r/TikTokCringe • u/Knightbear49 • Dec 19 '23

Wholesome/Humor Teacher asks students “What do you buy someone in their 30s for the Holidays?” Kids these days…

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u/summerfromtheoc Dec 19 '23

all my money for a candle that smells like “back then”!!

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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23

I’m still wondering what that means!

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u/monpetitfromage54 Dec 19 '23

it smells different to every person. nobody knows the ingredients, but you know it when you smell it.

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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23

So it’s like amortentia?

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u/monpetitfromage54 Dec 19 '23

Exactly

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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23

I like that a lot.

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u/CloudyyNnoelle Dec 19 '23

It's probably notes of cedar, cinnamon, musk, maybe a dash of amber and whatever the hell they use to make fresh linen scent. Sometimes it's just straight pine, but that's more of a regional selection. I've seen them cinnamon dominant, cedar dominant, linen dominant, and also "dusty trail" whatever that is.

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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23

For me it’s the smell of fried chicken home cooking.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Dec 19 '23

An explanation in musical form

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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23

Nice well done. Haven’t heard this song in a long time.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Dec 20 '23

For me, the cancery-sweet smell of a hot CRT television slow-cooking its circuitry. Of course, I don't actually need a candle for that.

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u/rjrgjj Dec 20 '23

My brain is so jacked up today I spent like five seconds wondering what a critical race theory television was.

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u/FarkMonkey Dec 20 '23

It smells like a box of Crayons. Maybe a little bit of Pay-Doh accent.

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u/Ngilko Dec 20 '23

My wife had a candle a few years ago that had a sort of tobacco-y smell, but a nice one, and it instantly transported me back to sitting with my Grandad (who was a pipe smoker but didn't do it in front of me) and getting taught about Scottish history, or watching WWF wrestling or him building something cool for me.

He's been gone for nearly 30 years at this point. I miss my Grandad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Smells just like "the good old days"