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[–] airbreather@lemmy.world 177 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's exactly what I was going for. Gonna need a lot more na tho.

[–] Natanael 5 points 2 days ago
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

Na-na-na Naaa

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] dangercake@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Cu later then

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 0 points 2 days ago

You don't say!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

pure sodium meets saliva

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

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Bits of Mouth, name of my new band.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 43 points 2 days ago
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The pasta would cook itself

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

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

[–] ExploitedAmerican@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

This is an explosive opinion

[–] swankypantsu@lemmy.today 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

thx. i like that

edit: laughs in german

[–] yozul@beehaw.org 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Instead we should be replacing the sodium with chlorine!

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days 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.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

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

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hydrogen and oxygen are quite reactive as well.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days 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 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] Brynawel@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

That's just your reaction to it!

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

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