• asudox@programming.dev
    191·
    6 days ago

    water wets stuff by physical contact. if we assume water is always in physical contact with itself, then it technically is wetting itself, which means water is wet.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
      141·
      6 days ago

      Water isn’t wet was a big “I’m 12 and I’m smart” thing on reddit. I’d really hope people here are better than that.

    • nous@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      Or more simply - words can have multiple meanings. Wet is both used to refer to a liquid and something covered in a liquid as well as other things.