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I peeled it off, and there is no reside on the item, nor did was there any damage to the label.

I had to stick it back down on each side to get the photo, but it pealed right back off in perfect condition again.

If this can be done, why aren’t all labels like this?

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 62 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I design hard to remove adhesive for stickers and it’s mostly to watch the world burn.

[–] Zachariah 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

your comment gets an upvote
but you get

[–] MrVilliam 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you expect better from SatansMaggotyCumFart?

[–] Zachariah 10 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So, it went booooong! when you touched it?

Sorry, the typo in the title made me giggle

[–] GrabtharsHammer 18 points 6 months ago

For the confused, bells peal. Labels peel.

[–] Zachariah 8 points 6 months ago

That’s settles it. I’m leaving the (let’s call it a) typo.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Because these labels are made out of plastic instead of paper or paper-plastic combination. Plastic is not only more expensive, but also worse for the world, hence most labels are made of paper and rip in two when trying to peel them off.

[–] EtherWhack 14 points 6 months ago

It also depends on the adhesive and climate. Eg. Post-its and masking tape rarely tear or leave a residue when removed from a smooth surface that hasn't been in an overly dry or warm environment

[–] Zachariah 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For paper, they shouldn’t have adhesive on the whole thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Agreed, that's hard tho

[–] AnUnusualRelic 0 points 6 months ago

They could make labels from stainless steel, which is easy to peel and recycle!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

For non-consumable stuff that's really great. For food items I don't want a resealable sticker. There's a benefit to being tamper evident in those cases. It'd be nice if they were easy-peel and not restickable. That'd be dope!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Keep it around so you can stick it on any particularly stubborn bananas or oranges later on.

[–] Zachariah 3 points 6 months ago

since I can’t upvote twice (without using my alt accounts), hopefully this will do:

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Not to rain on your parade too much here because fresh peeled stickers are great but - citronella candles don't do much besides smell.

Studies show a 24% reduction on number of bites but it doesn't keep mosquitos away so much as reduce it a bit.

The best mosquito defense is deet and number 2 is a few strong fans since they suck at flying.

[–] Zachariah 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I wasn’t the one who purchased it. I find if I just turn on a fan, there are 99% fewer mosquitoes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Fans make such a big difference and on hot muggy nights they're soooo nice