• Zeshade@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Then what do people mean when they say normal soap and antibacterial soap and how does that affect what I should be using after handling raw meat or just going to the toilets etc?

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        “Antibacterial” is somewhat of a marketing gimmick. Yeah, those have extra microbial killing chemicals, but plain soap kills plenty well enough, pops their little lipid walls.

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      3 months ago

      It would appear lemmy has deemed your post worthy of a dog pile because another user came along to nitpick, by accusing you of nitpicking.

      Yes folks, all soap is antibacterial, and that’s a great point to make in this thread. Plain soaps pops their cell walls quite nicely. I roll my own olive oil soaps and it’s wonderful.

    • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Look, let’s be real. Nitpicking over dictionary definitions like a grammar-Republican isn’t making anyone smarter. When you’re that obsessed with splitting hairs over precise definitions, you’re actually creating a fog of confusion. It’s like trying to explain quantum physics with a thesaurus, you end up sounding like a pretentious know-it-all instead of a clear communicator.