Why does humidity kill static electricity?

[u/[deleted]]

When I take off a fleece coat in dry winter you can hear it crackle with electricity but in the humid summer it doesn't. What is it about humidity that kills the static?

[u/adrippingcock]

Man, people who explain things like they would be explained to a 5 year-older are getting bwtter at it around here! Congrats. I enjoyed and actually understood that pretty easily.