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[–] vale@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Water is sticky.

[–] spacesweedkid27@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oil floats on water.

  1. cover yourself in water

  2. wait for it to oil

  3. sink

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

This water is lubricated

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

I'm wet 😏

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months 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 1 year ago (2 children)

Which instance is impossible?

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

The one he imagined in his mind

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

The one with water above oil.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

None of the four have water above oil

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

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

This water is upside down ukrainian.

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

Lame joke about flag colors

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Ooh ok. Thanks

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

What happens if they're at 50/50?

[–] Master@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Then the wet is oily.

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

OOH! OOH! I have something prepared for this.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

this oilwater is Ukrainian 🇺🇦

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

Seething wet water denier

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

This is not as wet as I am.