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leni536: Scotch tape just keeps on giving in science.

qlm: "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.

icosian: 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.

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

OptionOfT: 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?

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

mhb: To them, it's like a baby crying.

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

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

boothby: Not the Doppler effect. The tone gets lower, the wavelength increases, with the increasing length of the resonating body.