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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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1. bcoates ◴[23 Oct 25 03:51 UTC] No.45677993[source]▶

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The only complaint I have about sharpies is the crap ergonomics on the barrel, causing people to wrap tape around it just to get a nice grip, which inevitably gets super gross:

https://www.science.org/do/10.1126/science.aan7026/full/lanl...

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I, Sharpie