Cultural Ills: Yeet Hay
I had never heard of yeet hay until someone mentioned it off-handedly on a message board this week. Yeet hay is an illness that befalls people who have the misfortune of eating too much greasy and/or spicy food.
I'm fascinated by culturally-specific illnesses and fears. For example, a common belief in Southeast Asia - particularly Taiwan - is that a fan can kill you if you leave it on all night. As you can imagine, this is an unfortunate belief in a tropical climate.
The fear, called "fan death," even leads manufacturers to build sleep settings into their fans. In Taiwan most air circulation fans have a button you can push for "blow air for an hour then stop."
I'm fascinated by culturally-specific illnesses and fears. For example, a common belief in Southeast Asia - particularly Taiwan - is that a fan can kill you if you leave it on all night. As you can imagine, this is an unfortunate belief in a tropical climate.
The fear, called "fan death," even leads manufacturers to build sleep settings into their fans. In Taiwan most air circulation fans have a button you can push for "blow air for an hour then stop."
