How!

[Triple Zero]

question was serious.

how many centuries has fresh water been flowing into the oceans?

okay but ask yourself, where does the fresh water come from? mostly from evaporated water from the oceans. so the salt stays in the ocean, and the water evaporates, rains and flows back.

also what requia said, there's so much salt water.

[LMNO]

question was serious.

how many centuries has fresh water been flowing into the oceans?

Rain & snow (not salty) falls over the land.

That water flows downhill (fresh water) into the ocean (salty).

Ocean water evaporates (minus the salt) into the air.

Evaporated water condenses into clouds.

Clouds make rain and snow (not salty) that falls over the land.

Repeat.

The ocean remains salty because evaporation is removing an amount of fresh water at a near-constant rate.

[Rumckle]

Also, the water flowing into the ocean isn't always completely fresh (though the amount of salt will be a tiny, tiny fraction compared to the ocean).

[AFK]

Because the goddamn dinosaur wizards cast a spell on the oceans that they be forever briney. 

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

FUCKIN MIRACLES!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Jenne]

FUCKIN MIRACLES!!!!!!!!!!! 

HOW DO THEY WORK?

(I keep repeating this meme, is bad is bad)

[Adios]

Okay, I get it but I still think it's a pretty shitty design.

[Jenne]

Okay, I get it but I still think it's a pretty shitty design.

Hawk, how can you MESS with SUCCESS?

[Adios]

Okay, I get it but I still think it's a pretty shitty design.

Hawk, how can you MESS with SUCCESS?

I WILL NEUTRALIZE OCEANS WITH BAKING SODA.

[Don Coyote]

Okay, I get it but I still think it's a pretty shitty design.

Hawk, how can you MESS with SUCCESS?

I WILL NEUTRALIZE OCEANS WITH BAKING SODA.

So....pouring an electrolyte in an electrolyte solution will do what?
Table salt
sodium chloride NaCl
Baking soda
sodium bicarbonate NaHCO₃

Also when you neutralize acids with a base you get a salt. Which doesn't really figure into this because the oceans are salty. Also also, the seas have a pH of roughly 8 which is basic, the opposite of acidic.

[Triple Zero]

I'm also not entirely clear on what's so shitty about the oceans being salty?

[Adios]

I'm also not entirely clear on what's so shitty about the oceans being salty?

Not one damn thing. This is my current silly thread. 

[Don Coyote]

 

[Adios]

Sorry, I thought it was obvious.

[Don Coyote]

Sorry, I thought it was obvious.

I found it very amusing.