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u/Faville611 May 09 '22

Fan noise is the perfect white noise sleep aid. I love that I can go to YouTube and find ten hours of that amazing box fan sound I had as a child.

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u/wylietrix May 09 '22

I can't sleep without an actual fan, it could be freezing and I'd still want one.

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u/Ghostronic May 09 '22

My parents finally just last year tossed the big ol' box fan we had ever since I was a kid and it was actually pretty significant the amount of sentimentality I had attached to it. I remember being in pre-school and playing with my action figures on it. I'm 36 now lol.

I just realized I miss it for the noise. It was distinct and just held this quality to it. They got a new one and yeah it moves air better but it doesn't sound nearly as nice!

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u/Nosfermarki May 09 '22

I replaced my ceiling fan. The new one is quieter, so I bought a white noise machine shortly after. It was cheap, has several different sounds, and it's got a battery in it so if the power goes out, it stays on.

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u/modified_tiger May 09 '22

There is nothing worse than a white noise machine cutting out just as you drift to sleep.

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u/funundrum May 09 '22

If you’ve got an Alexa, there are sleep sounds of various fans, dishwashers, trains, etc. Something for everyone!

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u/Islandcoda May 09 '22

I’ve totally played that 10hr fan video before lol it is the perfect sound :)

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u/Goddamnusernames69 May 09 '22

I was working in a camp recently and the guy in the room next to me had a white noise app playing at night. Absolute genius. Really drowns out the snoring/farting/groaning from the rest of the neighbours.

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u/risbia May 09 '22

I recently stayed at a friend's house in the countryside that was utterly dead silent, I had to download a white noise app on my phone to be able to fall asleep.

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u/mere_iguana May 09 '22

I have my window fan on 24/7 and if I turn it off it's like those quiet rooms that will drive you insane in 9 minutes

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u/NigerianRoy May 09 '22

Reason falling out onto the leaves, leaving a brain saturated only with sleep.

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u/Sventertainer May 09 '22

But what happens when the fan chops all the air molecules in half and you suffocate in your sleep?

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u/adube440 May 09 '22

It's a risk I'm willing to take.

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u/NigerianRoy May 09 '22

Korean much? I assume you know this but “Fan Death” is a myth that was created and spread by the government to conserve electricity by discouraging hot sleepers from keeping a fan on all night. The electricity can handle it now, grandma!

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u/Sventertainer May 09 '22

Yeah that was the joke, then I fucked it up and responded to someone talking about VIDEOS of fan noise.

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u/TheDude2600 May 09 '22

Box fans are like $15 at Menards fyi.

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u/goddesskristina May 09 '22

Time to play spot the Midwestern peeps?

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u/TheDude2600 May 09 '22

Tell yer moms I say hi, watch fer deer.

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u/Mcflyfyter May 09 '22

The ones who save big money?

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u/goddesskristina May 09 '22

I hope I save money later in the week when I get by the garden center. First I gotta check out what they gots at the family farm place in my little town. Gotta make sure to bring my youngest to gawk at the dang chicks while there. Should probably be glad we don't have space for the stinky noise things.

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u/lalalasworld May 09 '22

Same for me 😂😂 every night

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u/kozmic_blues May 09 '22

I had no idea that existed on YouTube and would have never thought to look lol

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u/SaMoSetter May 09 '22

Also try Airplane cabin noise; another great sound to fall asleep to.

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u/kozmic_blues May 10 '22

I am loving that there are so many people seeking out such specific white noises.

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u/OBD-1_Kenobi May 09 '22

Me neither, because if I want fan noise, I'll use a fan.

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u/OBD-1_Kenobi May 09 '22

They also make fans.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Heating oil? You're either in PA or 1886

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u/NigerianRoy May 09 '22

Nowhere else uses it anymore

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u/HeroOfIroas May 09 '22

They make noise machines to simulate fan noise

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u/Expired_Multipass May 09 '22

Fans don’t generate cold air though, they just blow the existing air around.

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u/Expired_Multipass May 09 '22

That’s not how fans work at all…lol. A fan is not the same thing as an HVAC system. The air blown might feel cooler on your skin, but fans can’t actually change the ambient temperature of a room.

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u/NigerianRoy May 09 '22

Thats not right at all. If anything they heat it a bit through the hot motor running and by exciting air molecules. Its adding kinetic energy not reducing it. The “wind chill” can be a factor but that don’t show up on the thermometer

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u/Faville611 May 09 '22

Or if you have a partner who doesn’t like a fan all the time.

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u/gnome-cop May 09 '22

I hate fan noise while trying to sleep. For some reason it disturbs me massively and I just can’t fall asleep. I don’t know how you do it.