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To be fair, Vaseline literally says 'Petroleum Jelly' on the label. They're not hiding it as 'headache relief.'
It's obvious in English, but the conversation was in German (we're both German) and the literal translation is barely used (Petrolat or Petrolatum). My point wasn't that Vaseline is also made from petrol, but that a lot of stuff is, and Vaseline was barely the topic where the fact was dropped.