I'm a fan of gum that comes in blister packs.  Every time I get gum in cardboard or paper rappers, it gets all melted and disgusting in my pocket.  So when I try to get a piece out of the packaging, I have to spend a few hours taking all the little pieces of wrapper out of the sticky, messy goo that used to be a piece of gum (or I just pretend I got all the wrapper out and chew it real fast before I can think about it).  But with blister packs, each piece of gum stays separate from the rest, so there's no "if you get all the nachos stuck together, that's one nacho".  Plus, most blister pack gum has a hard coating that doesn't melt when it's in a warm environment for an extended period of time (e.g. my pocket).  No melted gum makes Dave a happy camper. 

I always feel weird when people ask me for gum, especially when I stupidly buy non-blister pack gum.  I pull out this ratty old pack of gum that looks like it's from 1989 and I say something along the lines of, "Yeah, you can have a piece, but it's all warm and melted".  For some reason, most people don't care.  I tend to look at them with squinted eyes and think, "It's warm because of my body heat.  Ya know.  From my body.  From my upper thigh."  But most people just spend a few minutes peeling the wrapper off and eat it like it's no big deal.  Maybe I'm weird, but I think there's something wrong with that. #food