• Agent641@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There is a tiny man inside the drum behind the fan and as it heats up, he must walk forward like on a hamster wheel to not burn his bare feet. The man walks inexorably forward, blind and delirious from exhaustion to avoid the agony of being roasted alive.

    You’re a sick fuck for buying this thing OP.

  • paulcdb@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean, it says on the package.

    You need heat, so fly to the nearest sun and install it on the hottest part. Just position carefully so you don’t cause the sun to spin slower and cause a cooldown effect as that’ll cause it to stop working!

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    It doesn’t work. It’s an optical illusion, but is so compelling that yiu hallucinate feeling the air move.

    This was first used on gas stoves, which is where the term gaslighting came from.

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    3 days ago

    the heat actually vibrates the blades of the fans at a special frequency that allows it to communicate with the undead.

    using a special set of mircoscopic engravings on the back of every odd numbered blade, it communicates with the vengeful spirits and asks for a man named ‘josh’.

    once the fan hits 100°c, and josh is successfully conjured, he utilizes his insanely strong arms to push the fan in a counter-clockwise direction.

    upon the cooling of the fan, josh relieved of his duties, and sent to the break room. another spirit is premoted to a ‘josh’ to take his place.

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    3 days ago

    The earth is spinning like really quickly all the time and we just don’t notice it. Heat if a form of vibration, and so when heat is applied to the bottom of the fan the atoms there move more. A gyroscope resists tilting forces because it is spinning, and the earth is spinning, but the vibration of the fan decouples it from this effect. The blades are able to move freely and the earth moves around them, pushing air through the blades.

    tldr: It’s not spinning, you are spinning

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        I’m glad that you asked! The earth’s rotation creates an energy field that brings the ether to rotate in sync with it, even at a distance. You can see the effects of this in the atmosphere in hurricanes. The ether is very light and so as the energy field spins the ether faster than the earth it creates the same fan effect but for our atmosphere. Hurricanes never cross the equator because that’s where the forces of the earth spinning against the ether and pushing forward against the ether are perpendicular.

        tldr: the earth is a really big fan and it makes hurricanes

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    3 days ago

    The fan has a small gnome creature permanently jailed for his crimes between the bottom foot and top fan. When you heat the bottom he bounces around Mario 64 style and rotates a small crank attached via string. This motion generates enough energy to spin the fan at like 3 rpm. The gnome cannot be released under any circumstances.

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    3 days ago

    Quite simply, as it says, when things get heated, such as during a fight with your spouse, the fan will start trying to escape which causes it to spin.

    This also works if you start yelling at it yourself, although you need to be genuine. It can detect if you’re lying, so get angry!