Water is not wet

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Is water wet?

  • Yes, science makes my brain hurt

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • No, I understand the physical sciences and believe words are important

    Votes: 9 25.0%

  • Yes, Shut up about it and leave me alone you pedantic fucker

    Votes: 7 19.4%

  • I don't care either way. This post is dumb

    Votes: 6 16.7%

  • Thank you for enlightening me on this topic

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Sneed

    Votes: 11 30.6%
  • Total voters
    36
Gandhi's Left Hook said:
Since the water isn't actually adhering to the surface, is it really touching it?
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If wet means "touching water" and touching means "adhering to" something then water is extra wet since the water molecules attract eachother via hydrogen bonding.

HydrogenBondinginWater.jpg
 
By these definitions (random dictionary):
  • Wet: (something/subject) covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
  • Cover: put (something) on top of or in front of something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.
Then water isn't necessarily wet, but can be wet (table messed up, you can get the idea):


Example of not wet:​

Example of wet:​

(Block of water molecules, alone)​

(H2O + H2O + H2O + H2O)​

(Subject) is not covered with another liquid​

(Block of water molecules) ((+ other liquid))​

(H2O + H2O + H2O + H2O) + ((H2O + H2O))​

(Subject) is covered with another liquid​

And the same applies to everything else, just substitute "subject" for something else, like: is wood wet? Is air wet? Am I wet? And so on. So nothing by itself is wet, unless it is covered by a liquid (that makes it wet).

So imagine you had a sphere of water floating in front of you. By the previous definitions, that sphere/block of water wouldn't be wet, but the block of water inside it (one layer deep), would be wet.
 
Does 'Sneed' count as the 'OP is gay' option?
 
ALL SQUARES ARE RECTANGLES BUT NOT ALL RECTANGLES ARE SQUARES
 
For real though, water is technically a surface. And water can be in contact with other water molecules. Therefore can in fact make itself wet because other water molecules are on its surface.
 
God of Nothing said:
For real though, water is technically a surface. And water can be in contact with other water molecules. Therefore can in fact make itself wet because other water molecules are on its surface.
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Wetness is the presence of water on a solid surface. Water applies wetness, but it is not wet. You can technically make ice wet, though, since it is a solid. When ice melts, it turns into water, which makes things wet, but the ice itself cannot impart wetness because it is a solid.

Edit: Water is not a surface. It has a surface. though. Technically, if you dive into a lake, you will be both under the surface of the lake (where it meets the air) and touching the surface of the water, which is the boundary of your body.

Individual atoms do not have surfaces that can be measured with 100% accuracy. The surface of an atom is determined by the point at which it begins to repel another atom, and this is an approximation.
 
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Gandhi's Left Hook said:
Wetness is the presence of water on a solid surface. Water applies wetness, but it is not wet. You can technically make ice wet, though, since it is a solid. When ice melts, it turns into water, which makes things wet, but the ice itself cannot impart wetness because it is a solid.

Edit: Water is not a surface. It has a surface. though.
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A non surface can be wet too, and a solid surface can be wet the same way a non surface such as steam can be solid and thus wet in the presence of water. A surface can be both water and wet even though water itself isn't necessarily a surface. Ergo, water can be wet. Deal with it.
 
TheArtilleryman said:
A non surface can be wet too, and a solid surface can be wet the same way a non surface such as steam can be solid and thus wet in the presence of water. A surface can be both water and wet even though water itself isn't necessarily a surface. Ergo, water can be wet. Deal with it.
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Steam is not a solid; it's a gas. Pure steam is never wet. Visible steam is wet because it contains water droplets.
 
We Are The Witches said:
By these definitions (random dictionary):
  • Wet: (something/subject) covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
  • Cover: put (something) on top of or in front of something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.
Then water isn't necessarily wet, but can be wet (table messed up, you can get the idea):


Example of not wet:​

Example of wet:​

(Block of water molecules, alone)​

(H2O + H2O + H2O + H2O)​

(Subject) is not covered with another liquid​

(Block of water molecules) ((+ other liquid))​

(H2O + H2O + H2O + H2O) + ((H2O + H2O))​

(Subject) is covered with another liquid​

And the same applies to everything else, just substitute "subject" for something else, like: is wood wet? Is air wet? Am I wet? And so on. So nothing by itself is wet, unless it is covered by a liquid (that makes it wet).

So imagine you had a sphere of water floating in front of you. By the previous definitions, that sphere/block of water wouldn't be wet, but the block of water inside it (one layer deep), would be wet.
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Bold of you to Assume water is H2O and not a proportional mix of H3O+ and HO- ions
 
Blue Flying Leaf said:
Bold of you to Assume water is H2O and not a proportional mix of H3O+ and HO- ions
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That's what it is. Hydrogens jump from oxygen to oxygen, leaving some with 3 and some with 1. That might be a little too complex for this group, though, as most people here are still struggling with the idea that water is not wet.

I'm still waiting for someone to go, "But in chemistry, any reaction with water is considered wet." *sigh*
 
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