Me, not a dad, reading that joke:
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Isn’t this steam? Mist is like fog right?
Maybe the dad joke can be something about self esteem?
Believe it or not, actual steam is invisible. What you see is the mist/condensate (Lil tiny water drops). The steam is right above the waterline then transitions to mist as it cools. By doing so it becomes visible and is able to produce condensation on things. Steam is a really cool and powerful thing that is poorly understood by most people. Not that most people really need to know or care about it. I'm just unironically a steam guy by trade (mechanical engineer working as an operating engineer at a power plant that uses steam).
How can steam condense if it is already liquid?
What do you mean?
Just being pendantic about your phrase of 'produce condensation'. The mist has already condensed; it is condensation, so it cannot produce condensation.
Akshually.... It will be vapor
Vapor is invisible, mist from steam isn't.
Edit: i was incorrect. Mist, steam or fog are no longer water vapor (ie, water in gaseous state), but condensed water droplets.