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.
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.
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.
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.
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 @arctanthrope@lemmy.world dropped the name of god. how well do i need to hide my fans blade to create a Ventilationbescheißerle?
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. Vegetarian and vegan versions are available BTW (at least in Germany).
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.
beavers are also a funny thing: it swims, therefore it is a fish. fish aren’t animal.
i was more referencing things like @arctanthrope@lemmy.world expanded: hiding meat in dough. funny how many strategies they had to cheat a supposedly all-seeing, all-knowing entity.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I can stick my peepee into a bladeless fan and not worry about cuts so there’s that.
well, no, see, you can’t.
you can stick it through it. but you can’t stick it in it.
You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do with my own peepee.
I hope you win some international competitions with this handle so the announcer has to yell out “SATAN’S MAGGOTY CUM FART wins!”
Username checks out
Regular fans dont have exposed blades either, there is a mesh over it.
I take it you’ve never seen a toddler stick their fingers through the mesh
Yes, I saw. The holes are small enough for an adult and far away from the blades for a toddler that it is safe.
My experience differs.
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
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.
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 @arctanthrope@lemmy.world dropped the name of god. how well do i need to hide my fans blade to create a Ventilationbescheißerle?
there’s a type of German meat dumplings called Herrgottsbescheißerle, which literally means “little things that bullshit the Lord” for the same reason
That’s just a nickname, they are called Maultaschen 99.9% of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maultaschen
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. Vegetarian and vegan versions are available BTW (at least in Germany).
Oh my god that makes so much sense suddenly
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.
Is this what a rocket biologist specializes in?
Pun intended, ofc 🤭
The cynic in me thinks “bladeless” makes them easier to sell in fan-death countries.
Beaver?
beavers are also a funny thing: it swims, therefore it is a fish. fish aren’t animal.
i was more referencing things like @arctanthrope@lemmy.world expanded: hiding meat in dough. funny how many strategies they had to cheat a supposedly all-seeing, all-knowing entity.
Religion is the king of all rules-lawyering.
Carpinchos (capybara) are fish.
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
Tesla sounded like a cool name for a car too…
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.
Yeah, I remember them wanting to open-source a lot of the design to help push electrics forward.
If only wasn’t owned by a Nazi.
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.
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.
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
This is such a rollercoaster to read LMAO