Is this the end of bubble wrap that pops as we know it?

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Fifty five years after Sealed Air Corporation's invention of 'bubble wrap' hit the market, reports surfaced that plans were ongoing to slowly phase out existing bubble wraps that pop, with a newer version that does not do so.

Titled 'iBubble Wrap', the new packaging is sold in flat plastic sheets that the shipper can later fill with air using a custom-made pump. The inflated bubbles look much like traditional bubble wrap but are likely to be a major disappointment when pressure is applied to the bubbles.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, traditional bubble wrap that was pre inflated was getting hard to ship as it took up a lot of room in delivery trucks and warehouse floors. The new wrap is only expected to use one-fiftieth of the space that its predecessor used.

Of course, childhoods were destroyed as people braced themselves up for a dystopian future. Reactions were diverse. Emotions ranged from anger, to curling up in a corner and crying.

#Funny When I heard the company that makes Bubble Wrap, is rolling out a new version that doesn't pop pic.twitter.com/ucwF3vUln4
— Funny (@iTrollWorld) July 3, 2015

Devastating news. What kind of world do we live in?? The pop is being taken out of #BubbleWrap http://t.co/QnYEL97hsc pic.twitter.com/jyKeYT7qZG
— Randi Furman (@RandiFurmanCNN) July 2, 2015

Bubble Wrap will no longer pop when you squeeze it. Go ahead and cry, I did a little. pic.twitter.com/VHnerYTgXN
— Benjamin (@BenMerriman16) July 2, 2015

They've found a way of taking the "popping" element out of bubble wrap. You might as well take the "warmth" element out of sunshine.
— Gyles Brandreth (@GylesB1) July 3, 2015

#bubblewrap that can't pop is about to be the only kind that exists, so hoard the original stuff. Kids of the future need to experience fun.
— Morgan Crego (@MorganCrego) July 2, 2015

I hope they know that no pop in Bubble Wrap will lead to violence, increased PMS, World War 3 and what not.
— Rachita Vaid (@RachitaVaid) July 3, 2015

I don't want to live in a world where bubblewrap isn't poppable.
— Sonya Yu (@sonyayu) July 3, 2015

I'm saving a roll of poppable bubble wrap to sell at massively inflated prices to desperate addicts in coming years.
— Wyn (@WynRichards) July 3, 2015

However, after the initial scare, Sealed Air Corp clarified that the original Bubble Wrap would still remain in production and that the 'iBubble Wrap' was just a new version to offer, for the shippers to decide.