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minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-26 days agoThis describes very specifically how water makes other things wet. Nowhere, does it describe water making itself wet, because it can’t. Wetness is a property that water can only give to other things, not to itself.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours ago moisture wetness caused by water water is wet. water contains moisture, because water is moisture. Or you can go the chemical route, which is so eloquently put by Professor Richard Saykally: they’d say, “Strong tetrahedral hydrogen bonding!” But that’s the correct answer. That’s what makes water wet. https://gizmodo.com/what-makes-water-wet-1713082349 Or if you’re more into videos you can watch an entire lecture on it. https://vimeo.com/11854837 Because water is fucking wet.
This describes very specifically how water makes other things wet. Nowhere, does it describe water making itself wet, because it can’t. Wetness is a property that water can only give to other things, not to itself.
water is wet. water contains moisture, because water is moisture.
Or you can go the chemical route, which is so eloquently put by Professor Richard Saykally:
https://gizmodo.com/what-makes-water-wet-1713082349
Or if you’re more into videos you can watch an entire lecture on it. https://vimeo.com/11854837
Because water is fucking wet.