People bring their phones into the shower?!
Always wild concept to me. People bringing their $1000 electronics into an environment not made for them. Like come on, how long are you in the shower, do you really need to be entertained while washing your body?
I’ve noticed an increasing number of people that use their phone the entire time they’re at the urinal in public restrooms. This takes what? A minute tops? I’ve also seen people set it next to the sink to keep looking while washing their hands…assuming they even do to begin with.
That is some next level shamelessness, what the fuuuu—
Tech addiction is tough. When people don’t like their environment they try to escape it and unfortunately the black mirror is there waiting for them. It’s not productive but it provides comfort.
Honestly. Been doing brief 1 hour no tech time at home now and it’s crazy how many times my girlfriend and I will do something, finish a conversation, etc, and then just go “well fuck” because we both sat at a computer or in a phone usage spot out of habit.
you can find plenty of phones for $100-$400
Plenty of new phones in say the US for $100? LOL Sureee.
you don’t need new phones, and I personally have purchased new phones (horrible carrier locked smartphones) for about $20 about 3 years ago.
Yes, I am sure you $20 smartphone you bought 3 years ago is functioning super well. I think you faily to realize that more and more people only utilize their phone as their computing device. No desktop, no laptop, just a phone.
the $20 phone I got is almost completely unusable as a phone, but for browsing social media/playing music/readin books in the shower it would probably last a few weeks while being cheap enough to not care about replacing it.
You can spend 1 millisecond away from your tsunami of AI sludge!?
Back before smartphones, when everyone was bleaching the tattletale to get the phone warrantied after getting even a little water near it, there was a rumor going around. Kids with friends in Japan were hearing that people over there had waterproof cellphones and would be talking while in the shower. We were super jealous, not for shower talking, but for the feature. I’d think ICP rated phones today should be able to handle some humidity.
There are Insane Clown Posse rated phones!? I need one of those because I keep killing mine because I spill Faygo on it.
I’ve done it before. Time-constrained, watching something interesting.
These days I’ll shower with a resistant earbud in, listening to music. I shower early/late and don’t want the music to wake my partner. (probably less likely than the shower itself, but that’s how i roll)
That’s where all the best ideas come from!
Can’t give your wife any chance on reading texts of you hitting on other women.
Notthst I’m cheating with other women (seriously who can be bothered) my phone is locked with my fingerprint. As much as we share a lot in life I have not given her copies of my fingerprints so she couldn’t unlock the phone anyway. In theory she knows the passcode but since she asks me for it every single time she needs to use my phone I’m recently confident she doesn’t retain it.
My last partner and I had fingerprints on each other’s devices just for convenience sake, mostly so that we can text on each other’s behalf while the other was driving or in case of an emergency situation.
I would argue doing this right takes way more Trust than just keeping the boundaries up , and that I wouldn’t prescribe it for most couples.
There is two people in this thread
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people who read “bringing your phone in the shower” as having the phone in the same room as the shower.
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everyone else who seems to think that people are putting their phones directly under the shower nozzle.
Really poor wording on this article. Most people don’t think “bringing your phone into the shower,” means “leave your phone in the bathroom while you take a shower.”
I read it as number one and still got confused why people did this. I leave it in another room while I take a shower… is that not what people normally do?
I always take it, but it’s a bit of personal history
I once got stuck in a shower room because the lock broke, and I’ve spent about 6 hours on something like 3 square meters without any way to contact the external world nor entertain myself. It was just me, bath, washing machine and the sink. I’ve been alone at the house, so I couldn’t ask for help. Also, hot water pipes were being repaired, so I couldn’t take a nice shower/bath while at it, either.
Since then, I always took a phone with me. Just in case, y’know.
Sounds like a trauma response tbh 😅
Absolutely is! lol
For me, if I’m needing to lock the door then I’m not alone, whereas if I’m alone then I’m not gonna bother locking the door so I shouldn’t need immediate access to my phone.
Although, having your phone in a bathroom drawer is probably not nearly as bad as having it in the open room since the steam won’t get to it as easily.
Yeah, I always leave the phone outside the bathroom, never even thought to bring it with me. I guess this the new age addiction to bring phones everywhere you go even inside of your own home.
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It is pretty amazing to me that some people really have to be told not to bring their expensive electronics into the shower. It’s the shower, just wash your dirty ass and get out.
