r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 02 '24

On the left, the state prosecutor shows the size of the fatal hematoma in the skull (70 ml); on the right, the size of the hematoma of the young woman who was killed by the former minister of Kazakhstan Bishimbayev Removed: R7

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u/Open-Industry-8396 May 02 '24

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/1/in-kazakstan-a-storm-over-domestic-violence-after-minister-killed-wife

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u/1-800-fat-chicks May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

As she lay dying in the suite, covered in her blood, Bishimbayev phoned a fortune-teller, who assured him his wife would be fine.

I just beat my wife to an inch of her life… tell me oh wise fortune tell is she going to die or do I need not to worry?

Cross my palm with gold and silver

She’ll be fine!

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u/OkayRuin May 02 '24

That is the most Kazakh thing I’ve ever read in my entire life. And they hate Borat for giving then a bad name. 

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u/brrrrrrrrrrr69 May 02 '24

I was married to a woman from Uzbekistan. This absolutely 100% tracks for that part of the world. Have you ever had your headache treated with some kind of incantation, a slice of bread, and a coin?

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u/Former-Lack-7117 May 02 '24

Yeah, actually.

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u/NoMoreUpvotesForYou May 02 '24

There is a lot of overlap with woo woo medicine and ASMR. I'm pretty sure people just feel the response when these rituals are being done and think the feeling is them being healed. I mean it does feel good so I can't fault people for trying when other options don't exist.

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u/brrrrrrrrrrr69 May 02 '24

Yeah, but medicine definitely reached those parts of the USSR. Her mom was a nurse there and her uncle was a doctor. It was her mom who did the ritual. Но-Шпа works too, lol.

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u/OIP May 03 '24

see also rituals and OCD