• Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    Any dog can snap

    Dishonest statement. That’s like saying “Any ceiling fan can decapitate you”. Technically true, but so extraordinarily unlikely for most breeds that you should be more worried about car crashes if you fear for your life…

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      6 months ago

      Any breed can produce a dog that is prone to snap.

      Some breeds are much more likely to do so.

      Of those, only a few are both prone to snap and large enough to hurt you.

      Oh those, pit bills are far and away the most aggressive.

      That said, most pitbulls really are fine. For being the most dangerous breed, there are millions of pitbulls, and a few thousand incidents over a few years.

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      6 months ago

      Any ceiling fan can fall unexpectedly, but only an absurdly sturdy and powerful one will decapitate someone when it comes down

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      6 months ago

      Animals are still animals. It isn’t dishonest to say that we should respect them and their space through understanding and recognizing their behavior. Don’t allow your love for an animal cloud the basic judgment that every animal may have its moment. Don’t be afraid, just be aware.

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        6 months ago

        “I don’t understand. I bought a ceiling fan with razor edge blades to scare off burglars, but it fell down and decapitated grandma”

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          6 months ago

          When I asked them about the fan’s history, all they would tell me it is got shipped up here from Texas

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        6 months ago

        This one time I was dealing with an exhaust system that split to two separate paths. The blowers were so powerful that if one was on it could move the other backwards which caused the VFD on the other one to fault. It was pretty cool.

        You should worry about ones like that.

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          6 months ago

          Ban fully semiautomatic assault fans

          But yeah, I deal with Delta/Sanyo Denki fans from time to time and I’m not volunteering to get anywhere near them

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        6 months ago

        Are there some horribly distempered ceiling fan brands I need to watch out for?

        ceiling fan breeds

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      6 months ago

      I don’t think any ceiling fan could decapitate me. They are blunt wooden blades and the motor is like 1/3 HP but usually not on full.

      So it’s like saying, “any fan might hit you in the head, don’t put a metal sharp-bladed industrial exhaust fan on your bedroom ceiling.”