What is it about the nature of rope that allows you to pull it straight but you can't push it straight from the hind end?
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What is it about the nature of rope that allows you to pull it straight but you can't push it straight from the hind end?
A rope can take tension, but not compression. There are other things that behave the opposite - for example a stack of blocks behaves well under compression but not tension.
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