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> Every fan in South Korea has an automatic shut-off feature - you can’t even buy a fan that will run all night. Impossible to purchase. This statement is simp

by serialx 12y ago

> Every fan in South Korea has an automatic shut-off feature - you can’t even buy a fan that will run all night. Impossible to purchase. This statement is simply not true. I live in South Korea and I always run it all night in summer.

flippyhead 12y ago
Are you certain you are alive?
- murbard2 12y ago
  Who are you talking to?
  - CalRobert 12y ago
    I do believe you mean "whom".
    - CalRobert 12y ago
      Well, at least the original joke was better than my own!
  - murbard2 12y ago
    I don't know why this was downmodded into oblivion, is the joke too subtle or just not funny?
ddoolin 12y ago
Came here to say the same thing. We've owned numerous fans and none have had that "feature."
rdoherty 12y ago
Do we need to nitpick this article like this? The general statement about how people in South Korea believe in fan death is true.
- science404 12y ago
  Yes, we should. If the general statement about fans is not true, then the general statement about how South Koreans believe in fan death loses validity. The author didn't do their research.
  - Bahamut 12y ago
    That is a very poor line of reasoning. One thing being untrue does not prove/disprove a larger point. This is unfortunately a very common way of thinking in the US, and completely backwards. In this case, all you would have to do is speak with someone from South Korea to find out about this, and it turns out, some do believe it - I found out about this phenomena from a friend from Korea, and she believed it to be true even though she knew the science behind it was bunk.
    - pc86 12y ago
      > One thing being untrue does not prove/disprove a larger point. That's what what he said. What he said was that because the author made a claim that is empirically, provably false, it shows the author didn't reach a level of research that would show them that the claim was false. It brings into question other claims the author has made.
  - deleted 12y ago
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LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Hey serialx, I live in SK too, if you ever wanna grab a beer or coffee, shoot me an email: lukejamesfitzpatrick@gmail.com On Fan Death, the media bought it all up and publicized it on TV, naturally most South Koreans believe it. They are super conscious about anything related to health (even though smoking and binge drinking is quite common here). If I have a cold, my wife (Korean) will tell me to go to the hospital. I grew up with not taking medicine unless it's absolutely necessary. Back on topic, It's more of a culturally thing. I wouldn't bother trying to explain to people that it's not real, focus on feeling amused about the cultural difference. Likwise, I'm from Australia, in my hometown (small beach town), I could walk to the local convenience store wearing no footware, no tshirt - just boxer shorts. To Korean people, they'd think I'm insane..... Just trying to highlight the differences in culture; seeing the humorous side of things is often better than trying to persuade someone they're wrong.
- jrs99 12y ago
  what about in melbourne. would it be normal to walk into a starbucks with no shirt and no shoes?
  - LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
    No idea, I'm from a small beach town and I haven't been to Melbourne before. From what I know, it has extreme temperatures and moody weather. Walking in to a supermarket with boardies is fine in my hometown (Port Macquarie). You should know though, my town is warm all year round. I used to surf in winter without a wetsuit.
  - cam_l 12y ago
    in Melbourne even the hippies wear shoes, plus in Melbourne it would be decidedly abnormal to walk into a starbucks at all..
- 1_player 12y ago
  I've seen what I thought were American tourists in Italy going barefoot on the streets. I and everybody else around them thought they are insane. But yeah, I like to eat horse (and rabbit) meat while I would be looked upon with disgust in most parts of the world :)
tomasien 12y ago
I totally believe you - I probably shouldn't have stated this as fact, it's just how it has been explained to me second hand.
- arzugula 12y ago
  > Writes article pointing out the ridiculousness of believing in a cultural boogeyman like "fan death". > Is a SJW who has written on numerous occasions about the "patriarchy"... > Tweets about "rape culture"...

by serialx 12y ago

flippyhead 12y ago

Are you certain you are alive?

murbard2 12y ago
Who are you talking to?
- CalRobert 12y ago
  I do believe you mean "whom".
  - CalRobert 12y ago
    Well, at least the original joke was better than my own!
- murbard2 12y ago
  I don't know why this was downmodded into oblivion, is the joke too subtle or just not funny?

ddoolin 12y ago

Came here to say the same thing. We've owned numerous fans and none have had that "feature."

rdoherty 12y ago

Do we need to nitpick this article like this? The general statement about how people in South Korea believe in fan death is true.

science404 12y ago
Yes, we should. If the general statement about fans is not true, then the general statement about how South Koreans believe in fan death loses validity. The author didn't do their research.
- Bahamut 12y ago
  That is a very poor line of reasoning. One thing being untrue does not prove/disprove a larger point. This is unfortunately a very common way of thinking in the US, and completely backwards. In this case, all you would have to do is speak with someone from South Korea to find out about this, and it turns out, some do believe it - I found out about this phenomena from a friend from Korea, and she believed it to be true even though she knew the science behind it was bunk.
  - pc86 12y ago
    > One thing being untrue does not prove/disprove a larger point. That's what what he said. What he said was that because the author made a claim that is empirically, provably false, it shows the author didn't reach a level of research that would show them that the claim was false. It brings into question other claims the author has made.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]

LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago

Hey serialx, I live in SK too, if you ever wanna grab a beer or coffee, shoot me an email: lukejamesfitzpatrick@gmail.com On Fan Death, the media bought it all up and publicized it on TV, naturally most South Koreans believe it. They are super conscious about anything related to health (even though smoking and binge drinking is quite common here). If I have a cold, my wife (Korean) will tell me to go to the hospital. I grew up with not taking medicine unless it's absolutely necessary. Back on topic, It's more of a culturally thing. I wouldn't bother trying to explain to people that it's not real, focus on feeling amused about the cultural difference. Likwise, I'm from Australia, in my hometown (small beach town), I could walk to the local convenience store wearing no footware, no tshirt - just boxer shorts. To Korean people, they'd think I'm insane..... Just trying to highlight the differences in culture; seeing the humorous side of things is often better than trying to persuade someone they're wrong.

jrs99 12y ago
what about in melbourne. would it be normal to walk into a starbucks with no shirt and no shoes?
- LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
  No idea, I'm from a small beach town and I haven't been to Melbourne before. From what I know, it has extreme temperatures and moody weather. Walking in to a supermarket with boardies is fine in my hometown (Port Macquarie). You should know though, my town is warm all year round. I used to surf in winter without a wetsuit.
- cam_l 12y ago
  in Melbourne even the hippies wear shoes, plus in Melbourne it would be decidedly abnormal to walk into a starbucks at all..
1_player 12y ago
I've seen what I thought were American tourists in Italy going barefoot on the streets. I and everybody else around them thought they are insane. But yeah, I like to eat horse (and rabbit) meat while I would be looked upon with disgust in most parts of the world :)

tomasien 12y ago

I totally believe you - I probably shouldn't have stated this as fact, it's just how it has been explained to me second hand.

arzugula 12y ago
> Writes article pointing out the ridiculousness of believing in a cultural boogeyman like "fan death". > Is a SJW who has written on numerous occasions about the "patriarchy"... > Tweets about "rape culture"...