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If wetness is the property of having water on something, what is the property of something in water? (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rockSlayer to c/showerthoughts
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I'm firmly on the side of "water is not wet" in this debate, but it's a question that I was asked while I was high and have no answer to it. Water cannot itself be wet because you can't get water on water. However, what is a fish in a lake? It can't be wet until it's taken out of the water, but it's not dry either. Is it something else?

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[–] fubo 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A living fish is immersed in water.

[–] rockSlayer 4 points 1 year ago

Now this is an answer I can get behind

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like immersed, I would also accept submerged

[–] Chee_Koala 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what about drenched (or my incorrect but preferred derived slang: draunched?). If one is submerged or immersed, are you also.. drenched?