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minus-squareAgamemnonMlinkfedilink3•edit-210 months ago water-based ice Is that like regular water ice, but extra based? 😂 My point is that this kind of language padding (by the bbc) cracks me up. (Yes, I know other kinds of solids are called ice - but they are also not ‘-based’, they just are [and also irrelevant in this context])
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•10 months agoWater-based ice, as in, contains impurities but is predominantly water.
Is that like regular water ice, but extra based? 😂
My point is that this kind of language padding (by the bbc) cracks me up.
(Yes, I know other kinds of solids are called ice - but they are also not ‘-based’, they just are [and also irrelevant in this context])
Water-based ice, as in, contains impurities but is predominantly water.