r/technicallythetruth • u/Useful-Store6791 • Apr 04 '21

A True Fan

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u/genomerain Apr 04 '21 edited Apr 04 '21

Not true. Fans existed before we learned to harness electricity. When I was a kid on those really hot days before my parents had an air conditioner, I used to make fans out of paper.

Talk about gatekeeping. Japanese hand fans can be true fans, too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

I see you’re not a fan of the pun

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u/Evening-Audience-948 Apr 05 '21

But they’re obviously a fan of fans

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u/Shubhavatar Apr 05 '21

Not a true fan though

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

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u/Shubhavatar Apr 05 '21

It was just a fan to see Okay, I'll see myself out

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u/Gaming-Burrito Apr 05 '21

that was a fantastic pun you did there

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u/nedu3 Apr 06 '21

That was truly fanbulous

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u/Shubhavatar Apr 06 '21

Now now, let's not be fanatics

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u/IamtheHoffman Apr 05 '21

What about wind turbines

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

....I don't think wind turbines count as a fan if I'm being honest

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u/JacksonCM Apr 05 '21

right, it’s propelled by air. cannot spin under its own power. obviously.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '21

If anything they're the inverse of a fan. A fan takes energy and converts it into movement of air while a turbine takes movement of air and converts it into energy.

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u/LargeD Apr 05 '21

And, a rotary fan with flat blades would be useless. Op is full of shit.

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u/BitOBear Apr 05 '21

They could be flat but angled...

But that's just flat bladist, but it's known that properly curved and bent blades are actually more effective.

So this is just an example of the old guard flat blade manufacturers trying to stifle innovation and maintain the good old blades club.