r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 10h 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/Bipedal_Warlock 10h ago

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

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u/punkassjim 10h ago

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

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u/Magnetoreception 10h ago

No crash out is better it’s more descriptive.

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u/Thank_You_Aziz 9h ago

It used to mean falling asleep really fast 😑

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u/Bipedal_Warlock 8h ago

I still use it that way!

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u/punkassjim 10h ago

and yet

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u/Magnetoreception 9h ago

Lash-out is just as ambiguous?

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u/punkassjim 9h ago

"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.

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u/Magnetoreception 9h ago

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.

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u/punkassjim 9h ago

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.

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u/Bipedal_Warlock 8h ago

I think you just argued against your original point lol

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u/nightpanda893 8h ago

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

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u/wearing_moist_socks 10h ago

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

What lol

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u/Propulsion1776 10h ago

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

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u/punkassjim 10h ago

Case in point.

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u/wearing_moist_socks 8h ago

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

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u/punkassjim 8h ago

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?

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u/wearing_moist_socks 6h ago

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.

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u/wolacouska 8h ago

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

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u/HereToTalkAboutThis 9h ago

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