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Re:The forgotten joy of soap by benj111 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:24PM (#20396772)
But "Dove doesn't dry your skin like soap can" (uk advertising tagline) which would suggest it isn't soap.
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Re:The forgotten joy of soap by duncanawoods on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:38PM (#20396922)
A theseus ship type issue. As okcando says - it contains fatty acid salts which are what we call soap. However, lots of things contain these without becoming soap e.g. cheese and napalm so... yeah.
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Re:The forgotten joy of soap by benj111 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:00PM (#20397102)
charred crusty (but still beautiful) woman turns to face the camera

"Napalm doesn't dry you skin like soap can"

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