# Truly evil invention. Unpoppable Bubble Wrap. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567 "2011-11-11T04:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/21 "2011-11-13T02:59:50Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > I know people who would think this is a good idea. I don’t like those people. I don’t care one way or the other, as I’ve never found popping bubble wrap to be restful. I appear to be unique in that, though. Can somebody explain the appeal to me? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/22 "2011-11-13T03:02:33Z")
I don’t really get it either. I pop a few because it’s a pleasant physical sensation but I don’t have the patience to do an entire sheet. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/23 "2011-11-13T03:30:32Z")
The person at the next desk over from me loved to throw the bubble wrap on the floor and run over it with her wheelie chair. It was good for getting attention. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/24 "2011-11-13T03:44:27Z")
It just feels satisfying when you pop it. I don’t often do a whole sheet because I like to pretend to have a modicum of self-control, but you know, once the kids were grown and gone, and I found myself with an evening alone where I didn’t have to drive anywhere or do anything, I would sometimes indulge, just occasionally, in a whole sheet. It’s legal here. But I know how tempting it can be do do a whole sheet every night, and get nothing else done in your life. So I limit myself. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/25 "2011-11-13T05:03:24Z")
I hope this style of wrap doesn’t become popular. This newfangled unpoppable bubble wrap is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/26 "2011-11-13T21:09:06Z")
Close off bubble sections with one of these… [http://www.google.com/search?q=seal+bar&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=bag+seal+bar&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=PIi&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=ZTHATrqdPNGXtweT8rTVBg&ved=0CGEQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r\_gc.r\_pw.,cf.osb&fp=bef327d2ef576c94&biw=1432&bih=743](http://www.google.com/search?q=seal+bar&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=bag+seal+bar&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=PIi&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=ZTHATrqdPNGXtweT8rTVBg&ved=0CGEQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=bef327d2ef576c94&biw=1432&bih=743) for your popping pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/27 "2011-11-13T21:27:53Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > It just feels satisfying when you pop it. I don’t often do a whole sheet because I like to pretend to have a modicum of self-control, but you know, once the kids were grown and gone, and I found myself with an evening alone where I didn’t have to drive anywhere or do anything, I would sometimes indulge, just occasionally, in a whole sheet. It’s legal here. But I know how tempting it can be do do a whole sheet every night, and get nothing else done in your life. So I limit myself. :p:p ---
**Author:** ![gerund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gerund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerund)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/28 "2011-11-13T21:53:05Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > What sort of crazy, mean, spoilsport invented this stuff? Got a sheet of this in a delivery today, and was giddy…I really needed to pop some bubble wrap! And then I discovered that it was unpoppable bubble wrap, which I never knew existed. Each bubble is connected to the rest in rows, so squeezing one gets you NOTHING! Instead of the wonderful stress-reliever I was expecting, I got MORE STRESS! It is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord…and the rest of the sane world! Oh, if you cut or poke a hole in one bubble the whole row deflates, but where’s the fun in that? Just how cranky a person do you have to be to invent something like this? Were you the kid people always made fun of for being such an prissy prude? Bet you were just sitting there on your high horse, smirking when you created this evil. Did the sounds of happy little bubbles popping and giving people joy irritate you that much? > > Ruined my whole day. LMAO! This was funny. I feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567/29 "2011-11-15T14:38:10Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Thanks for linking to my site! As you can imagine when I read the thread title I was horrified. Glad to do it even though I (somehow) didn’t realize it when I did so. (Hence the lack of attribution.) To repent I will go sit in a corner and quietly pop some bubble wrap for a while by running the app with the sound off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-invention-unpoppable-bubble-wrap/602567.md?page=1)