Two things:
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel great name for a band.


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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel what would be the reason for this perversion? Does the tendril tolerate pulling pressure and twisting better when it grows like this?
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@BrokkoliMuskel what would be the reason for this perversion? Does the tendril tolerate pulling pressure and twisting better when it grows like this?
@Karhutar @BrokkoliMuskel He explains it (in german)
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel those tendril perverts amirite
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel@chaos.social
I have always had a love hate relationship with coiled cables.
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel @ChrisWarwick there is a generation or two that have no idea what you mean by “telephone handset cord”

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@BrokkoliMuskel oh, the temptation to look up Tentacle Erotica!
@2ruth @BrokkoliMuskel and if it's got an apologetic disclaimer about not being the "tendril perversion" we might be looking for

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@skeptator mal wieder was gelernt.

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@skeptator mal wieder was gelernt.

@ungenannter So richtig verstanden habe ich es noch nicht.
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel
Amaze amaze amazeThank you!
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@ungenannter So richtig verstanden habe ich es noch nicht.
@skeptator ich meinte in erster Linie, dass es ein grundsätzliches Problem sowohl bei biologischen als auch bei mechanischen Systemen ist. Was habe ich mich früher über verdrehte Tekefonkabel geärgert. Ich dachte immer, dass da jemand Mist gebaut und es verdreht hat.
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@skeptator ich meinte in erster Linie, dass es ein grundsätzliches Problem sowohl bei biologischen als auch bei mechanischen Systemen ist. Was habe ich mich früher über verdrehte Tekefonkabel geärgert. Ich dachte immer, dass da jemand Mist gebaut und es verdreht hat.
@ungenannter Ja, ich habe das Tab mal offen gelassen. Vielleicht finde ich noch ein Paper dazu.
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel FINALLY a word for why my old telephone cords did that! And also why searching it also brought up porn.
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@2ruth @BrokkoliMuskel and if it's got an apologetic disclaimer about not being the "tendril perversion" we might be looking for

@Mabande @2ruth @BrokkoliMuskel I did. It does.
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@Mabande @2ruth @BrokkoliMuskel I did. It does.
@philbarker @2ruth @BrokkoliMuskel Hero!

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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel @BigJackBrass and of course because all things must balance, the complementary disclaimer
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article
@BrokkoliMuskel@chaos.social
Fun fact, with some work you can fix it in the telephone wires. -
@BrokkoliMuskel what would be the reason for this perversion? Does the tendril tolerate pulling pressure and twisting better when it grows like this?
It's how the tendrils shorten themselves, to pull the plant towards what's supporting it.
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Two things:
1: TIL that this hugely annoying thing that’s bugging me since childhood has a name.
2: that disclaimer before the article

@BrokkoliMuskel I HATED that on telephone cords, oooooh it made me SICK. thank you for saying the devil's name, we banish thee, tendril perversion