r/mildlyinteresting 22h ago

One of my matches was all potassium chlorate.

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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