It's "cardstock" not "cardboard"

Cardboard:

  • Typically thicker and more rigid.
  • Made from several layers of heavy paper or paper pulp, often including a corrugated or fluted layer between flat liner sheets.
  • Commonly used for packaging and shipping due to its strength and durability.

Cardstock:

  • Thicker than standard paper but not as thick or robust as cardboard.
  • Smooth and more flexible compared to cardboard.
  • Commonly used for playing cards, business cards, and other needs where a sturdier paper than standard printing paper is required.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk :nerd_face:

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I will enjoy my shiny cardboard however I please :triumph:

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Indeed. Technically, cardstock comes in different qualities, and with different parameters for various applications. Greeting cards, brochures, trading cards, diagnostic tools, and often, requirements can be extremely specific. Paper products are serious business.
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I know but cardboard is funnier

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I’ve been inhaling cardboard fumes for 3 decades and NOW you’re telling me I’ve been doing it wrong???

I have never referred to my cards as cardboard and meant it literally. It’s a joke because cardboard broadly holds a cultural association with worthlessness and trading cards themselves have no innate value. Calling cards cardboard is affectionately tongue-in-cheek, not an actual factual claim.

Right? Isn’t that what everyone does? Isn’t everyone the same as me?

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Um ackshually,

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Fine. I spend way too much money and time on cardstock with foil and printed layers. Happy?

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I kid, I kid. Plz no ban

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“cardstock” not “cardboard”

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CardStockpile ——> CardstockPile

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While we are at it…

It’s COSMOS, not COSMO.

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