I literally have some at my parents that we got at BiWay in 1993… maybe 1992 since the date of 1993 was when it supposedly expired. I still use it when I go home to visit.
It helps safely loosen up any hair from grooming and let's it slide through. Like the tube of hairball treatment you can buy and hope your cat will eat it, except Vaseline on a paw will always be cleaned off 🤌
I don't think it actually expires. After the nuclear apocalypse roaches will be deep frying their Twinkies™️ in that shit or slathering it on their larvas' cuts or something.
Edit: spelling
I know a girl who thinks of ghosts,
She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast.
But she don't use butter.
And she don't use cheese.
She don't use jelly, or any of these.
I have a tin of Bag Balm from 1993 that I treasure. It was my Grandmother's and I used it my whole life.
I use a new tin now because the formula has clearly changed, so the old stuff is for emergency use only.
For everyone saying "that stuff dosent expire" you are VERY close. If it was in glass youd be right but plastic containers have a shelf life.
We as a civilization dont know WHAT happens to certain types of plastics after X number of years because that particualr plastic has only been around for like 5 years in a lab before hitting the market.
So legally speaking, it has to have an expiration date.
but safety first, put it in a canning jar and throw away the plastic container and hey presto that wont expire.
sometimes, it can also be plant based... it really is about cooking the molcule from a chain of hydrocarbons and my admittedly limited understanding is the longer the hydro carbon the easier and cheaper it is to make stuff out of it... and prime crude oil is the king of long carbon chains.
again grain of salt not something I have direct knowledge of
Yeah kind of but accelerated lifetime testing using temperature cycles, humidity and UV allows us to fairly accurately predict decades worth of degradation in very short lengths of time. If it were in a jar it would still have an expiration date but it would likely be another arbitrary one. As far as I know when it comes to stuff like this that doesn't really "expire", there are just a few guidelines for them to follow and it's just up to the manufacturer what they put. Sometimes they'll want you to chuck it and buy another eventually or they might just decide to stick + ten years on it to be safe. Maybe they spent the money on a study for lifetime testing the container but I doubt anyone is forcing them to with this.
I used to work in food manufacturing and playing with those expiration dates in ANY WAY is a wonderful way to get fines that will drop your stock prices or put you out of business and get a full recall ordered.
The FDA dont play
I've used Vaseline that'd expired before I was born. Probably not the wisest decision because who knows what kind of microplastics from the container could have made their way in, but eh.
Idk.. i feel like affer opening them and sticking your fingers inside of the tub year adter year.. i think it would be impossible to not have some unwanted trapped bacteria in here?? Just my opinion?
My husband has a jar from 1978, from when his son was a baby. Still uses it for non skin-related things. I’m sure it’s got to be swimming with god knows what.
That will still be good in 1000 years.
In a million years even! It's fossil juice.
Freshly squeezed, relatively.
Well algae, but yea
Dino squeezins
I literally have some at my parents that we got at BiWay in 1993… maybe 1992 since the date of 1993 was when it supposedly expired. I still use it when I go home to visit.
Don’t eat it. /s
You actually *can* eat it. That's why people can put it on their lips and butts and wherever else they want. It's totally inert.
Also good to blob a little onto your cats paws, which they'll lick clean, to treat hairballs!!
Oh my god this is so much easier than trying to shove it down their throats. Thank you for this revelation!!!
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I’m sorry what??? Tell me more please!?
Greased up cat intestines = no more hairball
It helps safely loosen up any hair from grooming and let's it slide through. Like the tube of hairball treatment you can buy and hope your cat will eat it, except Vaseline on a paw will always be cleaned off 🤌
That is pretty interesting ty
It’s literally petroleum oil it’s good forever
Vaseline doesn’t expire.
I have vaseline older than this probably
Okay let's put our dicks away gentlemen..
You mean Vick's?
You're an animal
LMAO
But we already got the Vas out…
😂
The vas deferens got it out.
I have Vaseline older than yours.
Mine is way older then yours.
It doesn’t expire
You know this stuff is made out of dinosaurs, right?
ive been jerking it with dino goo???
Still fine. We had the same tub of Vaseline in my family for 20 some odd years.
Passed down thru generations I hope
If only. It’s apparently the one my parents got when I was a baby and it was used til I was in college.
That's insanely cool!!
That's how we slide grandpa down to his grave!
I’d think 50 plus Vaseline would be interesting, but once I saw the Dollar General logo I was like *pshhhh*
Funnily enough, my old jar of Vaseline was also Dollar General branded
Honestly this is probably fine! Frightening as that is! Lol
Why would it be frightening? It's 10 years old, not 50
I don't think it actually expires. After the nuclear apocalypse roaches will be deep frying their Twinkies™️ in that shit or slathering it on their larvas' cuts or something. Edit: spelling
I know a girl who thinks of ghosts, She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast. But she don't use butter. And she don't use cheese. She don't use jelly, or any of these.
