Cardology
noun
The sacred, semi-scientific study of cardboard — especially its behavior when subjected to water, fire, pressure, motion, and time.
The practice of transforming discarded cardboard into functional, sculptural, or philosophical artifacts through wet forming, wheatpasting, charring (Yakisugi-style), spinning, crushing, and ritual abuse.
A fake academic discipline invented by people who refuse to throw boxes away.
noun
The sacred, semi-scientific study of cardboard — especially its behavior when subjected to water, fire, pressure, motion, and time.
The practice of transforming discarded cardboard into functional, sculptural, or philosophical artifacts through wet forming, wheatpasting, charring (Yakisugi-style), spinning, crushing, and ritual abuse.
A fake academic discipline invented by people who refuse to throw boxes away.
I can’t come out tonight, I’m doing cardology — I have to wet-form an inverse dome and fire-spin a triangle into a top."
by Heymuse December 25, 2025
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