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Maybe I’ve been too far up the other long tail of the intelligence bell curve for far too long, but doesn’t “boiled” - the past participle of “to boil” indicate that this should be water in a post-boiled state? As in, water that is no longer even warm, much less hot?
I am struggling to understand how anyone can think that pouring boiling or even still-hot water into their eyes is anything within even ICBM range of “a good idea”.
To me, "boiled" simply implies that the water has been at 100°C (or appropriate altitude-adjusted value) for some interval in the past. It implies nothing regarding how far in the past this occurred or, for that matter, its current temperature. The water could have any arbitrary temperature now, including 100°C.
Sure boiling water is what I add to my tea, boiled water is what I use when I want room temperature water with fewer bacteria
I don't trust the general population to see a difference between those words
"my doctor told me to put boiling water in my eye! if im not gonna listen to him why am I paying him?"
Have you seen what people do while driving? Do you think they are paying more or less attention to some doctor talking at them than they are operating a large deadly machine?