I used to be like this but then started pre-deciding items that would be just plastered with stickers so I can just buy whatever cool stickers I want, knowing there's a place for them.
My water bottle and laptop for example are now covered in stickers
I fairly recently learned that they sell covers that go over laptops so you can move between employers and bring your sticker collection with you (and bonus, not annoy your IT department as much).
When I come across a sticker I really like, like a band at a show or something, I usually buy 2 so I can stick one somewhere without much thought and put the other in a drawer for these reasons
The trick is to cut out the sticker (with the film underneath) and use paste gum to just place it where you want it. You can then remove it and stick it somewhere else whenever you want.
You can do that for trump stickers too. For example you can slap "trump//what's his name" on STOP signs and other unpopular signs. Maybe a fully cover some speed limit signs.
I have scratches on my case. But there's some part of me that says it has to be clean. Just the ThinkPad logo in the corner. And if that wasn't there, even better.
Like I said, I can't explain it. I just want it to be as flat and plain as possible.
I love that my kids actually do not do that and stick stuff anywhere they can. With age they understand some surfaces are off limits so as to not damage them, but my windows and light switches never stood a chance...
All well and good as long as it's something they own themselves. I've rather grown to hate all the public anti-vax, racist and far right stickers the idiots share on Telegram and plaster all over public property. Even in the nature reserve I like to walk to relax some dick has put Nazi stickers on every post in sight as well as all over informational signs telling people about the unique wildlife. It makes my blood boil, which is the opposite of relaxing in the forest.
I have almost nothing i put stickers on, so i keep them in a drawer. When i get a new laptop or something appropriate, i pick a few out and stick them on.
I have a sticker I want to make into a Christmas ornament. It's an image of santa on the toilet. It's been in the drawer for, uh, how long have I been married? A while.
Depends on the type of sticker. They sell big stickers individually in a lot of places and some places have custom-made specialized stickers which they will sell individually.
When I was a kid, there was a kiosk in the mall that had dozens of sticker rolls and you could pull off as many as you liked from any roll you wanted and buy them. That was awesome.
I'm guessing that's exactly how they do it. But they still sell them individually to their customers. The customers seem willing to pay or they wouldn't keep selling them.
You also have situations like a band selling a sticker. They're not going to sell you a roll of stickers.
I still don’t think you’re getting this. The band buys in bulk. The fan buys the single sticker.
Fans can order the same sticker off the internet in bulk by uploading the motive to a copyshop. What's there not to understand? Did you even read what you posted here? It's about the anxiety where to put a single sticker. And that is gone when you just scan and upload the motive to a copyshop and order a stack for peanuts.
Just buy a pack. They're stickers. They cost nearly nothing to manufacture. Me and my friends upload sticker motives to Eastern European online copyshops all the time and order 100 at a time, then split the bill. It's dirt cheap.
I recently found my Radiohead Kid A stickers that have been waiting for the perfect placement since 2001.
I used to be like this but then started pre-deciding items that would be just plastered with stickers so I can just buy whatever cool stickers I want, knowing there's a place for them.
My water bottle and laptop for example are now covered in stickers
I fairly recently learned that they sell covers that go over laptops so you can move between employers and bring your sticker collection with you (and bonus, not annoy your IT department as much).
That's how it starts
Did the same thing with my PC tower. Got about half of the side covered
Just Stitch on mine. My son placed it and laughed saying, "You're about that Stitch life."
I just realized I don't have tattoos for the same reason I don't stick stickers.
well then the stickers won't stick...
"wow that's a cool looking sticker. But I dont know where I would put it, guess I won't buy it"
Blasphemy
Meanwhile, my toddler will immediately place a sticker on literally the first thing they see. 🫠
Perhaps the real right place for the sticker was the drawer all along?
The friends we made along the way.
Put them in that guy’s junk drawer from the post the other day
I always knew I wasn't like the others
I had a big collection until I got a large toolbox in my garage. They're all stuck on it now and when I get new ones they instantly go there also.
When I come across a sticker I really like, like a band at a show or something, I usually buy 2 so I can stick one somewhere without much thought and put the other in a drawer for these reasons
The trick is to cut out the sticker (with the film underneath) and use paste gum to just place it where you want it. You can then remove it and stick it somewhere else whenever you want.
