eli5 Why do shower curtains always try to touch you while showering?

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eli5 Why do shower curtains always try to touch you while showering?

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Answer 1

u/barmanfred supplied the correct answer. The Coanda effect, more or less. Everyone else “is missing a few bolts below the waterline.”

Answer 2

I mean, if they tried to touch you while you weren’t showering, that would be even weirder.

Answer 3

The outside of the shower curtain protects you from pervy gazes and gives you a semblance of privacy in the vulnerable position you put yourself in.

The *inside* of the shower curtain, on the other hand, has its own devices and loose morality, and cannot control it’s lust of the flesh, seemingly randomly taking advantage of your dependence upon its protection and your ignorance of its true, dark desires.