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While I do like the principle, in this specific instance I don't think it's correct.
When sodium reacts with water it doesn't produce salt (NaCl), but sodium hydroxide (NaOH).
This is better known as lye, and it's a strong base and highly caustic, so definitely not a safe compound.
Edit: the other product of this reaction is hydrogen gas, which technically is stable, but also highly flammable...
Every time I make soap, I’m really tempted to take the lye and do the Fight Club thing to my hand. (Inner edgy fourteen year old never grew up)
Shit gets hot fast.
This is one of the worst intrusive thoughts I've read yet, bravo
My friend literally did it. They did the whole scene at a party. He put a ton of lye on. Made a badass scar, he did have to go to the hospital though.
Good realization - memes are inadequate oversimplifications that are entertaining but shouldn't be mistaken for "information".