• Shigeko_Kageyama
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    5 days ago

    And they never go bad so you can just slap a new label on the gift and give it to someone else next Christmas

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    15 days ago

    There aren’t many things you CAN’T do that with.

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      15 days ago

      Almost like it’s their intended purpose.

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    15 days ago

    If I don’t like them it’s probably because it’s scented and makes my allergies go nuts 😟

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      15 days ago

      Set them on fire outside? Safety.

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    15 days ago

    They’re a terrible gift. I have a zillion candles they I keep around and can’t quite get around to throwing away

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    14 days ago

    i have irritant-induced asthma and if there’s a lit candle in the room with me I breathe significantly worse and have to cough a lot

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      scented is very noxious, because they have chemicals in it to volatilize the scents. usually aromatic carbons(benzene structure) or alcohols.

  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    My mother-in-law keeps giving me scented candles for my birthday. I’m happy to receive them because it’s one less thing she has to worry about - what do I want for my birthday? Scented candles.

    They all end up in the charity shops but she doesn’t need to know that. :)

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      They are consumables so you can just say you used the up if anyone asks.

      As a person who is difficult to buy for (not because I want special things but because I don’t really want anything), candles are ideal as I either like them and use them, or can say I did. Much better that something I am expected to wear or constantly display in my home.

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    15 days ago

    Most of the candle is designed very specifically so that it will not, in fact, catch fire and burn.