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Tape [Maymay and Junjun] (thelemmy.club)
submitted 9 hours ago by [M] to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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Transcript6 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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[–] 74 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 15 points 7 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....

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 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.

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