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waah posted:Wtf is fan death? South Koreans (I have no clue about the North, but they likely don't have fans running reliably so who knows) firmly and adamantly believe that if you leave the fan on overnight, you will die. This isn't some urban myth or old wive's tale like don't go outside with wet hair or you will catch a cold. Like Blitz and I have posted, highly educated and respected academics, health professionals, and otherwise intelligent sorts believe in it with the same veracity that we believe in things like smoking causes cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death Actual academic articles have been published on the topic including proposed mechanisms of death which include hypothermia or just the fan displacing air leading to asphyxiation. I wanted to ask Eifert if its really as common in the country of South Korea, or are all there ex-pats and visiting scientists just trolling the poo poo out of us.
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Fan death is when you root for *looks at wrist tape but it's all smudged* ah god... uh... the currently trending worst team
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Cavauro posted:Fan death is when you root for *looks at wrist tape but it's all smudged* ah god... uh... the currently trending worst team You missed a good Raiders joke considering how many get shanked.
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Aug 21, 2015 02:59
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Sure, that was there, but the truth is very few fans have ever truly lived.
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swickles posted:South Koreans (I have no clue about the North, but they likely don't have fans running reliably so who knows) firmly and adamantly believe that if you leave the fan on overnight, you will die. This isn't some urban myth or old wive's tale like don't go outside with wet hair or you will catch a cold. Like Blitz and I have posted, highly educated and respected academics, health professionals, and otherwise intelligent sorts believe in it with the same veracity that we believe in things like smoking causes cancer. I should be double dead then. I sleep with the air on and a ceiling fan and a Vornado on medium speed about 2 feet from my head.  I do have a surprising number of wind/hurricane dreams though for some reason.
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Fan death is used to explain socially unacceptable deaths but yeah a lot of people sincerely believe it. People think really dumb poo poo everywhere I've been. In Russia if you sit on concrete you become barren. In the US you vote Republican if you're poor.
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Silly Burrito posted:I should be double dead then. I sleep with the air on and a ceiling fan and a Vornado on medium speed about 2 feet from my head.  my man.
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Eifert Posting posted:Fan death is used to explain socially unacceptable deaths but yeah a lot of people sincerely believe it. People think really dumb poo poo everywhere I've been. In Russia if you sit on concrete you become barren. In the US you vote Republican if you're poor. I had a gf whose mom (a registered nurse) claimed that if you sit on cold concrete you can get hemorrhoids.
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Eifert Posting posted:In the US you vote Republican if you're poor.
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DO YALL WANT A HAM posted:This one's new to me you've never been to a trailer park, or the South in general
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swickles posted:South Koreans (I have no clue about the North, but they likely don't have fans running reliably so who knows) firmly and adamantly believe that if you leave the fan on overnight, you will die. This isn't some urban myth or old wive's tale like don't go outside with wet hair or you will catch a cold. Like Blitz and I have posted, highly educated and respected academics, health professionals, and otherwise intelligent sorts believe in it with the same veracity that we believe in things like smoking causes cancer. I didn't get it either but can understand the mindset now looking at kids dying in the USA of whooping cough etc.
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Eifert Posting posted:Fan death is used to explain socially unacceptable deaths but yeah a lot of people sincerely believe it. People think really dumb poo poo everywhere I've been. In Russia if you sit on concrete you become barren. In the US you vote Republican if you're poor. I'd go with the literal 42% of americans that straight believe in ghosts or over 70% that believe in angels.
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Kalli posted:I'd go with the literal 42% of americans that straight believe in ghosts or over 70% that believe in angels. That's not unique to Americans though.
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Kalli posted:I'd go with the literal 42% of americans that straight believe in ghosts or over 70% that believe in angels. or the 95% that believe in God
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Kalli posted:I'd go with the literal 42% of americans that straight believe in ghosts or over 70% that believe in angels. Hey man if you wanna piss off ghosts be my guest but I would advise you not to.
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Are ghosts an ideal gas? Just asking questions.
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Raku posted:or the 95% that believe in God Hey at least God has some good marketing going for him. Angels are about as realistic as Minotaurs. And don't say but what about Angels in the Outfield, because nobody has optioned my script for Minotaurs in the Midfield yet and that cheeses me right off.
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The Big Jesus posted:Are ghosts an ideal gas? Just asking questions. Is Gillette haunted? Maybe this explains everything!
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Kalli posted:Hey at least God has some good marketing going for him. Angels are about as realistic as Minotaurs. Eli Manning is Theseus.
