So this breaks one of the assumptions that the rope is tight against the flesh. I didn't clearly state it because it was my natural assumption when I see anything like "knot against skin".

"without opening the knots or otherwise removing the rope from around your wrists"
Then the question is worded badly.

That involves adjusting the knots which breaks a rule.

Then you’ve cheated by breaking the “don’t remove rope” rule.

The way he says it, I hear it as "Dug".

Welcome to college where you want to kill yourself every day but hey at least you're learning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology
There's this mathematical field dedicated to exploring things like this.
With regards to this example, it is defined by two interlocking closed loops and this fundamental state cannot be changed. You can change any property of either loop to your heart's content, but nothing you do will change the fact that they are interlocked and closed.

Let's go step by step using a hula hoops and some tape on one part of each hoop to represent the body.
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>put yourself between the other person's rope and their body
Align the tape of both loops. Both are still locked.
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>slide down to the ground, taking the arm that has rope over the other person's rope with you
First of all, both arms have rope so I assume what you mean by this is do something that won't tangle you up even more. With hoops, this would be drop one hoop to let it hang vertically from the horizontal loop. Twist the hanging hoop such that the tape travels through the other hoop, down, and then at the point farthest away from the horizontal loop's tape. Still locked.
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>keep the hand that's under the other person's rope where it is
The part of the hanging hoop closest to the ground stays where it is.
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>crawl out from where you are positioned underneath the rope-body gap
Move the tape of the hanging hoop any fucking way you want. It's still hanging from the horizontal.

I'm gonna need a link

He's just disappointed

I think "orientation" is the wrong word

We revoke his membership

Anyone who takes religious texts as literal are morons. Not even the pope does.

Then you've only met religious nuts.

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