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[JettDash]

I know this is a ridiculous fear so I still run the fans but I can't stop thinking about what would happen if it came off the ceiling spinning rapidly and hit me in the head. To be clear, this isn't something I constantly think about. But the thought does enter my head at least once a day.

Does anyone else have this fear?

Or does anyone else have fears that are as stupid?

ETA: GIF of bedroom fan:

 

[Maintenance]

I go to some places where the ceiling fans move like crazy, and I have the same thought. You're not alone, OP.

 

[besada]

I've had a ceiling fan fall on me. It won't kill you, it just hurts.

 

[Random Human]

Don't watch that SNL Dead Poets Society skit OP!!!

 

[Eggbok]

You aren't alone op lol, don't feel bad.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

This is part of the reason I never turn mine on. If I die due to a stupid fan bonking me on the head my family would be very disappointed.

 

[Travo]

Heh, I used to have this unreasonable feeling that my computer monitor would blow up in my face.

 

[blame space]

I'm always afraid I will burn down any building I've ever been in. it's anxiety.

 

[Cowlick]

Embrace your fear, OP.

 

[Sectorseven]

I had a blade fly off once. Fortunately it hit a wall and didn't cause any damage.

 

[FUME5]

It won't kill you, and you can make up a cool story to go with your bitching scar!

 

[Strain]

I'm afraid that if I leave my fan on overnight I'll suffocate

 

[Tsuna]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

 

[Stinkles]

Are you Korean, op?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I've had a ceiling fan fall on me. It won't kill you, it just hurts.

yeah had one fall on me too.

I gotta say I'm not a fan of it.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I'm always afraid I will burn down any building I've ever been in. it's anxiety.

This is me anytime I leave my flat for a few days

Hm, am I REALLY sure I turned off my oven

 

[Maxinas]

You realize you could die anywhere, anytime right? To add to your anxiety, your computer's battery could randomly explode in your face and kill you as you're reading this post.

 

[akira28]

dont get the old fashioned DC electric powered metal ones.

 

[blame space]

building codes are only as good as the people that installed stuff 100 years ago.

 

[preta]

Mine wobbles around a lot more than I'd like, so this is pretty much why I don't sleep with it at max speed, even if it's been solidly attached for a good 20 years minimum.

 

[Volimar]

My sister had the glass globe from a ceiling fan fall on her head. She had to get stitches.

 

[Afrodium]

Unless it's an industrial fan you'll be fine. A regular ceiling fan isn't going to cut you up if you're between the blades. A fan falling on you would just really hurt. Maybe some broken bones at the worst.

 

[Man God]

I've had a ceiling fan fall on me. It won't kill you, it just hurts.

Correct. Unless you've got an old school steel one they aren't particularly dangerous.

 

[blame space]

I will drive on my lunch break to make sure that my house hasn't burnt down.

 

[Clefargle]

As a kid, I used to climb on top of my bunk bed and let it smack me upside the head a bunch as a gag. Did it all the time with a wooden fan, didn't really hurt. Afaik it didn't cause any long term damage but that prolly depends on who you ask.

 

[Alcotholic]

I'm terrified of the sharp metal fans.

 

[JettDash]

You fuckers saying you've had fans fall on you is only making my anxiety worse. LOL.

I'm not too worried about the one in the living room, but the one on my bedroom is a little wobbily.

 

[blame space]

shit. did I shut the door hard enough?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I used to sleep on the bottom of a bunk bed and get paranoid that it would fall on me.

 

[Mobius 1]

Ceiling fan at my gym is easily 7 feet in diameter. If that one were to fall...

 

[akira28]

I replaced the one in my dining room, it had 8 bolts and a wooden steel frame connected to the beams in the ceiling. I could probably swing from it and the ceiling would come down before the fan would.

shit. did I shut the door hard enough?

i used to dream i would wake up in strange neighborhoods in the middle of the day, wandering the streets. and I would always somehow end up inside these houses, and then the houses would end up on fire somehow.

 

[Madventure]

Quoting a bike-helmet study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, he wrote that 235 kg (520 pounds) or 2,300 newtons of force would be needed to crush a human skull, almost twice as much force as human hands could possibly muster.Jun 4, 2014

I'd say you're fine

That's the first thing displayed from googling "how much force is required to crush a human skull"

Along with "how much does a ceiling fan weigh"

The heaviest fan that should be supported by an outlet box is 35 pounds. If it weighs more, the building structure must support it. Whatever you do, make sure the junction box is supported well enough to hold at least 50 pounds. That's the weight of an average ceiling fan.

 

[Kensation]

 

[True Savior]

Sooner or later those fans are going to kill you.

 

[Earthbound64]

I'd say you're fine

That's the first thing displayed from googling "how much force is required to crush a human skull"

You can be killed by a blow to your head that doesn't crush your skull.

 

[blame space]

is that real

 

[JSevere]

I actually did get killed by a ceiling fan and I can confirm that it sucks. however, as a ghost I do get to haunt the shoddy handymen who installed it for me for the rest of eternity, so it has its perks

 

[oreomunsta]

Are you worried about it slicing you up, or something? It won't do that

 

[besada]

yeah had one fall on me too.

I gotta say I'm not a fan of it.

Me either, but we're still alive. I had an HP printer topple off a tall shelf into my face once. I liked the ceiling fan better.

 

[rtcn63]

Do ceiling fans even go fast

 

[JettDash]

I'd say you're fine

That's the first thing displayed from googling "how much force is required to crush a human skull"

Along with "how much does a ceiling fan weigh"

I'm more worried about it spinning fast and hitting me than the weight.

I do know it is an unreasonable fear though.

Do ceiling fans even go fast

Mine go pretty fast.

 

[Ptaaty]

Guy at works exhaust fan caught fire and almost lost his house

 

[True Savior]

Do ceiling fans even go fast

Fast enough to behead you.

 

[CountAntonius]

OP's ceiling fan.

 

[Meadows]

Did you know that ceiling fans kill 74% of Americans every year?

 

[Nostremitus]

You can be killed by a blow to your head that doesn't crush your skull.

Oh.... Korean urban legends...

 

[Bronx-Man]

Tonight, on 1000 Ways to Die...

 

[DarthWoo]

That's good to know. When I'm at a friend's house I sometimes jokingly (and drunkenly) put my hand near her ceiling fan as though I'm going to put my hand in it whereupon she always makes me stop. Now I know I can actually put my hand in it and come out uninjured.

Edit: Although I'm sure she'd be annoyed at whatever damage I caused to the fan itself.

 

[exmachina64]

I've had a ceiling fan fall on me. It won't kill you, it just hurts.

Me either, but we're still alive. I had an HP printer topple off a tall shelf into my face once. I liked the ceiling fan better.

Thanks for testing these things out for us, I feel safer now.

 

[akira28]

I'm more worried about it spinning fast and hitting me than the weight.

I do know it is an unreasonable fear though.




Mine go pretty fast.

they have those ceiling fans on extendable posts that when you flip a switch it slowly starts to descend....