If you know me, you probably also know I enjoy a good laugh at the expense of some Koreans. Since I haven't had the time to come up with any more self-made, kinda not so funny Korean jokes, I decided to post a great opportunity that came upon me today. I had the opportunity to ask a real life Korean whether or not she believed in Fan Death. This was a once in a life time chance to test if this Korean Fan Death hypothesis was even true! It was all made possible because a random Korean accidentally IM'ed me on AIM thinking I was her friend. She didn't seem like the brightest girl ever because it took me a while to explain to her I wasn't her friend but I eventually got her to believe me by failing her in the ultimate "What is my name?" test...
me: what is my name
her: chris
her: chris chang
me: yeah haha
me: my name is albert
me: hence
me: the al
her: oh
her: i thought it was just a design
her: cause its in the back too
me: yea the la makes it symmetrical
her: sorry
me: maybe he lied to you
her: why would he do that?
...I had no answer for her.
After being stumped by this Korean, I eventually decided that the prime opportunity to see if this Fan Death stereotype really lived up to its name had come.
me: u were born in korea huh
her: yeah
me: true or false
her: true
me: wait
me: wait for the question
her: oh
me: someone can get sick or die from falling asleep with the fan on in their bed room
her: um
her: i dont know
her: i sleep with it on.. but not on my face
her: so i think its ok?
her: right?
Drats. She is right. Although, she didn't seem too sure of herself I must say, this Fan Death thing isn't really playing out too well. Good thing I can always make a reference to Wikipedia to back me up. (Scroll down to previous post for link) Anyways, so far, all the evidence I have collected personally hasn't really been pointing me in the direction I was hoping for. (This is not the first time I have asked this to someone)
Eventually, I had to let her know that it wasn't safe to talk to strangers on the internet and yet, she managed to prove me wrong again.
me: how old are you btw
her: 24
me: did u know talkign to strangers online is dangerous
her: no
her: why
me: what
me: are you serious
me: are you a fob
her: why would it be dangerous? what could you do to me?
me: i dunno
me: pretend iw as your friend
me: and get information
me: or something
her: oh
her: thats true
her: but
her: i dont know
her: youre right, but i know now
her: so youre harmless
Man... she got me again. I am powerless.
Well friends, I guess so far I still haven't found any solid evidence proving that the Fan Death myth actually exists AND I got owned three times by a Korean. So as a precaution, the next time you plan on stereotyping your Korean friends about believing a fan could kill someone in their sleep, you'd better hold off on it until further notice.
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