Matter is the absence of nothingness.

And conversely, nothingness is the absence of matter. Meaning you CAN have one without the other. In point of fact, you have to have one without the other. I don't know where energy fits into the equation, much less the strong and weak atomic forces...

If someone asks you, "What's the matter?" it means that he or she is aware that nothingness is not present. Because if nothingness were present, the question would have to be, "Where's the matter?" The only entities regularly asking this question are the Vacuum beings of Planet Hoover.

When Vacuum beings go on vacation, they always want to know, "How's the matter?"

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