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The shocking discovery: On Nov. 25, the man sought medical help at the Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi, where he complained of severe headaches, along with fluid discharge and loss.

CT scans revealed tension pneumocephalus, a “very rare” and potentially life-threatening condition causing increased intracranial pressure. Doctors, led by Dr. Nguyen Van Man, found that the source of the issue was a pair of chopsticks that had penetrated his nose and entered his brain.

A trip down memory lane: The unnamed patient recalled being involved in a fight five months earlier when he was drinking. Although his memory was hazy, he vaguely remembered being stabbed in the face, possibly with the chopsticks. But when he visited the hospital after the altercation, medical professionals found no chopsticks or irregularities in his nose. Regardless, the patient suspected that the utensils were lodged in his nose during the fight and had remained undiscovered in his skull.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes I think I'm having a bad day, but then I realize I don't have chopsticks up my brain.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He didn't think he had either.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True.
But Im fairly sure I haven't recently been drunk enough not to remember having chopstick forcefully inserted up my nose and into my brain.
Then again, I guess nothing is ever 100% certain.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the chopsticks messing with your memory!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh shit you might be right.
Maybe the doctors also have some, which would explain them not noticing.
What if it's chopsticks all the way down

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the actual fuck?

I'd like to add something of worth but just… what?!?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This was my thought as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This would have made "That's the Craziest F---ing Thing I've Ever Heard" on the old Colbert Report, no question.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

I feel for this guy. The worst headaches I ever felt were those few months I had a pair of chopsticks in my brain. It's not half as fun as it sounds.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been drunk before, but I don't think I will ever be stabbed in the brain during a chopstick altercation and not remember it levels of drunk.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The brain stabbing probably didn't help his memory either

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If you've not been drunk enough to wake up in the morning wondering how you got a thumb tack in your perineum then you haven't been trying hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Realizing the chopsticks probably weren't black when they went in 😖

[–] jopepa 11 points 1 year ago

This guy has a drinking problem or evil friends.

[–] MrJameGumb 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"a fight"

He stuck those chopsticks in his nose himself, probably during a desperate act of sexual gratification. He probably tripped and they got jammed up there during the fall, and he was too embarrassed to go to the hospital until he couldn't take the pain anymore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Love that people are taking your comment seriously enough to downvote

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Slurped too hard while eating noodles. Easily done.

[–] skygirl 4 points 1 year ago

Hey look, we happen to be sharing a time line with a guy who is experiencing quantum immortality first hand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you are saying we have increased the Vietnamese man's killing power?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If he can remember who he was in a fight with then they're in for a world of pain

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Chopstick John Wick?

[–] Coreidan 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like this dude has a serious drinking issue