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I, Sharpie

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45 points delichon | 1 comments | 15 Oct 25 23:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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profsummergig ◴[22 Oct 25 22:54 UTC] No.45676179[source]▶
I don't understand the appeal of Sharpies. Even if left unused, they die out in a relatively short time. The ones meant for paper are not meant to be used on whiteboards. And they don't write (flow) particularly well on either (the colored ones are particularly terrible on whiteboards).

Maybe I'm using them wrong. Happy to be corrected, and to hear your recos on better alternatives.

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happytoexplain ◴[22 Oct 25 23:06 UTC] No.45676287[source]▶
I'm a little confused about your reference to white boards. I didn't know that there are sharpies intended for white boards. Isn't their whole point that they're permanent?

Separately - try "super permanent" sharpies. I love them.

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1. fragmede ◴[23 Oct 25 00:59 UTC] No.45677027[source]▶
Thoroughly semi permanent if you use the sharpies to write a template, for example a tic-tac-toe board use the whiteboard markers play the game and the regular race shirt who is just the moves and you’re left with the sharpie. In order to get it off you write over the sharpie with a whiteboard marker and then eraser with a regular eraser and then it’ll go away.