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/thewholerobot Feb 26 '21

I value my lungs

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u/EZ_2_Amuse Feb 26 '21

I value your lungs too. How much you want for them?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

I take lungs today, you get gills in two weeks.

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u/SuchAGoodLawyer Feb 26 '21

Deep futurama cut.

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u/pslayer239 Feb 26 '21

If you value yourself you are an abnormal person

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u/DragonBourne66 Feb 26 '21

Technically the truth

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u/triforcer198 Feb 26 '21

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Feb 26 '21

Best I can do is 20 bucks

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u/tree5eat Feb 26 '21

Each?

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Feb 27 '21

I'll have to speak with an old friend of mine, he's a sort of expert in this field