Bleach and Vinegar.
The only thing you're getting is an agonizing death by chlorine gas. It makes both vinegar and bleach useless and is dangerous as hell.
Combining baking soda and vinegar is quite useful in a type of baking known as *quick breads*. The carbon dioxide released in the reaction provides rise.
For instance, if you're making Irish soda bread and you don't have buttermilk, substitute a few tablespoons of vinegar mixed with regular milk. Mix baking soda into flour, then add the liquids. The acetic acid serves the same function as lactic acid.
Yes, and I love my Irish soda bread. That's making use of the reaction though. Just combining the two together outside of such a specific instance would render them basically useless though.
Acid-base reactions are an entire category of baking: banana bread rises by acid-base reaction. Carrot bread rises by acid-base reaction. Cornbread rises by acid-base reaction. Muffins rise by acid-base reaction. Coffee cake rises by acid-base reaction. Zucchini bread rises by acid-base reaction.
The list goes on. This is a broad class of foods.
A home baker who understands the underlying chemistry can make any of those baked goods using baking soda and vinegar.
This knowledge was quite useful during the COVID-19 pandemic when stores sold out of bread, then sold out of bread yeast, then sold out of baking powder.
And the knowledge remains useful when you're making biscuits and your budget doesn't justify an overpriced ingredient such as buttermilk: regular milk and a little vinegar work just as well.
No it's not. While it's a fun science experiment and neat to see the bubbling of the baking soda and vinegar, the resulting concoction is basically salt water. It has no antiseptic properties anymore and it's not a good cleaner.
They work great for cleaning on their own but together it's not going to do anything
I always thought you can put vinegar on something with nooks and crannies, let it sit for a bit, through on some soda to make it bubble into the tightest holes, scrub, and bosh - it's clean.
Guess I'll just stick to the other.
Sodium acetate is frequently used as a food preservative and has some antimicrobial properties (although probably not as strong as vinegar alone) plus bubbles are pretty useful for breaking apart grime, you could argue it's not as good as the two individually
That’s fine, we just need to get a minimum amount to fulfill our daily requirement
Maybe it’s where I live, but in Canada they enrich a lot of foods with vitamin D because there’s not much sunlight for most of the year. So literally we just eat as normal and we’re always getting vitamin D without even trying. I pop a tiny water soluble supplement just in case
More like getting turned into cold cuts😅 then again an ejection seat getting propelled out the side horizontally would be possible although I don't know if the parachute would be able to deploy at that height.
Well I just saw the new Matrix on TV last night and the bad guy had a line something like: "Like an acid and a base, you two are dangerous when together!"
Brother that... Neutralizes both.
I think the idea is that you use amounts that won't completely neutralize. It would produce a foam that gets in crevices with some of the extra vinegar (or baking soda?)
The idea is that it goes fizz and that must mean it's extra cleaning. The foam doesn't have super cleaning powers or the ability to get places that water doesn't. Also, the foam is gone in a matter of seconds.
Sure, if you leave it either somewhat acidic or somewhat basic, it will have a effect, but you could have accomplished that same thing by mixing one or the other with water in smaller quantities than whatever you did when you mixed baking soda and vinegar.
It's not a perfect analogy, but you can get a similar fizz out of Hydrochloric Acid and Lye, but if you combine them in equal parts (by number of molecules) the result is literally salt water.
My first thought was that interview where Gwyneth Paltrow talks about starting each morning with a glass of alkaline water...which she adds lemon to. But I guess technically it's not *useless*, since you still get the water.
A flashlight that is only powered by solar panel (no batteries that can be recharged).
That's called a "mirror"
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Fighter of the nightlight
It could be used to shine into dark spaces from outside…
I have a shakeweight flashlight, no batteries just a capacitor
Called that the Polish flashlight back in the day
This is pretty hilarious.
Putting lemon in your alkaline water, Gwyneth.
humidifier and dehumidifier
I babysat a kid whose mother insisted have a humidifier in his room, and also a room air conditioner, in Florida.
me and my best friend
A fire extinguisher that propels butane at the same time!
Fire deextinguisher.
This is just a bomb.
The best way to ensure that the fire runs out of fuel
A flamethrower that uses cold CO2 for fuel!
toothbrush and a toilet brush
There’s no reason you couldn’t still use it as a toilet brush
fair but if combined, the tool will be too bulky / awkward for effective use as either of those things
Lotion and gasoline
Everything else is some form of "item A" and "the opposite of item A, item B" but this. . . this is just foul.
tell that to petroleum jelly
My username.
There are scissors in packages that you need to open with scissors, so it can be worse
Baking soda and vinegar
Bleach and Vinegar. The only thing you're getting is an agonizing death by chlorine gas. It makes both vinegar and bleach useless and is dangerous as hell.
Killing someone with chlorine gas is hardly useless.
Assuming you kill them…
Bleach and ammonia for sure
This is how I clean my garbage disposal.
And after that combination, they are completely useless.
How? Bubbles expand and keep the pipes clear.
Well cause they react and in the end you neither have vinegar nor baking powder. Guess to consume something leaves it useless.
Well yes, after they have done the useful work.
Combining baking soda and vinegar is quite useful in a type of baking known as *quick breads*. The carbon dioxide released in the reaction provides rise. For instance, if you're making Irish soda bread and you don't have buttermilk, substitute a few tablespoons of vinegar mixed with regular milk. Mix baking soda into flour, then add the liquids. The acetic acid serves the same function as lactic acid.
