Here’s what I experienced as a 14-year-old girl in 1989 undergoing general anesthesia:
That is literally the last thing my anesthesiologist said to me 2 seconds before I went under. (No middle finger though.)
In 1989 Bill Cosby was apparently in the height of Quaalude-ing / raping women. Wouldn’t become public knowledge scandal until decades later. Seems like my anesthesiologist apparently with a sick sense of humor and mischief, may have known about Bill Cosby’s crimes years before it became public knowledge. All these years in retrospect, this has concerned me a bit.
What a strange thing to do… to ask a question while your patient is about to go under, and they might be wondering why their brain isn’t working to produce an answer… Yes very relaxing
His show was the number one rated show throughout the 80’s, and anesthesiologists are trained to keep people talking so they can better guage the anesthesia’s effectiveness (and reduce anxiety, but we can see how that played out lol).
I’m sorry that something like this happened, in hindsight it would be something that would visit my brain just as I’m falling asleep as a fuck you from my subconscious. That said, though, there is reason to believe it was just very poorly informed small talk. Again, I’m sorry — that genuinely sounds creepy as fuck when it’s put together with hindsight.
Here’s what I experienced as a 14-year-old girl in 1989 undergoing general anesthesia:
That is literally the last thing my anesthesiologist said to me 2 seconds before I went under. (No middle finger though.)
In 1989 Bill Cosby was apparently in the height of Quaalude-ing / raping women. Wouldn’t become public knowledge scandal until decades later. Seems like my anesthesiologist apparently with a sick sense of humor and mischief, may have known about Bill Cosby’s crimes years before it became public knowledge. All these years in retrospect, this has concerned me a bit.
Seems FAR more likely he was asking if you like the most popular sitcom and comedian in the world to help you relax
Plausible deniability
What a strange thing to do… to ask a question while your patient is about to go under, and they might be wondering why their brain isn’t working to produce an answer… Yes very relaxing
Or, you know, he was just asking if you liked a show that was popular at the time, the way people did then.
No, people did not go around asking each other if they liked Bill Cosby in the 1980s, especially not one blink away from general anesthesia.
His show was the number one rated show throughout the 80’s, and anesthesiologists are trained to keep people talking so they can better guage the anesthesia’s effectiveness (and reduce anxiety, but we can see how that played out lol).
I’m sorry that something like this happened, in hindsight it would be something that would visit my brain just as I’m falling asleep as a fuck you from my subconscious. That said, though, there is reason to believe it was just very poorly informed small talk. Again, I’m sorry — that genuinely sounds creepy as fuck when it’s put together with hindsight.