Ive brought my phone into the shower for decades and it has not caused any problems ever.
You’re not alone, same same. Folks in this thread have a very narrow definition of the role and the duration of the shower.
I mean i kinda get it i take fifteen minute showers but ill put on a video helps me keep time too so i know how long i been in there. I also don’t take super hot showers so there’s no steam, idk maybe yeah if i had the shower all the way hot it’d be a problem but i take a nice hot shower and there’s not much steam idk
Tbf, since I have done this some 2-3 times:
Some special shampoos require you to be sitting there for like 10 minutes until it does its thing. I thought it was safe since water was no longer coming out of the shower, I didn’t consider the high humidity environment.
Why not use that time to soap up and rinse off your body while you wait for the shampoo to do its thing? That’s what I do.
Washing and rinsing doesn’t take that long. I usually shave or clean the shower while I wait, and even that doesn’t take long enough sometimes
Some hair dyes can have you standing there for 10 or 20 minutes.
Sometimes just enjoying the steam is nice. It’s taking a lot of Blood Sweat and Tears to build a modern world, we are fortunate to have hot safe water on top. I’m going to spend my time and money standing under the boiling shower head and enjoy myself for far longer than everyone else is going to decide is reasonable, I’m going to keep reading and listening while I do so.
As a cyclist, that’s leg shaving time.
‘special shampoo’
is that your code for jackin’ it in the shower?
Feels so awkward to jack off in the shower. I much prefer doing it sitting in the toilet.
When I say special shampoo I mean it. Like the one time my dog got fleas so I used anti-flea dog shampoo just in case. It took forever.
I find it meditative… washing the nooks, rinsing, etc. I do, sometimes, run music outside on a counter with a door open.
I used to have a perfectly working system with a waterproof bag-thing for the phone and a bluetooth speaker somewhere outside of the shower so I could watch youtube videos while just chilling in the shower.
Also had one of those long 1920s cigarette holders so I could smoke a joint in there. I made a good time out of it.
one of those long 1920s cigarette holders so I could smoke a joint
You son of a bitch, I’m in.
Hop on loser, we’re gonna take a shower.
mfg this one broke the code at last
Sad, that the recommendation is “use Bluetooth speakers instead, which are more expendable” instead of “are safe to use”.
I used to have a waterproof Bluetooth speaker, but it was actually better than having your phone with you since it was right there in the shower.
What about golden showers? Asking for
a friendKrasnovJust make sure they drink plenty of water first, urine is corrosive enough that it’ll break down the seals in an IP67 phone and claiming the warranty for that one was… tricky.
Trump phones are golden shower resistant, not golden shower proof. There is a difference
fortunately the Steam deck doesn’t have that problem
If this is you, seek help. You have a problem.
I guess I’m a monster for liking a podcast going in the shower? THE HORROR!!
Yeah, seems like a weird highhorse to sit on.
There are people who think putting the cart back is some sort of character determining virtue signal so yeah, people are going to obsess about pretty much anything
Not putting the cart back inconveniences other people. Listening to your phone in the shower, or not, hurts no one. Not the same level of “petty” issue at all. One is trying to make a simple part of society better and the other is deciding how others spend their time at home.
Found one 😅
How long do you spend in the shower? Do you have time to turn off your brain for 5–10 minutes? I recommend it from time to time. Sometimes I even drive to work, or especially from work, without any audio on. It’s surprisingly relaxing.
But maybe I’m talking to one of the generations who grew up with mobile phones. I imagine it’s harder for them.
That’s great for you.
What is?
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Why is the phone IN the shower with you to listen to a podcast? Or are you just trying to be victimized here?
Alright, man. As long as you get some type of down time, that sounds great. 👍
I deleted that because sounded way too pissy, apologies. I definitely don’t get enough time away but I have been actively trying and have noticed my brain feels clearer and calmer. Some days I do want the endless distraction though and I think that’s totally fine, as long as it isn’t every day. I did have nonstop something going for a few years and I didn’t realize how miserable and forgetful I was
I deleted that because sounded way too pissy, apologies.
Ah, gosh, you didn’t have to delete it just because you felt it was “pissy” 😅 No worries 🫶
Yeah, we all have different situations and mindsets, and brain needs. I’m happy if you’re happy. Take care!
