rant · moment 6 of 10
Aneurysms, Blood Pressure, and Cutting Open Bodies at the Morgue
from Who's Gonna Fix Our Lives · #16
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5 minTim worries about his high blood pressure and aneurysms, leading into Ray's confession that as a morgue photographer he used bolt cutters to help cut open a rib cage and pull organs, which Tim finds deeply disturbing.
- 35:38Tim spent the day reading about aneurysms and became paranoid about getting one.
- 35:49Doctor told him his blood pressure is dangerously high, which Tim initially took as good news because he thought he'd get a rare aneurysm instead of a stroke.
- 36:17Tim asked his doctor about aneurysms, and the doctor said he'd have a conventional stroke instead, not an exotic aneurysm.
- 36:41Tim used to pull aneurysms out of brains at the morgue and describes them as resembling Jello Jigglers.
- 36:55Guest worked as a morgue photographer but was also allowed to help cut open bodies during autopsies.
- 37:21Guest reveals the morgue staff taught him how to cut people open and showed him the Y incision technique.
- 37:48Tim expresses disbelief that a morgue photographer was being allowed to cut open human bodies with bolt cutters.
- 38:37Guest argues he did nothing wrong because the assistant would have done it anyway and everyone just gives bolt cutters to whoever shows up.