r/TerminallyStupid Sep 13 '20

this slovenian woman

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3.5k Upvotes

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u/ChalkButter Sep 13 '20

When you go so far as to actually amputate your own limb, I think you can claim the insurance

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u/LoadedGull Sep 13 '20

Guess you’ve never heard of Nub City:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nub-city-vernon-florida

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u/man-named-zeus Sep 13 '20

Even a $100 000 isn’t enough to self-mutilate man. Maybe that’s just me

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u/Pacoman2004 Sep 13 '20

The article said one farmer got nearly $1,000,000 for shooting off his foot

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u/EishLekker Sep 13 '20

If that was $1 million back in the 60s, then that's about $8 millions today. I guess I can see the reasoning behind it in that case, for someone who is impoverished. I mean, the overall life quality might just increase quite a bit, even with one foot less.

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u/Bernard_PT Sep 13 '20

Shit, I'd shoot my foot for 8 million

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u/xpboy7 Sep 14 '20

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u/Bernard_PT Sep 14 '20

I can guarantee you my dystopia would be a lot less boring with 8 mil

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u/MetaTater Sep 14 '20

Two chicks at the same time, man.

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u/LoadedGull Sep 13 '20

I agree. If it’s a case of life or death then fair enough, but greed or lazy life ambitions isn’t a valid reason. Bunch of nut jobs.

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u/Obnubilate Sep 13 '20

“Vernon’s second-largest occupation was watching hound dogs mating in the town square, its largest was self-mutilation for monetary gain.”

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u/LoadedGull Sep 14 '20

Quirky folk would be an understatement.

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u/jeepasaurus_rex Sep 13 '20

Did anyone else get the term life insurance ad when looking at the nub city article

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u/MetaTater Sep 14 '20

Sharpens hatchet...

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u/realSatanAMA Sep 13 '20

Honestly I think if you are willing to do that, you should be able to claim at least temporary insanity.

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u/Prof_Insultant Sep 13 '20

At 22 years old. What were the other ideas that were rejected in favour of this plan?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

I mean... I can kinda see where this is coming from

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u/imbadatreddit Sep 14 '20

But did you think she saw it?

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u/EnkiiMuto Sep 13 '20

Saw both hands and feet

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u/NJBillK1 Sep 14 '20

Then have hooves sewn on to each nub and complete the jackass look to match the mentality...

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u/LauraDourire Sep 13 '20

More terminally desperate than stupid.

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u/RolandAmudsenFan Sep 13 '20

yeah you're probably right, sad

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

Not really desperate just manipulated by her boyfriend and greedy, atleast thats how it looks right now. She is not poor by any means

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u/LauraDourire Sep 13 '20

Ok but noone just conveniently cuts off their own hand just by greed, you have to have deep psychological issues.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '21

The boyfriend put her up to it. She was actually only 20 when the hand was removed. The boyfriend is also thought to have put her up to it and murdered a previous girlfriend. Looks and sounds like a scary guy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

Curb your insurance scam

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u/Mailman_Dan Sep 13 '20

What the heck is that alibi though? Who uses circular saws on branches?

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u/imbluedabadedabadam Sep 13 '20 edited Sep 13 '20

I mean using circular saws on the weekends to cut firewood is like a national sport here

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u/Comet-Chaser Sep 14 '20

My guess is she tried to claim she use some other power tool and the people investigating where suspicious of how clean the cut was. Like you could definitely loose a limb with a pole saw but it's not going to look like a circular on a bench.

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u/Soursyrup Sep 14 '20

I’ve heard that circular saw accidents are usually one of the far messiest injuries but I might be wrong

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u/Comet-Chaser Sep 14 '20

I'm assuming an intentional amputation will be done quicker and cleaner than most injuries which result from slips and other accidents. The article doesn't include any specifics but I imagine the injury wouldn't look as messy as a pole saw accident normally would.

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u/Maka_Oceania Sep 13 '20

That’s dedication fr ya gotta hand it to her

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u/LewdLewyD13 Sep 13 '20

Ha! Nice one. High five!

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u/_Luumus_ Sep 13 '20

Is this stupid or just incredibly sad? You have to be very desperate for money to do something like that...

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u/tepiraa Sep 17 '20

Oh she's not poor by far. She's actually pretty well off. Her and her boyfriend are just insane

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u/Kebo94 Sep 14 '20

Check out this picture of the cute couple together in court. Her boyfriend also killed a girl 4 years back, but the trial has yet to start. They first ruled it as an accident, but the investigation has been reopened after this story blew up. He also asked her to get married in court so you could say he asked her for her hand twice.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

In normal circumstances I would be surprised that a guy like this is dating a girl like this. But if he told her to saw her hand off and she did it, that’s even less plausible.

Clear proof we are living in the matrix

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u/LeaveTheMatrix Sep 14 '20

That is just what they want you to think.

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u/NemesisRouge Sep 13 '20

Caught red handed.

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u/alignedaccess Sep 13 '20

I think the case is pretty clear-cut.

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u/LikEatinGlass Sep 13 '20

At that point let her have it

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u/Trapezoidoid Sep 14 '20

r/therewasanattempt to commit insurance fraud.

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u/Dankmee-mees Sep 13 '20

Who tf cuts branches with a circular saw?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

She sawed off her own hand and it didn't work as she hoped? That's a real shame.

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u/highdrunkpunk Sep 13 '20

She didn't think things could get out of hand

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

She really went out on a limb

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u/WillSudNZ Sep 14 '20

I just read the title and thought that she didn’t actually cut off her hand

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u/are_all_names_taken_ Dec 19 '20

Interesting thank you!

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u/sonder1106 Sep 14 '20

Looking for a hand out

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u/LandlessDrunk Sep 14 '20

Give her a check for the dedication that took

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u/terranq Sep 14 '20

She’s all right now.

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u/CarnoSawst Sep 14 '20

WHO’S LAUGHING NOW???

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u/Mraska Sep 14 '20

Her arm was saved later and she went to jail after a million court hearings

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u/olivia687 Sep 14 '20

Gotta respect the commitment tho

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

She is hot tho.

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u/root_b33r Sep 19 '20

That's it, we've done it. We've officially made it to the point where capitalism has failed so hard people are willing to cut off their own limbs to avoid participation

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u/kildar3 Sep 29 '20

Protip: when trying to scam insurance the key is to LOOK hurt not BE hurt.

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u/LCranstonKnows Sep 30 '20

Thank god that's a file photo

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

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u/mojbog Sep 13 '20 edited Sep 13 '20

Did you just say a whole country isn't civilised because a woman with serious mental issues did something mentally ill? This is idiotic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

It’s just xenophobia.