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Korean Urban Legend: Fan Death....wat?

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CrazyDogg77 said:
What's the story behind this?
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It's Korea's version of the stork story.

Instead of the stork brought you, it's "We found you under a bridge."

I guess this is why I'm such a troll.
 
the top comment in that skeptoid article is awesome

several college-aged young men who decided to commit mass suicide via fan death. They rented a "love motel" room, brought in several fans, and lay down to await their deaths.

Their plan was foiled when one of the men saw through the window the flashing lights of a patrolling police car. He opened the window and yelled for help, and all were rescued.

phew!
 
Indians also have to buy houses I think that have a certain front exposure (I think facing east, I could be wrong). I forget the reason.
 
ULTROS! said:
I read more about it and it's an interesting read.

Basically: summer + closed room + drunk peron + electric fan is not good at all because it will generate heat that can actually cook someone.
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you also need to be in korea, because the magic fan death particles are more potent there
 
What if all of a sudden we passed through a sector of the milky way galaxy that had different physics, and fan death became possible.

Also, what if after that we realized that there was no milky way galaxy at all, IT WAS AN ERROR OF OUR PERCEPTION WHEN WE WERE IN THE "DIFFERENT PHYSICS ZONE"???
 
Stumpokapow said:
you also need to be in korea, because the magic fan death particles are more potent there
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They come from these.

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Timedog said:
What if all of a sudden we passed through a sector of the milky way galaxy that had different physics, and fan death became possible.

Also, what if after that we realized that there was no milky way galaxy at all, IT WAS AN ERROR OF OUR PERCEPTION WHEN WE WERE IN THE "DIFFERENT PHYSICS ZONE"???
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Stop stealing my old arguments, TD.
 
Timedog said:
What if all of a sudden we passed through a sector of the milky way galaxy that had different physics, and fan death became possible.

Also, what if after that we realized that there was no milky way galaxy at all, IT WAS AN ERROR OF OUR PERCEPTION WHEN WE WERE IN THE "DIFFERENT PHYSICS ZONE"???
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Timedog should I call someone...do you need help?
 
Timedog said:
What if all of a sudden we passed through a sector of the milky way galaxy that had different physics, and fan death became possible.

Also, what if after that we realized that there was no milky way galaxy at all, IT WAS AN ERROR OF OUR PERCEPTION WHEN WE WERE IN THE "DIFFERENT PHYSICS ZONE"???
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First we'd have to pass through a sector of the Milky Way galaxy in which you weren't terrible at science.

ZING!

wTxVP.jpg
 
Here's a serious question, is someone here willing to try it? Basically the weather should be hot, the room should be totally closed, the person should be drunk, and the electric fan should be directed to that person during his sleep.

Of course, the problem is that there's no deadly magical Korean fan death particles.
 
ULTROS! said:
Here's a serious question, is someone willing to try it? Basically the weather should be hot, the room should be totally closed, the person should be drunk, and the electric fan should be directed to that person during his sleep.

Of course, the problem is that there's no deadly magical Korean fan death particles.
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Sure there are.

6685141-burning-mosquito-coil-as-anti-insect.jpg


They are in these things.

Pro: Keeps mosquitoes away.

Pro or Con, depends: Kills Koreans.
 
ULTROS! said:
Here's a serious question, is someone here willing to try it? Basically the weather should be hot, the room should be totally closed, the person should be drunk, and the electric fan should be directed to that person during his sleep.

Of course, the problem is that there's no deadly magical Korean fan death particles.
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Ffs, I spend every night every summer under a blaring air conditioner on very high, with the door closed (to keep the cool air in), often while under the influence of alcohol. It's a ridiculous urban legend.
 
ULTROS! said:
Basically the weather should be hot, the room should be totally closed, the person should be drunk, and the electric fan should be directed to that person during his sleep.
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I have done this dozens if not over one hundred times.

And I am typing this from beyond the grave, if only I'd listened best Korea!!!
 
