bicyclingdonkey

They've got you strapped down into that chair naked

Idk about you, but my clothes stay on at the dentist

Just copying my response to another comment asking the same:

That doesn't change the topology though. Or at least you can't without it no longer being a straw.

A straw is the product of a circle and an interval. Either the knot doesn't fully seal the interval, meaning it's topology is maintained, or you completely seal the straw, changing it from 1 long interval to 2 separate intervals, changing the object entirely.

In this situation, the straw would not be completely sealed. It is clearly inefficient, but technically there exists a path for which there is a level of force that could applied that would make the straw function.

That doesn't change the topology though. Or at least you can't without it no longer being a straw.

A straw is the product of a circle and an interval. Either the knot doesn't fully seal the interval, meaning it's topology is maintained, or you completely seal the straw, changing it from 1 long interval to 2 separate intervals, changing the object entirely.

In this situation, the straw would not be completely sealed. It is clearly inefficient, but technically there exists a path for which there is a level of force that could applied that would make the straw function.

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