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Stop bringing your phone in the shower: How steam can ruin 'waterproof' phones (www.engadget.com)
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[–] comrade19@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why are you so down voted? People should remember this from high school. If you have steam in your shower youll be in hospital haha. You get water vapour in a shower.

Now I cant take this article seriously because the author hasn't understood the difference. Maybe its anecdotal but ive taken my phone into the shower for youTube since they started being ip68

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam

1: a vapor arising from a heated substance

It doesn't have to be actually boiling to be steam.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I think it's because I was too snarky and people typically refer to the water vapour in the shower as "steam".

It ain't easy being... steamy?