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Yup.. I only remeber three knots: 1. tie cows to a pole using a rope, tile show laces, third one is the most basic one which everyone knows. Sometimes, I learn a few occassinally watching youtube video and forget the next day.

Bowline is inappropriate for anything that you need to apply tension to while tying (like your gym shorts).

That is correct and I really need to learn at least one tension knot.

This one and the square knot are indispensable

I screw up the square knot constantly! It's not like I practice but each time I focus, try a few times and then just rage quit and tie 47 half-hitches.

I always remember it as the opposite of what I think is typically called the granny knot. In the case of the square knot, it's just right over left, then left over right.