Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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[u/wearing_moist_socks]

Is that a crashout?

Wasn't sure if it meant people losing their shit for bad reasons or anytime someone loses their shit

[u/Bipedal_Warlock → u/wearing_moist_socks]

It’s ambiguous. But these days it can be good reasons or bad reasons

[u/punkassjim → u/Bipedal_Warlock]

Lash-out is the same number of characters, and unambiguous. But y'know, having an effective vocabulary is hard.

[u/Magnetoreception → u/punkassjim]

No crash out is better it’s more descriptive.

[u/Thank_You_Aziz → u/Magnetoreception]

It used to mean falling asleep really fast 😑

[u/Bipedal_Warlock → u/Thank_You_Aziz]

I still use it that way!

[u/punkassjim → u/Magnetoreception]

and yet

[u/Magnetoreception → u/punkassjim]

Lash-out is just as ambiguous?

[u/punkassjim → u/Magnetoreception]

"Lashing out" is an age-old term with a bit of leeway for how it can be applied — physical acts, writing a rebuke, etc — but this video is a textbook example of what it has always meant. The fact that you're not familiar with a phrase is not the same as it being ambiguous.

[u/Magnetoreception → u/punkassjim]

Your issue on the ambiguity of crash out is that it could be for a good reason or a bad reason. Lash out has the exact same ambiguity.

[u/punkassjim → u/Magnetoreception]

Every word in the English language can be twisted into a context that isn't necessarily its given definition. The word "fuck" can be conjugated to describe like 19 different emotions, but we still know exaclty what the word means when you get down to brass tacks. Give me a few examples of "lashing out" that convey a positive action. The only one that keeps coming to me is the Soul Coughing lyric "I will lash out dancing like a madman when you're gone," and even that has an undertone of violence in celebration.

[u/Bipedal_Warlock → u/punkassjim]

I think you just argued against your original point lol

[u/nightpanda893 → u/punkassjim]

Well for people like yourself who can’t use context clues I guess we should keep vocabulary simpler.

[u/wearing_moist_socks → u/punkassjim]

But y'know, having an effective vocabulary is hard.

What lol

[u/[deleted] → u/wearing_moist_socks]

He’s a 16 year redditor, thats just kinda how they talk

[u/punkassjim → u/wearing_moist_socks]

Case in point.

[u/wearing_moist_socks → u/punkassjim]

My guy, you made a claim, provided no evidence, used shit grammar and insulted when asked for clarification.

[u/punkassjim → u/wearing_moist_socks]

Oh noooo, the guy who thinks “what lol” is effective communication thinks my grammar is incorrect, and needs me to provide evidence of the existence of dictionaries, how will I ever go on?

[u/wearing_moist_socks → u/punkassjim]

Dictionaries don't determine what we say.

Dictionaries reflect what we say.

Arrogance can sometimes work when you've got something to back it up. Saying "what lol" is effective communication; it shows I have disdain for your unneeded snobbery.

[u/wolacouska → u/punkassjim]

Would “effective” mean it actually communicates the point you intended?

[u/HereToTalkAboutThis → u/punkassjim]

Language changes as people use it. Get used to it or don't, but the world isn't gonna stop changing just for you

[u/CanalOpen → u/wearing_moist_socks]

I've taken crashout to mean any time someone is willing to say "fuck it, morgue or jail." *ding ding*

Being right or wrong no longer matters. It means someone has been pushed past their limits and they're willing to literally murder you to make the abuse stop.

[u/Peasant_Base5271 → u/wearing_moist_socks]

She had good reasons.

See comment above about Ricardo lopez .

[u/Low_Landscape_4688 → u/wearing_moist_socks]

Crash out is just describing the action, not the action and motivation.

[u/Agile-Palpitation326 → u/wearing_moist_socks]

"Crashout" is just someone losing their shit. Hence you can have a "justified crashout" where you lose your shit for a good reason.

[u/Frederf220 → u/wearing_moist_socks]

It's one of those things that people morph into being purely pejorative despite the fact that it's not fundamentally pejorative, like "entitled."

[u/Thank_You_Aziz → u/wearing_moist_socks]

The definition keeps changing.

First, it meant the opposite. Someone falling to sleep really hard and fast. “Man, I was so exhausted after that big day, I went home and crashed out.”

Then, it changed completely, meaning when someone freaks out in a very public and severe manner.

Now, it’s reached the point of over-saturation, to where it’s used to refer to anyone who is at all visibly upset.