Screeching Sound of Peeling Tape

https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/p19h-9ysx

by akshatjiwan • 5 months ago

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qlm• 5 months ago

"The screeching of peeling tape is a familiar albeit annoying sound."

I don't find it annoying, I quite like it. The only time I've experienced "ASMR" was from somebody peeling tape next to me.

ericyd• 5 months ago

Agree, it really depends on the tape for me. Painters tape has quite a nice sound as it's peeled

klondike_klive• 5 months ago

I really like the doppler effect (?) of the sound as the tape gets longer.

leni536• 5 months ago

Scotch tape just keeps on giving in science.

icosian• 5 months ago

For a long time after my daughter was born, I wasn't sure if she could hear or not. I tried to get her to react / turn her head / wake up to voice, music, claps... Nothing.

One day I was taping up a box behind her and I pulled out a length of packing tape. It made that awful screeching noise and she was startled. It was a repeatable result. Her hearing was fine, she was just super chilled about noise in general. I found her limit with a roll of tape.

awakeasleep• 5 months ago

Just where my mind went while reading the abstract. Babies hate this sound!

mhb• 5 months ago

To them, it's like a baby crying.

dmd• 5 months ago

These days infants' hearing (including my own two childrens') are tested at birth, without them having to participate in the process at all (they can even be asleep)! https://www.audiology.org/consumers-and-patients/children-an...

etrautmann• 5 months ago

This was a surprisingly satisfying and interesting read. Cool setup and delightfully random but well answered question.

HelloUsername• 5 months ago

Can also be used for apple biting sound effect

NackerHughes• 5 months ago

Why not, you know, bite an apple?

OptionOfT• 5 months ago

I remember buying the Scotch Magic Tape, the matte one.

I was surprised that it didn't make the sound. Probably because it's a little bit more flexible?

birdsongs• 5 months ago

I found "quiet" packing tape recently. I bought it, while highly skeptical, for my last move. It was barely more expensive. I don't recall seeing it before.

Super pleasant, did not make the rip crackle squeal sound at all.

elteto• 5 months ago

That’s really cool. Scotch tape is just weird, peeling it also generates x-rays (in a vacuum):

https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-ma...

Screeching Sound of Peeling Tape

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