• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Water is wet and I’m tired of people arguing about it. Wet literally means “covered in or consisting of liquid,” and yet everyone seems to think water can’t be wet just because it also makes other things wet, which it does but that doesn’t mean it isn’t itself wet

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      7 hours ago

      Left: “Water is wet and I’m tired of people arguing about it…”

      Right: “Dihydrogen monoxide drowns babies, I saw it on the news!”.

    • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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      14 hours ago

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      Seems you added a word to the definition that just so happens to be the one word your entire argument rests on.

        • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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          10 hours ago

          This is the full definition of that website:

          wet (comparative wetter, superlative wettest)

          1. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.

          Synonym: wetting

          Water is wet.

          Pfft! 'Tis clearly biased propaganda to perpetuate the water is wet agenda and I will not tolerate it!

      • KombatWombat@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        I would say this still works.

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        Assuming we are not compressing it, you cannot fit more water into water. Therefore, water is saturated with itself. Therefore, it is soaked. Therefore, it is wet.

        • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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          10 hours ago

          Water can’t absorb neither moisture nor water so it can’t be holding as much of either as can be absorbed.