elleAug 9, 2023
identifying WAY too closely with this piece of string 😄😢
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@ElleGray
I don't think this image correctly describes what's going on.

The plastic (I assume plastic) connectors would be trying to UN-fold, stretching the string out. Not fold flat & collapse.

Show threadelleAug 9, 2023
@MugsysRapSheet if you held a string up in the air like that and let go, it would collapse. The tension in the plastic is holding it up.
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@ElleGray
That was my point exactly. It has nothing to do with the string being "stressed out" and everything to do with it being *stretched* out (you could have done the same thing with a single piece of plastic. It simply looks more "confusing" using multiple staggered strips.)
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@MugsysRapSheet @ElleGray

The string is stressed. Any load is a stress. It's engineering terminology.

Aug 9, 2023 at 10:59pmWeb
Show threadPhil ReesAug 9, 2023
@atatassault @MugsysRapSheet @ElleGray Not only stressed, but showing signs of strain.
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@atatassault @ElleGray
By that same logic, a "Tug-o-War" rope "wants to collapse but can't b/c of the 'stress' of men pulling on each end."