I hate that I have to scratch the whole thing but I somehow always forget to fold the end T-T
4 0 Reply"Found it!!"
proceeds to tear the tape into strips that refuse to combine to peel the whole thing at once
3 0 Replyand thats why you fold over the end. with that you also realize you've become old and like your dad. but thats life i guess.
49 0 ReplyJokes on you I realized I was like my dad when it was clear I was emotionally unavailable
33 0 Replyno need to get personal.
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All well and good until someone else uses the roll
1 0 ReplyMy father is a carpenter. I was born rolling the end of the tape, molded by it.
7 0 Reply"You merely adopted the tape"
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Oh btw, I'm only a sliver of tape and I'm going to rip off and you still won't know where the real start is
25 0 ReplyI'm here
And here
And a lil bit here
1 0 ReplyIf you get really frustrated you can run your tongue around it. Your tongue is much more sensitive than your finger and will find the ledge. Gross though.
13 0 ReplyI pray I never reach this level of desperation.
27 0 ReplyImagine spotting a coworker going down on a tape roll.
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Also works for testing 9V batteries.
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Flip around to, uh, find out.
3 0 ReplyDo you think this is how electrons feel all the time?
3 0 ReplyJust run your nail in a back and forth motion along the tape and you find the edge easily.
3 0 ReplyAs someone who packs a metric ton of boxes for a job...
I feel so seen
thankfully we have tape guns, so we only need to deal with this bullshit once per roll
4 0 ReplyA tip from the drama department:
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https://youtu.be/ermpMhbZXUA?t=65
...probably wouldn't as well with the specific type of tape shown in the OP, but for most other types, this is a good one to shove into your muscle memory when tearing off a piece.
2 0 Replythe xray machine
2 0 ReplySave the arrow! ↑↑↑↑
2 0 ReplyDraw 3 internal arrows, that show the direction of fingernail scrape required.
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