Can the surface of water curve?

@SinlessOnslaught Nice CGI rendering bro.

@TBIman You know that’s what the Earth actually looks like, right? Lol

@TBIman When the earliest astronauts and cosmonauts photographed the earth from space, and broadcast the view on live television, there was no such thing as CGI.

@DrWatson Good point. Also if the surface of water couldn't curve, then rain wouldn't exist. It's the same principle.

@SinlessOnslaught But "physical principles" are apparently a hoax.

@DrWatson The earliest astroNOTs filmed the Earth through a round window of their high altitude plane.

@SinlessOnslaught When I say that the surface of water cannot curve I am referring to a body of water, not a droplet.

@TBIman When I first responded to this question, I didn't understand that you were saying the Earth is flat. I thought it was just a general, honest, science question.

Yes, the surface of water can curve (a meniscus). Many things can cause it including surface tension, (raindrops or the edge of water in a glass), which is the most common type we see.

@TBIman I made that post after you responded. Sorry.

@TBIman I like to think of things very generally. Water curves when the moon pulls on ocean waves. Water curves when a moving object on the surface, creates ripples. Water curves when it touches the side of a glass. Water curves when it's a small enough body (droplet) to allow the surface tension to make it round. Water curves. There are enough examples there to tell me that it's not unlikely to have other examples, such as gravity. That last example about the droplets is actually very, very similar.

@SinlessOnslaught It was an honest question. That is very easy to answer. Of course, the surface of a body of water cannot curve. How can the moon have any effect on the water on the Earth?

@TBIman I just gave you plenty of examples of it curving. Granted, none of them were purely due to gravity. But I'm trying to say: I see value in generalizing it.

To answer your question, I think that's how ocean waves form. From the gravity of the moon. At least, I heard that when I was a kid.

@SinlessOnslaught I know that the gravity of the moon can influence the tides... but I hadn't heard that the moon was responsible for waves, too, so thank you for that 🙂

@SinlessOnslaught Yeah, we all heard stories as children meant to stifle our curiosity. Think about it Sinless... How can the non-exsistaht force of "gravity" have any effect on the Earth's tides from an object that is so much smaller than the Earth? No one knows how ocean waves are formed. They are most definitely [u]NOT[/u] caused by the non-existent force of gravity.

I want to help people, but it's hard because you already [i]think[/i] that you have the correct answer that we were fed in our faulty education system. I can already tell that you are set in your way of thinking. This makes anything that I say here pointless. Thank you for engaging in this pointless dialog with me. I trust, or really hope that you will not reply, because it is difficult for me to type.