Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 18 days agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 18 days agomessage-square206fedilink
minus-squareOwl@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 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-up0·17 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-up0·edit-217 days agoIs the polar-bonded surface layer of water wet? It is not entirely surrounded by water.
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoWell no one would consider something with a single water molecule on it wet either.
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.
Well no one would consider something with a single water molecule on it wet either.
Yup, that further confirms what I said