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On August 25 2013 09:20 3FFA wrote:
Why is The_Templar not gold?

Why is Rekrul Rekrul?

On August 25 2013 09:48 fusefuse wrote:


Why is water a liquid?
Why is there 4 letters in the word "what"?

Why is water a liquid?

Why is there 4 letters in the word "what"?

On August 25 2013 10:22 fusefuse wrote:
wat

On August 25 2013 09:20 tofucake wrote:
There are 2 different kinds of blue. True story. Also, the original Moderator class is red.

On August 25 2013 09:46 monk wrote:
Some blues are actually red.

On August 25 2013 10:49 NovemberstOrm wrote:


I'm confused

On August 25 2013 10:22 3FFA wrote:

Assuming this is directed at me...



Water is a liquid because, if you look at it from the level of chemistry and elements etc.
Hydrogen (H2) and Oxygen (O2) are non polar compounds, meaning that they don't have a partially positive and partially negative end. Since they don't have this polarity they aren't attracted strongly to other molecules and at room temperature they have too much energy to successfully bond to one another. Water, on the other hand, is a polar molecule. The partially positive and negative ends act like tiny magnets and are attracted to other molecules with similar (but opposite) charges. Thus at room temperature, the desire of these little magnets to attract each other is quite strong and water is a liquid. Liquids at room temperature typically have pretty strong bonds between molecules which prevent the molecules from flying apart, however, these bonds are weak enough to allow the molecules to slip over one another which allows the liquid to flow. Solids have the strongest bonds, and form solid shapes because the bonds are so strong between molecules, that no structural movement occurs.




As for your second inquiry, the word 'what', as it is with every word in the english language, was invented by someone. The word most likely evolved from prior forms to become the 'what' we know of today. Some words have been coined more recently than others. For example, Quiz first appeared(Historical record, most likely off) in 1784. We continue to coin new words and add new definitions to old words. For example, the word 'troll' was only rather recently given the internet definition, and even so, we all know that the true definition of 'troll' isn't always clear in certain contexts where it is stretched to mean something totally different from the originally intended meaning. Some words people forgot about like Zafty which refers to 'a person that is very easily imposed upon ' or Hugger-mugger which refers to acting in a 'secretive manner' are currently considered obsolete. As we humans have evolved, so has our language.

Now would you please continue helping me waste my time by answering my question? If you wish to also ask more questions at the same time to me directly, you may do so via PM. Thank you Mr. fusefuse.

On August 25 2013 12:51 tofucake wrote:

So what I actually meant is 3 kinds of blue...

On August 26 2013 16:04 Dubzex wrote:
Why is blahz0r so mad though?

On August 25 2013 14:04 kjwcj wrote:


Me in real life.^