looked at this and freaked out because I noticed that it said “petrolatum” and not “petroleum”.
My whole life I thought that it was some weird byproduct of the oil industry, and I never questioned that belief.
I suddenly remembered every time I had called it “petroleum jelly” and thought that I must’ve looked like a massive idiot.
Anyway, anything that enters my brain is immediately converted into the action of pulling up a Wikipedia article, and as it turns out, it actually is called “petroleum jelly” (which consists of white petrolatum) and is a weird byproduct of the oil industry
lord give you the strength to read the rest of the post 🙏