A whole lot of judgy comments throughout this thread. I’ve been bringing my phone into the shower for the past 15 years, and quit bagging them since all the flagship handsets were IP67 rated or stronger.
I accept the liability of it, and it has not been a problem for me by and large, and I have no regrets.
I would estimate as much as 5% or 8% of my phone use has been standing there in an enjoyably hot shower and listening to podcasts or puzzling through some idea (building an estimated moving cost to relocate to another market for example, and all its tax implications) or catching up on all the personal correspondence that I had ignored for the day.
If that makes me a monster, at least I’ll be an specially clean one.
As other have said, not a monster problem.
But I would question my relation to my work if I can’t stop it even while taking a shower. We’re not built to be working every seconds we’re awake.
Now, you’re a grown ass adult so you do you boo. But maybe try to take a step back, just to check if you can. Work can be an addiction too.
Semi-retired, or “professionally jobless” here. I’m redditing or wikipedia’ing or you tubing under the Steam. Lol.
I’m far less worried for you then 😂
lol not a monster, but maybe clean yourself up for 5–10 minutes, then sit down in your couch or in a chair and do the things you mentioned, instead of standing in the shower.
Treat your brain to a relaxing time of cleaning yourself. We need that time off of everything that the human brain didn’t evolve for, but we’ve been cleaning ourselves forever.
If you have time to do all that in the shower, you have time to do it out of the shower. You could hardly be saving time by doing it in the shower lol.
I’m not saving time at all, I’m spending it!
Well you have my unsolicited advice, and that’s all I have to say. 🙃
Hot water is pretty expensive. Even if you are not worried about the phone, you may want to consider the impact on the environment (and your finances).
Yeah, I set mine on the ledge of the window sill and have never had a problem.
I mean, I just set my phone just outside the shower and turn the volume up a touch. Once upon a time I had a weatherproof bag I’d seal my phone in that was originally meant for a solar powered flashlight for emergency use. The bag was triple sealed and I doubt any steam reached the phone.
If you put it in the sink the sink acts like an amphitheater
Yeah, but my sink is far enough from the shower that the effect isn’t worth it.
Listening to something in the shower is not what the is about.
I just like to watch porn in the shower.
Wholesome content.
yeah, my reaction to the headline was ‘what the fuck’.
but then i realize i’m the weirdo who doesn’t do that. some folks can’t be more than 5ft from their phone without having an anxiety attract
put it in a plastic bag or two and ready you are to keep being consumed by content.
I brong it in to doomscroll whilst pooping before i shower. So its already in the room with me. But never had an issue so far.
I never knew there were this many people who bring phones in the shower. Where is this world going… People chase dopamine even while showering
Id read books and get to into them to stop, hot water on back feels good while reading
ADHD is a hell of a drug
I’d rather take an e-reader, but I cant find any waterproof ones
TBH I dont bring my phone to the bathroom anymore cause i dont want to risk my phone breaking, even if it is waterproof.
Why don’t these shower-phone people just get a much cheaper and more durable waterproof speaker? I get wanting music or a podcast or whatever but I can’t imagine how I would watch a video with all the soap and water everywhere
I’ve had this same phone since Covid, and bring it into the shower every day for podcasts, music, or YouTube videos.
Still works great! It might need charge in the evening after heavy use, but what 6 year old phone wouldn’t?
Waterproof ≠ Heatproof, and it also doesn’t guarantee chemicals and other impurities won’t wreck your phone. I took my old phone into the ocean a few times because we didn’t have lockers on the beach and no rental car to leave stuff in. It was rated waterproof and it survived, but it didn’t want to charge for quite a while and getting the salt and sand out of the usb-c port was tedious.
My fitness watch is as happy in the pool swimming laps as it is anywhere else. I do take it off in the shower though because I don’t want to clean soap scum off it or have water trapped between the watch and my wrist. It sounds like I may be inadvertently saving the battery!
Waterproof ≠ Heatproof
Also Waterproof ≠ Waterproof. Found that out the hard way with my pixel, I was taking some pictures by the pool, it went in the water, broken and no warranty for liquid damage.
Forgetting I had my phone in my pocket, I got in to a 105 F hot tub. I immediately realized and got it out of water. It was already glitching out and dying. That IPX rating does not respect heat!
