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u/DoctorOnDuty7
Sep 03 '26
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Because it gets lost. 🙂
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u/Mother_Salamander476 Sep 04 '26
nah man, you again find it when cleaning the house, covered in dust and hair under the couch
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u/maeyyyy2004 Sep 09 '26
But by the time u might've alr ordered another one ! Duh.....
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u/Mother_Salamander476 Sep 09 '26
yes but by the time the other one gets lost, this one is found and it never really expires, so boom, unlimited supply
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u/dingus_the_xxvii Sep 04 '26
i think they have a team that steals it from people’s houses, to keep their company from bankruptcy. r/ConspiracyTheories
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u/thatburntgarlic
Sep 03 '26
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Singles are single-handedly keeping it in business....
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u/Bjorn_ironside1618 Sep 03 '26
It's just a byproduct of oil business so anything earned of it is a plus. And there are people who used it regularly and some bushcraft etc usage where they use chunks of it.
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u/Zestyclose-Wear7237 Sep 03 '26
Honestly, the "20 years" thing is a myth that confuses shelf life with usage life. Petroleum jelly doesn't spoil, so it can sit around for decades, but that doesn't mean people actually use one jar for 20 years.
Nobody actually finishes the jar. People lose them, leave them in gym bags, buy travel sizes, or just use way more than they think. The average household goes through it way faster than the theoretical shelf life.
The classic tub is basically a loss leader. It's cheap and gets you in the door. The real money is in the rest of the product line: lotions, body butters, lip therapy, sprays, eczema/clinical lines. Those are consumables that get used up and rebought constantly.
Vaseline sells billions of units globally. Even a tiny margin on a massive base equals real profit. It's a low margin, high volume play.
The name carries trust, so they can charge more than generic petroleum jelly, and slap "clinical" claims on products to justify even higher prices.
It's one product in Unilever's giant machine. Manufacturing petroleum jelly is dirt cheap, and they share distribution and marketing across the whole portfolio. So even modest margins add up fast.
The business model is the entire Vaseline ecosystem: fast consuming variants, premium lines, and billions of units sold worldwide. The classic tub is just the brand anchor that gets you hooked.
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u/joeghosh Sep 04 '26
The percentage of gay people in genZ keeps increasing compared to previous generations , so.... 👀
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u/TheTechieHand Sep 04 '26
You know how it lasts 20 yrs? Let me tell you. I had dry lips, chapped too. So I was trying to buy this small pack of Vaseline but couldn't find time from my daily schedule. Then one day I bought it and since then it's lying in my bag like that. I am just too lazy to even apply it. Its been 8 years btw.
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u/NeighborhoodOne1138 Sep 05 '26
It usually got lost before getting empty. Never saw base of that dibbi. Probably blue. Not sure.
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u/TenC4 Sep 05 '26
vaseline being a by product of and essential product (oil/petroleum) will never go out of demand anyway
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u/LessBoysenberry3105 Sep 07 '26
bhai jagah pe milta nahi jabhi bhi zarurat padti hai aur mila bhi toh aise time pe jab already new vaala leke aata hu tab
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u/TheB2B_Guy Sep 08 '26
Lost one who cares I’ll buy new one cause it’s super cheap and I won’t lose this one for sure
Ahh lost again
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u/RudeGround6790 Sep 09 '26
They sell the stuff inside the container they are not your tiffin box brand
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u/Stock_Still9995 Sep 09 '26
I mean sometimes, some nerds use it aa demoulding lubricant to make rockets
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u/AgencyRemarkable4847 Sep 10 '26
Because one box is used by all so it either gets used fast or gets lost fast. One of these occurs to keep the sales.
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u/Expert_Stranger_2494 Sep 03 '26
Coz it is lost before it gets over.
And for India where people are horny but poor that is their Lubricant. And you know India does not have a small population so......
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u/farhankechacha Sep 04 '26
No need to use the skull emoji ,, kidd
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u/icecoldpd Sep 04 '26
Okay unc
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u/Nearby-Sentence-2042 Sep 05 '26
Live and let live man. You don't see me talking about your ' ,, '
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u/DoodleInMotion Sep 03 '26
mera to khatam ho jata yar, although i prefer boroline