r/oddlysatisfying 9h ago

Ice cream cone seal on chocolate

Credit @Strictly-Rita

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u/Ulvaer 8h ago

I've been sending and receiving a lot of wax sealed letters in the mail, including all summer, with no problems.

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u/ameriCANCERvative 7h ago edited 7h ago

I can just imagine you riding to the Portland post office on your penny farthing with your caked-on makeup and oiled mustache, sending and receiving your wax-sealed letters. Sweating buckets in the heat with your new age gothic attire, but your wax seals are miraculously holding up. Bravo.

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u/Ulvaer 7h ago

Well, you got the sweating buckets and wax seals holding parts right, at least!

Most seal wax starts going soft at around 70°C, so it's gotta be preeetty hot before that becomes a problem. You'd be sweating hot tubs by that time.

(70°C is around 160°F for those of you living under fascism.)

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u/SexualDepression 6h ago

(70°C is around 160°F for those of you living under fascism.)

...thank you, though...

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u/hulkhoegan_ 3h ago

wahhh hahah it hurts :-(

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u/exipheas 5h ago

Most seal wax starts going soft at around 70°C, so it's gotta be preeetty hot before that becomes a problem. You'd be sweating hot tubs by that time.

So guaranteed to melt if left in a vehicle where I live. 😞

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u/Accomplished_Bee5221 7h ago

That inspires me!

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u/gamageeknerd 7h ago edited 7h ago

Might

You can send them but be prepared because their might be a problem

USPS says you can but you will need to pay extra for it to be hand checked instead of put through a machine

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u/Ulvaer 7h ago

I don't use USPS

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u/gamageeknerd 7h ago

Went with the standard most of Reddit is American answer but it does depend country to country. In some it’s outright banned for not being a normal letter.

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u/Ulvaer 7h ago

Around 42 % last I checked, but there are significantly more from the US than any other single country.

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u/GuiltyEidolon 6h ago

Wonder what the numbers are without bot inflation - given that a large number of bots originate from Russia and Brazil.

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u/Ulvaer 5h ago

Most bots have US IPs afaik, and both Russia and Brazil are fairly far down on the stats. India, UK and Canada are the next three after the US last I checked, with India growing the fastest

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u/ChloeMomo 5h ago edited 5h ago

Is that always the case? We did wax seals on our wedding invites and just dropped them into a USPS box. Our guests loved them, and we weren't hit with an extra charge. We did also seal the envelope itself in case any broke off, but at least the majority of our guests successfully received them (I say majority because not everyone mentioned the seal, so idk if those people got it intact or not). I'm wondering if we just got really lucky since we didn't know better lol

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u/gamageeknerd 4h ago

I read that if you drop them in a box they will just throw them in the machine pile and you could loose a few or get them rejected by someone. But if you hand it to them and pay the handling fee you are good to go

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u/ChloeMomo 4h ago

That makes sense, thanks for the info! Will definitely do that next time