A motor that runs at a constant speed all the time can last basically forever. Starting and stopping puts way more stress on the mechanical parts.

Same reason I hate how modern hard drive enclosures force the hard drive to shut down after a period of inactivity. With a lot of workloads it will keep spinning up, stopping, and spinning up again which is a great way to kill the motor.

Nobody:

This used to be the expectation for a new fan years ago... Now, we celebrate it?

Fuck this whole goddamn century, so far.

Same here. I also kept ignoring my window ac units alert about cleaning the filter until it just stopped working. I cleaned the filter and it magically works a lot better.

Enjoy breathing in dust mites.

The layer of dirt on him was the only thing keeping newer forms of germs from infecting him simce his skin couldnt do it anymore. They washed him and killed him.

Ya know you can clean those right?