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by hanska 318 days ago
koreans knew after all what is up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
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Fan Death was my first thought as well.

Fan Death is still not a thing, because that supposedly kills perfectly healthy young people in not-especially-hot environments. It's the fan itself that's somehow deadly.

But yeah, once the air gets above body temperature, air (even moving air) isn't going to cool you off. And even somewhat below body temperature, you can get hotter because you're generating heat faster than even moving air can remove it.