• niucllos@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        If you’ve ever played around with an old-style lighter (think classic Zippo) you’d get it! They’re fairly expensive, and aren’t airtight so they need to be refilled every few days/weeks. If you fill them too much they need to be kept upright or they’ll spill lighter fluid on you. Super cool and can hold flames for a while but not nearly as conventient as a matchbook for quick fire lighting

        • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          It just occurred to me that zippos are basically the same type of oil lanterns that we’ve been using for thousands of years