You also wouldn't say that a surface that could be dried by wiping wasn't wet if it had water on it, but claiming that any surface in contact with water is wet insofar as it is not water implies that.

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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Water is wet because we call it wet

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    This is actually the best argument I've heard on this.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (6 children)

    And a hot dog is not a sandwich because most people don't call it a sandwich.

    The definitions of words are based on how we use them for efficient communication. They don't exist to fit into perfectly neat, logical, consistent boxes.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Also because sandwiches are a different shape. Hotdogs are a type of taco

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