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[–] vale@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm going to die on this hill that water is not inherently wet (and by extension oil is not inherently oily).

To say that something is wet, it needs two components: water and not water. You can say that a surface is wet because the water can be removed. If you remove water from water it's just less water. You can say that the container that the water is in is wet, but not of the water itself.

The same applies to oil as well.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And I will continue to assail your hill with; wet is a property that water has.

Wet is simply the surface tension balance of a substance. If a fluid sticks to somthing, it is wet. You can wet your brush, yes, but also wet a soldering iron, or wet every surface with superfluid. Wet refers to the conducting of fluid, capillary action, all the effects of surface tension adhering to something.

How wetting a substance is of another substance is usually measured by the angle a droplet makes upon contact. More sticky (adhesive) and less blobby (cohesive) means more wetting. Cohesion being simply self-adhesion means any fluid with surface tension necessarily totally wets itself, otherwise it's a gas. And since water is a cohesive liquid (with a rather strong surface tension), it is by definition wet.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Water is sticky.

[–] spacesweedkid27@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oil floats on water.

  1. Cover yourself in oil

  2. Wait for it to rain

  3. Fly

[–] pory@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oil floats on water.

  1. cover yourself in water

  2. wait for it to oil

  3. sink

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Particle man, particle man

Doing the things a particle can

What's he like? It's not important

Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?

When he's underwater does he get wet?

Or does the water get him instead?

Nobody knows, Particle man

Hi fellow TMBG fan.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

This water is lubricated

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

I'm wet 😏

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This water is upside down ukrainian.

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lame joke about flag colors

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Ooh ok. Thanks

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This is incorrect, oil is lighter than water so one instance is impossible.

Edit, I'm wrong about all of this, there is no instance where water is above oil, apologies.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Which instance is impossible?

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago

The one he imagined in his mind

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The one with water above oil.

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You are quite right, I am wrong about everything I posted on this thread, apologies.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

None of the four have water above oil

[–] pokemaster787@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What happens if they're at 50/50?

[–] Master@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Then the wet is oily.

[–] boborhrongar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OOH! OOH! I have something prepared for this.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

this oilwater is Ukrainian 🇺🇦

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

this is all moist

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] boborhrongar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Seething wet water denier

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

This is not as wet as I am.