Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down124
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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoa cloud is (basically not exactly) “steam” - steam makes things wet when it condenses into water (clouds of water on Earth at least, not Venusian clouds of Sulphur for eg)
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe word you might be looking for is vapor. Clouds are water vapor.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoyes but I didn’t want to get dragged into whether vapor was wet.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s not solid, so no. It’s humid.
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agodoes that also classify as moist?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes, moist can mean humid.
is a cloud wet?
a cloud is (basically not exactly) “steam” - steam makes things wet when it condenses into water
(clouds of water on Earth at least, not Venusian clouds of Sulphur for eg)
The word you might be looking for is vapor.
Clouds are water vapor.
yes but I didn’t want to get dragged into whether vapor was wet.
It’s not solid, so no. It’s humid.
does that also classify as moist?
Yes, moist can mean humid.