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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 9 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Serenity now!!!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The jerk store called.

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 30 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 11 months ago

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! …

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

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

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Seafood paella and two whiskeys for only $36.80 USD? I'm fucking moving to Spain

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

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

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months 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 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“Choke” - by Chuck Palahniuk

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

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

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ya_Boy_Skinny_Penis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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

-some regular looking guy with a large jaw

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] medusa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I see that you know your judo well.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t you be paying more in ambulance bills?

[–] jaguargoosey@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago

It's in Europe

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months 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 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

$50 vs $1000, rough approximations

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months 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 1 points 11 months ago

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