← Back to context Comment by foo12bar 10 hours ago Stick your head in it and breathe. You'll know. 11 comments foo12bar Reply jibalt 9 hours ago Not only is that statement not true, as noted by others, it's also not at all relevant to what you're responding to. foo12bar 2 hours ago Oh, so if you stick your head in a liquid and breathe you wouldn't know? teiferer 9 minutes ago Sticking your head into non-liquid substances can have the same outcome. It therefore is not a suitable method for detecting wetness. pmontra 7 hours ago Sand too, even when dry. But OK, metaphors have limits. aleph_minus_one 10 hours ago There exist lots of non-wetting liquids in which humans cannot breathe. foo12bar 1 hour ago Your lungs have sensors that can detect being coated by a liquid which invokes coughing. In that sense, you can detect wetness. teiferer 7 minutes ago They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.) stavros 5 hours ago By that definition, a vacuum is wet. foo12bar 44 minutes ago Trying to beathing in a vacuum would not feel the same as breathing in a liquid. stavros 42 minutes ago What would feel different? pizzafeelsright 10 hours ago Fog, clouds, steam, ice.
jibalt 9 hours ago Not only is that statement not true, as noted by others, it's also not at all relevant to what you're responding to. foo12bar 2 hours ago Oh, so if you stick your head in a liquid and breathe you wouldn't know? teiferer 9 minutes ago Sticking your head into non-liquid substances can have the same outcome. It therefore is not a suitable method for detecting wetness.
foo12bar 2 hours ago Oh, so if you stick your head in a liquid and breathe you wouldn't know? teiferer 9 minutes ago Sticking your head into non-liquid substances can have the same outcome. It therefore is not a suitable method for detecting wetness.
teiferer 9 minutes ago Sticking your head into non-liquid substances can have the same outcome. It therefore is not a suitable method for detecting wetness.
aleph_minus_one 10 hours ago There exist lots of non-wetting liquids in which humans cannot breathe. foo12bar 1 hour ago Your lungs have sensors that can detect being coated by a liquid which invokes coughing. In that sense, you can detect wetness. teiferer 7 minutes ago They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.)
foo12bar 1 hour ago Your lungs have sensors that can detect being coated by a liquid which invokes coughing. In that sense, you can detect wetness. teiferer 7 minutes ago They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.)
teiferer 7 minutes ago They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.)
stavros 5 hours ago By that definition, a vacuum is wet. foo12bar 44 minutes ago Trying to beathing in a vacuum would not feel the same as breathing in a liquid. stavros 42 minutes ago What would feel different?
foo12bar 44 minutes ago Trying to beathing in a vacuum would not feel the same as breathing in a liquid. stavros 42 minutes ago What would feel different?
Not only is that statement not true, as noted by others, it's also not at all relevant to what you're responding to.
Oh, so if you stick your head in a liquid and breathe you wouldn't know?
Sticking your head into non-liquid substances can have the same outcome. It therefore is not a suitable method for detecting wetness.
Sand too, even when dry. But OK, metaphors have limits.
There exist lots of non-wetting liquids in which humans cannot breathe.
Your lungs have sensors that can detect being coated by a liquid which invokes coughing. In that sense, you can detect wetness.
They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.)
By that definition, a vacuum is wet.
Trying to beathing in a vacuum would not feel the same as breathing in a liquid.
What would feel different?
Fog, clouds, steam, ice.