Unless it's a sticker for a skateboard brand or punk band, in which case, straight on the nearest street sign.
You can do that for trump stickers too. For example you can slap "trump//what's his name" on STOP signs and other unpopular signs. Maybe a fully cover some speed limit signs.
You can, and it wouldn't be bad, but it's so hard to do when you have these two options:
Fuck you're so right
Uh oh! I have a few hundred brewery stickers that I've put up. Some are even duplicates between my home glass display and my work locker.
Am I a double psychopath?
no i think double-normie
Hmmm, they cancel?
This is so relatable, I've carried my bag of stickers while moving houses three times by now.
Either a coffee mug or laptop is the answer
Idk I wash my laptop in the dishwasher all the time
A lot of travel ones aren't really intended for anything but hand washing.
I have never been able to put a sticker on a laptop case. Just something about it feels wrong to me. I can't explain it.
They're great for covering up small scratches.
I have scratches on my case. But there's some part of me that says it has to be clean. Just the ThinkPad logo in the corner. And if that wasn't there, even better.
Like I said, I can't explain it. I just want it to be as flat and plain as possible.
I love that my kids actually do not do that and stick stuff anywhere they can. With age they understand some surfaces are off limits so as to not damage them, but my windows and light switches never stood a chance...
I have stickers from 1999 waiting to be stuck on something appropriate
* three decades
*15 years
One of my go to pieces of life advice for people is to just put stickers on things
All well and good as long as it's something they own themselves. I've rather grown to hate all the public anti-vax, racist and far right stickers the idiots share on Telegram and plaster all over public property. Even in the nature reserve I like to walk to relax some dick has put Nazi stickers on every post in sight as well as all over informational signs telling people about the unique wildlife. It makes my blood boil, which is the opposite of relaxing in the forest.
Everyone is missing the option where you put them in a box and take it around and trade them
I have almost nothing i put stickers on, so i keep them in a drawer. When i get a new laptop or something appropriate, i pick a few out and stick them on.
My fridge is covered in pride stickers. Any time I get something that's gay or has rainbows, it immediately goes on the fridge
I have several dozen stickers in my drawer now. I used to put them on the back of my TV and then my TV died.
I guess, I'm not a psychopath.
Depends on the time I get it and the kind of sticker.
Is it anything remotely tech related? Goes on a laptop. Else: drawer for an undefined amount of time.
If I go out of my way to buy one, I already know where it's going.
I have a sticker I want to make into a Christmas ornament. It's an image of santa on the toilet. It's been in the drawer for, uh, how long have I been married? A while.
I just skip the first and last step and am continuously overwhelmed
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All my brewey stickers from 5 years ago are still looking for a home...
My niece, the psychopath.
Who the fuck buys a single sticker?
Depends on the type of sticker. They sell big stickers individually in a lot of places and some places have custom-made specialized stickers which they will sell individually.
When I was a kid, there was a kiosk in the mall that had dozens of sticker rolls and you could pull off as many as you liked from any roll you wanted and buy them. That was awesome.
Upload that motive to an online copyshop and oder in bulk.
I'm guessing that's exactly how they do it. But they still sell them individually to their customers. The customers seem willing to pay or they wouldn't keep selling them.
You also have situations like a band selling a sticker. They're not going to sell you a roll of stickers.
Scan that sticker, upload the scan, order it in bulk. Anxiety gone.
I still don't think you're getting this. The band buys in bulk. The fan buys the single sticker.
Fans can order the same sticker off the internet in bulk by uploading the motive to a copyshop. What's there not to understand? Did you even read what you posted here? It's about the anxiety where to put a single sticker. And that is gone when you just scan and upload the motive to a copyshop and order a stack for peanuts.
Reputable places won't print shit that infringes copyright.
Or they can't because it's a local band and also they want to support the band.
Just buy a pack. They're stickers. They cost nearly nothing to manufacture. Me and my friends upload sticker motives to Eastern European online copyshops all the time and order 100 at a time, then split the bill. It's dirt cheap.