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Arguments that Fan Death
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Any foreigner to Korea on first hearing about fan death will immediately
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Urban Legends |
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Fan death has all the elements of an urban legend. For this part I
consulted what makes up an urban legend from: http://science.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend1.htm |
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Dead Giveaways to an Urban Legend |
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1) It
happened to a friend of a friend, not to the storyteller. |
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After talking to so many Koreans, I have never met someone who directly
knew a victim of fandeath. |
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2) There are many
variations. |
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Nobody knows the exact cause of fan death. There is not just one
theory, but many. |
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3) The general
topic is one that is often on the news or what people gossip most
about: death, sex, crime, contamination, technology, ethnic stereotypes,
celebrities, horror or beating the system. |
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Well fan death is about death. |
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4) It contains
a warning or moral lesson of some kind. |
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This one has a strong warning. Every Korean will tell you never
to sleep with the fan on. |
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5) It's just too
weird or too good to be true. |
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Well, depending where you come from, I think most foreigners will
consider this weird. |
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So, it certainly looks like an urban legend. |
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Where's the Science? |
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I know science cannot explain everything, but you can at least try.
There should be some scientific studies. Come on, at least, just put
a fan in a sealed cage with a few lab mice and see what happens. |
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Some doctor or scientist should study this phenomenon and send a
paper to a scientific journal or something. Why not share the dangers
of fans to the world. Why the secrecy? |
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Only Korea Believes it! |
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To my knowledge, Korea is the only country that believes in fan
death. So, the first thing a person may ask is "How is it possible
for only one country to make this discovery?"
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If there are 7 billion people in the world and only 47 million Koreans,
then Korea only makes up 0.7% of the world population. Can the rest
of the world be wrong? |
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I do agree places like Canada and other northern countries have
no use of electric fans, so maybe they could not make the discovery,
yet. |
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Warning Labels |
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If fans did kill, then companies that made fans would have to put
warning labels on the fan or at least in the instruction manual. Wouldn't
they be liable if they didn't do that? |
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Other Explanations |
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I would also like to mention that some print media do not report
suicides due to the contagious nature of suicides and sensitivity
towards the family. Instead of stating that a suicide occurred, they
may state that an accidental death occurred like a drowning or electric
shock. One theory is that Korean media will state a fan death occurred
when in fact it was a suicide. Although, no fan death occurred, it
would proliferate the belief that fan death is real among the people. |
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Just a Thought |
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Is it possible for to be charged with attempted muder if you knowingly
placed a fan in a sealed room to try and kill someone? |
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