it actually goes a fair distance depending on how hard you throw it.
Take a closer look at any lose ropes or suspension cables hanging down from one end to another, with their ends fixed on the sides.
What does the shape of these ropes look like?
Do they form two sides of a triangle pointing down? A semicircle facing down? No, it’s something different.
They form the shape of what is known in mathematics as a ‘parabola’.