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Tape [Maymay and Junjun] (lemmy.nz)

submitted 23 hours ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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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!

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[-] python@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

And that's why I fold over the edge...

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 16 points 17 hours ago

Pro-tip: leave a courtesy tab when you finish with tape. Just fold the end over on itself. You’ll thank yourself next time.

[-] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

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...

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Pinch it before cut

[-] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 84 points 23 hours ago

Because after the usage you should fold the edge on itself, not stick it as it is.

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 18 points 22 hours ago

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....

[-] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 5 points 18 hours ago

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.

[-] WappleFF27@feddit.online 1 points 16 hours ago

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.

[-] WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago

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.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

That's all well and good until you live with other people.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Amen.

[-] Pratai@piefed.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

So…. They’re not supposed to be funny anymore?

[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

I hate how real this is

[-] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

I use a paperclip on the edge now. Solves the problem

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 13 points 23 hours ago

I had a roll of tape once where the thickness varied to form grooves so it always tore straight pieces, was kind of cool.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

extra thin~~k~~ tape can fuck right off

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 17 points 22 hours ago

I hate when my tape thinks too much

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

yeah, me too

[-] thatOneGuy@aussie.zone 4 points 18 hours ago

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.

[-] OddBob212@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

I use those tape guns at my job all the time. They still piss me off frequently.

[-] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

Stop edging it and actually get it off.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 20 hours ago

After a few years the tape starts to melt into the layer below

[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

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.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 18 hours ago

the everything bagel lives!

[-] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

Sniper tape?

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

The post office somehow sells the best clear tape in my country

[-] antianarchist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago

Just use your fingernail to feel the edge. Don’t try to find it with your eyes.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

Yea I don't have this problem, also makes it clear which direction the tape is going.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 21 hours ago

Skill issue.

[-] StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -4 points 19 hours ago

y'all realize they mark the edge of the tape with a line on the inside of the roll, right?

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago

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.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2026

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