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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This would never work in the US. The ambulance bill would be 5x higher than the restaurant bill.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Must be one expensive meal to be 1/20th the cost of an American ambulance.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

$50 vs $1000, rough approximations

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My last ambulance ride was $3,400. After insurance I was still on the hook for 1,700 iirc

[–] crit@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 2 years ago

Jesus Christ and y'all still live in the US??

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

The exact ratio depends entirely on the your personal limit for when you see a bill and say "Yup, definitely heart attack worthy"

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 18 points 2 years ago

Come on Jerry, you know I’ve always wanted to pretend to be a Marine Biologist!

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Serenity now!!!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The jerk store called.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

From the headline, I thought this was twenty fake heart attacks for one meal. That would have been funnier. It’s still pretty funny that he did this at twenty distinct restaurants.

I’m gonna try doing it how I first read it. Omg, heart attack! Wait I’m better. Oh no, it’s happening again! Whew, false alarm. Holy shit, I’m dying! …

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

They didn't buy the first 19 fake heart attacks, but he really sold it the twentieth time.

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wish I was that extroverted. I mean that's 19 free meals and a nickname, what else do you want?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

I dub thee "Nicky Desire" after your intense desire for a nickname.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What does this have to do with introversion vs extroversion? It seems completely unrelated.

One could easily be an introvert and be an asshole and take advantage of people this way.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

“And what is the charge? Having a heart attack? A succulent Chinese heart attack?”

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Ya_Boy_Skinny_Penis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"You people are sick, this man is dying!"

-some regular looking guy with a large jaw

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Restaurants hate this one weird trick.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

….I thought shit like this only happened in sitcoms.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

This guy having a real heart attack in a restaurant some time in the future.

“Oh no, just ignore Aidas. He is such a joker. Now would you like the lamb or the fish tonight?”

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“Choke” - by Chuck Palahniuk

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I came here to say that.

The first Palahniuk book I read, before I learn he wrote Fight Club

Lullaby and Survivor came next.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

All the buffs in the world won’t help if you roll a critical failure.

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] medusa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I see that you know your judo well.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t you be paying more in ambulance bills?

[–] jaguargoosey@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

It's in Europe

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

This sounds like a Michael Scott bit in The Office.... I'm pretty sure something like that actually happened in The Office.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

But were they big corporate restaurants? Because that's victimless.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

He's going to fake a stroke to get out of the trial

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

After the 15th time people started getting suspicious

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“It’s heart attack guy. He wants his usual.”

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Triple bacon cheeseburger with onion rings?

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But it was the 20th that really gave him away.

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Always quit while you're ahead