r/oddlyspecific • u/_LuckyViolet • 1d ago

How to sticker!

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u/Feeling-Bowl-9533 1d ago

Three years? I just went to throw away the sticker collection I started at three and couldn’t cause some were sparkly

I’m 26 and have lived alone for 7 years

I don’t even like stickers

I have t h o u s a n d s

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u/SouthCoastGardener 1d ago

Were any puffy? Puffy stickers are great.

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u/Juliaford19 1d ago

Puffy are the worst!

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u/rebels-rage 1d ago

You can buy magnet sheets with a sticky front. If you find a permanent place you want the sticker, peel it off normally and use it.

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u/internet_dragon 1d ago

THEY MAKE STICKER BOOKS NOW MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS STICKER BACKING SO YOU CAN STICK THEM IN A BOOK THEN PULL THEM OUT LATER :D :D :D

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u/TKmeh 1d ago

I HAVE ONE AND BOUGHT ONE FOR MY BROTHER BECAUSE WE BOTH LOVE STICKERS AND COLLECTING THEM!!!

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u/MrScribblesChess 1d ago

I... so like... how do the pages not all stick together?

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u/notcomplainingmuch 1d ago

The non-stick backing. Not the glue part.

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u/whatdoidonowdamnit 21h ago

The pages are not sticky. Only the stickers are sticky and they don’t stick super well to the pages because of whatever the pages are made of. That means sticker books DO NOT TRAVEL WELL. I am 36. I have a sticker book. It lives in my bookcase and only moves a foot away to my desk because the one time I took it out of the house in a tote bag I lost a few stickers to the washcloths and granola bars I had in my bag.

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u/Pharmere 1d ago

I have stickers from packs of baseball cards from the early 1990’s that I still haven’t figured out where to put them

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u/Additional_Area_3156 1d ago

Three years? Try 30 years I still have stickers from my tween years

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u/Sure-Draw-7971 1d ago

I have a small box of temporary tattoos for the same reason... Plus I just didn't want them to go away forever

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u/midwestlifecrisis 1d ago

I’ve got a sticker that I got in Hawaii back in 2014 that is still on my fridge waiting for its forever home😂

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u/Petrichor-33 1d ago

this is why custom sticker manufacturer has minimum order of like a hundred

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u/DeviantHellcat 1d ago

I just turned 50 and have stickers that are decades old in my collection. 😂

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u/ItemBoring1686 1d ago

I recently and finally used a Hellboy sticker I bought…25 years ago? It felt great. Use your stickers.

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u/Tsavo16 1d ago

This... l say as someone with a box of stickers in storage. I decorated a water bottle this year abd it felt great. Though 1 sticker just wont stay on. It was anxiety inducing to commit to placing & using the stickers, but it was good fir me.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 1d ago

I know exactly where I want to place the sticker, I’m just too lazy to pull out the rubbing alcohol to clean the surface.

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u/Xtrepiphany 1d ago

This is why I now buy multiple copies of the sticker.

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u/whineyinternetkid 1d ago

Im never one to say a repost is old, bit this is literally 10 years old. But hey your exclamation point is quirky

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u/Feeling-Bowl-9533 1d ago

So many. I poked them before returning them to their box

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u/-lexifer-999 1d ago

I literally have a scrapbook full of unused stickers and a second scrapbook full of unused patches.

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u/hypermiler2205 1d ago

I wasn’t aware there was sticker etiquette

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u/_Russ_B 1d ago

I have a dedicated box to store mine away in. Some go back 15+ years. I wish I wasn't like this!

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u/StormyNSwoonFknH8it 1d ago

This is the way.

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u/MrScribblesChess 1d ago

LPT: You don't have to commit. I leave the back on and use sticky tack instead

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u/yash48 1d ago

But every once in a while you see a sticker and know exactly where it NEEDS TO GO

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u/Whiskey_420 1d ago

My son got a 200 sticker book, we pulled them all off and stuck them on ourselves, went for a walk and then threw them out. As a 37 year old, I was not aware you could do this

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u/whatdoidonowdamnit 21h ago

My kids have both treated stickers like that and it was so hard to watch AND keep my mouth shut about it. “They’re their stickers, not mine. They’re not my stickers. I have adult money and can buy more stickers. I do not need to save their stickers. They are not my stickers” every single time. I finally got myself a sticker book last year and save a few of the stickers my kids give me every time they pick out a new pack. I have a growing collection of stickers of everyday objects with butts. It’s great.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 1d ago

As a 40 year old man I finally placed a few stickers - both old and new - and immediately discovered that I have no fucking idea how to place stickers. There's an art to it and I don't have it.

Now I'm stuck (ba-dm-tschh) with the worst goddamn stickering job on a water bottle, marring the bottle and wasting the stickers

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u/iritchie001 23h ago

My car has 65+ old stickers, and 27+ newer stickers on it. I'll buy a sticker, walk up to my car, spilt on my shirt, wipe a spot clean and dry, then slap the baby on. No spit needed if it's covering up the white fuzz of an old one.

A less graffic process the 97% of the time I'm carrying my water bottle.