Geologically, ice is a mineral, aka a rock. If lava is just rock heated past its melting point, water is lava.
Metal is plastic.
Submitted 1 year ago by xia@lemmy.sdf.org to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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hihi24522@lemm.ee 1 year ago
bamfic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Henceforth, when walking on a frozen lake or river, one must declare that the floor is lava!
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
And thus when you sip on that ice tea in your hand, you are actually drinking liquid gold
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Metal is also elastic.
But that doesn’t mean metal is plastic or elastic in terms of material type, just the English sucks.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah words have special meanings in special regimes. There are a lot of regimes these days, with so much known about so many specialities. We could spend all day noting use of words that make sense within a particular science or engineering field but would be funny in casual conversation .
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ices are metals.
Assman@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Shrimps is bugs
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Perhaps you meant to say that ices are crystals?
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No. In astronomy, everything heavier than hydrogen or helium is referred to as metals. So, a star’s metallicity would be including carbon, oxygen etc.
card797@champserver.net 1 year ago
It’s the best version of plastic.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re getting roasted but I understand your esoterica.