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
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.
I would count a grouping of water as having absorbed itself personally. But either way, it technically can’t absorb any more water, so it is always at the absorption max, whether that’s 0% or 100% water.
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
Left: “Water is wet and I’m tired of people arguing about it…”
Right: “Dihydrogen monoxide drowns babies, I saw it on the news!”.
Seems you added a word to the definition that just so happens to be the one word your entire argument rests on.
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.
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!
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.
I would count a grouping of water as having absorbed itself personally. But either way, it technically can’t absorb any more water, so it is always at the absorption max, whether that’s 0% or 100% water.
I’m prepared to admit water is wet if you’re prepared to admit every non-absorbent material is perpetually wet since it can’t absorb any more water.
Ok fair point on the 0%. I guess it does depend on whether you consider water to have absorbed itself or not for soaked.