# I pit non-poppable bubble wrap **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845 "2013-11-13T19:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/1 "2013-11-13T19:02:29Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, my first pitting thread: I don’t know about you, but sometimes all that’s getting me through a stress-filled day is a) junk food and b) popping bubble wrap. And today’s been bad. ☹ Today my husband opened up a package and discovered that some company’s invented non-poppable (unpoppable?) bubble wrap. He yelled, “Have you seen this? It’s horrible!” ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/2 "2013-11-13T19:06:10Z")
There is a special place in hell for whoever invented that, right next to the guy who decided that ostensibly single-player ARPGs need to have lag and desync issues. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/3 "2013-11-13T19:55:03Z")
Years ago, I attend another Frank Zappa concert. (I was always fond of his warm rapport with the audience, reminiscent of Miles Davis). The concert bill was printed on a tube of bubble wrap type plastic, with about fifty good pops each. The venue was small, and acoustically marvy (Guthrie? Don’t remember, I was, ah, young. Younger.) As we waited for the band to come on, the room crackled with cheerful energy and the joy of people encouraged to do what they might otherwise be embarrassed to be seen doing. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/4 "2013-11-13T20:17:19Z")
This is a very un-pop-ular product. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/5 "2013-11-13T20:18:54Z")
Fuck that shit. On the other hand, those big air pillows that (e.g.) Amazon uses for packing a lot these days? Totally awesome. They’re what happens when you give bubblewrap POWERTHIRST. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/6 "2013-11-13T20:23:58Z")
What kind of monster would do something like that?! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/7 "2013-11-13T22:16:31Z")
The only thing worse than unpoppable bubble wrap is an unpoppable zit. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/8 "2013-11-13T22:24:03Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > The only thing worse than unpoppable bubble wrap is an unpoppable zit. The day something I ordered from Amazon shows up wrapped in that is the day I give up e-commerce for good. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/9 "2013-11-13T22:51:53Z")
How is it un-poppable? What happens if you _do_ try to pop a bubble? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/10 "2013-11-13T22:58:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > This is a very un-pop-ular product. You know what’s not unpoppable? Your eyeballs, if there’s one more like this… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/11 "2013-11-13T23:36:07Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Fuck that shit. On the other hand, those big air pillows that (e.g.) Amazon uses for packing a lot these days? Totally awesome. They’re what happens when you give bubblewrap POWERTHIRST. That reference is SO AWESOME that anyone who READS IT becomes instantly SMARTER and they become instantly FUNNIER—they become instantly _ **SMUNNIERRRRRR** _! [POWERTHIRST!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs) ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/12 "2013-11-14T07:05:18Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How is it un-poppable? What happens if you _do_ try to pop a bubble? The cells are open to each other. So instead of popping, the air is just pushed around. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/13 "2013-11-14T07:51:49Z")
“I came here to kick ass and pop bubble wrap, and I’m all out of bubble wrap.” I’m pretty sure I heard that in a movie once. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/14 "2013-11-14T07:58:13Z")
Non -rewindable 8-Track tapes and now this. Is there going to be soda cans that won’t make the “Psssht” sound we’re all used to in the near future? And fuck the guy/gal who invented non-popable anything. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/15 "2013-11-14T13:20:54Z")
No love for my crackless prosthetic knuckles? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/16 "2013-11-14T13:32:09Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > The cells are open to each other. So instead of popping, the air is just pushed around. I’ll bet if you put the whole thing in a big enough pusher, like a hydraulic press, they’d all pop together. “unpoppable” bubble wrap sounds like a great thing for _inducing_ tension. But some people will just see it as a _challenge_. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/17 "2013-11-14T20:18:53Z")
And there are STILL people who think the Devil doesn’t exist… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/18 "2013-11-15T17:37:11Z")
You aren’t the first one here to be [pissed off about it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631019) (and rightly so). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/19 "2013-11-15T17:43:40Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > And there are STILL people who think the Devil doesn’t exist… Quite sure of it, actually, he was my father-in-law for several years. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845/20 "2013-11-15T20:04:48Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How is it un-poppable? What happens if you _do_ try to pop a bubble? All the bubbles are interconnected so if you try and pop one, the air just spreads to the 4 or 5 bubbles next to it and yours remains, tragically, unpopped. The pro is that it’s even harder to ruin what’s inside the package than with regular bubble wrap, as shocks won’t ruin the bubble wrap over time. The con is that it was invented by Satan itself to relieve us sinners of what was left of our joyful, innocent childhood mirth. And shit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845.md?page=2)