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Anybody remember Otto Warmbier being detained in North Korea?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:44 pm
I had completely forgotten about that story, but stumbled upon a YouTube video summarizing the incident. I’m not convinced he took the poster, but just going to the NK as a tourist is playing with fire. The creepiest thing to me is how his teeth seemed forcefully rearranged.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:45 pm to TexasTiger08
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Warmbier
Sounds German
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:49 pm to TexasTiger08
Yeah the guy was definitely made an example sadly. But that’s a reason why NK should be avoided. You couldn’t pay me enough money to enter that hell hole
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:50 pm to TexasTiger08
quote:Yeah. I'll give him some slack because he was a young guy. Once you're over a certain age and your brain is fully developed, you should probably avoid going to North Korea.
but just going to the NK as a tourist is playing with fire.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:51 pm to TexasTiger08
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The creepiest thing to me is how his teeth seemed forcefully rearranged.
I’m sorry, what?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:52 pm to TexasTiger08
Americans shouldn’t go to shite hole countries.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:53 pm to OysterPoBoy
Apparently when he returned to the US, he was in a coma, had obviously experienced head trauma, had bruises all over his feet, and apparently his teeth were all screwed up, like someone took pliers to them.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:55 pm to TexasTiger08
Like they took his teeth out and put them back in the wrong slots?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:57 pm to TexasTiger08
He was a young stupid kid who didn’t respect the rules when visiting NK.
The idea that he was purposely selected to be convicted as a political statement is horseshite. The DPRK would do this to anyone regardless of nationality. All of his friends who visited with him came back to the US unscathed.
The idea that he was purposely selected to be convicted as a political statement is horseshite. The DPRK would do this to anyone regardless of nationality. All of his friends who visited with him came back to the US unscathed.
This post was edited on 8/25/24 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:59 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Like they took his teeth out and put them back in the wrong slots?
My understanding is that he had straight teeth, and they were made to be crooked and misaligned.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:00 pm to TexasTiger08
I went to NK about a year before all this went down. Easily the most boring place I have ever been to and ive traveled to dozens of countries. im not convinced he took the poster by any means, but its easy to imagine some bored /drunk young people getting up to mischief there and not realizing how dangerous that game is. Seriously tho, during the days its just lame tours and then at night the only thing to do is get drunk at the hotel bar.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:02 pm to EastWestConnection
Why would you even go there? I've never thought to myself, hey let's go play golf in Afghanistan.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:04 pm to fallguy_1978
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Why would you even go there
He probably wanted to see Rodman play basketball
This post was edited on 8/25/24 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:04 pm to TexasTiger08
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had obviously experienced head trauma, had bruises all over his feet, and apparently his teeth were all screwed up, like someone took pliers to them.
I just read the Wiki about the incident and there wasn't a single mention of this happening; in fact, the exact opposite was mentioned several times of how excellent condition (with the exception of the brain injury of course) the body was in.
Wiki
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:06 pm to shutterspeed
There are articles out there where his dentist claims that his bottom 4 teeth were bent inward towards the tongue.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:13 pm to fallguy_1978
I traveled to East Berlin as a civilian before the wall came down. There was definitely a kind of rush because you knew you were doing something “bad” in a way…hard to describe.
After that, I wanted to go to other similar destinations. I was working in Europe and planned a return trip through some Caribbean island where you could take a small plane to Cuba and they wouldn’t stamp your passport. My manager saw the itinerary and suspected what I was doing and didn’t approve the trip.
The other place I wanted to go was Vietnam, which is now not a big deal. But I never had a desire to go to North Korea.
After that, I wanted to go to other similar destinations. I was working in Europe and planned a return trip through some Caribbean island where you could take a small plane to Cuba and they wouldn’t stamp your passport. My manager saw the itinerary and suspected what I was doing and didn’t approve the trip.
The other place I wanted to go was Vietnam, which is now not a big deal. But I never had a desire to go to North Korea.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:14 pm to TexasTiger08
You give us a synopsis of the video and don’t link the f’ing video?
Geaux to bed amigo!
Geaux to bed amigo!
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:17 pm to JasonDBlaha
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He was a young stupid kid who didn’t respect the rules when visiting NK.
Don't go to North Korea and act like you are on Spring Break
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:19 pm to TexasTiger08
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just going to the NK as a tourist is playing with fire.
Outside of the Gaza strip I can't imagine a worse place to voluntarily "visit"
You'd have to be insane to go there.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:30 pm to StansberryRules
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Outside of the Gaza strip I can't imagine a worse place to voluntarily "visit"
Yeah there's thrill seeking and also "my nuts might get roasted over open flames" type of places. I'm good with dying and never seeing these places
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