Amy Nicholson

What is it that happens to the phone when it, I mean, as you said, it depends on the liquid, but just with regular fresh water, what is it that it does to the phone that makes it so if it just dries out, it should work fine. I have the key fob for my car. I've put it in the wash twice now. It works fine after it gets dry. It doesn't ruin it. Of course, that's just a key fob. It's not a computer.

But still, what is it that happens that is so fatal to the phone?

But still, what is it that happens that is so fatal to the phone?

But still, what is it that happens that is so fatal to the phone?

But you're not suggesting, I don't think, you're not suggesting that manufacturers are up to something here, that they're trying to not make them more water resistant so that they can make more money. Or are you?

But you're not suggesting, I don't think, you're not suggesting that manufacturers are up to something here, that they're trying to not make them more water resistant so that they can make more money. Or are you?

But you're not suggesting, I don't think, you're not suggesting that manufacturers are up to something here, that they're trying to not make them more water resistant so that they can make more money. Or are you?

Because it does seem that all these products are tested to some extent for durability. They must throw them around and kick them. I mean, they must put them through their paces because as we were talking about before, I mean, my phone's been kicked and hit and dropped and works fine.

Because it does seem that all these products are tested to some extent for durability. They must throw them around and kick them. I mean, they must put them through their paces because as we were talking about before, I mean, my phone's been kicked and hit and dropped and works fine.

Because it does seem that all these products are tested to some extent for durability. They must throw them around and kick them. I mean, they must put them through their paces because as we were talking about before, I mean, my phone's been kicked and hit and dropped and works fine.

But it does seem that people know going in. It's not like when you drop your phone in the toilet that you're shocked that it doesn't work anymore. I mean, you know you should have not done that and that you probably shouldn't have brought the phone into the bathroom in the first place. It's not an educational thing. People know that they're fragile to some extent.

But it does seem that people know going in. It's not like when you drop your phone in the toilet that you're shocked that it doesn't work anymore. I mean, you know you should have not done that and that you probably shouldn't have brought the phone into the bathroom in the first place. It's not an educational thing. People know that they're fragile to some extent.

But it does seem that people know going in. It's not like when you drop your phone in the toilet that you're shocked that it doesn't work anymore. I mean, you know you should have not done that and that you probably shouldn't have brought the phone into the bathroom in the first place. It's not an educational thing. People know that they're fragile to some extent.

It's just that life happens and that's the intersection where things go wrong.

It's just that life happens and that's the intersection where things go wrong.

It's just that life happens and that's the intersection where things go wrong.

You know what I like about having this discussion is that for everyone who has had this happen to them, where you've dropped the phone in the toilet or taken it into the pool by accident, and it's happened to apparently just about everyone, you feel so foolish, you feel so guilty, and And you feel like you're probably the only one that's ever done this.

You know what I like about having this discussion is that for everyone who has had this happen to them, where you've dropped the phone in the toilet or taken it into the pool by accident, and it's happened to apparently just about everyone, you feel so foolish, you feel so guilty, and And you feel like you're probably the only one that's ever done this.

You know what I like about having this discussion is that for everyone who has had this happen to them, where you've dropped the phone in the toilet or taken it into the pool by accident, and it's happened to apparently just about everyone, you feel so foolish, you feel so guilty, and And you feel like you're probably the only one that's ever done this.

And I love taking this topic out of the shadows. And now we all know, we all do it. It's going to happen. And maybe someday they'll find a way to fix this. Rachel Plotnick has been my guest. She is a historian and cultural theorist. And she is author of a book called License to Spill, Where Dry Devices Meet Liquid Lives. And there's a link to her book at Amazon in the show notes.