I gotta tell my mom to tie my shoes the right way from now on

@lukematthews9083

6 жыл бұрын

Diego Quintana exactly non work

@machinist7230

3 жыл бұрын

Make sure she microwaves some bugs first so you have something to eat while she's doing it.😁👍

@shreyam258

2 жыл бұрын

you'd be doing the same for your kids in a few years.. lol

@kimberlygerbrand3898

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😆😆😆

This video has CHANGED MY LIFE!!! My shoes were ALWAYS coming untied, and I was aggravated by it, as bending down to re-tie was painful! I started tying my shoes this "backwards" way, and my shoes stay tied. Every last pair, in all weather and use level. THANK YOU!!!

Hands down, most informative, actionable, useful TED Talk I’ve ever seen! A real life changer!

Who else is with me in 2022 seeing this video for the first time. What a lovely piece of advice

I've been tieing my shoes wrong for my whole life. I never thought to question why my shoes and boots always come untied until recently. 3min of video corrected roughly 27 years of incorrect shoe tieing. This video also corrected my parents shoe tieing know how! They have been tieing their shoes wrong for at least 60 years! Thanx to my teachers for this one! Time to wake people up by informing them with this! Wake up people! Tie your shoes right!!!!

@PaperRaines

5 жыл бұрын

Same here man. It's the little things you never question that lead to those missed opportunities. Talk is deep

@labbeaj

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaperRaines Yep, and now the earth has become flat...

This is knot common.

As an occupational therapy assistant, I often teach children how to tie their shoes. I'm so happy to learn that I've been doing it correctly all my life! So, I have been instructing my kids, properly, too. Nice to know.

good thing I wear sketchers with Velcro so I don't have to worry about tying them, they also light up so I got that going for me. pretty cool hu?

@arricherie

8 жыл бұрын

fucking rad

@JoobyFoo

8 жыл бұрын

5 months later... and you got some with pokemon on them.

@christophersalinas2722

6 жыл бұрын

Facundo Chiquello That used to be me..l until my freaking mom ;-;

@christophersalinas2722

6 жыл бұрын

Orlando Pockets ;-;

@nealgrey6485

2 жыл бұрын

I cooked lunch in the kitchen of a developmentally disabled facility. If it was a popular dish, 85 meals that day. When a social worker brought a new candidate to work in the kitchen, the first thing I did was look at this person’s shoes. If they had velcro instead of laces, I knew, from experience, that their functioning ability was very low. Too low to be much of a help.

It also works if on the first step when you cross the strings, just cross them the other way, then tie as normal. Figured this out on my own.

Note that if you do the bottom crossing the other way around, you can keep doing the loop part as you did earlier. Changing the way you do the bottom part is much easier than re-learning the loop part. Good tip about the bow orientation. That's a good method to diagnose the problem if you're not sure if you did it correctly or not.

@ThaCodFathers

Жыл бұрын

Actual legend. Tomorrow i will cross the other way.

I was right my whole life and I didn't even know it.

@neogery

9 жыл бұрын

Muenni me too!

@MrAnshie

6 жыл бұрын

Muenni me too! Any of y'all perhaps left handed?

@4nd3rzzon

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanmarvens I actually remember when I learned to tie my shoes it was an old man who taught me how too do it because I was always running around with them undone, guess which technique it was

@user-do8rz8cp4r

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrAnshie I'm left

@defenderoftheadverb

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAnshie Not me, but I've always used a square knot on shoe laces.

that wonderful moment when you realize you've been doing it the 'right' way already, without even knowing it.

You can actually reverse either of the two knots made when you tie shoes. If you are set on wrapping clockwise or counter clockwise to make the bow then check to see if you're starting the first knot left over right or right over left.

Thanks john. Thanks terry.

From the moment I first saw this video I've always tied my shoes this way. I don't know if it's my imagination or if it's real, but they stayed tied for months! Also one of the best talks ever. The basics.

The difference between the two knots is, if you pull the loops out after tying, the "weak" knot is a granny knot and the "strong" knot is a square knot. There's actually an even better knot called the "turquoise turtle" knot (named after the boutique store it was developed at) (Google the name of the knot to find instructions). I've been using that knot exclusively since 1998, on all types of shoestrings and have had my shoes or boots come untied twice (yes, two times) since.

It may be easier to just reverse the "base knot" and do the actual knot as normal. You still get the same strong version of the knot.

