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minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours ago Seems you added a word to the definition that just so happens to be the one word your entire argument rests on.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoCounterpoint: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wet Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoThis is the full definition of that website: wet (comparative wetter, superlative wettest) 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!
minus-squareWildly_Utilize@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoIsn’t all the water below the surface layer covered with a liquid?
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoI can’t think of a compelling reason to treat the water on the surface as a distinct entity, though.
minus-squareKombatWombat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoI would say this still works. 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.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoWater can’t absorb neither moisture nor water so it can’t be holding as much of either as can be absorbed.
Seems you added a word to the definition that just so happens to be the one word your entire argument rests on.
Counterpoint: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wet
This is the full definition of that website:
Pfft! 'Tis clearly biased propaganda to perpetuate the water is wet agenda and I will not tolerate it!
Isn’t all the water below the surface layer covered with a liquid?
I can’t think of a compelling reason to treat the water on the surface as a distinct entity, though.
I would say this still works.
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.
Water can’t absorb neither moisture nor water so it can’t be holding as much of either as can be absorbed.