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Which got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

If I'd ask you for wet water, I'd look mentally questionable.

I think this is because water is always wet. It's a bit redundant.

That is, unless,

We had a lot of ice. And, "wet water" was a very silly way of asking for the melted kind. I might think you bumped your head, but I would know what you meant.

"Is water wet" is not a complete question. I don't know what the asker's expectations are, so a satisfying answer is not really possible.

This is not too different from the ship of theseus being a difficult, brainteasing paradox until you clarify what exactly is meant by "is the ship of theseus." "Which of these two boats is registered to me by the boat authority" is a much simpler question to answer.