A prof from my university has a comment on there so I feel obligated to learn more about this. My korean friend said that the "strong wind from the fan coming into your nose and mouth interrupts your breathing" and I countered with "See also: Contemporary culture of South Korea,
Urban legends".

illeszt

United States350 Posts

September 03 2008 23:13 GMT

#102

I heard my gf talking about this (she's korean)

weird sttuff

Folca

2235 Posts

September 03 2008 23:14 GMT

#103

God I cant believe Koreans are still believing this bullshit

WonderBoy

Canada9 Posts

January 31 2009 16:12 GMT

#104

WTF... I'm korean that live in Canada... i thought this was a fact... not a myth... all the korean fans in my house has a timer xD but my white fans don't lulz but srsly wtf -.-

bboyldy

Korea (North)664 Posts

January 31 2009 16:13 GMT

#105

nice job for bringing back a awesome thread

SLoGgErDoGgEr

Korea (South)340 Posts

January 31 2009 16:43 GMT

#106

lol until now I thought it was real too

New Zealand6138 Posts

January 31 2009 16:52 GMT

#107

Man, I was spot on when I said that five months ago.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

January 31 2009 17:06 GMT

#108

hahaha one day, i told my mom to turn off the fan while i'm sleeping so that I dont die. i was like 5 but still. and then i woke up to find the fan still on... and i screamed my head off.

it was good that i found out at the age of 5 that it was myth. ^.-v

minus_human

4784 Posts

January 31 2009 17:48 GMT

#109

* That an electric fan chops up all the oxygen particles in the air leaving none to breathe. This explanation violates mass conservation and well-known properties of molecules and gases."

LOL

dronebabo

10866 Posts

January 31 2009 18:05 GMT

#110

--- Nuked ---

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

February 01 2009 18:30 GMT

#111

I read that
and rofl'ed
...

THATS WHY MY MOM TURNS OFF THE FAN
OHSHIT
I LOVE YOU MOM

MaZza[KIS]

Australia2110 Posts

February 01 2009 22:34 GMT

#112

breathing oxygen may cause poisoning due to impurities in the air...

QUICK EVERYONE!!! STOP BREATHING THE POISONS!!!!!!!!

*on the news the next day*

"Millions of people have died in Korea after...."

nemY

United States3119 Posts

February 01 2009 22:43 GMT

#113

lol korea

SmoKing2012

United States385 Posts

February 01 2009 22:59 GMT

#114

lol I sleep with the fan on every night

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

February 01 2009 23:05 GMT

#115

ahhaha thats hilarious

InfeSteD

United States4658 Posts

February 01 2009 23:05 GMT

#116

lol I remember this... Its funny because I cannot sleep without a fan right on my face..

Ry-Masta-T

United States478 Posts

February 01 2009 23:11 GMT

#117

god this thread made me lawl. Thx for the threasurection.

deathgod6

United States5064 Posts

February 01 2009 23:13 GMT

#118

I forgot to tell my Korean friends about this. XD

USMCgamer

Korea (South)255 Posts

February 03 2009 13:32 GMT

#119

ROFL, I live in Korea (Uijeongbu) and I have a Korean girlfriend. Immediately after reading this, I asked her what would happen we fell asleep with many fans on with the doors clothes. She replied with just "gonna die".

All jokes about how my Korean girlfriend is imaginary aside, I seriously hurt my sides laughing. She still insists that many Koreans have died because they left their fans on while sleeping...

Anyways after thinking about this, I wonder if Korean fan companies didn't try to push this so that they could sell more new fans with timers on them? I mean, this wouldn't be the first time that fear has been used to control the masses..... seriously... and rofl again so stupid...

Ancestral

United States3230 Posts

February 03 2009 13:38 GMT

#120

Hmm I'm going to ask my Korean teachers about 선풍기 사망 사고 hahaha, this is so ridiculously hilarious. I saw the thread the first time around but forgot about it.

GJ with the Korean girlfriend ... if anyone jokes about it over the internet, just remember in real life they wouldn't for fear of being destroyed by a marine T.T