I thought it was more of a catchphrase than an actual technique. Angangangang

Can you help me understand why the distance between the power source and the load impacts how long it would take to turn on? I remember a video a while back (veritasium maybe?) that explained it like metaphorically pushing/pulling a chain inside the wire, but why would distance to the source impact this?

There’s a great behind the bastards podcast episode about this guy!