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My grandmother tells me that fans left on will kill me while i sleep.
by adkadskhj 5y ago
My grandmother tells me that fans left on will kill me while i sleep.
- jacobolus 5y agoIs she Korean? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
- loa_in_ 5y agoThe older ones could: an old style electric motor when on but stuck, can catch fire[1]. That's the nightmare, waking up to a full blown fire. [↑]https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/hazardupdate.pdf https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/hazardupdate.pdf
- adkadskhj 5y agoTo be clear, it's about suffocating because the fan uses up the air in the room, or some such nonsense.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoThere is a lot of superstition in the world, not just among old people (and not just Koreans). The issue is most don't critically question the things they believe in. Especially when there are many others around them who say the same thing. Rationalists will always be contrarians. The fan thing sounds silly, but it does make a lot of sense to look into more realistic ideas from the past or the present, even and maybe especially when the mainstream doesn't subscribe to them.