rCX12@piefed.social to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFan Death (mortality due to running electric fan in closed room)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12
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minus-squareDrusas@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day ago belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea The implication that no one there believes this anymore is false.
minus-squareCypher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCan confirm, I’m in Korea right now and some people definitely believe it. Mostly older folk. My understanding is that the myth originated from propaganda to reduce power usage in the postwar period.
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoMy understanding is its a way to say “my child commit suicide, but I need a convenient excuse so I’m not personally blamed for failing to help them”
The implication that no one there believes this anymore is false.
Can confirm, I’m in Korea right now and some people definitely believe it. Mostly older folk.
My understanding is that the myth originated from propaganda to reduce power usage in the postwar period.
My understanding is its a way to say “my child commit suicide, but I need a convenient excuse so I’m not personally blamed for failing to help them”