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I saw an article on Yahoo (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ (remove space) tiktoker-reveals-secret-dual-purpose-190242427.html) about a guy who just learned his ceiling fan had a switch that reverses direction, and that it helps heat rooms during the winter. He made a post on TikTok that garnered over 2 million views, which led to the article being written. To put it bluntly, the comments section is...not kind. Not that I really expect a comments section to ever be all that positive, but I thought I'd find at least a couple "oh my god, I never knew that!" posts. Instead, it's all a bunch of boomers chastising the younger generation for not knowing anything. Gee, thanks. I'm not even a millennial, guys. Chill with the snowflake comparisons.

I grew up in a house that didn't have ceiling fans anywhere. We used floor fans. We had central air. But no ceiling fans. So it's not like this was something my parents would have taught me. And I've never heard of anyone *warming* their room with a fan, even if the principle behind it makes sense. But for the last five years I've been in a room with a fan, and I'd never noticed there was a switch tucked away on the back side of it from where I sit. AFAIK, it had two pull chains, and that was it. I think I might have once noticed the switch when I was cleaning and pondered what it was for. But the comments section sure seemed to think this was common knowledge and that you'd have be an imbecile to not know. So now I'm curious, hence the poll.

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