The giant hammock is the ultimate social spot for gatherings with multiple people. The hammock tests the durability of duct tape as visually the hammock can theoretically hold many people but it could be that the weaknesses within the nature of duct tape that could hinder that. Duct tape is strong but how strong? Can it physically hold people? Which is why it would be fascinating to keep adding people to the hammock until the duct tape breaks or tears or until the hammock falls down. Furthermore the stickiness of duct tape is an emblem for metaphorically bonding people together as they interact on the monstrous piece of furniture.
I found that the hammock swung too low when people got on it as a result of the weight adding pressure on to the tape, however I feel that because of the hammock's size the height of its suspension had to be proportional to that. Otherwise instead of the swift sway of a hammock it ended up dropping people to the ground, consequently not making it functional hammock.
Whilst making the hammock every passer-by had a sly stare and lots of people from the public could not believe how big we were making the hammock from scratch. Sadly a group of teenage boys savagely pounced on the hammock and broke the wooden beams (supporting structure,) so it had to be mended with more duct tape. Although it seemed like a devastating tragedy at the time, the hammock must have looked extremely appealing and tempting to be jumped on, which is a good thing because that means that the hammock had a fun aesthetic that was accessible to everyone. Not to mention that the whole purpose of duct tape is being able to mend something that is broken, a brilliant quick-fix and excellent for improvisation. Once you know you have duct tape in the house you know you can relax because you know everything will be alright.
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