@lopezb

4 жыл бұрын

Good tip! The REASON the second way works better is easy to understand: because the first way is essentially a "Granny Knot" while the second is a square knot. The Granny Knot is the false square knot and is the bane of all beginning Boy Scouts. I discovered this for myself only recently after decades. But the reason I discovered it is because my 9-year-old son's laces always come untied and I wanted to help him. There remains the question as to why we all tie it the wrong way (a Granny knot). Reason: I am right-handed so the first overhand knot is right over left, and it's easier to follow it by right over left again, giving the Granny. You have to consciously think "roght over left; left over right " to get the square knot described in the video. Now there's a well-known fix known as the double knot: just tie an overhand knot (either direction will work- but best would be another square knot, so R/L, L/R, R/L)) on top of the usual knot. To undo it, you have to first undo the overhand knot, then pull the lace. But this has the disadvantage that if you forget you tied a double knot and simply pull on the lace, it will tighten and be much harder to untie. There's a BETTER OPTION my Dad taught me which he I think taught himself when he was in his 80s. We call it "Grandpa's knot". You tie it just like the standard knot, but you loop it around one extra time. So, it's like R/L overhand, then either way but twice (best would be L/R). Sort of like a "fisherman's knot" which is a many -times-repeated overhand. The ADVANTAGE is it amost never comes undone (almost as stable as the double knot) but it unties with a simple pull of the lace. BUT my son has trouble tying this so we stick with whatever and re-tie it for him in emergency!

@theeggtimertictic1136

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought ... Sailors use this knit all the time.

@YourMajesty143

Жыл бұрын

@@lopezb - I read every word. You're amazing! I just tried it your dad's way and it worked 🥳 Thanks for sharing!!

Left handed... This is just how I have always done it. So at least I have this going for me. Now if only I could get a damn pair of scissors that work.

@pennymikk

3 жыл бұрын

left handed as well, always done it wrong lol

Tested this and I believe this is the best way. I've skated (longboarded) more than five marathon without having to tie my shoes with this method.

Just put the bow in the right hand instead of the left hand, and you won't have to do the awkward motion of wrapping the lace around the counterintuitive way, and you can accomplish the same "strong knot". 6 in one hand half a dozen in the other. Thank you Mr Moore for bringing the "strong knot" to my attention. This explains the people that can never seem to keep their laces from coming undone, and now I know what to look out for, if I'm showing them how to keep this from happening. Thanks!

"AND HERE'S HOW YOU DO I-(camera turns to crowd clapping)

Or just do the initial overhand knot the opposite way and do the bunny knot how you've always done it.

@MrTrashcan1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, much easier.

@DarrellVermilion

4 жыл бұрын

I just posted a comment reiterating this. Thank you for spreading *the word.*

@DaDASHDevil

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! That’s what I always tell people when I try to explain to them how to improve their shoelace tying, but even that simple adjustment is met with a lot of resistance... people just want to do it the way they’ve always done it. Sigh :)

This is not why I watch TED, but this is why I love TED.

This is basically a reef knot - the most fundamental knot used at sea, vs a granny knot, which is practically a bow tie. My father has been racing yachts his whole life, so he taught me the correct way to tie shoelaces when I was 3, explaining why this was far better than how my granny had initially taught me. ❤️

I always tie my shoes using two bunny ears. This didnt hlpe me : (

@savethebees2574

4 жыл бұрын

It’s been 9 years, but I may as well offer some advice to people who do tie them with bunny ears. Tie the base knot with the right side crossed over the left side, and then tie the bunny ears with the left side crossed over the right side. This should give you the same effect

@katrinaisoffline

4 жыл бұрын

No lie I learned to do the bunny method on caiou (or however it's spelt.)

Hello fellow John Oliver fans! I don't even wear shoes with laces anymore, and yet here I am.

I'm so glad he demonstrated the knot tie a second time... I was busy and got lost trying to do it in real time and missed it. Thanks.

@JonathanRuchlis

8 жыл бұрын

+Branden Burnett you know you can rewind youtube videos right?

This explains so much. I always wondered why some of my ties stood steady for like half a year while my other ties stayed for like half a week. School didn’t give me the proper skill to start life right, this man did.

people always told me I tied my shoes weird. It was something I figured out as a kid. Now I see why! Thanks ted.

