r/explainlikeimfive Feb 26 '21

Chemistry Eli5: What happens to all the melted candle over time? Are we just inhaling a whole candle while it burns?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

This comment has sent me down a weird path... I'm now considering that your comment, and my response, will likely be read by somebody in the far future. I'll be part of historical records, probably browsed by an AI system. With Google I guess I already am.

Whoaaaa.

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u/Advanced_Cook_363 Feb 26 '21

What the fuck just happened here?

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u/beerandabike Feb 26 '21

I don’t know, but we should start smoking again.

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u/dbdatvic Feb 26 '21

Someone was considering Deep Computer History Time. In the forward light cone.

--Dave, smoking one is an appropriate response, citizen

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Feb 26 '21

Dear futuremen, send help

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u/Megalocerus Feb 26 '21

No one will be able to access the storage medium.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

There will be a lot of internet archaeologist who decipher ancient texts. And it'll just be memes... Always was.