S. Korean "Fan Death" - Page 2

kouichisan · (#11 (**permalink**))

lol sounds really funny...(goes and switches fan off just in case

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animelover32 · (#12 (**permalink**))

I've got a fan going every night and day in my room. Same with the heat/air conditioning. It's been like that for about 5 years and I'm still alive.

reihiino · (#13 (**permalink**))

leaving a fan on only kills me when it gets stuffy (my room is rather cramped at the moment). i just sleep with the windows open...like i am now cuz its been freakishly warm here in California.

NanteNa · (#14 (**permalink**))

I'm deathly afraid of fans actually. O_O or well, not deathly - but I srsly fear them.

I used to have an electric fan and suddenly it went crazy and the 'blades' started to break off in small pieces and fly around. >_<

forgotenmemory · (#15 (**permalink**))

I remember when me and my siblings used to mess with fans. We would take out the top and and turn it on, then put our crayons on it, so it would swirl around.

zed · (#16 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MMM

Everything from create a vortex to suck oxygen out of the air to breaking apart oxygen molecules. I have read it was a government effort to get people to use less electricity, and so to turn off their fans and AC units at night. Media helped with the hype.

Hey is like the chupacabras in Mexico It was a trick from the goverment to distract people, because Mexico was about to enter in a recession and the president at the time was about to live office,

well it's not the same but it shows how the goverment relies on the people ignorance to do whatever they like. or at least in the not first world countries.

Jaydelart · (#17 (**permalink**))

What kind of fans were they using?

Kitsuneko · (#18 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by forgotenmemory

I remember when me and my siblings used to mess with fans. We would take out the top and and turn it on, then put our crayons on it, so it would swirl around.

I used to put cough drops through the metal grill. Neat-o...when yer five...

But, that was a long time ago, with a metal-bladed fan...

That was a weird Wikipedia article, for sure...

superheel · (#19 (**permalink**))

Well, It's so damn cold in South Korea. The likely explanation is hypothermia. If it's so cold and if you have a fan on, then that's possible. Weird Science.

Excessum · (#20 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MMM

Everything from create a vortex to suck oxygen out of the air to breaking apart oxygen molecules. I have read it was a government effort to get people to use less electricity, and so to turn off their fans and AC units at night. Media helped with the hype.

Blah, this is ridiculous... Breaking apart oxygen molecules? We have been using special oxygen filters for the molecule splitting blades on AC's for aaages... why are Koreans so technically undeveloped?! I feel pitty for them.
As for the vortex thing... well sure, if you sport a black hole-type of AC units... those with microwave emitter emulation and magnetic sticker backer.

This is just funny enough to be investigated more in depth. While in the same time it's sad to see a nation being brainwashed with such preposterous rubbish and the way mass media is taking active part in it.

Is there anyone in the audience kind enough to provide a link to a web resource containing more information on the subject described above (English language would be greatly appreciated).