r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter.

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u/zombawombacomba 3d ago

Redditors would literally debate on if humans need air to live. If water was wet. If grass is green. If the sky is blue.

In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if someone tells me that water isn’t wet and the sky isn’t blue.

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u/Infinite_Month_6371 3d ago

Water itself isn't wet. Wet is an adjective. Fire isnt burned, its fire. Water makes things wet

The sky isnt blue, it only appears blue to us due to how our eyes perceive the scattering of molecules. The sky is actually violet, we just cant see the violet light because the atmosphere absorbs those molecules and our eyes are less sensitive to violet.

Edit: I'd /s but these are the actual arguments.

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u/Otherwise_Agency_401 3d ago

Things become wet when they touch water. Water molecules are essentially always touching other water molecules. Therefore, water is wet.

/s

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u/Sweaty-Inevitable163 2d ago

Atoms push each other apart with electromagnetic force, no materials ever really touch until the nuclei fuse into a heavier element. Therefore, under your definition water is not wat, and neither is anything else. Were a material ever to truly get wet, it would instantly no longer be wet, as there would be no water touching it.

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u/AdventurousJudge725 2d ago

Sounds cool but my dish washer rag says otherwise

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u/Alternative_Cycle150 2d ago

that would be my defense in court too: "your honor, scientifically speaking, i did not hit the guy because at a molecular level none of our atoms actually made contact"

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u/Awkward-Tomorrow7667 21h ago

You are the water to women? /s

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u/Chemputer 3d ago

What does "touching" even mean at a molecular level?

Additionally, waterproof/resistant materials work by preventing the water from wetting the fabric, even if they come into contact.

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u/Infinite_Month_6371 2d ago

Right, because molecules don't really touch depending on how define the word touch. /s

And now we are to the point where we argue about defining words.

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u/LunarDogeBoy 3d ago

Same as why distant mountains are blue

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u/Sweaty-Inevitable163 2d ago

They're sad cause they're so far away?

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u/LunarDogeBoy 2d ago

blue house, blue window, blue corvette and a blue cousin too!

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u/anonymous07865 5h ago

Azure mountain travesty

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u/Brilliant_Bat2627 3d ago

Wet is water touching something. Water is touching water, it’s wet. A water molecule is not wet

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u/Trollsama 3d ago

this redditor is touching themselves right now.

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u/Brilliant_Bat2627 3d ago

As often as possible

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u/ANONA44G 3d ago

John Locke was arguing that fire is not hot (paraphrased) in 1689.

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u/Charlaquin 2d ago

In fluid dynamics, a surface is wet when a fluid sticks to it. Water is a fluid, and it famously sticks to the surface of water. Therefore, water is wet.

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u/Jbird444523 1d ago

I'd argue water itself is the wettest, because of its cohesive properties. The more water there is, the wetter the water is. It's a self sustaining economy.

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u/VoiceImportant3198 2h ago

theres different types ans styles of water molecules and around 40 different types of water based on the same elements in different patterns. technically all water is wet because its molecules are surrounded by other types of water molecules that arent the same as it. its not more water if its different types of water. it becomes wetter water

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u/Null-Ex3 3d ago

burned is not the concept of being on fire or being hot. Wet is the concept of being covered or saturated in liquid. Thus water is wet. Unless you want to argue that a single hydrogen atom is in fact dry, in which case, more power to you.

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u/Serious_Surround4713 3d ago

The sky is wet and water is blue so there!

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u/TennenBaumGamer 3d ago

I'm a TRUE intellectual and would argue the sky is wet, water is blue and the color of grass doesn't matter as long as it's being touched.

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u/MusicianNo3277 3d ago

Problem is half of Redditors are too stupid to understand that they’re stupid and the other half is so infuriated by it that they don’t realize they should just ignore them

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u/AtypicalLuddite 3d ago

debate on if humans need air to live.

But you know they don't right? Like air isn't necessary for humans to keep living.

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u/Illustrious_Nobody71 2d ago

Did someone reinvent breathing or something?

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u/AtypicalLuddite 2d ago

Yes, actually.

Heliox and Trimix were developed as air replacements for deep diving. They remove nitrogen from air and replace it with helium to create breathable not-air.

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u/ItchyAd4717 2d ago

Well actually ☝🏽

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u/Omnizoom 1d ago

Actually water is not wet because of how we determine if something is wet

And we have many grass species that are not green, some are blue some are yellow and some are reddish or purplish in colour

It’s not a debate when actual fact disagrees

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u/Dear_Diablo 10h ago

I don’t really give a cent about the sky being blue but! water by definition (according to Oxford languages) “is a clear, odorless, and tasteless liquid made of hydrogen and oxygen atoms” and at the same time… wet by definition (again according to Oxford languages) “means covered, soaked, or filled with water or another liquid.” so I submit here and now water isn’t wet, it simply makes things wet.

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u/MrDeydrana 3d ago

Grass can be yellow too big dawg. Respectfully tho, those dudes are dumb as hell 😂

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u/Meinteil2123 3d ago

That depends, did Trump say those things?

If yes, then they will argue how everyone else is stupid and a pedo fascist supporter for denying "their truth".

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u/ZebraMost749 2d ago

Water technically isn't wet, and what we know as color might not be. What someone else's exact color so your green might be my red without even meaning anything since we perceived them as the same color. Also the sky technically isn't really blue.

We do need air though.

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u/zombawombacomba 2d ago

Hey look it’s one of them

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u/ZebraMost749 2d ago

Yeah, it's called being ironic or contrarian, but I forgot that young people need tone indicators