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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_jdzqfil wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:40 AM

Reply to comment by Goodleboodle in ELI5: if acidic stuff tastes sour to humans, what does alkaline stuff taste like? by BlueTNT123

This is why bases are actually more dangerous than acids, because they turn the fats of your cell membranes into soaps in an appropriately named chemical reaction called saponification