ULTROS! said:
Here's a serious question, is someone here willing to try it? Basically the weather should be hot, the room should be totally closed, the person should be drunk, and the electric fan should be directed to that person during his sleep.

Of course, the problem is that there's no deadly magical Korean fan death particles.
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Must not work in Texas.
 
I read a story on this. It's not true. A fan doesn't suck up air and make it unusable. It's just an old myth that's seemed to hang around, to the point where even fans in Korea have automatic shut off safety mechanics. lol!
 
I see key words, "respiratory problems."

A person with wheezing and asthma usually cannot have wind blown at them excessively, especially in their faces. A example would be driving and having your face close to a window that is down. That person will most likely have problems breathing.

Now add that to the climate in South Korea. Heat stress along with 10mph fans, which is the norm for fan speeds and respiratory problems can lead to bad things.

Perhaps these people all share these common traits and that would explain it to me. I know South Korea's healthcare is nowhere near the level of the U.S. In order for these people to function properly under these circumstances they would need to live their everyday lives using medication such as flovent, proventil, symbicort, etc. And I doubt they do.
 
Kadey said:
I see key words, "respiratory problems."

A person with wheezing and asthma usually cannot have wind blown at them excessively, especially in their faces. A example would be driving and having your face close to a window that is down. That person will most likely have problems breathing.

Now add that to the climate in South Korea. Heat stress along with 10mph fans, which is the norm for fan speeds and respiratory problems can lead to bad things.

Perhaps these people all share these common traits and that would explain it to me. I know South Korea's healthcare is nowhere near the level of the U.S. In order for these people to function properly under these circumstances they would need to live their everyday lives using medication such as flovent, proventil, symbicort, etc. And I doubt they do.
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http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4287

An excerpt:
Skeptoid said:
Third, wind striking you in the face does not reduce the pressure at the front of your head; it increases it. Fourth, 20% is a huge pressure differential. 15 kph of wind would create around 55 grams of pressure on the average head, which is less than 1% of 1% more than normal atmospheric pressure. The Samsung doctors' 20% drop in pressure on one side of your head would require in the neighborhood of 100 kilograms of force at sea level, which would require a wind speed of at least 650 kph. So if you're using an F-18 fighter jet engine for a fan, it starts to look plausible.
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I'm going to do it though. I went home early and I locked myself in my room and sealed it tight. I've turned on a rather angry looking fan and pointed it directly at my face. I've turned up the heater and placed a humidifier in the room with me.

I'm doing this for you... for Science... and for Korea.

Wish me luck.
 
marrec said:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4287

An excerpt:


I'm going to do it though. I went home early and I locked myself in my room and sealed it tight. I've turned on a rather angry looking fan and pointed it directly at my face. I've turned up the heater and placed a humidifier in the room with me.

I'm doing this for you... for Science... and for Korea.

Wish me luck.
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I will honor you by buring you in the best Korean way.

Forced mourning.
 
All while growing up, my mother would constantly buy fans to put in my room to keep it cool rather than getting the AC fixed (or, when we did get the AC fixed, it still never really circulated into my room so the fans were still necessary).

In hindsight, it was 18 years of attempts on my life. Thankfully, I'm only half-Korean so I only absorbed half of the Korean Fan Death particles.
 
marrec said:
First we'd have to pass through a sector of the Milky Way galaxy in which you weren't terrible at science.

ZING!

wTxVP.jpg
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Terrible at science? How-fucking-dare you. How about you:

1) give me the general case for the inflection point at which the positive feedback mechanism stabilizes, proving that the decreased density of air from humiditization is even relative to the discussion

2) Show the the universe is uniform throughout as it pertains to how physics work. I assert that the universe needn't be uniform throughout space, but that it need only be unchanging, or at least not changing fast enough to be noticed by recent observation.

3) Can we make "how-fucking-dare" a new word that is both an adjective and a verb? Is such a thing possible?
 
