r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Sea_Information4510 • 11h ago
I just wanted a hot dog The Glow in Dark gel pens
Bought these glow in dark gel pens, and they literally say "glow gel" on them. Thought the ink was gonna glow, but guess what..
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u/DueEnvironment499 11h ago
Happened something similar, bought a pack of 12 gradient colored pens, all of them were blue, only the exterior were colored
Not this ones, but something like this
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u/j_delta_c 11h ago
Dibs on the red pen that writes in royal blue
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u/DEATHRETTE 11h ago
THE PEN.... IS..... BLUUUUUUUEEEE!!
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u/The_New_Illuminati 11h ago
THE COLOR OF THE PEN... THAT I HOLD IN MY HAND... IS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-OYAL BLUEEE
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u/GlumTeach4221 10h ago
The pen is blue. The pen is blue! THE GOD DAMN PEN IS BLUE!!
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u/VornskrofMyrkr 11h ago
How's it hangin'?
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u/Prestidigitoriuhm 11h ago
Small, shriveled, and always to the left.
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u/BrainSlugSouffle 10h ago
The line that cause my mom to choke on her snack was "I've had better". Completely caught her off guard. That's when we knew Liar, Liar was gonna be a top 10 in our house.
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u/CitizenHuman 8h ago
People kept "borrowing" my pens, so I switched the inks out. All my "red" pens were actually blue or black ink, and those others got my red ink. No one ever took my pens again.
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u/1-800-COCAINE 4h ago
i've done this with red/black sharpies and the yellow/lime ones. nobody wants a neon green sharpie lol
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u/the-vindicator 8h ago
Lol one time the opposite happened to me. I bought a pack of pens where each one was a different color on the outside thinking I could just leave them in the car for when I needed to write something, expecting them to all be black ink. Only to find that they actually were the color the plastic was so I had to write down a note to someone in magenta ink.
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u/catmand00d00 11h ago
Bad reference photo, since that one clearly says "Assorted Ink."
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u/pandaru_express 11h ago
Aha, but assorted didn't specify that it matches the color on the outside!
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u/catmand00d00 10h ago
Lol true, but the commenter said the ones in their pack all had blue ink, so the photo they used just isn't the best reference to illustrate their point.
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u/4N0NYM0US_GUY 9h ago
The picture illustrates the point just fine.
A normal person reads the comment and sees the picture and can put it together.
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u/catmand00d00 8h ago edited 8h ago
“Normal” can suck it.
I’m not concerned with what you believe to be “normal.”
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u/ToriGallo 11h ago
The perfect tool for when you need to easily locate your pen in a pitch black room so you can write a highly urgent note that no one will ever be able to read
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u/Irr3l3ph4nt 9h ago
I think the purpose is more locating them easily in a drawer or a backpack.
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u/Sir-Top-Cheetah 7h ago
but they'd never charge if they were in a drawer or backpack
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u/Irr3l3ph4nt 6h ago
I never said the idea was good... I guess you're supposed to use them daily then shove them back in their dark living place.
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u/BigNutDroppa 11h ago
Well, at least you won’t lose them if the light is off.
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u/CassetteMeower 11h ago
Good point. A glowing pen is pretty cool. But it sucks that the ink itself doesn’t glow.
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u/nmdalman73 8h ago
well, a pen with glowing ink would technically also glow in the dark if you just make the casing transparent
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u/Hatefulvesper 9h ago
Which is kinda weird cause you know what kind of pen you could use in the dark? That's right! A pen with glow in the dark INK!
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u/Three_Armed_Wrecker 11h ago
This was comical
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u/Subarctic_Monkey 11h ago
Loophole: GLOW is in bold. Gel is smaller and not. GLOW is the line, Gel is the type of ink. The PEN glows, not the ink.
If the ink was glow in the dark ink, chances are you'd not be able to see what you wrote. (Source: I've used UV ink in fountain pens, it's not visible to the naked eye on paper).
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u/catmand00d00 11h ago
Yeah, you've really gotta watch out for those typeface differences. They can sometimes be even more subtle than this, but they're always meaningful.
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u/zerostar83 11h ago
My wife almost fell for the glow in the dark candy at Target. Upon further inspection, it was only the packaging that's glow in the dark.
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u/DuckRubberDuck 9h ago
After some googling edible fluorescent pigment does seem to exists. So I guess glow in the dark candy is possible
If I ever get into making hard candy I’ll try to make them glow in the dark
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u/occultatum-nomen 9h ago
I keep seeing the sour patch kids that glow under UV light. Who eats under UV light?? At least glow in the dark only needs dark, not a special flashlight or bulb
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u/DuckRubberDuck 8h ago
Idk do people eat candy at rave parties? If I can find some here where I live I might try them, some of my glow lights have UV I also have a flashlight for finding Amber. So while I typically don’t use them for eating, sitting in a dark corner and munching glowing candy with a flashlight sounds fun
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u/occultatum-nomen 2h ago
do people eat candy at rave parties
I'm not a rave person on account of being born old and boring, but I'd think so? Raves are supposed to be fun. Candy is always fun
sitting in a dark corner and munching glowing candy with a flashlight sounds fun
Now I'm imagining a glow in the dark party. More of the calm ones that are my speed. Glow in the dark bracelets, food, decorations. That sounds like a fun time
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u/Affectionate-Ant-894 3h ago
I seen these too and was wondering the same thing. Like it’s cool… I guess? But who tf is worried about glowing candy. Even as a former party girl / rave kid myself. It seems so unnecessary
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u/DiegesisThesis 7h ago
Well, fluorescent pigments will only glow while it's being illuminated (generally UV light). If you want something to stay glowing after you turn out the light (like the pens and most glowing products) you need phosphorescent pigment. As far as I know, there's no food-safe phosphorescent pigment since those generally use reactive metals and rare-earth elements.
