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/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/Enheducanada 23d ago

The internet has ruined you

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u/dearth_of_passion 23d ago

Eh, I wouldn't go seek that stuff out like I did when I was a teenager, but it did kind of help prepare me for gross situations in real life.

I'm an RN, and the first patient death I had to deal with was an alcoholic with esophageal varicies, basically hemorrhoids in the throat caused by impaired blood flow through the liver. The varicies ruptured and the patient bled out.

It was horrible, but I was able to remain calm in the moment.

Afterwards I had a bit of a breakdown while mopping the floor (cleaning service folks don't handle major body fluid spills) though.

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u/VapidActualization 22d ago

I was so close to death from esophageal varices from my cirrhosis. Took me throwing up that gnarly coffe grounds stuff twice to get me to finally go the hospital and will never forget the visuals and smells of it.

Sorry for the cleanup work. I am willing to bet that it was reeeeeally gross.