Timedog said:
Terrible at science? How-fucking-dare you. How about you:

1) give me the general case for the inflection point at which the positive feedback mechanism stabilizes, proving that the decreased density of air from humiditization is even relative to the discussion
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Measuring the airflow of the room I'm trapped in with the angry fan I can see that the velocity of the air in increasing, but since the room is sealed and the fan is not running any faster, than it must be that the air is less dense. Less dense air will decrease the rate of evaporation very slightly if the temperature remains constant. Where did I put my thermometer....

There it is. Yep, temperature is remaining constant.

2) Show the the universe is uniform throughout as it pertains to how physics work. I assert that the universe needn't be uniform throughout space, but that it need only be unchanging, or at least not changing fast enough to be noticed by recent observation.
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This I cannot prove, because all of our observational devices used to prove and quantify how we understand Physics are based on our model and understanding of Physics. Therefore we cannot reliably use our own observational devices to prove or disprove the existence of isolated pockets of non-Standard Model physics. This makes your statement unfalsifiable and therefore, not science!

I think the Fan just grimaced at me.

3) Can we make "how-fucking-dare" a new word that is both an adjective and a verb? Is such a thing possible?
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Funny you should ask, my Fiancee is starting school this Fall for Linguistics and would probably be able to answer you. But I don't see a problem with it.

I have to pee but the door to the outside is locked somehow. That's funny. I don't remember there being a lock on the otherside of this door.
 
marrec said:
Measuring the airflow of the room I'm trapped in with the angry fan I can see that the velocity of the air in increasing, but since the room is sealed and the fan is not running any faster, than it must be that the air is less dense. Less dense air will decrease the rate of evaporation very slightly if the temperature remains constant. Where did I put my thermometer....

There it is. Yep, temperature is remaining constant.
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In order to find the inflection point and show that it is reached during a typical 8 hour sleep period, you're gonna have to do some science equations using coefficients and multiplying stuff and stuff.

marrec said:
This I cannot prove, because all of our observational devices used to prove and quantify how we understand Physics are based on our model and understanding of Physics. Therefore we cannot reliably use our own observational devices to prove or disprove the existence of isolated pockets of non-Standard Model physics. This makes your statement unfalsifiable and therefore, not science!

I think the Fan just grimaced at me.
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Maybe it is science?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19429-laws-of-physics-may-change-across-the-universe.html
 
my roommate sophmore year would turn off my fan every morning (his class was before me). Pain in the ass, funny thing is, I think he really thought he was helping me so I couldn't be mad.
 
I remember turning down the fan and my roommate was like, what are you doing? This was back in '06 or so; I was going to explain that it was harmful, but then I stopped myself, because I could already tell how stupid it sounds outside the bubble of a Korean residence.
 
Timedog said:
Maybe it is science?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19429-laws-of-physics-may-change-across-the-universe.html
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Peer-Review blah blah, Special Physics killing Koreans is a possible explanation I'll grant you that.

The room seems to have stabilized in temperature/density/humidity so I was going to position myself directly in front of the Fan and measure my internal body temperature to see if it lowered an appreciable amount.

But I can't seem to find the damn fan.

I can hear it running, a low buzz in the background.

But it's no where to be seen.

Edit:

Sorry guys, I'll find this thing and start doing proper science soon. Just a minor setback is all.
 
Government enforces the belief so they use less electricity.. fucking brilliant. Wish we had somemthing like that for using gas in america... oh wait we do... and it's real but no one gives a fuck.
 
wowzors said:
my roommate sophmore year would turn off my fan every morning (his class was before me). Pain in the ass, funny thing is, I think he really thought he was helping me so I couldn't be mad.
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You should have pretended to be dead when he came back
 
I had a Korean friend in college, and I asked him if he believed in Fan Death, and he laughed and said "of course not." But then I asked "what about air conditioners?" and he said "oh yeah, those things can kill you, very dangerous." He was completely serious.
 
Bwaahahahaha, fan death.

I would have been killed a thousand over in my youth. I guess I'm invincible!

It's that deadly Korean air I tells you! It's too harmful to circulate!
 
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