My life is changed forever now

This 3 minute video brought a revolution in my life. Thanks... ^^

So a little over a year ago I became a Scouter with Scouts Canada. This spring I started learning some of the knots in the hand books. It reminded me of this talk, which I saw on the TED site a few years ago. We had an Beaver Scout meeting (5 to 7 yr olds) where we concentrated on learning Reef knots or (Square knots) and then related that to shoes. The adults also learned something.

After trying it a few times I have found out that I have apparently been doing it right all my life, actually have a lot of trouble doing it the wrong way and my parents to thank for not teaching me bullshit that people everywhere else consider fine.

TIL that I've always tied my shoes correctly. #prodigy

OMG! I am 67 and this problem shows up every time I am out for a long walk!! LMAO!! Never ever did I think that we all did it the wrong way!! I will definitely try the new way tomorrow!! If it works...thanks a lot!!

This video changed my life several years ago. So, deep............

Amazing - it actually bothered me lately that my shoes are tied badly and i need to re-tie them 3-4 times a day... ill have a master's degree in engineering soon and i even asked my mother this week! if she has any idea why my laces un-tie themselves all the time .... sadly, she said "no, idk, tie them stronger" this is what i have been missing all my life :/

I was always wrong...

@Artspeaketh

10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

A reef knot vs a granny knot. This Ted Talk changed the way I've been trying shoes for more than 3 decades.

This video proves that a "strong knot" is just another example of the hidden AWESOME of left-handedness.

Fun fact: You can just flip the first knot. It's easier than learning to make a loop the other way around. Same result.

The fact that it was uploaded by a channel with TED in the name didn't tip you off?

@notintheobservableuniverse2594

3 жыл бұрын

I came here after watching “Ducks go quack, chicken says Cluck”

Very cool. I love his final note as well.

This changed my life, along with the paper towels TED Talk

Excellent. And the philosophical underpinning of what he's done there is actually really important, (in my opinion). ie. HACK LIFE. Try different things and different thinking. Work out your own answers, your own ways of doing . . . whatever . . . everything . . . ?

@PaperRaines

5 жыл бұрын

Yup! Talk is deep

screw laces. velcro

Somebody give this man a medal.

I like how TED has this in it

Seriously, this works. All my shoes now have stupid round laces and they never would stay tied. I'd have to retie 3 or 4 times a day. Well they've been on my feet now for 16 hours and they're just as tight as when I tied them this morning.

@camaulay

8 жыл бұрын

+ummduhgmail Your life has changed forever.

@ummduhgmail

8 жыл бұрын

Cameron RJ M It really has! I've only had to retie my shoes a couple times in the last 2 weeks, and it's only been due to stepping or kneeling on the lace and yanking it free. It took about a week of retraining myself to tie it "backwards", but now I do it without too much thought.

Meh. I like the bunny ears method better.

@Xillrafe

10 жыл бұрын

You don't even have shoes.

@strawcastle

10 жыл бұрын

***** daleks can dream too can't they?

@Jimb3rts

10 жыл бұрын

The same principle still applies, though.

@momentumgamingSPRZ

10 жыл бұрын

Bunny ears comes out way easier

@TheBoomshine

9 жыл бұрын

Me too. Just whatever side you put on top on the initial cross, put the other side's loop on top and tie. There's your strong knot.

This changed my life!

My mind blown too! I just made a video on how to tie the shoes right, using an alternative, faster way. Thanks a lot to TED, my life has changed! :)

Medlife brought me here

I've always used the strong form... But then again, I only tie my shoes when I first get them, and then just slip my feet in and out as needed.

I never thought I'd be watching a Ted talk about tying shoes

Haha, love it! Showing this one to my son who always has problems with his laces!

Wait, I don't even tie my shoes like that? I though you were supposed to start with two loops?

@DarrellVermilion

4 жыл бұрын

I want to live like you

@beev.2656

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarrellVermilion not quite sure what that's supposed to mean, but thanks?

@rassoauberger6442

3 жыл бұрын

thats the sailors way. here you have "full control" about your doings. just do the same thing exactly twice, then you have the strong version.

What you need to understand and what any good Boy Scout will tell you is that the first knot he ties is a granny not and is very difficult to untie. should the the stings come out of their bow format. The second know that he ties is in fact a square knot and is very easy to untie even if the strings come our of the out of the loop/bow.

