cm0002@lemdro.id to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoNow you too can spend the day wondering…lemmy.mlimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down14
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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoIt’s still used that way. Magnetic tape (i.e. that stuff found in cassettes) isn’t sticky, either. Neither is measuring tape. In fact, the full name of the sticky stuff is “adhesive tape”, so stickiness is not a requirement for tape.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoI grew up calling it “sticky tape.” Because we also had tape measures, various forms of magnetic tapes and plumbing tape.
It’s still used that way. Magnetic tape (i.e. that stuff found in cassettes) isn’t sticky, either. Neither is measuring tape. In fact, the full name of the sticky stuff is “adhesive tape”, so stickiness is not a requirement for tape.
I grew up calling it “sticky tape.” Because we also had tape measures, various forms of magnetic tapes and plumbing tape.