TIL we don't know how tape works

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 05/30/2019 at 15:42 • Filed to: duct tape fixes everything

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It always amazes me how much we don’t understand even some very common things we use all the time. The fact that tape is still developed by trial and error is almost unbelievable.

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:05

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who cares how it works it works (farscythes aproach to science)

(suffice it to say i do not make the big bucks)

i am having a hard time thinking of something more boring than sitting around waiting for tape to fail.... not a job i could do (aside from not having the science know how)

glad someones doing it tho... duct tape is awesome

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:06

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Opening doors are for chumps, the Duke boys went like 12 seasons without opening doors

jimz > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:10

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I’ve come to the conclusion that...

... wait for it...

duct tape is overrated.

Gaffer tape is the shiznit. Sticks like crazy, but since it’s cloth-based tape it doesn’t have any vinyl to break down the adhesive and leave sticky residue on shit so it peels off cleanly.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:15

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it is crazy, one example in my life of us still not understanding something fully is hands, FUCKING HANDS! I had to have hand surgery and after that, talking with the physical therapist, he said we don’t yet fully understand the intricacies of human hands. Aren’t I fucking glad mine still works? Haha.

Ash78, voting early and often > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:15

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In the past year, I have discovered the following two tapes (due to having children). I have no idea what I did before this...it was just Scotch and Duct, occasionally gaffer or electrical :

1. Washi Tape — super light, often decorative, and used for temporary mounting of things on painted surfaces with no possibility of damage. Also good for wrapping gifts. Very easy to tear/remove.

2. Mavalus Tape — basically gaffer tape, but it leaves NO residue and can be reused several times. Expensive, but totally worth it. This is what you need for hanging birthday party decorations, posters, etc.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/30/2019 at 16:16

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I mean, you don’t have to wait around until it fails, you could always do something else in the meantime

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > jimz 05/30/2019 at 16:17

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I like gaffer tape too. Although, in the AZ heat, the adhesive doesn’t hold if it gets too hot. I still haven’t found one that will hold up for really strong concentrations of temps. Some of the higher temp rated tapes smell really awful, too. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Ash78, voting early and often 05/30/2019 at 16:17

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Are these available at regular hardware stores?

boredalways > jimz 05/30/2019 at 16:18

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I agree with you on Gaffer tape, but not on duct tape.  It's not overrated -- we just have no control over it's misuses.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 05/30/2019 at 16:18

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You can add brains and several other organs to that list. 

Ash78, voting early and often > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:19

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Hardware, maybe. Craft stores, definitely. Amazon, naturally.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 05/30/2019 at 16:20

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There’s a surprising amount of that with regards to medicine and the human body. Like anesthesia...we have no clue how it works, just that it does, all through trial and error :o

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:20

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but then you might miss the precise moment it fails

thats the exciting part!

(tbh in the article there was a line that said a good chunk of his day was spent waiting for tape to fail.. so thats what i went with)

For Sweden > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/30/2019 at 16:20

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It’s a sticky situation

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > For Sweden 05/30/2019 at 16:21

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Please keep your personal problems to yourself.

Chariotoflove > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 05/30/2019 at 16:21

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But ask any doctor, and they all remember the ribald mnemonic to memorize the bones in the hand.

ranwhenparked > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 05/30/2019 at 16:32

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Also cats - the damn things live in our houses, and we don't seem to know all that much about them.

smobgirl > ranwhenparked 05/30/2019 at 17:09

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I want to know why cats can defy gravity and we can’t.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/31/2019 at 11:36

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scary to think about the error part of those trials, haha. We need only look at medicine 25 to 1000 years ago and the type of shit they were doing.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > ranwhenparked 05/31/2019 at 11:37

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an entire cat is definitely complex.