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.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Hydrogen and oxygen are quite reactive as well.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[-] swankypantsu@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago

This is so_dium_.

[-] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

thx. i like that

edit: laughs in german

[-] ExploitedAmerican@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

This is an explosive opinion

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Brynawel@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

Hot take.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

That's just your reaction to it!

[-] nebulaone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

yum

[-] Alaik@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week 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.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

That's right keep telling yourself that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.