Maybe it's just a bad mount, not the paste method.

Remember seeing my old boss do that with a red pen on meeting notes, just slashing through points like he was killing ideas. It felt so violent but also kind of freeing. I mean, @fisher.reese, you're right about that final feeling, like you're not just finishing a task, you're destroying it. I tried it on my grocery list and ended up ripping the paper a little because I pressed too hard. Maybe it's just me but the messiness is part of the charm now.

Probably beeswax, yeah. I mean, what else were they gonna use? Candle wax from the dollar store? They weren't exactly running to the craft shop for paraffin. It was beeswax or nothing back then.