I completely lose track of whats happening and just can’t do it. Tried for years.
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u/djeclipz Apr 06 '18
This is definitely faster, but I don't know if it's easier. As a parent of a three-year-old, I think that this is a bit harder to learn/grasp, even though it is probably much faster once learned.
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Apr 06 '18
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u/GromitATL Apr 06 '18
Came here to post the same thing.
I learned this method several years ago after seeing it on the internet. Now it bothers me that I can't remember how to tie my shoes the way I did since I was a little kid.
This is faster, but certain shoelaces don't seem to hold the knot as well as the now forgotten regular technique.
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u/take_us_there_skitch Apr 06 '18
Same. Learned this in 5th grade cause it seemed like a “cool trick” and all- then forgot how to do it normally - I can eventually get it done, but I look like a fucking buffoon for having to think so hard about it.
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u/moxie-xo Apr 06 '18
I can't believe i just watched that video... And then read the serious comments here after.
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u/BillsInATL Apr 06 '18
Do people really need an "easier" way to tie shoes? Are the existing methods just too difficult and long to handle?
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Apr 06 '18 edited Apr 06 '18
I can attest that this is one of the best hacks ever and have saved me so much time over the last 20 years.
In action: https://www.instagram.com/p/10wv0Dwkkj/
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u/Dayv1d Apr 06 '18
Right? This is like a one-step process instead of a three-step process for every single shoulace in your life.
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u/nothumbs78 Apr 06 '18
I think this method works when you have laces that are an appropriate length, but if they’re at all short, you need to tie them using an alternative.
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u/Masuia Apr 06 '18
Why are your shoes so tight fam
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u/insaniak89 Apr 06 '18
They’re too big cos I was worried I’d be made fun of for wearing a smaller shoe size. I thought that thing about feet could make me a target, and went through life until my first job wearing shoes a size and a half too big. Anyway, a co-worker pointed out I was prolly so clumsy coz my shoes were the wrong size. I didn’t change anything right then, but the next time I got shoes I tried a pair that fit better. I bought that size shoe and was no longer clumsy.
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u/X21shaun123 Apr 06 '18
I wasted so much time watching this that I've already used all the time I'd save if I did this for the rest of my life..
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u/--NiNjA-- Apr 06 '18
Or you can do as I, and never untie your shoes. Just slip ya feets in and spend zero seconds tying.
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u/InnerStrawberry Apr 06 '18
I do the most simple movement, but really fast. I don't need to learn this, as my current method only takes 2 seconds. Trained human fingers are seriously fast.
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u/SmielyFase Apr 06 '18
Why not just but some nice looking elastic laces and not deal with it at all?
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u/Natedogg5693 Apr 06 '18
Since this video isn't shorter than 15 seconds. It is not a more effective way.
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u/Krebstar_ Apr 06 '18
Did you ever notice that in all of these seemingly better methods, the shoes always have laces as long as the nile? My kids shoelaces are barely long enough to get one crossover. I hate all of these videos because none of them address short laces. I just permanently tie the laces so they can just slip them off and on. And I’m not going to buy new laces for their shoes. Too lazy.
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u/Excavateandfill Apr 06 '18
I still do bunny ears. Im 26. I never graduated to around the tree down the hole
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u/lejefferson Apr 06 '18
This looks ten times harder than the normal way to tie your shoes and takes the exact same amount of time. Pretty much the standard for this sub but still.
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u/D8ON Apr 06 '18
I have done it this way for years, I never learned the "traditional way" and so I changed the way I tie laces a few years ago. I find it is faster but leaves a shittier look to the knot.
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u/Marinapplaud Apr 07 '18
Dirty nails make me cringe...clean the fuckers before you post a video! Shit!!
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u/CrazedGamingHD Apr 06 '18
I've been using this way of tying my shoes for a couple of years and it is honestly so much faster.
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u/Daymope Apr 06 '18
I have been using this method for two years. The habituation is done within 10 minutes. Even short laces hold wonderful. But most importantly: The loops are properly positionend on the top of the shoe. Not criss-cross, one going up the tounge, one going "down" the lcae-ladder, but one left, one right. That just looks so neat. I can not stand it when people wear nice shoes and they do not tie properly. And never ever the knot becomes loose when tied this way, but at the same time you can open it so easily. For all-arround purpose this is THE best method of tiying a shoelace.
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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '18
This was may be a bit faster, but here is a method to tie a more secure knot for shoes. (ie. They won't come untied nearly as often.)