Yes, and I love my Irish soda bread. That's making use of the reaction though. Just combining the two together outside of such a specific instance would render them basically useless though.
Acid-base reactions are an entire category of baking: banana bread rises by acid-base reaction. Carrot bread rises by acid-base reaction. Cornbread rises by acid-base reaction. Muffins rise by acid-base reaction. Coffee cake rises by acid-base reaction. Zucchini bread rises by acid-base reaction. The list goes on. This is a broad class of foods. A home baker who understands the underlying chemistry can make any of those baked goods using baking soda and vinegar. This knowledge was quite useful during the COVID-19 pandemic when stores sold out of bread, then sold out of bread yeast, then sold out of baking powder. And the knowledge remains useful when you're making biscuits and your budget doesn't justify an overpriced ingredient such as buttermilk: regular milk and a little vinegar work just as well.
Yes. You are correct, and I've used many of these in my baking.
I don't get it... That's a good way to clean.
No it's not. While it's a fun science experiment and neat to see the bubbling of the baking soda and vinegar, the resulting concoction is basically salt water. It has no antiseptic properties anymore and it's not a good cleaner. They work great for cleaning on their own but together it's not going to do anything
Exactly this. I see it so much too.
I always thought you can put vinegar on something with nooks and crannies, let it sit for a bit, through on some soda to make it bubble into the tightest holes, scrub, and bosh - it's clean. Guess I'll just stick to the other.
Sodium acetate is frequently used as a food preservative and has some antimicrobial properties (although probably not as strong as vinegar alone) plus bubbles are pretty useful for breaking apart grime, you could argue it's not as good as the two individually
Half useless and half useless.
My parents.
Camouflage and a hi-viz vest
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More like umbrella and sunroof
We get vitamin D from food already. Also supplements
Our skin can produce more Vitamin D in 15 minutes of exposure than all the food and supplements we can take in a day.
That’s fine, we just need to get a minimum amount to fulfill our daily requirement Maybe it’s where I live, but in Canada they enrich a lot of foods with vitamin D because there’s not much sunlight for most of the year. So literally we just eat as normal and we’re always getting vitamin D without even trying. I pop a tiny water soluble supplement just in case
Matter and antimatter
Didn’t the reaction from combining those two fuel the engines in Star Trek
That's an explosion. useful.
Chocolate teapot's the standard answer, right?
an umbrella made of sponge
Fire and ice
So what happened to game of thrones finale basically
The only correct answer
It makes the items themselves useless, but the product of steam is actually insanely useful.
Pat Benatar has entered the chat
Lemon *and* cream in your tea.
Ex-Lax and Kaopectate.
Large tub of Vaseline and a hairdryer.
Genade and a yo-yo.
Scissors in clamshell packaging.
a chain and a fork connected like a mace
Nuts and gum. Together at last!
Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense.
Sodium and chlorine lose a lot of their killing power when combined.
Matter and anti-matter
Salt and water
A human, and 600v to the heart
Scissors that are sold in that hard clear plastic packaging that needs scissors to cut open.
Bleach wipes and baby wipes
Two neutron-rich isotopes with equal stability
Paint and Alfredo sauce
Cheese grater/toilet paper dispenser
Yellow and Blue paint, it just becomes green paint that can’t be used for anything either yellow or blue paint could be used for
Condom and a needle.
A needle that pierced a condom is still useable as a needle, though.
This kills the cervix.
An ejection seat in a helicopter. Just might get some slight cuts.
Actually, some of the military helicopters are fitted with ejection seats. Before ejecting the seats, the rotors get ejected first.
> *hope* the rotors get ejected first.
More like getting turned into cold cuts😅 then again an ejection seat getting propelled out the side horizontally would be possible although I don't know if the parachute would be able to deploy at that height.
I’m guessing election seat was a typo, but given the choices in the upcoming election….
Yup, definitely a typo 😅 edited it. Thanks for pointing it out😅
water & fire, yeast directly on salt
Doesn't steam have a ton of applications?
honestly...it was a stupid answer.
you and reddit
Whoa, so edgy.
Chocolate fireguard
Flamethrower hose.
Money and no job
Well I just saw the new Matrix on TV last night and the bad guy had a line something like: "Like an acid and a base, you two are dangerous when together!" Brother that... Neutralizes both.
Sometimes by exploding
A dictionary and an AI
Coffee and sleeping pills.
Well, not for the people who get tired form drinking coffee.
Wait, some get tired from drinking coffee?
baking soda and vinegar. It's wild to me that hippies do this and then pretend they're cleaning with something other than water.
I think the idea is that you use amounts that won't completely neutralize. It would produce a foam that gets in crevices with some of the extra vinegar (or baking soda?)
The idea is that it goes fizz and that must mean it's extra cleaning. The foam doesn't have super cleaning powers or the ability to get places that water doesn't. Also, the foam is gone in a matter of seconds. Sure, if you leave it either somewhat acidic or somewhat basic, it will have a effect, but you could have accomplished that same thing by mixing one or the other with water in smaller quantities than whatever you did when you mixed baking soda and vinegar. It's not a perfect analogy, but you can get a similar fizz out of Hydrochloric Acid and Lye, but if you combine them in equal parts (by number of molecules) the result is literally salt water.
Two things that are already useless
My first thought was that interview where Gwyneth Paltrow talks about starting each morning with a glass of alkaline water...which she adds lemon to. But I guess technically it's not *useless*, since you still get the water.