She uses.... Vasssaaline
I have a tin of Bag Balm from 1993 that I treasure. It was my Grandmother's and I used it my whole life. I use a new tin now because the formula has clearly changed, so the old stuff is for emergency use only.
My bag balm is from 2002 lol! I use it for everything!
Does it actually expire or isit like how they put an expiration date on pink Himalayan salt despite the fact its thousands of years old
I saw that on mine and laughed and laughed... Been in them mountains *how long* and it's gonna go bad in a year...?
Vaseline is a brand name of petroleum jelly
I think their issue with it is the next slide, meaning the expiration date being nearly ten years ago.
As long as it doesn't have flies in it ... it's all good.
We keep getting stuck here all the time...
It doesn’t really expire anyhow. It’s made of petroleum
Where's the issue?
That stuff doesn’t expire. Also, the store brand and Vaseline are literally from the same factory.
Hahaha, 2014 wasn’t so long ago-oh my god
Thinking the same. That sweet, sweet summer child. There’s stuff in my cabinet from the 1900s and I ain’t a granny.
I started high school in 2014...
For everyone saying "that stuff dosent expire" you are VERY close. If it was in glass youd be right but plastic containers have a shelf life. We as a civilization dont know WHAT happens to certain types of plastics after X number of years because that particualr plastic has only been around for like 5 years in a lab before hitting the market. So legally speaking, it has to have an expiration date. but safety first, put it in a canning jar and throw away the plastic container and hey presto that wont expire.
isn’t plastic made from petroleum?
sometimes, it can also be plant based... it really is about cooking the molcule from a chain of hydrocarbons and my admittedly limited understanding is the longer the hydro carbon the easier and cheaper it is to make stuff out of it... and prime crude oil is the king of long carbon chains. again grain of salt not something I have direct knowledge of
Yeah kind of but accelerated lifetime testing using temperature cycles, humidity and UV allows us to fairly accurately predict decades worth of degradation in very short lengths of time. If it were in a jar it would still have an expiration date but it would likely be another arbitrary one. As far as I know when it comes to stuff like this that doesn't really "expire", there are just a few guidelines for them to follow and it's just up to the manufacturer what they put. Sometimes they'll want you to chuck it and buy another eventually or they might just decide to stick + ten years on it to be safe. Maybe they spent the money on a study for lifetime testing the container but I doubt anyone is forcing them to with this.
I used to work in food manufacturing and playing with those expiration dates in ANY WAY is a wonderful way to get fines that will drop your stock prices or put you out of business and get a full recall ordered. The FDA dont play
You are correct. Petroleum jelly, however, isn't food (nor drug I believe).
More like Moms pantry. 2014 was just a few years ago. Oh wait..... Oh God!
It never goes bad.
this
My grandpa has a rusted metal tin of it in his bathroom, this looks brand new by comparison lol
Just realized my tub of petroleum has expiry of 2022 on the bottom lol. I use it everyday for dry lips, works fine.
Heck, that’s new. Gimme some!
I've used Vaseline that'd expired before I was born. Probably not the wisest decision because who knows what kind of microplastics from the container could have made their way in, but eh.
It don't go bad my dude, it's been under the crust of the planet for millions of years
Idk.. i feel like affer opening them and sticking your fingers inside of the tub year adter year.. i think it would be impossible to not have some unwanted trapped bacteria in here?? Just my opinion?
There's noting for bacteria to live off of in petrolatum.
That’s why I don’t use my fingers. Depending on the purpose, I use * Cotton swab (Q-Tip) * cotton ball * cotton round * cosmetics spatula
Clean spoon! Lol
If i gotta put any where the sun dont shine…disposable gloves lol
I just hate the feeling of stuff like this on my hands, so even when it's *not* going where the sun don't shine, I'm still using disposable gloves lol
I feel you on that. Can wash your hands hard as fuck, but you still feel that oil
Just as an fyi, dishwashing detergent will get it off. Dawn does a particularly good job. (I can’t stand greasy fingers, either.)
this is Vaseline
That's the good stuff!
While bottle digging, I’ve found 100-year old Vaseline jars with product still in them. It looked perfectly good to me.
Great love jelly
I have Vaseline from twenty ten, it’s dinosaur bones it’ll be fine for another five million tears
I would still send it
If you ever hate someone enough, put a glob on their windshield.
Most houses had this exact one 🤣
What does one do with this ? On the daily?
Same same
Pretty young Vaseline
I probably have some that old or older in the back of the cabinet.
Don't complain, it's still good.
Same freaking thing dude generic brand
My husband has a jar from 1978, from when his son was a baby. Still uses it for non skin-related things. I’m sure it’s got to be swimming with god knows what.
Semen
Why would someone need so much vasoline?
LOL, I have this exact same jar and I'm still using it. I need to check how old it is...
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s Vaseline in our house from the 80s
I don't think that vaseline can expire.
Looks like Granny hasn't been doing much anal then.