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Barely related, but if you haven’t learned how to tie shoelaces instantly, you should:

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

I’ve been doing this for nearly 20 years.

>>cheerl+(OP)
I learned about that knot (and about how the directionality of the traditional shoelace knot we learn matters for how secure it is) a year or two ago from HN. Unfortunately, I probably haven't worn anything with laces in more than 9 months. I'm a flip-flip kinda guy most the time, and when you combine that with me getting some boat shoes a while back and shelter-in-place...

>>kbenso+F2
May I ask, why do you say "flip-flip"? I thought the name of that footwear is "flip-flop"?

>>YeGobl+N4
Maybe because "i" is right next to "o" on qwerty?

>>cheerl+(OP)
Thanks for the tip. A while back I tried the Straight European Lacing on my hiking shoes and I swear it's the little things. I catch myself staring at those laces all the time and realized that it's kinda nice to have some pleasant new lacing style to look at while on a difficult hike.

>>cheerl+(OP)
not loading at the moment: https://web.archive.org/web/20200808231030/https://www.fiegg...

>>cheerl+(OP)
This led me down quite a rabbithole, because this is how I was taught to tie my shoes in preschool and had no idea anyone did it any other way.

>>cheerl+(OP)
I had to use the secure knot: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Not sure why, but single knots always come undone for me pretty quickly - including the Ian Knot you linked. I used to do a double knot and now the secure Ian Knot.

>>corndo+C5
That would be the correct answer. :)

>>the_pw+Dz
>Not sure why, but single knots always come undone for me pretty quickly

Since you've read about knots I'm sure you know this, but it's worth mentioning for others in the same situation - if you find your laces come undone very easily with a simple traditional knot it may be that you're not balancing the starting knot and the finishing bow, leading to a "granny knot" - https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm

>>kbenso+eK
Cheers. I was wondering whether you only needed one footwear item. I guessed that in that case you might call that item a "flip-flip" since it wouldn't alternate.

>>cheerl+(OP)
There is a TED video about this that changed my life. I've been doing it all wrong for a long time.

https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes?...

>>the_pw+Dz
This. I've been tying my shoes this way for 15 or 20 years and they essentially never come untied unintended while still being able to be pulled open with just a single tug. The security of a double knot with the convenience of the standard knot.

>>YeGobl+N4
“Thongs” as my mother calls them.