Am I just too lazy?
I might be lazy but I think problem solving and survival-ing (?) is also about "learning the least amount of stuff to solve the most amount of problems". Let me be clear: a multi-tool is a cool thing because it allows you to do many things with a single tool.
Yeah, toold that do just ONE thing usually do it better, but you can't bring EVERYTHING with you all the time.
The same goes for knots: I think many knots are cool, but you actually only need... maybe 3? One for creating loops at the end of a rope, one for creating loops in the middle (if you can make a loop in the middle you can use it at the end too, but yeah a bowline is easier to tie AROUND a pole than an alpine butterfly - maybe it's more about creating a closed loop and an "open loop", one you can tie around an object), one to make adjustable lenghts (the ones that keep tension once you slide them on another rope). Yeah, some will do what you need BETTER than the three you know, but I have a lot of trouble remembering knots so I guess 3 is cool. AND I love the idea that I can use the same, small mental toolkit to solve almost every problem.
Need to tie a closed loop? Need to isolate a piece of rope? Alpine butterfly. Need to join two ropes toghether? Still alpine butterfly, use the two ropes as one while tying.
Need to make an "open loop"? It has a name I'm sure btw. Bowline. Securing your rope to something? Bowline.
Oh, I just realized you could need an adjustable loop. You can probably tie a knot of the third kind to the SAME rope instead of another and make a loop with a sliding knot, tho.
Let me know if I'm wrong (I probably am). I'm gonna say this is a hyperbolic post: for example, there are easier ways to make handles for a box or a bottle than using these knots. Also... yeah, a simple "stopper" knot is useful too, one that has volume to stop the rope from going through a hole. I think you get the point anyway