• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Why doesn’t “wet” count if the liquid is in contact with other liquid molecules?

    Sounds like special pleading to me.

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      9 months ago

      Wetness is not a property which can be applied to a liquid— only a solid which has come in contact with liquid.

      Adding liquid to liquid just makes more liquid, not “wet” liquid.

      Now, I suppose there could be rare exceptions to this— if an especially viscous liquid were able to produce a surface upon which another, less viscous liquid might make contact with, then that would result in “the surface of X liquid is wetted by Y liquid”— but, even then, the property of wetness only applies to the semi-solid/liquid surface (a property similar to a solid), and not because they, say, mixed. Mixed liquid just form new liquids, compounds, etc. not “wet” ones.

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          9 months ago

          The explanation was in the original comment. I simply clarified due to your misunderstanding.

          Look, this is a mix of both logic and linguistics (which isn’t always logical). Even if it doesn’t make sense to you, this is how it is. I suggest that you accept it, however, if you refuse to accept it, the next logical course of action would be to invent a new word which describes liquids touching liquids. Most would call it “a mixture“, but people like you are often unsatisfied with anything you don’t make up yourselves.

          I look forward to hearing what new word you may come up with.

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              9 months ago

              To repeat: I already gave a well-defined reason in my initial comment. It’s your choice whether or not to accept it.

              I suppose being overly contrarian and argumentative might entertain you, but I’m not going to indulge such childishness (or, perhaps, ignorance) further.

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                9 months ago

                Water is, in fact, not wet. Like any liquid, it can only make wet what it touches/soaks. Wetness is a property bestowed upon other things (primarily solid objects) which come into contact with a liquid, but not the liquid itself.

                And, no, adding water to water doesn’t result in “wet” water- just more water.

                This is just an assertion that wetness is a property only bestowed on solids. There is no reason given for this, and I have no basis to believe that it is true based on the aforementioned linguistics.

                I refer you to the top comment: a very common English expression that “water is wet.”

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                  9 months ago

                  You’re looking for logic in human linguistics. That is your mistake.

                  It is what it is, and it’s simply for you to either accept or have a lack of acceptance. But that’s what witness is, regardless of your counter arguments.

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                    9 months ago

                    Nice edit.

                    How dare I be pedantic when you were doing it first LMAO!

                    It seems like if it were true you’d have an actual reason instead of calling me irrational. I guess that’s just how it is though.

                    You sure got big mad for me asking you to explain your pedantry though. Probably because you know I’m right, huh?