Stamets to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 2 months agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square209arrow-up11.27K
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minus-squaredonlinkfedilink8•2 months agoThere’s an argument that wetness is a sensation that occurs when water comes into contact with a solid surface. Therefore, while water can make other things wet, it is not considered wet on its own.
minus-square@yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink8•2 months agoI’d argue there exist extremely viscous liquids which would be considered wet when in contact with water. It seems arbitrary to exclude liquids from being wet.
There’s an argument that wetness is a sensation that occurs when water comes into contact with a solid surface. Therefore, while water can make other things wet, it is not considered wet on its own.
I’d argue there exist extremely viscous liquids which would be considered wet when in contact with water.
It seems arbitrary to exclude liquids from being wet.
And yet I’m struggling to think of one…