@davidstites9799

9 жыл бұрын

Steven Sullivan Exactly, and he doesn't explain that in the TED talk. I wonder if he even knows.

@GoldenMechaTiger

8 жыл бұрын

+Steven Sullivan What? It's not difficult at all. You just pull the end and it's done.

When I saw this TedTalk I watched it with great interest...I watched it, and then I tried tieing my shoes this great "new" knot...and then it occurred to me...Myself and every motorcyclists (of those that still wear shoes/boots with laces) in the history of man (along with most 5 year olds) already know....a double knot of any form is stronger than either the strong or weak form of any knot...and takes roughly the exact same time as the strong or the weak knot to install..

Greatest. TED Talk. Ever.

Just saying "round" and "shoelace" in a sentence could trigger me LOL

Here again following John Oliver mention.

Thank you!

Actual useful TED talks

I know it was kind of a funny talk but I can't help it feel like the audience was collectively fuckin with him, like he was a goof, with all that extra laughing. Am I the only one that got bothered by that? :/

BEST TED TALK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 years later and I still tie my shoes like this and always will.

Loved the ending!

I consider myself a handy person. I can build a fence, I can wire a building, I can rebuild an engine or a transmission. I almost didn't click on this video. I figured there must be a catch or something to learn. Well done. RIP all my old laces.

excellent talk!!!!!

I googled (ridiculous) TED talks and after browsing the list thought I should watch this one.

This is my new favourite thing!

All this time I've been using super glue

This is so cool. I wasn't even tying my shoelaces like everybody did, but I'm going to try this.

I've been keeping this video for a long time, because I wanted to understand and try it, but my stupid brain just wouldn't cooperate. I've watching it over and over again, and I realized that if he had just said it was like a square knot, I'd have gotten it right faster.

I learned this about 6 years or so ago. I have since used the Ian Knot. It's the same as a bow knot, but it is done in about 1 second. Anytime someone sees me tie my shoes they always ask "do that again". Somehow I end up on a conversation about how their shoes are tied incorrectly.

This might be sad. But out of the last 50 TED videos, this makes top 5.

My favourite ted talk ☆

Incredible. This is revolutionary way to tie shoes.

Great video. Used the tying your shoes concept metaphorically in my new syndicated column Techlife - "Life Online - 3 Must Follow Tips"

I've unknowingly been doing this all along. Didn't think it would get me through the door at TED

this is so much more informative than my video on tying shoes. i shoulda learned from the best

So happy that I have been tying my shoe the right way all this time.

This also works if you oppose the direction of the base knot and keep the traditional direction of the bow knot on top. If you oppose both the direction of the base knot as well as the bow knot on top (like mr. Terry Moore demonstrated), the problem will remain. I find however that opposing the bow knot on top, as mr. Moore showed, is the easiest of both options.

This ish has changed my life ;-)

You can do this with the double loop method as well, as long as the first and the second knot aren't made the same way round.

amazing. absolutely amazing.

My mind was just blown!

It took me forever to learn!

so inovative

really gained a lot of insight by this ted talk, inshallah

Great on tying your shoes.. Maybe someday I get to come and talk to TED

Instead of reversing the direction of the wrap-around step of the loop-making stage of the bow as Terry says, you can switch which lace goes over and which goes under in the first stage of the bow. When I cross the laces (the very first step), I put the right lace below (closer to the toe) the left lace, so I have to reverse the direction of the wrap-around step to get a strong knot. When I put the right lace ABOVE the left, I can make the loop in my usual manner and still get the strong knot.

So many blown minds including mine. Good stuff.

TED IS BACK!

When I was about ten years old, someone (sorry I can’t remember who to credit) taught me to do the knot you showed, but do the loop twice - once around as shown, then pull the whole lace through and loop a second time, only pushing the bow through on the second pass. My shoes untie themselves so infrequently (literally less than once a year), that I am astonished when it happens. The only caution is that when you pull to untie, don’t let the loose end pull THROUGH the loop - it will form a knot that you’ll then need to untangle.

this changes everything!!!!!

Now, carry that one step further, I learned my grandmother's method which will not ever come untied accidentally but still untie easily when you want it to. Just bring the loop that you tuck through and put it through a second time, then tighten it. That got my children all through childhood with nary a mishap. Yet when you want to untie it just pull the two ends with out the struggle of the double knot where you again tie the loops.

changed my life.

Always done it right. awesome.