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Where would you start to untangle this?

>> No.5194906

first post

>> No.5194913

Just start with any plug and trace it back from there. Once I have that device separated out I'd move onto another. Far too many times I've been the one to untangle the controllers of others...

>> No.5194919

>>5194913
This. I just gently tug cords until shit comes undone. That pile would take me like 3 minutes tops.

>> No.5194936

I'd start with any controllers

>> No.5194942

>>5194904
Is that an n64dd?

>> No.5194948

>>5194942
Oh false alarm. Its gay as hell 3DO

>> No.5194949 [SPOILER] 
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>> No.5195058

>>5194904
Unplug everything (from the power source and consoles), pull it all out into the middle of the floor, seperate the chunks that you can without untangling, and then find the end of any cord and begin to untangle

>> No.5195474

>>5194936
Same, start with controllers then get whichever thing looks easiest.

>> No.5195485

Also take the wires with the smallest ends first (eg. the tips of controllers) and pull them through all the wires until they become completely free.

The ancient, manly art of untangling wires.

>> No.5195648

>>5194904
post the rest of the room

>> No.5195681

>>5194904
Yeah, that looks pretty complicated. Get whoever ties your shoes for you to help.

>> No.5195682

You want to work from the outside-in. So find the stuff where you can easily track most of the cord and go from there.

>> No.5195697

>>5194904
First step is to unplug everything from the consoles. Next is pull one one thing until it stops. See where the knot is, untangle it, and continue.

>> No.5195707

>>5195485
>The ancient, manly art of untangling wires.


The ancient and manly way to untangle wires is a little different than that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

>> No.5195716
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>>5194906
Fpbp

>> No.5195736
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5195736

Oh that's easy, I'd get out the old dremel and start cutting away until every controller is free.

>> No.5195780
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5195780

I used to be this kind of person but you wouldn't know it based on how organized I am now.

To start I would just pull the whole wad out and start pulling it apart little by little. Look for distinctly colored wires and snake them out first which should get you off to a good start.

I use a very similar system to pic related but I use a mail organizer and stack them vertically. For wires that are too THICC to fit I bought a spool of twisty wire and bind each one in a big loop and store them in a plastic drawer.

The key isnt to get organized in the first place, its to stay organized by creating a work flow. I keep an in-box in my workshop where I throw stuff I'm too busy to take care of right now and then sort it at the end of the month or week.

>> No.5195784
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5195784

*ruins your cord*
nothin personnel child

>> No.5195953

>>5194904
right above the NES there. That's what my instincts tell me.

>> No.5195956

>>5194904
Somewhere in the world an extraordinarily rich person is paying top dollar for someone to untangle pic related.

>> No.5195961

>>5195956
somewhere in the world your wife is having sex and it's not with you

>> No.5196045

>>5195784
what kind of sadistic fuck wraps their controllers this tight and neatly?

>> No.5196086

>>5195784
This is some SM type shit

>> No.5196093

>>5195784
is that controller here to fulfill my deep dark fantasies?

>> No.5197732
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>>5194904
What is the best way to wrap the controller cord?

>> No.5197764
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>>5197732
tie the cord up like pic related but use a velcro band.

>> No.5198891

Cut each cord then piece back together, cake. Gonna need lots of electrical tape.

>> No.5198916

>>5195780
Your image just improved my life

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>>5194904
Well you start with a sword...

>> No.5198925

>>5195780
>packing cylinders in a non triangular grid
Ree

>> No.5200264
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>>5195784
64 shades of gray

>> No.5200452

>>5195648
this

>> No.5201054

>>5195784
>tfw the stick is limp too

>> No.5201085

>>5194904
Unplug everything you can first. Pick an end and start pushing it into the pile, don't pull, only push. Unsnake it around until you get it out and removed. Then throw it across the room so it doesn't get tangled again.