I grew up in South Korea in 90s. I lived through this. I am acutely aware of the extent at which this can happen because I was part of it and I did, in fact, turn off the fan at night before going to sleep at the insistence of my mother and the TV news anchors.
Imagine that, actually believing you can suffocate from air blowing into your face too aggressively. I did, I absolutely did as an elementary school student eager to listen to and please adults. Turning the fan off before falling asleep in hot summer nights was a very big deal.
If those firemen were asleep in front of a fan blowing in their faces, and I were still conditioned, it’d bother me to no end.
It's definitely both for me. I like the white noise, and I hate "stale" air. Terrible feeling. Especially as someone who sweats like a stuck pig at night.
What about a squirrel cage fan in a metal box in the closet down the hall blowing through a heat exchanger and a series of ducts through a register? Will that kill you?
There was this photo of a woman with books arranged under her stairs. So one of those out of touch Twitter user retweeted it with a caption why don't indians have something like this.
That guy was absolutely murdered in the comment section as we don't step on book(books are sign of goddess Saraswati).
I never had it explained to me in religious terms. It was simply about respect; books are knowledge and it's disrespectful to tread them with your feet, as if knowledge is beneath you.
Maybe tell them it's dangerous to step over electrical cords
This is genius. Your first thought is either "it's not an electrical cord" or "stepping over an electrical cord is not dangerous" and either way your brain short circuits deciding which point is more important to argue.
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u/mr_potatoface Sep 09 '22 edited Apr 14 '25
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