• SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    This seemed a little sus to me so I checked the dictionary. Merriam-Webster says wet can mean consisting of liquid such as water. (See 1a of screen capture).

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      10 months ago

      Also if two water molecules are next to each other then are they not making each other wet?

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        10 months ago

        That was actually what my initial response was going to be! Then I checked the definition and saw it wasn’t even necessary to argue at the molecular level.

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          10 months ago

          Hydrogen bonding with just any molecule they bump into. Those promiscuous polar particles.

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            10 months ago

            Their so corrosive to the bonds of those around them, if only they’d think of other more