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soda-jerk t1_j54oo3v wrote

Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in TIL the floating substance inside of a lava lamp is primarily wax by shyyyyme

I guess so?

To be fair, I don't think the ability to assess a substance based on its displayed physical properties is particularly useless. People just need to be a bit more inquisitive.

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7ofalltrades t1_j55uct1 wrote

"What is this stuff that melts at a temperature only slightly warmer than your average room temperature and doesn't mix with water? WHAT COULD IT BE??"

This is the kind of lack of critical thinking that worries me and makes for really funny internet videos.

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shyyyyme OP t1_j55vgls wrote

For me it's more like, lava lamps are only the kind of thing I saw when I was like, a toddler. So I've been aware of their existence for a long time, but it's not really something I've ever thought about up until now. I definitely didn't have any real idea of properties like density changes with temperature when I was young enough that lava lamps were still around.

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