Sonya-m
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Out if curiosity how much longer did that post go on for after I flounced out?
All your fault!!
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Saponista
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It sort of died off fairly quickly. One lady put up a scientific journal saying a weak 5% acid solution was better for lye burns than water, but someone else then found that it was a pre clinical trial, then found the full trial and it concluded that water was best so she was proved wrong again.
The person whose shampoo bar recipe is revered as if it was the holy grail is the one that annoys me most. She is worshiped like some kind of Saint.
The person whose shampoo bar recipe is revered as if it was the holy grail is the one that annoys me most. She is worshiped like some kind of Saint.
Sonya-m
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Ah yes, I know who you mean
I think you see this a lot online, and in my imagination before the intarwebs it was just confined to small towns and the Junior League.
People who really DO know what they are talking about (like our clever ones here who we all rely on for good solid advice) tend to be simple, matter of fact and don't attach their ego to their advice. Then you have people who would very much like to feel important - like little girls playing dress up who will prance about with absolutely NO substance. Its actually pretty funny to watch, but I can't participate or Ill just make fun of them...
People who really DO know what they are talking about (like our clever ones here who we all rely on for good solid advice) tend to be simple, matter of fact and don't attach their ego to their advice. Then you have people who would very much like to feel important - like little girls playing dress up who will prance about with absolutely NO substance. Its actually pretty funny to watch, but I can't participate or Ill just make fun of them...
I find myself often typing out responses to various Facebook posts (soap related and not), reading it over after I type it aaaaaand.... deleting it. I always seem to catch myself right before I get involved.
I'm often thankful I didn't when someone posts something similar to what I had written an either causes the conversation to blow up or gets berated for saying whatever they did. I've learned to bite my theoretical internet tongue. I find reading though a conversation enough times gets me to think the people writing in it are so ridiculous, it becomes unworthy of my time.
I'm often thankful I didn't when someone posts something similar to what I had written an either causes the conversation to blow up or gets berated for saying whatever they did. I've learned to bite my theoretical internet tongue. I find reading though a conversation enough times gets me to think the people writing in it are so ridiculous, it becomes unworthy of my time.
Saponista
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You are so wise, I need to learn to be less impulsive.
commoncenz
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Maybe. If I had read the pickles are alkaline thing I think that would've put me over the edge and nothing could hold me back. That would kill me. We all have our limits! That lady wouldve gotten a serious science lesson from me. That wouldn't be very wise (or maybe in this case it would be??)
Actually I got about as blunt as I dared. Here's the exchange:
Other poster: ...have you ever made pickles in brine? It doesn't need preservatives because it has high PH. The same things applys to LS if you don't superfat and neutralize it, if you do, the PH would drop and then a preservative needs to come to the party....
Me: ...pickles are acidic (low pH) not alkaline (high pH).
Other poster: DeeAnna Weed, you can make pickles with vinegar or with salt and water. Search the meaning of the pickle on the internet . We make cucumber pickles with salt water and we can keep it for more than 1 year. Salt is alkaline not acidic as everyone knows.
Me: I am well aware what a pickle is and how to make pickles. If you make pickles with just salt and water, then you will end up with a naturally fermented pickle. This fermentation process produces lactic acid. Again, an acid -- any acid -- LOWERS the pH of the finished product, it does not raise it. <sigh>
"... Salt is alkaline not acidic as everyone knows...."
Really? Reeeallly???? I give up.
Other poster: ...have you ever made pickles in brine? It doesn't need preservatives because it has high PH. The same things applys to LS if you don't superfat and neutralize it, if you do, the PH would drop and then a preservative needs to come to the party....
Me: ...pickles are acidic (low pH) not alkaline (high pH).
Other poster: DeeAnna Weed, you can make pickles with vinegar or with salt and water. Search the meaning of the pickle on the internet . We make cucumber pickles with salt water and we can keep it for more than 1 year. Salt is alkaline not acidic as everyone knows.
Me: I am well aware what a pickle is and how to make pickles. If you make pickles with just salt and water, then you will end up with a naturally fermented pickle. This fermentation process produces lactic acid. Again, an acid -- any acid -- LOWERS the pH of the finished product, it does not raise it. <sigh>
"... Salt is alkaline not acidic as everyone knows...."
Really? Reeeallly???? I give up.
I like stupid people. I get to stir the pot. And they don't know it's been stirred. I find that very entertaining. I'm not very nice.
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