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Bizarroland@kbin.social 1 year ago
When I was a kid I was obsessed with the story of the gordian knot and Alexander's wacky solution to it. I decided for some strange reason to train myself to untangle knots and to this day I'm still pretty good at it.
Seeing this reminded me of finding the two Newton's cradles that I own that had survived my most recent move that were all very tangled and spending a good 5 minutes untangling them and cursing this weird drive I have to untangle knots.
Trail@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was thinking about the Gordian knot the other day. Isn’t it a lame solution, like cheating your way through? I dunno, I never liked that part.
What is your opinion, as a selfclaimed obsessed over it?
Bizarroland@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think Alexander got what was coming to him. He cut through a complicated problem and ruined one of the mysteries of the world in the process.
Then he took over much of the world then he mysteriously fell ill and died after 12 days of suffering.
My fan theory is that he could have unraveled the gordian knot in 12 days and would have become a true emperor of the world if he had had the patience to give it an honest try.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You guys got me googling to see what you are on about.
TIL
Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Same. I’ve heard it spoken of, but never what it actually was.