Looks like I chose a bad week to stop sniffing deck
How did a jokey Reddit post of a screenshot of a support response turn into every site covering this like everyone is doing it and Valve is pleading everyone to stop?
Because “journalists” gotta get those clicks
You’d better be over 60 lbs to use that steam deck. And don’t even think about putting rocks in your pockets to seem heavier because little girl, that’ll be like huffin 5 maccanudos.
Jokes on them I didn’t hear about the vent fumes until they asked me not to huff them now I’ve been sniffing erryday.
Next year: New Steam Deck rumored to have an essential oil compartment.
Same energy as “Do not lick your Nintendo Switch cardridges”
It’s sad times when the game you’re playing currently doesn’t crank up the fan/heat enough to get a good hit from the vent.
If the fumes are dangerous enough to warn people about, should the materials that emit them really be in a handheld that might be used by children?
Should LEGOs, which pose a swallowing risk, be used by children?
Legos have age ranges written clearly on the packaging. Can’t remember if the steam deck had similar labelling on its box.
Swallowing is also a much more obvious risk that parents are aware of. Valve is issuing an official statement to its adult customers not to smell the poison gas from its product, so apparently the danger is not so obvious.
It wasn’t an official statement from Valve, it was a reply to a support request. People are reading way too much into this.
Keep out of reach of small children
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/store/steamdeck/SteamDeckManual022022.pdf
gaben says: “smell that stank, idgaf”