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  Learned it one way, now doing it a different way. Ask yoir football (soccer)  friends how to tie them quickly
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  I wonder how common this is.
  I learned one way and use the Ian's knot now. >
  
  I am 61 now and I figured out a few years ago that I don't have to tie my loops together any more. I was trying my shoes in a granny knot my whole life. 
  I don't tie my loops together any more. 
  I've wanted to talk about this for years. Thank you. >
  
  Haha your welcome! >
  
  Ian knot looks cool, will try that tomorrow >
  
  Highly recommend. Ian Knot saves time >
  
  Not true, I watched a Veritasium video where he demonstrates a way I hadn't seen before and taught myself to do it every time now because I thought it was cool >
  
  is it that super fast way? >
  
  I'm pretty sure the typical ways to tie shoes are marginally different in the time they take to complete, I hardly thing the choice matters as long as they don't regularly come untied from standard walking activities... >
  
  Yeah why do i need to save time tying my shoes if i only do it like once a day? 
  I learned a knot thats just a little different from the standard knot and it stays all day usually. I tied my boots with it loosely so I could just slip them on and that knots been tied for months through lots of hard work. >
  
  I am curious if this really is a thing?
  I do not tie my shoes the way I learned. I was taught one way that is easier for small hands with less dexterity. As my dexterity improved the way I tied my shoes changed. >
  
  I learned the "rabbit ears" method (two loops tied together). I saw others use other methods but could never get it right so i never bothered switching. Well past 30 and i still use "rabbit ears". >
  
  I learned the "rabbit ears" method too,i used to do two ears at once but  now i do one ear at a time thats the only change i did lmfao >
  
  I did not know I was supposed to advance from the rabbit ears phase, though I guess they do come apart more often than others’ laces. >
  
  Do the first knot opposite to how you tie the rabbit ears. They'll stay on much longer. >
  
  I was about to say I don’t use rabbit ears but I learned that if you cross the first time in the opposite order then your laces will sit straight across your shoes, so I did that until it became habit. >
  
  Not true. I learned to tie them using bunny ears. I changed to the standard wrap around method when I was older. >
  
  Quick survey. Asked my gaming group.
  Of 16 responses (ages 21-38):
  13 learned "bunny ears" as a kid, but now use the standard wrap around method.
  2 still use bunny ears.
  1 always used the standard wrap around.  
  So most people do actually change.
  (Also way to many people are sat on their phones on boxing day ready to answer a dumb survey, including me 😄) >
  
  Interesting poll, seems I may be in the minority having never changed from bunny ears 😰 >
  
  I doubt it makes any real difference tbh. I'm not sure why I changed. >
  
  I think the reason most people change is because bunny ears is taught to small kids, because it's easy and then when you grow older, the bunny ears method is seen as childish for some reason and the wrap around is the "adult" way to do it, so every kid wanting to be more adult-like switches to that. >
  
  That's exactly why I changed. I didn't want to be a "baby" anymore. (I was like 6.) >
  
  I disagree with this, i was teached one way, ended up  learning a diferent way that was more easy for me. Later on i learned the way that most people learn how to do them but kept doing the way i learned. And some years after i learned a third way that is much faster and is the one i keep doing until this day ( sorry if i dont know the knots names) >
  
  Is this the faster method you learned? I started using this technique a few years ago now. >
  
  Not that one but i might try it
  Edit: i just did a slowmption of mine and yeah, its the same but with different  finger position >
  
  Not true, I started tying my shoes correctly when I was 35.  I no longer have to double knot my shoelaces to keep them from coming untied.  The loops should lay flat with the ends if you tied them correctly. >
  
  not true. Go to Ian's Shoelace Site and learn a thing or two. >
  
  This ^
  I learned the "Double Slip Knot" method and it's so much better, especially for my work or motorcycle boots because the laces never untie until you pull them loose intentionally. >
  
  It's my choice knot.  I find it a little clumsy to tie, but have not had a single problem with it getting stuck, nor coming undone, even with round nylon laces. 
  The real super quick knot other commenters have mentioned is good for robes, or going out to get the paper. >
  
  Wrong. I just learned a new way at 48 and it's easier. Stop assuming. >
  
  I also learned a new way in my 20s. This is a bad shower thought. >
  
  It's a fun shower thought, even though it's just straight up wrong. >
  
  Agree. I think the vast majority of shower thoughts have a certain funny element. >
  
  Not true at all, I was taught one way and now I do it in a very different way