Fan Death!

[terminator363]

I should have posted this last summer but now with the temperature getting warmer and the need for fans increasing I think you guys should be aware of the South Korean phenomenon!

Wiki Article

 

[Tornado]

I have to say, I sleep with a fan running constantly; and the worst that ever happened was one time one of my fans caught on fire, and one other time one of my fans (for lack of a better description) exploded.

 

[Liquid]

Isn't this a fallacy, and therefore not true? What's to discuss?

 

[Azuremen]

Oh, please don't let this foolishness become a valid topic.

Please.

 

[Zenith]

I have to say, I sleep with a fan running constantly; and the worst that ever happened was one time one of my fans caught on fire, and one other time one of my fans (for lack of a better description) exploded.

I have slept with a fan running for years and never had anything remotely like this happen.

Do you buy your fans from Acme?

 

[Seismica]

Hmm, all a fan does is move air around a room by using an electric motor to move curved blades about an axis to create vortices. The cool air you feel is just slightly higher pressure air, the worst a fan will do to you is make you a bit cold.

I think the argument holds some ground with air conditioners or electric heaters though, something to do with reduction in humidity.

 

[axletramp]

What a load of 🤬. You're probably more likely to have the blades come shearing off in somekind of 'Omen' film-style possessed appliance death than be suffocated. I think we should all be more concerned about that worldwide phenomenon of 'thread death'.

 

[Liquid]

Please...

A widely held belief states that when operated in closed rooms, electric fans cause sudden death, suffocating victims by stealing their oxygen.

Amazing choice of words.

This is a load of nonsense. This is grade A Daily Fail. "Koreans believe fans steal AIR!!!!"

 

[Pupik]

Why don't they just set the switch to reverse, and take over the planet?

I thought this was about some horrible accident in the world of sports or Facebook.

 

[axletramp]

...or inflate themselves. Watch out everyone, the Balloon Headed Korean Invasion Force is on its way! It's a silent and potentially lethal strategy. I'd think about joining them... and wait for it... *drum roll*... but I'm not a fan!

 

[Daniel]

That was real cheezy breezy.

 

[Solid Lifters]

...or inflate themselves. Watch out everyone, the Balloon Headed Korean Invasion Force is on its way! It's a silent and potentially lethal strategy. I'd think about joining them... and wait for it... *drum roll*... but I'm not a fan!

You're such a blow-hard!


And the fan jokes have started...

 

[Liquid]

And the fan jokes have started...

Watch out for the fanboys....

Do we have any Korean GTPers who can shed some light on this, out of curiosity?

 

[terminator363]

I'd love that

 

[Ibonibo]

And here I though we would be talking about a cool B-horror movie with killing fans...

lame

 

[W3H5]

I've actually had the honour of speaking to a guy from Seoul (American guy) who was amazed by the fact they all believed so strongly in fan death. Here in China one gets a cold from kneeling down. True.

 

[photonrider]

These are probably North Korean fans, and are programmed to suck instead of blow thereby causing this terrible Southern malady of premature asphixiation.

Heartless as it sounds, I am glad it wasn't a spectator at a race.

 

[Omnis]

The antidote is choco pie.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

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Gives a new meaning to Braves Fan :p.

Why don't they just chill out, and cool it a little. Let's fan this debate, by using common sense.

A fan is an object, an object that cannot physically pick up a knife and stab you or whatever. If the guard on the fan wasn't present, then maybe I could understand...

Just plain odd.

 

[Northstar]

Why do I have a feeling this started as a murder coverup and just got out of hand?

 

[Pyle_PMG]

Why do I have a feeling this started as a murder coverup and just got out of hand?

Because terminator started this thread?

This fan thing is weirder than those who are afraid of the number 13.

 

[Driving Park]

I wonder if ceiling_fan has seen this thread yet.

Because terminator started this thread?

This fan thing is weirder than those who are afraid of the number 13.

Some buildings are still built without a 13th floor.

 

[terminator363]

The antidote is choco pie.

Hahaha

Why do I have a feeling this started as a murder coverup and just got out of hand?

Bahaha 👍

I wonder if ceiling_fan has seen this thread yet.

Yeah I was wondering about the same thing, maybe he could shed some light on the topic.

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[W3H5]

This fan thing is weirder than those who are afraid of the number 13.

In China it's the number 4 that people fear. The character for the number is the same as the one for death, hence the fear.

Fan death? Meh. It's the killer reading lamps one should watch out for!

 

[terminator363]

In China it's the number 4 that people fear.

I must have that list!

 

[Antonisbob]

Dumbest thing I've heard/read all day.

 

[kennylmao]

When I saw the title of this thread, I straight away remembered the episode on Mythbusters about 'The Fan of Death', where the blades decapitates!

 

[lemansfanatic]

I heard a story about a guy in Nevada who was killed by a fan. But I think it was in a vegas hotel bathroom when he was electrocuted in the tub after the jealous wife caught him with another woman...splash!

 

[Tornado]

I have slept with a fan running for years and never had anything remotely like this happen.

Do you buy your fans from Acme?

One of them shorted out, the motor overheated and melted the plastic shroud so much that it started smoking.

The other one had the endcap that held the fan blades work itself off the metal rod the blades sit on; so it came off the rod in the middle of the night, hit the metal frame and basically turned into shrapnel.

 

[Minty]

Fan death? Meh. It's the killer reading lamps one should watch out for!

He's already killed the I, it's only a matter of time before he sets his sights on humans.