@agnesnutter Update: sounds from Amazon reviews like it’s lacking (or, the opposite, rather) on the noise front. Oh well.

@agnesnutter I am not a shill for vornado, I swear, but this fan is so quiet that my husband often forgets to turn if off because he’s forgotten it’s on. I was offended at spending so much, but it’s really nice: https://a.co/d/a2wzq4x

(But if vornado wants to pay me in fans, I live in a hot climate and don’t have AC and would happily stress test anything)

@agnesnutter came looking for the same thing. I’m not a …um… fan of noise.

@agnesnutter I bought 2, one has a waning hum, it goes up and down, extremely noticeable. The other does not.

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@agnesnutter @user15902477 any concerns should be related to meh.com/support

@agnesnutter @werehatrack fully intended to

@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: wicked-confusing-lavender

/showme wicked confusing lavender

@mediocrebot Well, getting to like the A.I. Art

@Xtoff It worked! Your order number is: knightly-yappy-nutmeg

/showme knightly yappy nutmeg

@mediocrebot just said this above for completely different image, but
Well, getting to like the A.I. Art

@somf69 Then you realized it was pocket knives?

@somf69 @xobzoo When I saw the first image, I thought Meh was selling sex toys again.

@koraner It worked! Your order number is: dependable-cardiac-possum

/showme dependable cardiac possum

@mediocrebot I think every cardiologist should have this on the wall next to the medical school diplomas.

@pmarin You mean yours doesn’t?

@djslack Eek yeah super-tiny fans can be surprisingly annoying. I had a home security NVR that was basically a 1U size, and same thing, sounded like a very small propeller plane taking off, 24 hours a day. Put it in a closet but ended up only using it when I was NOT there (seasonal stay).

I refer to those small loud fans as “angry bees”, since there’s usually many in each server for redundancy, and to make up for the size.

@jrv451 It worked! Your order number is: morose-hospitable-metal

/showme morose hospitable metal

@mediocrebot Steel marshmallow?

@blaineg It should have been the traditional Marvin.

@werehatrack
There… is that better?

@chienfou

@KSchweitz As an AARP-eligible mehmber I thought John’s diatribe was brilliant, funny, and yes a little bit harrowing.

@KSchweitz part of the enjoyment of meh is reading the write-ups . . . Just saying

@KSchweitz @lehigh Question for our English language scholars (aka Grammar Police) out there: If something that is annoying can be an annoyance, can something that is harrowing become a harrowance? Seems like it should be. Fix that in our language, please.

@KSchweitz @lehigh @pmarin I think you can fix it yourself. “The People” have literally destroyed literal, according to Webster.

@blaineg @KSchweitz @lehigh Like, Srsly?

@blaineg @KSchweitz @lehigh I’m working on “harrowance;” trying to use it in as many places as possible.

@narfcake It worked! Your order number is: worthy-chivalrous-watch

/showme worthy chivalrous watch

@LordRegent It worked! Your order number is: zesty-straight-history

/showme zesty straight history

@theycallmemrmoo
But not entirely inaccurate. sigh

@macromeh @theycallmemrmoo Damn, don’t normally read the long write-ups but I did just now because of the comments. Who was watching me the last 40 years? I like to at least tell myself that the work/life/whatever was changing and stimulating and educational and explorational. But some of the time it wasn’t. There was “harrowance” (new word we made up; search forums for details). And then you wonder how long you have to keep doing this. 40 years was the answer I guess.

Reminds me of one of my favorite Far Side sketches (sorry internetz can’t find it). Two scenes one guy is lounging on a desert island under a coconut tree, and one guy is working in a windowless office with a clock clearly visible on the wall so you know when you will be allowed to leave and come back and be at your desk the next morning. For 40 F’in years. Yup. It seemed to be asking which was a “wasted life.”

@Mandamm Translates to warehouse full of failed stuff from closed stores in failing shopping malls, bought for pennies on the dollar and liquidated here for 15 pennies on the dollar.

@pyroguy7 It worked! Your order number is: zealous-limited-corsair

/showme zealous limited corsair

@Perfect_Timing it’s not the first time in history something has been touted as being twelve inches and once in hand been reported to be smaller than expected.

(Subway, people! I’m talking about Subway’s footlong sandwich controversy.)

@djslack @Perfect_Timing Of course. What else might people have been thinking? Also the Subway bread=cake controversy where the British government tested the bread for sugar content and it exceeded what would be considered “bread” and so said it should be taxed as “cake” instead which has a higher tax rate.

@blaineg It worked! Your order number is: delirious-respected-mage

/showme delirious respected mage

/giphy delirious-respected-mage

@hutchnow It worked! Your order number is: feathered-unqualified-basket

/showme feathered unqualified basket

@jasont2 It worked! Your order number is: heavy-unadorned-view

/showme heavy unadorned view

@mediocrebot That is a fairly satisfying parrot.

@lolmattd It worked! Your order number is: alike-raging-rod

/showme alike raging rod

@hammi99 It worked! Your order number is: useless-older-pine

/showme useless older pine

@wi1shire It worked! Your order number is: funny-hazardous-oatmeal

/showme funny hazardous oatmeal

@wi1shire years now!!

@mediocrebot “Slippery when objects” — I love it!

@kristoffer It worked! Your order number is: enduring-operatic-sheep

/showme enduring operatic sheep

@Xieneus It worked! Your order number is: blythe-broken-bath

/showme blythe broken bath

@missag Let them know at meh.com/support