Does a Fish feel WET?

Question

what is it in your LIFE that fills & surrounds you,
but you constantly take for granted?

Answer 1

When you are submerged in water, do you feel wet?
It is only when you are taken out of the water, that you become aware of the absence of the ocean.

My family. Most specifically my parents. Their love and support of me has surrounded me my whole life. They have loved all five of their children completely and unconditionally - a feat on it's own, but sometimes I take their unwavering support for granted. I forget that they are there to love and guide me and aid me when Life becomes a battlefield.
Yes, I'm very independent and I have this need to do things on my own, my own way. I think I have this need to face every challenge, every obstacle, alone. As if I'm trying prove the strength of my will to myself and to the world.
But in fact, very few experiences have I truly faced alone - my parents love and support and guidience have always been with me and sometimes I forget that. Sometimes I just take them for granted.
When it is their time and they pass from this world into the next, I will miss their presence immensely. I will feel wet, for the ocean of the love and support will be gone - save for the memory of them that shall be carried forever in my heart and in my actions.

Namaste

Answer 2

Fish probably don't feel wet, since we usually don't think about feeling dry. However, we are capable of not only higher thinking, but also more variety of intended experiences. We can go to the ocean or water and feel wet, but do we actually know what it feels like to be able to tolerate an aquatic lifestyle? I don't think so. All these problems or exceptions to a direct answer to your question simply means that your question, though philosophical, is really too simplistic. In seeking direct answer, you leave out the pluralistic reality, which is constantly changing and full of nuances that cannot be expressed in words, yet absolutely defined by tangible phenomena. Thus, all sorts of people will answer differently after interpreting your question differently. A more exact response may even be a question to your question -- why are you asking the question, exactly?

Answer 3

You know fish feels wet .But fish does not .

Well , the situation given by you is a Truth and we cannot do anything about it . Let fish be in a different and life-threatening surrounding and it will not take any thing for granted .

Humans only value what threatens their existence-to use the metaphor.

Answer 4

a fish doesnt feel wet because it is wet, its like when you feel dry until you get wet, then after a while you dont notice it, such as in swimming, when i swim i know that im wet but i dont feel it until i get out of the pool, i think the same should be with the fish.

i think the air we breathe. it completely surrounds me and its free to everyone, but we take it for granted by polluting it, adding more carbon dioxide into the air causing more health related illnesses that could of been prevented. global warming is our fault as well. i think we all take LIFE for granted at some small degree.

may it be in relationships, work, our environment, it so hard not to just sit back and enjoy what we have, we just keep "trucking". =]

Answer 5

I don't think fish feel wet.

God is in my life. He surrounds me, but unfortunately, I do take Him for granted most of the time. I will definitely work on that.

Answer 6

They do not cause their born in the water.

My family. The love and the care. The enjoyments of life. Lessons for class.

I take nothing for granted but a friend of mine. Money-lot. Takes money for granted. Spends like 100 a day. Spendthrift and dont cut back on useless things even. 2 sports shoes a day. New pencil box to replace previous yet still new one. Clothes and restaurants 4 days for dinners weekly.

Answer 7

Well I think we probably all take Air for granted. And than in the summer we take the Heat for granted (or at least I do)

But I think i would have to say I take my kids for granted a lot. I know they are going to grow up so fast and they won't need me as much soon....sometimes I get frustrated and forget that fact though

Answer 8

No, having worked with them in aquaculture, I think they just take water as their normal environment for granted...much like we do air. It isn't until the absence of water that they become distressed. They use their gills for gas exchange and the membranes cannot do this (and maintain normal metabolic needs) in air. Also the scales are covered by a mucous membrane and that is affected.
To answer Mark's question...yes, fish do drink...they need to maintain an electrolyte balance with their external environment.

As for what I take for granted...hummm, I suppose time. I mean I don't think about it in the urgency sense, even though I do value it , know it is limited, and try to make good use of it.

Answer 9

No; they feel a bit slimy, actually. Fish secrete slime to protect them from the water and what's in it. Never pick up a fish before getting your hands wet.

Answer 10

I am guessing that the average fish who loses wet when being pulled into the air suddenly realizes she is no longer wet even if a moment prior she takes it for granted.

It is just like...
When I fall into a cold stream I suddenly miss the warm and dry.

When I have an asthma attack I miss my ability to breathe oxygen,

When I start a new job, I miss knowing what to do next.

There are many things we take for granted and when we encounter new situations they suddenly mean everything to us.

Answer 11

Ever feel salt cod? Baccala?

A guppy that jumped out of the tank 3 weeks ago?

Air, it surrounds us, fills us, and yet we take it for granted until we lose our ability to breathe.