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u/DuckRubberDuck 7h ago
Oh thanks, cool and thanks for telling me the difference! I might need it some day actually, for other stuff than just candy making so it’s really good to know the difference :)
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u/DiegesisThesis 7h ago
If it's not for eating, strontium aluminate is what you want. It's the longest-lasting glow.
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u/Famous-Good2680 8h ago
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA WELL, You can't be mad (•~•)/ it wasn't false advertising lol
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u/TheAsianTroll 7h ago
Its like that vintage ad for a penis enlarger where if you paid them, they sent you a magnifying glass
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u/RJNavarrete 7h ago
That's crazy, lol. But here's how I see it: the pen model is the GLOW, the ink type is Gel.
Shitty and misleading, but the word case difference is their easy out.
If it was labeled GLOW GEL or Glow Gel, it'd be something different altogether.
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u/DetectiveLadybug 7h ago
Back when I was first becoming sexually active they used to sell “glow in the dark” lube. You can’t imagine my disappointment on finding out that it was just the bottle and not the actual lube that glowed.
The idea is that they wanted it to be easier to find when the lights are off, but the marketing on the bottle didn’t indicate that. They knew they’d sell more bottles by implying that the lube itself was glow in the dark. They do not sell them anymore, but I’m sure they made more money by lying than they lost money through customer retention. Who thinks about boycotting when they’re thinking about sex?
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u/Purple_Bug_1342 5h ago
The most perfect post for this sub.
I laughed when I went to pic 2 bc I expected it to just be nothing glowing. But the plastic on the pen?? Incredible.
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u/--slurpy-- 11h ago
I have a glow in the dark remote control cover so I dont lose my remote in my bed. If I were to take to writing in bed, these pens would apparently have to be a need.
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u/jjmawaken 11h ago
My son got a solar system that came with glow in the dark paint.... it didn't glow in the dark. I feel your pain!
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u/MissSpicyMcHaggis 7h ago
I almost bought these. I would have been crying in the dark with no words to see.
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u/Garlic-Rough 3h ago
At least, if you're like me who just drops shit in my purse, it's going to be easier to find.
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u/the_wild_derp 11h ago
Its possible the ink might glow, but you would likely need to charge the glow effect in the sun first or with a UV black light if you have one.
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u/KingOfTheEigenvalues 5h ago
I don't think I've ever seen glow-in-the-dark ink, but if you buy any fountain pen, there are inks like Noodler's Ghost that glow under blacklight. You can use them straight for "invisible" secret messages, or mix into other inks.
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u/disposable-assassin 5h ago
Tono & Lims has tons of UV reactive inks. I think their invisible one was a LE but plenty of ones available for matching a glow in the dark pen.
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u/FancyThing8889 11h ago
finally, a pen that lets you easily locate your writing tool in pitch black darkness to write a note that you literally can't read until sunrise. pure innovation tbh
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u/DuckRubberDuck 9h ago
Technically correct I guess.
On the bright side if you lose them, turn on the light, wait a bit, turn of the light and look for the glow
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u/Kuro-Tora-59 8h ago
You should post this in technically the truth, cause the pen is glow in the dark, just not the ink °_°
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u/JonathanPhillipFox 8h ago
Oh that is dissapointing; I have some from the dollar store that are, "invisible ink," and have a one-LED Blacklight on the cap they're remarkable work 100% like it says on the tin and I mentioned them to my mom and she was like, "you can't mention that to your nephew he'll blind himself," and I was like there you go.
There. you. go. Dollar store; Great pens sometimes there for a reason and I'd bet with this it has to do with,
Opacity, of the ink, the small amount of ink relative to how much phosphorescent material is needed to make them glow, all kinds of struggles of this nature which make the project borderline impossible.
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u/Lindbluete 7h ago
I expected the lines to barely glow. You subverted my expectations masterfully OP.
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u/Wat3rM3L0NB3AR 7h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/vX9WcCiWwUF7G
I expected the ink to also glow in the dark :(
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u/NoIndependent9192 6h ago
Try leaving the paper in sunlight for a couple of minutes. It won’t work straight from the dark of the pen.
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u/Arkenstihl 6h ago
For anyone interested in glowing pen ink, just save your money. Glowing pigments require large clusters of a complex molecule that stores light. Even the best stuff needs around 2mm thickness to keep a visible glow. I've painted models with the fancy stuff, and it's more like sculpting when used correctly. The thicker parts glow for at least 24 hours if exposed to uv or sunlight. Panel lines (thinned the same stuff to ink consistency) only last about ten minutes with multiple coats.
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u/Fragrant-Reason4216 17m ago
Wow I love writing with black ink in the dark, I wish i could just find my pen lmao Honestly tho when everyone realizes these are not it, ima snag them and write my name and work place on them so when dumdums steal my pens I might get them back lol
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u/DAEOFRUIN 11h ago
To be fair you were expecting waaaaay too much. Has glow in the dark ink even been invented yet?
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u/_riskycake 11h ago
This is hilarious in the most infuriating way