Water is not wet (2 Viewers)

[Ambush]

Is a single molecule of water wet?

Exactly. Water in the plural sense is wet.

 

[mjcouvi]

Interestingly, an H2O molecule was isolated for the first time in 2011 https://www.nature.com/articles/am2011196

So if a single molecule of water is not wet, but other water is wet because even a drop of water has millions of H2O molecules (water covered by water), then all water is wet except this one molecule that was isolated in 2011.

I think it's safe to say "water is wet"

 

[kcirdor]

Is a single molecule of water wet?

Yes, it consists of water, by definition it is wet.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Interestingly, an H2O molecule was isolated for the first time in 2011 https://www.nature.com/articles/am2011196

So if a single molecule of water is not wet, but other water is wet because even a drop of water has millions of H2O molecules (water covered by water), then all water is wet except this one molecule that was isolated in 2011.

I think it's safe to say "water is wet"

pfft
you probably think people can actually touch

 

[Cage1]

"I could care less" is maddening.

 

[superchuck500]

Two I like to use:
- The horse is out of the barn
- Two times nothing is still nothing

 

[superchuck500]

As for wetness

 

[mjcouvi]

"I could care less" is maddening.

I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but...

Evidence for the use of “could care less” goes back to 1955, with “couldn’t care less” appearing only about 10 years before that. But long before that the phrase “No one could care less than I” was in use. Think about how you might respond to such a phrase in a certain type of conversation. “I’ve never been so insulted in my life! How dare they imply such a thing! No one could care less for the trappings of fame than I!”

“I could, darling. I could care less.”​

The rest of the comparison, “than you,” is left understood. Perhaps “I could care less” also carries a shadow of the original phrase and a hidden comparison. “I could care less … than anyone.”

http://mentalfloss.com/article/55388/4-good-reasons-why-people-say-i-could-care-less

 

[Ambush]

Interestingly, an H2O molecule was isolated for the first time in 2011 https://www.nature.com/articles/am2011196

So if a single molecule of water is not wet, but other water is wet because even a drop of water has millions of H2O molecules (water covered by water), then all water is wet except this one molecule that was isolated in 2011.

I think it's safe to say "water is wet"

Not as an absolute. H2O is water. H2O is not wet.

 

[Ambush]

Two I like to use:
- The horse is out of the barn
- Two times nothing is still nothing

The one that lawyers use the most that makes me laugh is “you gotta keep your powder dry”.

 

[dgrant]

I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but...



http://mentalfloss.com/article/55388/4-good-reasons-why-people-say-i-could-care-less

That is good stuff. Very insightful and surprising. Agreed on the "it is what it is." It might as well be the same as sending up a white flag to admit to defeat. Sometimes it is used when discussing my parents; as in, "There is just no way to stop them from hoarding. It is what it is."

 

[SystemShock]

I used to feel very strongly about this one, and it still bugs me a bit, but...



http://mentalfloss.com/article/55388/4-good-reasons-why-people-say-i-could-care-less

But then context is a factor.
If what you are trying to convey is that you don't care, "I could care less" is the wrong thing to say.

 

[dgrant]

If two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom join to form a molecule of water, that molecule is wet. Wetness is not exclusive to water alone. Any liquid could be considered wet. Water in a liquid form is always wet. Perhaps the saying should be, "liquid water is wet," but I think it could seem like someone is splitting a hair that doesn't need to be split.

I like that saying "splitting hairs". When pondered in the broader context, a split hair must be trimmed for an overall neat look after a haircut. So, splitting hairs is actually counter-productive to an overall neat look.

 

[kcirdor]

Exactly. Water in the plural sense is wet.

Not as an absolute. H2O is water. H2O is not wet.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet


Definition of wet
noun
1: WATER

adjective
1a: consisting of.... liquid (such as water)

Water is wet. Water is not dry.

 

[mjcouvi]

But then context is a factor.
If what you are trying to convey is that you don't care, "I could care less" is the wrong thing to say.

You could think of "I could care less" as shorthand for "like I could care less."