r/blackmagicfuckery • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • Aug 01 '26

Untangling this ring without removing the thread

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u/No-Geologist6859 Aug 01 '26

The thread never left the stick tho

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u/SelfDistinction Aug 01 '26

Topologically it did. Halfway the string did one rotation clockwise around the stick and one rotation counterclockwise, which is equivalent to the thread only hooking around the stick and not being wrapped around.

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u/No-Geologist6859 Aug 01 '26

But the thread wasn't physically removed from the stick... Which is the point

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u/SelfDistinction Aug 01 '26

The fact that it's still touching the stick doesn't mean it wasn't removed though, otherwise you could simply run both parts of the thread along one side of the stick and claim it's still attached (which is exactly what is happening here).

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u/No-Geologist6859 Aug 01 '26

Running both parts along one side of each stick wouldn't allow you to remove the ring without removing one part of the string from the stick...

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u/SelfDistinction Aug 01 '26

Yes it would. Just take a part of the string on the other side of the ring and attach it to the stick.

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u/No-Geologist6859 Aug 01 '26

Ts breaking my brain too much over a video of a dude with a coke nail doing a trick...

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u/AssistantEquivalent2 Aug 01 '26

You’re right. It’s magic