Why Do We Love Bubble Wrap So Much? It’s Really Simple

I love it when I get a box in the mail. Not because I like to collect stuff, or have to have more things to clutter my apartment, but because there's usually some bubble wrap in the box! Who doesn't love the popping of the bubbles? Especially when you can sneak up behind someone in the office and scare the crap out of them!

Is there some kind of scientific explanation behind our love of popping bubble wrap?

Some believe things like it being an ancestral instinct or something that triggers memories of apes squashing bugs. Or that it gives us a sense of power to pop the little bubbles, boosting our confidence. Even something as simple as stress-relief.

Do you buy any of that crap? Me either.

It's just freaking fun! Why does everything have to have a deeper meaning, or cultural statement? Can't something just be fun because it's fun? We like to watch scary movies because it's fun to get scared. We like to make jokes because we like to laugh. We like to pop bubble wrap because it's fun!

Stop thinking everything has some kind of hidden meaning, and just enjoy something, for Pete's sake!

Go pop some bubble wrap.