Tape [Maymay and Junjun]
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::: spoiler Transcript 6 Panel Comic
Panel 1: Girl concentrating on a task
Panel 2: She holds a roll of Scotch packing tape in one hand and is picking at the tape with her other.
Girl: Where’s the edge?
Panel 3: She becomes frustrated as she continues to turn the roll and pick at it
Girl: This is starting to piss me off.
Panel 4: [10 minutes later] she finally finds the edge
Girl: Finally, I found it!
Panel 5: […] As she begins to peel the tape it rips diagonally in a V
Panel 6: frustrated she throws the roll of tape to the ground
Girl: Screw this sh#t! :::
33 replies
Because after the usage you should fold the edge on itself, not stick it as it is.
What happens to me is I have it in a dispenser where it holds the part out after the cutter, which works 90% of the time. Then occasionally I fumble it, knocking it off the placeholder and it ends up flat.
Maybe I should just pull a little extra out and fold it....
Beat me to it. It was a trick I learned online from a professional gaffer showing how he puts tabs on all of his tape. The second best option for if you don't want to waste tape or have these tags on everything you tape is to use the plastic or paper tabs they use on bread and when you finish off the tape leave a little extra and then stick the bread tabs to it because then you can just peal off the tabs and the tape will be still sticky.
That's all well and good until you live with other people.
Not that this isn’t objectively correct, it is. And yet..
I live alone, nobody messes with my tape. AND YET, whenever I need tape, no matter how hard I struge to always leave my tape in good condition, SOMEHOW the fay or gremlins always get at it and mess it up. Always. And so I spend time and energy to … goddamnit it ripped again!
One time, the fold-over section just flat-out disintegrated. I mean.. I try. Really really I try.
Use scissors! Get into the habit of always cutting the tape. It may take extra time at first, but in the long run will save you lots and lots of time and headache!
Source: used it when I worked as a cook and now use it at home.
Amen.
Behold, one of the best purchases I have ever made:
It weighs like 3kg so you can even pull off some tape with just one hand
Pro-tip: leave a courtesy tab when you finish with tape. Just fold the end over on itself. You’ll thank yourself next time.
The problem with that, is to cut thr tape in a easy that it doesn't immediately goes back on the roll... I hate those rolls...
Pinch it before cut
I had a roll of tape once where the thickness varied to form grooves so it always tore straight pieces, was kind of cool.
extra thin
ktape can fuck right offI hate when my tape thinks too much
yeah, me too
Stop edging it and actually get it off.
I hate how real this is
So…. They’re not supposed to be funny anymore?
I use a paperclip on the edge now. Solves the problem
Pro-tip: Invest in a pistol grip dispenser guns, cheap ones start at like $10 and pay for themselves in saved anger quite rapidly.
No matter how rarely you think you’d use it - it’s worth it.
I use those tape guns at my job all the time. They still piss me off frequently.
After a few years the tape starts to melt into the layer below
I used to have some 3M shit from the 80s. It was duct tape but on steroids. A visibly thick layer of adhesive, roughly cut fabric base with some of that military green vinyl coating. Everyone called it EB green because it was mostly from Electric Boat in Connecticut. After like 5 years that thing was just a semi round blob of carpet, sheetrock paper and basically anything else it touched in it's life. Skin would lose to this shit quite often. It became one with itself and everything it came in contact with.
the everything bagel lives!
Sniper tape?
The post office somehow sells the best clear tape in my country
And that's why I fold over the edge...
Just use your fingernail to feel the edge. Don’t try to find it with your eyes.
Yea I don't have this problem, also makes it clear which direction the tape is going.
Skill issue.
FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
y'all realize they mark the edge of the tape with a line on the inside of the roll, right?
I've never seen that, could be true for some brands but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Most brands on a fresh roll would have a tab on the end of the tape anyway, after one use any marking on the inside of the roll wouldn't line up with the new end.