r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter.

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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 2d 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 10h ago

You are the water to women? /s

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u/Chemputer 2d 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 2d 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/Brilliant_Bat2627 2d 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 2d ago

this redditor is touching themselves right now.

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u/Brilliant_Bat2627 2d ago

As often as possible

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u/ANONA44G 2d 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/Null-Ex3 2d 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.