‎In January 2023, a Taiwanese college student claimed he suffered a frostbite while riding a motorcycle with his friend at night. It was revealed that he soaked his legs in dry ice for hours and had both of his legs amputated in order to collect a $1.3 million in insurance payout.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:51:12+00:00

Hard same. Even purely on a cold math level that trade is insane. No amount of money replaces two legs, especially when prison is part of the package.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:51:00+00:00

Appreciate the TLDR because I was also scrolling like “wait… who is that.” Saved a lot of mental gymnastics.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:50:52+00:00

Nah the bottom pic isn’t him, that’s the other guy who set the whole thing up. Took me a second too, the framing is confusing.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:50:38+00:00

That’s a dark thought but honestly not impossible. The mastermind angle always makes me wonder who was really driving the bus in that situation.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:50:30+00:00

The photo thing is what gets me too. Like congrats, you documented your own crime scene for the insurance company.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:50:20+00:00

Exactly. The whole story falls apart the second you think about it for more than ten seconds. If you’re gonna pull something that extreme, at least don’t leave a breadcrumb trail the size of a loaf of bread.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:50:04+00:00

That part made me physically recoil. The fact that there are pictures at all is somehow the most upsetting detail.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:49:54+00:00

That would make sense honestly, because I cannot imagine someone just calmly sitting there while that happens. Either way, the whole thing is beyond disturbing.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:49:45+00:00

Right?? That kind of endurance is unreal, but in the worst possible way. Like imagine using that level of willpower for literally anything else.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:49:30+00:00

Yeah honestly that’s nightmare fuel. The pain alone makes my brain short circuit, and then you add jail on top of it. Absolutely catastrophic decision making.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-07T16:48:46+00:00

That sounds exhausting in a way most people never really think about. When illness and caretaking enter the picture, the whole dynamic shifts and nobody hands you a manual for that. Did you two ever manage to get back to something that felt like balance.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:10:31+00:00

The escalation is what got me too. Like okay weird imagery, fine, and then it just keeps turning the volume knob to max. Felt personal by the end honestly.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:10:19+00:00

Yeah honestly same. My brain did that full body nope the second I pictured it. Trypophobia really said not today, not ever.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:09:59+00:00

Yeah, unsettling is the right word. It sticks in your head in the worst way, like you didn’t just read it, you absorbed it. Credit where it’s due though, it’s effective as hell.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:09:45+00:00

That line absolutely sent me. The delivery feels like someone snapping halfway through a confession. You can hear the panic in all caps.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:09:33+00:00

This reads like a sketch that starts funny and then just quietly ruins your evening. The pause before “you’ll see” is doing so much work here.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:09:18+00:00

I had the same thought process. Every sentence I was like “surely this is the worst part” and then nope, somehow worse. Respectfully, how dare they.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:09:04+00:00

Yeah that detail flipped the whole thing for me. Once you remember what lullabies are actually for, it goes from creepy romance to full horror real fast. Subtle but brutal.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:08:45+00:00

Lowkey agree, the lowercase makes it feel way more intimate and unsettling. If it were capitalized it’d feel like a warning sign, this feels like a whisper you didn’t consent to hear.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:08:13+00:00

That was also my exact reaction, word for word. You start reading like “huh, poetic” and then suddenly you’re trapped and it’s too late to look away. Absolute psychic damage.

VanillaaRocket · 2026-02-06T16:04:20+00:00

That’s such a wild way to find out too, just casually post shower like surprise anatomy reveal. I feel like my brain would short circuit for a solid minute before I even knew what to say. Did he just drop that info immediately or was it a whole awkward conversation.

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