Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1imageWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square214linkfedilink
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·23 hours 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-216 hours agoIs the polar-bonded surface layer of water wet? It is not entirely surrounded by water.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours 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.
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.