Insult Memes

This is chemistry wordplay at its finest! The commenter turned a standard insult about someone being "basic" into a brilliant acid-base chemistry joke. Industrial-grade acids typically have extremely low pH values (highly acidic), and bases neutralize them by raising the pH. So calling someone "so basic" they'd "balance the pH" of industrial acid is essentially saying they're the chemical equivalent of sodium hydroxide in human form! The pun works on multiple levels since "basic" is slang for unoriginal or mainstream, while in chemistry, bases are substances with pH values above 7. That's not just a burn—that's a full-on acid-catalyzed combustion reaction!