Pro-tip: new rolls come with a little paper tab on the end of the tape to make it easy to find the start. Once you’ve removed that, started the roll, and you’re ready to put the roll away, throw it away instead and get a new roll next time.

The super-thin tapes are the worst, can't even feel the edge.

I never remember to fold the end over, either. That's a future-me problem, like a minute from now.

Jokes on you!

*Pulls out pocket knife*

And I’m a V shaped tear.

And I’m gonna break again right here.

Love is like a roll of tape

It's real good for making two things one

But just like that roll of tape

Love sometimes breaks off before you are done

Another way that love is similar to tape

That I've noticed

Is sometimes, it's hard to see the end

You search 'round the roll

You search 'round the roll

You search 'round the roll

With your fingernail

Again and again and again and again

And again

If only tap was flexible so you could put a fold in the end when you're done. I heard NASA is hard at work trying to make this dream a reality if the Chinese don't beat them to it.

I am the only one that does not have this issue? I run a nail along the surface, then you can tell which way the tape is by the direction of the bump.

bane of my existence right there

I'm perpetually amazed that cheap packing tape is so bad, "optimized" to the point of becoming almost, but not quite, completely useless. And the good packing tape costs so much, considering it's just a one-time-use strip of plastic. It's a little thicker than the cheap stuff, it costs ~5x as much. Worth it, I guess. Ugh.

Maybe, in the best possible future, we've moved away from tape entirely.

The trick is to leave a tiny bend at the end to easily pull it out next time.

This post just reminded me to fix my roommate's bank card.

The magnetic strip layer was starting to peel off pretty bad, so I carefully applied packing tape over around the front and back side along that edge. As long as you don't cover over the chip contacts, and apply it really good and flat with no creases, it'll work just fine.

Of course I folded the end of the tape on the roll before I put it up 👍