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Oct 02, 2006 22:18

My fascination with fan death continues. Some things you can just write off as simple cultural differences, but others are just too... weird. A summary of my findings ( Read more... )

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uzbradistan October 3 2006, 18:45:23 UTC
Thanks for posting about fan death -- I had never heard of that before.

By the way, if you've never read Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay, you should make a point of doing so.

I was going to write more, but I think I'll make it its own LJ entry -- it was getting a bit long.

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archivecats October 4 2006, 05:53:07 UTC
In any event, the internet doesn't seem to contain enough information on this subject (at least, in English,) and I plan to harass more Koreans on this subject until I'm satisfied that I've gotten to the bottom of this.

Please do. Inquiring minds want to know.

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faithful_summer December 7 2006, 17:30:00 UTC
I'd never heard of that before, but it's hilarious! I sleep with a fan on every night to drown out the Cat Noise from the rest of the house.

Sounds like something my dad would believe if he read about it... In fact, sounds like something my dad would come up with!

wonder if there are any similar such fallacies commonly believed by Americans
My dad thinks that if there's an earthquake, I would have time to flee away from any large building and head to the countryside. Does that count?

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