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Re: Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

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Post by d--b » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC

StilesCrisis wrote: post #20

d--b wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My iPhone 12 begs to differ.

An iPhone 12 is water resistant. What happened to yours? Had it been opened? Replacing a battery/screen can break the seal if done incorrectly.

It had never been opened. It fell in a pool. It stayed there about 30 seconds (1m deep). When I fished it out, screen was off and it never turned back on.

Re: Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

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Post by theopsimist » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

Can we conceive the possibility of a Ben Lerner novel-reader who isn’t a member of his social milieu? Or aspiring to be.

Re: Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

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Post by StilesCrisis » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC

d--b wrote: post #21

StilesCrisis wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An iPhone 12 is water resistant. What happened to yours? Had it been opened? Replacing a battery/screen can break the seal if done incorrectly.

It had never been opened. It fell in a pool. It stayed there about 30 seconds (1m deep). When I fished it out, screen was off and it never turned back on.

Sorry to hear that. It's an unusual outcome and strongly suggests the seal was somehow broken (or bent). How old was the phone?

https://youtu.be/Lv1kofMtpFs?si=CFUjQvrjHWDs3lFl

Re: Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

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Post by d--b » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

StilesCrisis wrote: post #23

d--b wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It had never been opened. It fell in a pool. It stayed there about 30 seconds (1m deep). When I fished it out, screen was off and it never turned back on.

Sorry to hear that. It's an unusual outcome and strongly suggests the seal was somehow broken (or bent). How old was the phone? https://youtu.be/Lv1kofMtpFs?si=CFUjQvrjHWDs3lFl

I was surprised as well, the phone was fairly recent, don’t remember exactly but less than 2 years for sure.