• ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe
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    3 days ago

    still a miss-labeling to call them bladeless fans, just because the blades are hidden. by that logic my beef raviolis are vegetarian (tbf: the catholic church made a similar claim during the medieval ages).

    Bernoulli Fan is not only more accurate, it also sounds much cooler.

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      3 days ago

      To play devil’s advocate, there are no exposed blades at the point of use. I’d wager people who buy “bladeless” fans are more concerned with aesthetics and avoiding a crying toddler than they are with semantic accuracy. We call Wi-Fi “wireless” even though the router is plugged in.

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            3 days ago

            Yes, I saw. The holes are small enough for an adult and far away from the blades for a toddler that it is safe.

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                A lot of time came since we had fans like this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/24/55/85/245585f84697075b625f5fff32089e07.jpg

                The cage had many iterations, the density of the cage increased and so the distance of the cage from the propeller. The propeller got replaced with a plastic one with rounded edges (though probably to save cost not as much for safety), so even if the cage is removed and you touch the propeller it isn’t that dangerous.

                I don’t know what country you are in, and it is possible that in some place there might be dangerous fans, but if you can buy the bladeless Dyson, then chances are that stores also sell only modern fans, unless you’re purposefully buying an antique somewhere.

                Here is an example https://www.amazon.com/s?k=desk+fans

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                  2 days ago

                  We had standard box fans growing up. The mesh is flexible enough to permit small fingers, and the plastic blades aren’t much solace to the crying toddler.

                  All of which ignores the other, more prevalent motivation of aesthetics.

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        3 days ago

        at work we have expensive fans with a cheap metal mesh around them - to avoid a crying co-worker. at home i have a cheap tower fan with a weird plastic mesh - there are no visible blades on it except if i crank my neck into a really uncomfortable position and shine a flashlight into it. which one of the two can i call bladeless?

        luckily i already have a devils advocate and @[email protected] dropped the name of god. how well do i need to hide my fans blade to create a Ventilationbescheißerle?

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      3 days ago

      there’s a type of German meat dumplings called Herrgottsbescheißerle, which literally means “little things that bullshit the Lord” for the same reason

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        That’s just a nickname, they are called Maultaschen 99.9% of the time.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maultasche

        They are basically very large ravioli, but with a more German flavor (for lack of a better word). As far as I know, the origin story is more legend than fact, but it’s a funny anecdote nevertheless.

        Very tasty, I recommend giving them a try if you ever have the chance.

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      3 days ago

      Well, Beef comes from cows, and cows only eat vegetation, so beef raviolis are vegetarian. Now, I’m not a Rocket Biologist, but I think the math here is pretty conclusive.

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        3 days ago

        beavers are also a funny thing: it swims, therefore it is a fish. fish aren’t animal.

        i was more referencing things like @[email protected] expanded: hiding meat in dough. funny how many strategies they had to cheat a supposedly all-seeing, all-knowing entity.

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      (tbf: the catholic church made a similar claim during the medieval ages).

      Carpinchos (capybara) are fish.

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      3 days ago

      You know … Bernoulli Fan - that’s way better idea than a room full of MBAs from expensive business schools and months of market research and focus groups with 2 way mirrors ever came up with. Well done

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        To be fair the originals were cool. A small museum in my town has one on display and damnit if those roadsters weren’t pretty cool (to me). Then the Nazi bitch bought the company and they started designing hot garbage.

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          Yeah, I remember them wanting to open-source a lot of the design to help push electrics forward.

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          And weren’t dangerous/death traps for no good reason. And had good service practices, and weren’t anti-resale.

          Mr. Tesla is certainly rolling over in his grave.

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            There was time I was thinking too buy Tesla and willing to look past that in name of advancing EVs. That until I realized who he was (the thing in Thailand raised my eyebrow, then the covid, but my breaking point was when he sabotaged Ukraine’s offensive). Now that finally seeing who he is made me wonder what I was thinking overlooking those things.

            Fortunately I never pulled the trigger so I never owned any model. I still plan to have my next car and EV, but it definitely won’t be Tesla.

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              Honestly, I’d be half-tempted to buy one for a tiny fraction of the cost, just to build a powerwall out of the battery.

              I saw some fully funcitonal going to less than 10k at one point