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Does your woman do things like this?

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Squish, I have seen similar things (such as using oil like they do in station transformers).

The question would be, how do you get the silica (oil) OUT once you are done?

Or do you just keep explaining the pant stains for the next month or so?
 
CZroe said:
Uhh... no. You want it to absorb what is in the limited atmosphere so that it will be dry enough to rapidly evaporate more from the phone at a given temperature. There is an infinite source of potentially humid air outside the jar that will continue replacing any moisture the rice removes.
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I know, this is why, if you cook rice and put it in a big bowl and leave it out for a week it turns into a bowl of rice flour soup instead of a bunch of dried our rice, right? Give me a break. What you call an infinite source of humid air, I call an infinite source of dryer air. What is the humidity of toilet water?
 
Do an experiment and come back with significant statistical evidence supporting your theory before jumping to conclusions.
 
People really sound stupid complaining about how much that rice cost and saying it is the same as white rice.

I admit that I myself did not know what it was but I didn't immediately think "omg lol rice is way cheaper at walmart"
 
Some where in an alternative universe there is a thread titled

I can't believe my boyfriend got mad at me for this

With a bunch of women complaining about what an idiot the OP is etc.
 
Moonbeam said:
I know, this is why, if you cook rice and put it in a big bowl and leave it out for a week it turns into a bowl of rice flour soup instead of a bunch of dried our rice, right? Give me a break. What you call an infinite source of humid air, I call an infinite source of dryer air. What is the humidity of toilet water?
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Are you serious? The only reason it works at all is because the rice can absorb SOME moisture at room temperature. Obviously not all moisture and not continuously to no end, which only proves MY point, not yours. Instead of thinking of it like a sponge, think of it like a graham cracker. Leave it in the open on the shelf for a few days and it will get soft. It will never get completely soggy or turn into mush like one you put in boiling water, but it will absorb as much as it can absorb from the humid air.

Just why do you think people are instructed to seal it and place it some place warm? There is a logic to it.

Sealing it with fresh silica gel would be ideal. Leaving the lid off would just be stupid.
 
Ninjahedge said:
Squish, I have seen similar things (such as using oil like they do in station transformers).

The question would be, how do you get the silica (oil) OUT once you are done?

Or do you just keep explaining the pant stains for the next month or so?
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Silica gel is more of a granulated product than a gel. The wife was using it for some arts and craft project with the kids, I think drying flowers.
 
zinfamous said:
danke. I was 2 1/2 sheets to the wind last night when I entered this thread.

love the OP.
😀
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Now there's a man after my own heart because I was 2-1/2 sheets to the wind when I created this thread. :biggrin:

btw, those who think I'm angry with my wife over some arborio rice are completely missing the point. This thread was actually created as a sort of satire aimed at the anal and banal types that permeate this forum. It's been great reading all the reactions though so in that respect it has delivered. In a way I'm surprised it's still going...and in a way not surprised at all.
 
QueBert said:
$7 white rice? That's definitely ATOT style. Is it so expensive because of the fancy name? I bet Arborio's Italian for "white"
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It's not, actually. It's a town in Italy, IIRC. I don't think it means anything in the literal sense, at least not in my dialect.

Don't know why it's expensive, but I suspect limited supply. Italians love the shit - it's really starchy and is used in risotto of many kinds.
 
Also, I think that's kind of impressive that your wife knew to stick a wet cell phone in rice to dry it out. I'm not sure how many people I know that would even think to do that. I've suggested it to people at work who did the toilet drop or spilled liquid on their phone, and none of them had thought of it before. And I work with a lot of educated people.
 
TastesLikeChicken said:
Now there's a man after my own heart because I was 2-1/2 sheets to the wind when I created this thread. :biggrin:

btw, those who think I'm angry with my wife over some arborio rice are completely missing the point. This thread was actually created as a sort of satire aimed at the anal and banal types that permeate this forum. It's been great reading all the reactions though so in that respect it has delivered. In a way I'm surprised it's still going...and in a way not surprised at all.
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yeah, I totally got that. I seem to have missed the part that everyone else read where you got all angry and pissy at your wife.

for me, it would have been "Uh, Dear--what is going on here? Can you please not put your piss phone in our rice? Thanks." and laughed about it.

😀
 
sjwaste said:
Also, I think that's kind of impressive that your wife knew to stick a wet cell phone in rice to dry it out. I'm not sure how many people I know that would even think to do that. I've suggested it to people at work who did the toilet drop or spilled liquid on their phone, and none of them had thought of it before. And I work with a lot of educated people.
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I just asked her where she got the idea. She said she read it on Wikipedia.
 
zinfamous said:
yeah, I totally got that. I seem to have missed the part that everyone else read where you got all angry and pissy at your wife.

for me, it would have been "Uh, Dear--what is going on here? Can you please not put your piss phone in our rice? Thanks." and laughed about it.

😀
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It was hard not to bust out laughing when I was asking her about it. Maybe some thought the exchange was pissy but we don't get that way with each other. It's one reason we've been married for 23 years.

After further testing the phone still isn't working right. Fortunately I can pick up a used one on eBay for $35.
 
TastesLikeChicken said:
It was hard not to bust out laughing when I was asking her about it. Maybe some thought the exchange was pissy but we don't get that way with each other. It's one reason we've been married for 23 years.

After further testing the phone still isn't working right. Fortunately I can pick up a used one on eBay for $35.
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Or 5 containers of rice?
 
CZroe said:
Are you serious? The only reason it works at all is because the rice can absorb SOME moisture at room temperature. Obviously not all moisture and not continuously to no end, which only proves MY point, not yours. Instead of thinking of it like a sponge, think of it like a graham cracker. Leave it in the open on the shelf for a few days and it will get soft. It will never get completely soggy or turn into mush like one you put in boiling water, but it will absorb as much as it can absorb from the humid air.

Just why do you think people are instructed to seal it and place it some place warm? There is a logic to it.

Sealing it with fresh silica gel would be ideal. Leaving the lid off would just be stupid.
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No it proves my point, not yours. Rice won't absorb moisture from normal room air. That is why rice doesn't become moist or soggy in air but stays dry and hard to the touch, and will dry out if wet. What it will do is absorb water on contact. Rice is water absorbent but it is not a desiccant. Leave the lid off, thanks.
 
Moonbeam said:
No it proves my point, not yours. Rice won't absorb moisture from normal room air. That is why rice doesn't become moist or soggy in air but stays dry and hard to the touch, and will dry out if wet. What it will do is absorb water on contact. Rice is water absorbent but it is not a desiccant. Leave the lid off, thanks.
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*facepalm*

Just what do you think the rice does for your potentially water-damaged electronics then, genius? Any "contact" absorption is useless because the water had already left the device. Leaving the lid off because, as you say, the rice does not dry out the air around it, would mean that *oops* you don't need rice at all in the first place!

The advice to use rice also goes along with putting it in a warm place too. Obviously, a dehumidifier, warmth, DRY air flow, silica gel and removal of the housing are the best practices, but not many are equipped for that. Either, as you say, dry rice + warmth is completely ineffective (sealed or not) or it is at least better than letting it dry on its own for the reasons stated in my scenario.
 
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Moonbeam said:
No it proves my point, not yours. Rice won't absorb moisture from normal room air. That is why rice doesn't become moist or soggy in air but stays dry and hard to the touch, and will dry out if wet. What it will do is absorb water on contact. Rice is water absorbent but it is not a desiccant. Leave the lid off, thanks.
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Silica gel doesn't become mush either.
 
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