I voted on the end, but that's because you didn't have my real option. I usually bang the straw on the counter (vertically), so that it rips through the paper by itself. Although I will occasionally do what the previous posters have mentioned as well - use the straw wrapper as a deadly projectile against my kids, or try and impress someone with a "wrapper snake". But normally I just bang it against the counter for the quickest way to get to the actual straw.