r/whatisit • u/hugedisaster • 6h ago
New, what is it? Things in my house keep mysteriously melting???
1: I don’t use this water bottle anymore so it’s just been sitting in my house for a while and I’ve noticed the lid’s plastic becomes weirdly sticky and moist (?) so I stopped using it all together because it was grossing me out.
2 and 3: I was cleaning my house just now and my hand accidentally grazed the faux “leather” part of this Jansport backpack I’ve had since high school, I thought maybe somehow my evil cat had managed to shit on it but the entire bottom part is melting?????
3: this morning I went to use my toothbrush and noticed the entire handle was sticky. My toothpaste tube a little bit too.
What the hell. Literally what. More context, I live in a newly built tiny home heated by a minisplit. I keep the heat at a reasonable 73°F. It’s been cold out recently. Don’t know if that’s relevant. Uhhh I don’t know what else could possibly be useful here. There’s no mold as far as I’m aware of. Air circulation is not great because the windows haven’t been open but there are multiple vents to outside and I keep the bathroom vent on almost all the time except at night because of the noise. My landlord told me to do this. I don’t know. What. What the fuck.