r/mildlyinteresting • u/ottawapeoplechamp • 22h ago

One of my matches was all potassium chlorate.

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u/synapse187 22h ago

But do they have the strength to do it?

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u/FuriousBuffalo 18h ago

Those matches, they’re the wrong kind. Red phosphorus is found in the striker strips, not the matches themselves. You need to get the big 200-count case of individual matchbooks. More striker strips, you understand? 

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u/TheRealGumb4ll98 16h ago

And don't buy everything in one place, do it piecemeal. Different items, different stores, attracts less attention. Are you following me here?

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u/TooStrangeForWeird 13h ago

Meh. Just buy some online and a few things in the store.

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u/communistjack 17h ago

Mister white

Is that you?

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u/bigmanjoe3555 18h ago

I gather from your profile pic that you enjoy a bit of Arson now and again.