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  I doubt it makes any real difference tbh. I'm not sure why I changed.
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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 😰