Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up11.27K
arrow-up11.27KimageWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year 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-21 year agoIs the polar-bonded surface layer of water wet? It is not entirely surrounded by water.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.