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submitted 2 weeks ago by rCX12@piefed.social to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Drusas@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea

The implication that no one there believes this anymore is false.

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can confirm, I’m in Korea right now and people definitely believe it.

My understanding is that the myth originated from propaganda to reduce power usage in the postwar period.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago

My understanding is its a way to say "my child commit suicide, but I need a convenient excuse so I'm not personally blamed for failing to help them"