Lol I get called a tanky for criticizing the Democratic party and Israel and that’s literally the only time I’ve ever seen it used.

Conflating it with supporting a government that hasn’t existed since I was 3 is downright hysterical.

I get called a tanky by people who literally support the group using tanks.

Are the tankies in the room with us now?

Yes but they still have interior and exterior moisture, and evolved from plants that weren’t always in a lake. And I suppose occasionally grow in temporary bodies of water.

Surface area is evaporative exposure and frost exposure, might not matter much to temperate acclimated plants but it may be an evolutionary holdover. Also plants don’t really expend energy to modulate their bodies. It’s more about moving water around their internals.

Moving may also prevent some fungus or algae colonization.