Comment by pdonis

> It's easy enough to imagine as an unattached rope so pulling at one spot affects the whole rope

Not instantly; the force you apply at one point still has to be transmitted through the rope. And if the rope is unattached and not taut, it won't transmit force well at all, and you have very limited control over how the rest of the rope will move when you pull on one part.

I don't see how any of this is a useful analogy to how massless gauge bosons work in forces like electromagnetism.