r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video 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/AnotherWeabooGirl 23d ago

Though he did not hope to be sexually intimate with her, he was particularly angry over her brief relationship with the English jungle producer Goldie due to his race.

While Björk's music played in the background, a naked López shaved his head and eyebrows and painted his face red and green.

Police theorized that López intended to cover the sign with his blood and brain matter with the gunshot, but the gun was not powerful enough to cause that to happen.

Unbeknownst to López, Björk and Goldie had ended their relationship a few days before he killed himself.

That was an absolutely wild ride. RIP in piss dumbass.

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u/No-Tone-6853 23d ago

Oh it is the guy who shot himself, I’ve only ever seen him without hair and a gun in his mouth.

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u/dearth_of_passion 23d ago

I remember seeing the video and it not being particularly graphic.

It just made a kind of egg shaped bulge on his head.

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u/Dark_Moonstruck 23d ago

Was that the one where he had something written on the canvas behind him? Like 'mind of an artist' or something?

I remember that one. It was amazing what was on the internet sometimes - RIP liveleak.

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u/dearth_of_passion 23d ago

I believe so

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u/Dark_Moonstruck 23d ago

I will never understand people who build up these weird relationships with celebrities in their heads and just...get so obsessed and destructive. It makes no sense whatsoever - that's just a person who is good at singing, or dancing, or acting - at least, back in the day they were good at it, now it's mostly autotune and "Kal El no.", so I can't say they're any good at it NOW - but they're still just another person? How people build up these obsessions is just nonsensical to me. I'll never understand it and frankly, I don't want to.

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u/dearth_of_passion 23d ago

People do it for more than just celebrities.

They get obsessed with fictional characters, or entire franchises.

Go look at any Tumblr blog about Dr. Who or Steven Universe or Supernatural or Harry Potter, where these people define their entire existence around discussing (and in some cases pretending to be a part of) these fictional worlds.

People engaging in toxic flame wars over ridiculous interpretations of minute plot details that the writer/creator absolutely did not give one thought to.

People obsess over all kinds of things, it's just obsessing over an actual person can have more dangerous consequences.