r/mildlyinteresting 22h ago

One of my matches was all potassium chlorate.

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u/HaydenJA3 22h ago

Idk why this is downvoted when it’s right, there is no consistency with the red bits in the other matches, and the sticks are all cracking and splintering

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u/MeddyD3 22h ago

These are the matches usually found in dollar stores. Here in Canada, these exact same ones are the ones found at Dollarama, and they come in a pack of 4 or 8, and they also have really long matches (like 10 inches long or so).

Most of the time they ignite but not burn, and sometimes they ignite and break off because the sticks are lighter than aerogel

They're all shit lmao

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u/PyneNeedle 20h ago

If you're unlucky some of the whatever it is, will stick on the strike strip and nearly set off the rest.

They also make really shitty crack lighters, so I'm wondering how their factory hasn't gone up in flames.

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u/Beasty_Glanglemutton 18h ago

a pack of 4 or 8

wtf, I know it's a dollar store, but that is complete bullshit. You might waste 4 matches because the wind keeps blowing them out, a person could die because of this. This is some Jack London shit.

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u/Acid44 16h ago

A pack of 4 or 8 as in of the boxes, so like 160 to 320 matches. Which, frankly, still might not be enough to get one to work, these shits are trash

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u/snakerjake 19h ago

OP got those Chernobyl matches

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u/IsNotAnOstrich 20h ago

If it lights, does it really matter how pretty it looks?

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u/HaydenJA3 19h ago

Looks like they could snap if you set the box down too firmly

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u/WonderfulBedroom881 14h ago

To be frank, when I buy a 3 dollar or less box of matches, breaking a few is really not something that is going to cause me to become depressed and want to watch the world burn around me.

That and if I am using charcoal I am usually lighting a few and tossing them in separate spots anyways. This is a few years of matches for a couple bucks....

On my way to the 5 dollar generals down the road for some Etch a Sketches for some thermite though. Who needs matches.