Is water wet?

Liger1 · 2021-05-22 20:53:25

I am interested in hearing the OHOL community thoughts on this topic. And to test a theory of mines.

-Ian- · 2021-05-22 21:06:26

When something is wet, that means it has water molecules attached to it.

Water (in big enough quantities) has water attached to it, so it is wet.

Unless you have only one molecule of water, then water is wet.

DestinyCall · 2021-05-22 21:27:00

Water in OHOL is made out of pixels. Pixels are light rendered on a computer screen. Light cannot be wet.

Ergo, water is not wet.

jinbaili83 · 2021-05-22 22:31:46

Is water even real or just an illusion ?

DestinyCall · 2021-05-22 22:45:29

We have ponds, wells and buckets and bowls ... but I have never seen in rain. Why are there no rivers or oceans?

Are we sure that water even exists? Maybe we have been drinking blue oil this whole time.

-Ian- · 2021-05-22 23:37:51

DestinyCall wrote:

Maybe we have been drinking blue oil this whole time.

Well then we should use this blue oil to power diesel wells!

We could have an infinite source of blue oil!

Mr.XIX · 2021-05-22 23:53:07

Wet is when a solid has water attached to it.

This means only solids can be wet.

Water is not a solid, but ice is.

Water can only be wet in its ice state.

DestinyCall · 2021-05-23 00:18:03

Water is always 100% wet. It can't be dry.

If water ever dries out completely ... it is gone!

DestinyCall · 2021-05-23 05:26:04

In order to really answer this question, we first have to define what we mean by "wet". So let's consult a dictionary.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/wet

Adjective
1.) Moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.
2.) in a liquid form or state.
Noun
1.) something that is or makes wet, such as water or other liquid; moisture.
2.) damp weather; rain.

If we define "wet" as being covered or soaked in liquid, then water isn't wet by itself. There has to be a something for the liquid to saturate. In that case, water is not wet, but it can make other things wet. Including water in its solid form (ice) ... so I guess, water CAN be wet. Or at least ice can be wet.

If we define "wet" as "in a liquid form or state", then all liquids are wet because they ARE liquid. And water is definitely a liquid and also wet.

If we define "wet" as "moisture" or "something that is or makes wet", then water is certainly something that makes things wet and it is also moisture, so water is wet.

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Of course there are other ways to define the word wet.

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

I think my favorite definition of "wet" is British slang, meaning "a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character."

If we use that definition, water is obviously wet, because it has hardly any mental fortitude at all. It's a total pushover.

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So long story short, yes, water is wet. Somehow I am not surprised.

DiscardedSlinky · 2021-05-23 13:17:20

Your bones are wet

DestinyCall · 2021-05-23 14:23:25

So are your teeth. And your eyeballs. And your brain.

We are just a skin bag of solids saturated in liquids.

Liger1 · 2021-05-23 19:05:43

I do not think there is a universal definition of wet. May be the reason why it is hard to define water as wet or not.

DestinyCall · 2021-05-23 19:38:59

It's not that hard.

Spoonwood · 2021-05-23 20:51:03

There's no such thing as states of matter in OHOL. It's not like iron can turn into a liquid form in game or anything else can. No sublimation. No condensation. No melting. No freezing. No vaporization. No deposition.

Relying on DestinyCall's definitions above, it follows that, no, water is not wet in the world of OHOL, since it doesn't have a liquid form (nor a solid form, nor gaseous form).

On the other hand, water is a liquid, and thus wet in Oxygen Not Included where objects have states of matter.

Spoonwood · 2021-05-23 20:55:19

DestinyCall wrote:

So long story short, yes, water is wet. Somehow I am not surprised.

You seem to have assumed that liquid states exist. If liquid states don't exist in some context, but something called "water" does exist in that context, your definition suggests that water isn't wet in that context.

Maybe there's some argument that it becomes plausible that liquid states of matter exist in OHOL. But, I don't know that argument, and think so far that states of matter just don't exist in OHOL nor in 2HOL nor in You are Hope. So, I don't see how water could be wet given your definition in that context.

DestinyCall · 2021-05-23 22:12:05

I was hoping you would join this conversation, Spoonwood.

Always such a unique perspective. You have not disappointed.

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