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cool_boy_mew
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My damn audio cables has caught the ... TWIST

Is there anything I can do or am I cursed to endure with twisting abomination until they break and are replaced?
BSD/r000t
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@coolboymew
You don't know how to untwist cables?

Best forearm workout ever.

cool_boy_mew
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@r000t huh?
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@coolboymew
Lift it up, so whatever's free can freely rotate, then pinch one end, then slowly run your pinched fingers down the cable, essentially massaging it. The free end will spin around. Once you've hit the end, repeat in the other direction.

cool_boy_mew
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@r000t limited success I'm afraid
BSD/r000t
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@coolboymew
It can take many, many iterations. Especially on 100 meter cat5 cables.

And you'll look like Popeye afterwards. But chicks love veiny forearms.

cool_boy_mew
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@r000t yeah, I checked a guide and I have to do this to the very end? Oof, this is a few meters long
BSD/r000t
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@coolboymew
And you have to maintain tension the whole time. You can't checkpoint it.

Good luck, have fun, enjoy sexier forearms.

cool_boy_mew
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@r000t yeah I was able to maintain the tension fine enough, the issue is how long it is lol, we'll see if I can manage it later
Kallian
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@r000t @coolboymew yeah this method definitely works. generally just storing cables properly avoids it, but that only works on things that aren't plugged in 24/7.

I usually just repeat 4-5 times and it should be good.