Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down124
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minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoIf I have a single water molecule then it is still water but it isn’t touching any other water molecule, thus it isn’t wet
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 days agoExactly. So the only instance water is dry, and thus not wet, is if it’s a single lonely molecule. But water tends to come in herds, so that basically never happens.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoIs the polar-bonded surface layer of water wet? It is not entirely surrounded by water.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI’d say that’s dry, as it’s in contact with air. Or perhaps just moist, as it’s partially in contact with water.
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·3 days agoWell no one would consider something with a single water molecule on it wet either.
minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoYup, that further confirms what I said
If I have a single water molecule then it is still water but it isn’t touching any other water molecule, thus it isn’t wet
Exactly. So the only instance water is dry, and thus not wet, is if it’s a single lonely molecule.
But water tends to come in herds, so that basically never happens.
Is the polar-bonded surface layer of water wet? It is not entirely surrounded by water.
I’d say that’s dry, as it’s in contact with air. Or perhaps just moist, as it’s partially in contact with water.
Well no one would consider something with a single water molecule on it wet either.
Yup, that further confirms what I said