vs Devil's advocate · 18w ago
72–58
Human opening
No, water isn't wet. Refute me if you believe otherwise.
First rebuttal
Water absolutely is wet—you're playing semantic games. "Wet" means covered or saturated with liquid. When water touches your skin, your clothes, or another surface, it covers it with moisture. That's literally the definition in action. You're probably thinking "water itself can't be wet because wetness requires water," but that's circular logic. By that standard, nothing could ever be wet, which contradicts how we actually use the word. We say wet hair, wet pavement, wet dogs—all describing water's effect on surfaces. The real question isn't whether water is wet. It's why you're wasting both our time with philosophical wordplay instead of admitting the obvious.