# Thumb drive manufacturers - Would it kill you to include a \*\*\*\*ing lanyard? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640 "2008-07-08T02:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640/41 "2008-07-08T21:07:29Z")
If by “getting a thumb drive wet”, you mean “boiling a thumb drive for hours in a jacuzzi”, then yes, it does render the device inoperable. ETA: If you don’t believe me, you can soak a thumb drive in a pot of hot water for hours and find out what happens… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640/42 "2008-07-08T21:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] Or you could just shove your thumb drive up your ass while you aren’t using it. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but you really shouldn’t do that with your head like that, you know. Take it out once in a while and give it some air, even if you’re not going to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640/43 "2008-07-09T00:20:25Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Does getting a thumb drive wet actually damage it? I thought they were solid-state and therefore water-resistant (as long as they’re not plugged in). [/QUOTE] I’ve put a couple through the wash by accident and they’ve still worked just fine afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640/44 "2008-07-09T01:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Yeah, but you really shouldn’t do that with your head like that, you know. Take it out once in a while and give it some air, even if you’re not going to use it. [/QUOTE] Oh, look! It’s you again! Why, I declare, **Q.E.D**., I’m starting to think you have a crush on me…what with that way you keep responding to my posts and talking about all that homoeroticism! [bats eyes fetchingly] If only you’d let me know _before_ I got married! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640/45 "2008-07-09T01:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] There’s a newfangled invention out there that you may find helpful. It’s called [string](http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchResults?searchOption=products&hvarSearchString=twine&storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&CMID=TOP_SEARCH_GO&x=11&y=2). It’s sold under a variety of names, including cord and twine; and it can be had in a variety of materials and colors. As you can see, it’s relatively inexpensive; so someone as deucedly clever as yourself ought to be able to make a lifetime’s supply of lanyards from just a couple dollar’s worth. Why, I bet someone with your mad skillz could probably even master a couple basic braids that would be artistic triumphs as well as utilitarian. Or you could just shove your thumb drive up your ass while you aren’t using it. [/QUOTE] Simpson’s Individual Stringettes! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thumb-drive-manufacturers-would-it-kill-you-to-include-a-ing-lanyard/455640.md?page=2)