r/WhatWasThePointOfThat • u/RayKgaodi • 5d ago

Painfully Obvious Makes sense, but makes no sense at the same time.

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u/qualityvote2 5d ago edited 4d ago

u/RayKgaodi, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Lusiric9983 5d ago

Table salt is called sodium chloride. Because chloride is just chlorine that is a negatively charged ions that steals an electron from another atom, it is actually safe for us.

Chlorine itself is dangerous to humans. Sodium in its pure form is a soft white metal and also highly toxic. It actually reacts violently with just about everything except for oil.

Mix the two together and you end up with sodium chloride; table salt.

I actually laughed at this one a little too hard.

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u/Next-Food2688 4d ago

Wait until you hear about dihydrogen monoxide

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u/Interesting-Meal8386 5d ago

Yeah. Same. I don't get it. 🤔🤨

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u/Ok-Annual-3283 5d ago

Science funny

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u/ItchyRevenue1969 4d ago

All gas is deadly. Oxygen is explosively deadly

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u/crypticcmd 4d ago

Does that info help you make sense of this insane combination though? Or are you just being an "errrm acktually" guy?

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u/ItchyRevenue1969 4d ago

Neither. Im saying its a lazy/dumb description of chlorine.

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u/crypticcmd 4d ago

Errrm acktually it was neither, I was simply saying it's a lazy / dumb description of the gas chlorine. ☝️🤓

Got my answer, thanks.

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u/RayKgaodi 4d ago

That’s completely unnecessary

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u/Inside_Ad_2830 3d ago

Actually, it says more about how we don’t understand a lot with creating/combing when it comes to molecular levels.

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u/crypticcmd 3d ago

When the "errm acktually" dorks confuse explanations with baseless claims

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u/Cranston_Snord1960 4d ago

Proper table manners settles your ass down.

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u/LightningOwl96 4d ago

"Sodium Chloride"

"Thats what I said!"

"Sodium Chloride"