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[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 70 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I do it all the time. Before smart phones were a thing I had a water proof shower radio. Now I use the phone for the same thing. Mostly listening to news or a podcast or something. Sometime it's a Nebula video, but in the shower I'd just be listening to it like a podcast anyway. Before phones were waterproof I used to use a waterproof Bluetooth speaker.

I've never had steam cause a problem, but then again my showers aren't long, aren't very hot and my phone is kept pretty high up and out of the way.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

my showers aren’t long

So, why... oh, forget it.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Everyone uses their phones while eating or pooping. Those activities don't take long either. I choose to listen to something while showering.

It's ok if you don't understand it or do it yourself, but some people take their phone into the shower. It is a thing.

[–] BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like to sometimes take a break from my phone while pooping and read a product label, like the olden times

Would recommend every now and then

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nah. I had to do that the other day and lemme tell you, shampoo bottles just don’t hit the same these days.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

They do feature a lot of exotic words I don't understand

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 2 days ago

or pooping

Those activities don't take long

That's a strange assumption here

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Everyone" does not use their phone while eating or pooping. I make an effort to engage with mine as little as possible, in a perfect world checking it when I wake up when I get home and before bed. For me the phone is a weird mix of useful tool and addictive drug, almost impossible to drop entirely but very much worth limiting access to. Constant stimulation is certainly a choice you can make, but probably not a healthy one. I view what you're doing the same way you might view someone saying they always drink a beer in the shower.

[–] aski3252@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Everyone uses their phones while eating or pooping.

We do??

[–] LiarAmongAll@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Pooping takes forever 🥺 and please don't say fiber. There's no room left for more 💀

[–] pi3r8@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

You can get a waterproof Bluetooth speaker pretty cheap. Better sound and zero risk of anything happening to the phone. I love mine.