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[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 182 points 3 weeks ago
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 47 points 3 weeks ago
[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

pure sodium meets saliva

bits of mouth, now spread across the room, catch fire

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Bits of Mouth, name of my new band.

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago

The pasta would cook itself

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago

Just don’t put the pasta next to the antipasta.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Scrollone@feddit.it -1 points 2 weeks ago

You don't say!

[-] yozul@beehaw.org 34 points 3 weeks ago

Mmm, yes. I too love eating metals that explode when they touch water. Extra spicy. It does more than double the sodium content of your salt though, so watch out for that if you have high blood pressure.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago

Instead we should be replacing the sodium with chlorine!

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

"This food isn't salty enough" Huffs chlorine "Much better!"

[-] swankypantsu@lemmy.today 21 points 3 weeks ago
[-] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

thx. i like that

edit: laughs in german

[-] ExploitedAmerican@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

This is an explosive opinion

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago

It is kind of funny how, even though I understand how they cancel out, the unification of two very reactive elements makes harmless salt.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

Hydrogen and oxygen are quite reactive as well.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

And both water and salt, while vital to human life, are harmful to others. Water is a powerful solvent, and salt can kill snails.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They're just nearly equally reactive in two opposite directions.

You can absolutely make salts with acidic or alkaline properties by altering this careful balance.

It's like two titans fighting until both are dead and peace roams over the valley. Or, more accurately, relentless robber meeting someone who desperately needs to give something away.

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago

This sounds like the next thing we should get people riled up with along with the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

They put unchlorinated salt in the dang dihydrogen monoxide!

[-] Brynawel@feddit.org 14 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's just your reaction to it!

[-] nebulaone@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Alaik@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

I mean if we could get certain people who are deadset on making the world worse to believe this like the do for every other dumb fucking lie (EG: Vaccines and Autism, Fluoride in tap water, etc) this might be productive.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Na, I don’t think so

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Personally, I sub out the chlorine for hydrogen and oxygen, which I know are safe because that's what's in water. It also helps keep my soup nice and warm whenever I sprinkle it in.

Eating sodium chloride is kind of insane. It would be like if you took my stuff and poured a bunch of hydrochloric acid on it and then sprinkled that all over your food. Yeah, no thanks.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

You just know getting that to happen was the absolute peak crowning achievement of some bureaucrat's career.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Naw the army was dumping all kinds of stuff after WWII. They had built up so much material that this would be a unknown rubber stamp action without that film.

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sorta like the artifical coral reefs the US made out of WWII tanks

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

"I'm just gonna salt my pasta a bit and ... "

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Do you want to keep your teeth? How much are you planning on living? I have so many questions.

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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