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   Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 21:32:40 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

   Someone please talk me out of mounting another floor fan on my ceiling.

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     Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw: (catsalad@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 21:39:24 JST Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

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     @ryanc Why do they call it fan when you of in the ceiling mount of out floor fan the mount

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     Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw: (catsalad@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 21:45:25 JST Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

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     • isol

     @ryanc It's hard to argue with this...

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     https://mastodon.au/@isol/116612615891573118

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     Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him) (xabean@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 21:55:59 JST Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)

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     @ryanc I gotchu, you're mounting your ceiling on your floor fan. That makes it okay.

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 22:59:05 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Jess👾

     @JessTheUnstill Technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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     Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 22:59:06 JST Jess👾

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     @ryanc It's a floor fan if it's on the floor. At the point it's mounted on the ceiling, it's now a ceiling fan by definition.

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:03:21 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Richard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)

     @xabean This is a fantastic loophole.

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:07:08 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • aschmitz

     @aschmitz The one on my garage ceiling is fine.

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     aschmitz (aschmitz@ostatus.lardbucket.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:07:09 JST aschmitz

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     @ryanc But also, yeah, more I'd just say that the box fans I've tried to clamp down, even in windowframes, tend to get real wobbly real fast. I'm also using what are probably the cheapest box fans available, you can probably do better, but they work fine as box fans - I just would probably regret trying to make them a ceiling fan.

     That said, I also don't love air blowing on me, so I get most of the de-stratification benefit by pointing a fan up into free space from the floor.

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     aschmitz (aschmitz@ostatus.lardbucket.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:07:10 JST aschmitz

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     @ryanc Have you no respect for the way things are designed to be‽ 😛

     (Honestly my best argument is that all floor fans I've used have, when clamped down, shown that they are secretly eccentric rotating masses, and that can lead to annoying noises or possibly vibrating fasteners loose when attached to a ceiling.)

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:07:10 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • aschmitz

     @aschmitz You know me well enough to know the answer to that question.

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     aschmitz (aschmitz@ostatus.lardbucket.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:07:10 JST aschmitz

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     @ryanc But of course.

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:15:23 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

     @catsalad :blob_gnikniht:

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:15:24 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

     @catsalad Is one of us having a stroke?

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     Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw: (catsalad@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 23:15:24 JST Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

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     @ryanc That would explain things :neocat_woozy: