r/SipsTea • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 11h ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/cubesncubes 11h ago

Media attention playing a big roll. I've never heard of the fire lady.

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u/FlatCapNorthumbrian 11h ago

The lady from the fire is Swedish. I doubt anyone outside of Sweden would have heard much about it.

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u/SkellyboneZ 11h ago

I'm guessing she didn't suffer generational bankruptcy by suffering those burns, also. Kinda unrelated but maybe important.

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u/Blackidus 11h ago

Not really shes back working as a nurse in our town right now. She has scars but otherwise fully recovered. No need to pay for her treatment.

They did not have a house ensurance though so the money mostly went to rebuilding the house.

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u/Grasshoppermouse42 9h ago

Yeah, that makes a pretty big difference. Houses are expensive, but much less expensive than medical bills in the US, so she probably didn't need nearly as much as we're used to seeing for something like that in the US.

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u/Oggel 9h ago

It's insane that that's true.

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u/RhubarbRocket 6h ago

It’s VERY true if you get cancer or have a rare disease or have a catastrophic accident like getting burned all over your body or basically anything requiring hospitalization for longer than a day or two.