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Korean fan death

DonZabuDonZabu
edited 2012-01-05 18:36:25 in General
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

Now I want to head down there and sleep with the fan on, just so people think I'm a badass.

Comments

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I'm lost for words.

    It's pretty amusing, though.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    *Has slept with a fan on for literally all my life.*

    I must be some sort of zombie then.
  • FirebertFirebert
    It's kind of a soothing sound, isn't it?
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2012-01-05 18:52:52
    Kichigai birthday!!
    *Has slept with a fan on for literally all my life.*

    *Has slept with a fan on for literally all my life.*

    literally

    literally
    SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE SLEEP WITH A FAN EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE SINCE YOU WERE BORN UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY. I'M AMAZED THAT YOU MANAGE TO REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE THAT HUH? HUH?
  • FirebertFirebert
    PERHAPS THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL POWER NEO HAS!
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    MAYBE I DID AND MAYBE I DO. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
  • FirebertFirebert
    HE'S A HIGHLANDER
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    I ADMIRE YOU

    Let's stop this silly derail now.

    Anyway,I wonder how such a stupid superstition can still have such an effect in Korean society. Maybe a lack of information?

    Anyway,I'm talking out of my ass here since I don't know much about Korea,but from the looks of that Wikipedia article it seems like practically everyone there believes it
  • FirebertFirebert
    And a man actually died from it.

    It's interesting to see that there is actually scientific logic behind this.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^No, he died with a fan on in the room. The scientific logic behind it isn't remotely true.
  • FirebertFirebert
    edited 2012-01-05 19:45:09
    I referred to the logic in the upper part of the article. It's still not completely sound, but whatever.

    If bodies are exposed to electric fans or air conditioners for too long, it causes [the] bodies to lose water and [causes] hypothermia. If directly in contact with [air current from] a fan, this could lead to death from [an] increase of carbon dioxide saturation concentration [sic] and decrease of oxygen concentration. The risks are higher for the elderly and patients with respiratory problems. From 2003 [to] 2005, a total of 20 cases were reported through the CISS involving asphyxiations caused by leaving electric fans and air conditioners on while sleeping. To prevent asphyxiation, timers should be set, wind direction should be rotated and doors should be left open.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    That's debunked later in the article.
  • BeeBee
    Except electric fans don't produce carbon dioxide, and aren't remotely likely to drop your body temperature enough for hypothermia unless you have so many existing health problems (or some kind of ridiculous jet turbine or some shit) that the fan is superfluous.
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    edited 2012-01-05 20:04:08
    Yeah, this stuff is just plain ridiculous.
  • FirebertFirebert
    Pfft, I should probably read whole articles before I say anything. XD

    I figured it was all fake anyways, considering no other country has this problem.
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    ^ By "fake" do you mean "nobody actually dies from this" or "Koreans are just trolling everybody else, nobody actually believes in it"?
  • FirebertFirebert
    I figured nobody dies from it, though I'm not sure how many people actually believe it.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    It's not unknown for medical understanding to be shaped by social pressures. In China I believe it is/was common for doctors to diagnose people with neurasthenia (nerve exhaustion), which was equally spurious. Basically, they were depressed, but in a "socialist paradise", you don't admit to being depressed. 

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ It makes me wonder if there is anything Canada/US/Britain have as a common medical belief that is complete bullshit and known to be bullshit in other countries?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^Americans are known for demanding antibiotics for colds and not shutting up until their doctors just give them what they want, even though it won't do anything. Dunno if that happens elsewhere too.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    In Spain there's a saying for the flu: "With medicine,a week.Without,seven days"
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    ^^ I think you also get the antibiotics thing in Britain too. It's actually quite a problem because over-prescribing has led to various strains of bacteria developing a tolerance.


    People getting colds and claiming they have "the flu" is actually something that bugs me in itself. I've had flu a couple of times and it's much worse than a cold. When you've got flu, you really know you've got it 

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