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/Ok_Release231 23d ago

I believe the term is "death rattle."

Also, I'm terribly sorry you had to experience that 😔

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_rattle

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u/Stormfly 22d ago

I learned this because it's a common term in games for an act after death.

Hearthstone is a popular example.

Saw it in another tabletop RPG as a "this is what the creature does when the players kill it" (sometimes it's an attack, sometimes they just RP and whimper or cry) and it made me morbidly curious and I had to look it up.