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Round these parts fan death usually means this
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Bored at work, so I figured I'd go through to see how wildly wildly wrong (when I wasn't doing so on purpose) I/we all did (only for the non-subjective questions): Myself: Question Correct Answer "My Answer" Comments 1.) With the first pick of the 2016 draft, the Tennessee Titans select "Tennessee Titans (and lol if they pick another QB unless Mariota turns out to be Leaf + JaMarcus)" 2.) This NFL head coach gets fired first. Joe Philbin "Mike Pettine (because Cleveland), with Lovie Smith close behind" I didn't expect Miami to actually do something, let alone in week 4. 3.) Tom Brady misses how many games this year? 0 "0, because god is dead" I hate being right all the time 4.) The leader in receiving yards for the year will be: Julio Jones (1871) "Dez Bryant" Way to get every injury ever Dez/Romo 5.) The leader in rushing yards for the year will be: Adrian Peterson (1485) "Beast Mode" Swing and a miss...which is what Peterson's kids always wished would happen 6.) The team with the most fumbles lost will be: Cleveland Browns (18) "Raiders" Meh 7.) The next player to get busted for PED's is definitely: Bobby Massie (suspended day after swickles created thread) or Jerome Simpson (suspended day the answers were revealed) "Vernon Davis, for massive amounts of anti-depressants to deal with the fact that he's on the Niners" Well, I got the right team at least... 8.) Pick one and ONLY one team that ends up in Los Angeles by the start of 2017. St. Louis Rams "Rams" 11.) Ted Wells (or some other investigator) gets sent to this team next. (Bonus: for what reason) This never happened I think "Washington Racists because Dan Snyder got caught dodging taxes" Oh how I wish this happened 12.) Last and most important: Who wins the The Shiva Bowl this year? The Coin "Dark horse pick: Mark Cuban. And JJ Watt will win the Sacko because he will have actually found a sack outside of the football field" I'm pretty sure the writers trolled me because I picked the billionaire, so they had a quarter win. Everyone: 1.) With the first pick of the 2016 draft, the ___________________________ select swickles posted:Tennessee Titans - 3 points 2.) This NFL head coach gets fired first. swickles posted:Joe Philbin - 7 points 3.) Tom Brady misses how many games this year? swickles posted:Zero games - 10 points 4.) The player with the most receiving yards will be: No one actually picked Roddy White, but 10 of you picked Antonio Brown, who got in 2nd. 5.) The leader in rushing yards for the year will be: swickles posted:Adrian Peterson - 31 points 6.) The team with the most fumbles lost will be: swickles posted:Browns- 8 points 7.) The next player to get busted for PED's is definitely: A PALE HORSE said "someone on the 49ers", but that's not a specific player  8.) Pick one and ONLY one team that ends up in Los Angeles by the start of 2017. swickles posted:Rams - 25 points 11.) Ted Wells (or some other investigator) gets sent to this team next. (Bonus: for what reason) Nada 12.) Last and most important: Who wins the The Shiva Bowl this year? Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffed GNU Order, No Butt Stuff, turbomoose and myself tied for first with 3 correct answers. Suck on that nerds.
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Ha, solid bump. I don't know poo poo. e: nevermind, just remembered this wasn't about my own, personal predictions. fsif fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Feb 25, 2016 |
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Feb 25, 2016 01:32
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I do hope someone gets one of these going. They are by far the best part of the offseason
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Jerome Simpson got popped for weed not PEDs
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I think I picked Matt Forte to win the rushing title. Why.
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oops nevermind i accidentally posted my credit card and social security #s
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Cavauro posted:oops nevermind i accidentally posted my credit card and social security #s Those flesh light orders were there before, you should totally look into that.
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Pretty funny how mad he got about people saying they don't watch The League considering how bad the final season was
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1.) With the first pick of the 2016 draft, the Tennessee Titans select Los Angeles Steelers 2.) This NFL head coach gets fired first. Joe Philbin Chuck Pagano 3.) Tom Brady misses how many games this year? 0 π 4.) The leader in receiving yards for the year will be: Julio Jones (1871) Andy Dalton 5.) The leader in rushing yards for the year will be: Adrian Peterson (1485) Clark Harris 6.) The team with the most fumbles lost will be: Cleveland Browns (18) Columbus Crew 7.) The next player to get busted for PED's is definitely: Bobby Massie Janikowski 8.) Pick one and ONLY one team that ends up in Los Angeles by the start of 2017. St. Louis Rams Rough Riders 9. Jousting 10. Gender relations on the Eurasian Steppes. 11.) Ted Wells (or some other investigator) gets sent to this team next. (Bonus: for what reason) This never happened I think The Bengals, for winning a Wild Card game 12.) Last and most important: Who wins the The Shiva Bowl this year? The Coin Special guest star Tom Waits.
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