‘Better Call Saul’ Actor Todd Latourette Admits He Sawed Off His Own Arm To Impersonate A War Vet Fo

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Jason P said:
    mace1229 said:
    Jason P said:
    I still think this story is super fishy.  There would be tons of people out there that could vouch, "yeah, that's the dude from our town that cut his arm off with a Skil Saw.  That was some crazy shit".  Everyone that intentionally cuts their arm off gets huge media attention or a movie made about it. 

    I really don't think it's possible to cut your arm off with a handheld circular saw, then go Rambo and cauterize it, and somehow fly under the radar unless you live on the moon.
    Well he clearly has a missing arm.
    So you think he did lose it in the war and is lying about having stolen valor?
    Do you think he lost it some other way and now has lied 2 different ways about how he lost it and no friends or family has ever called him out? I guess that’s possible since no one called him out last time.
    Id be more suspicious about the story if he had 2 arms, but I think people do crazy stuff all the time and we rarely ever do hear about it.
    Agree that the arm is missing.  

    I'm just skeptical and wondering why whoever is interviewing him isn't doing a "wait, what?" and doing some research.
    I was hoping you were in  search of an article about the incident after your spidey senses kicked in.  ;)
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    njnancy said:
    Jason P said:
    mace1229 said:
    Jason P said:
    I still think this story is super fishy.  There would be tons of people out there that could vouch, "yeah, that's the dude from our town that cut his arm off with a Skil Saw.  That was some crazy shit".  Everyone that intentionally cuts their arm off gets huge media attention or a movie made about it. 

    I really don't think it's possible to cut your arm off with a handheld circular saw, then go Rambo and cauterize it, and somehow fly under the radar unless you live on the moon.
    Well he clearly has a missing arm.
    So you think he did lose it in the war and is lying about having stolen valor?
    Do you think he lost it some other way and now has lied 2 different ways about how he lost it and no friends or family has ever called him out? I guess that’s possible since no one called him out last time.
    Id be more suspicious about the story if he had 2 arms, but I think people do crazy stuff all the time and we rarely ever do hear about it.
    Agree that the arm is missing.  

    I'm just skeptical and wondering why whoever is interviewing him isn't doing a "wait, what?" and doing some research.
    I was hoping you were in  search of an article about the incident after your spidey senses kicked in.  ;)
    I did.  There is the famous case of the climber that had to use a knife.  There is a guy that got his arm stuck in a meat grinder and had to cut his arm off to avoid death (ahhhhh!!!), a guy that was stuck in a furnace for three days, a guy having a psychotic episode in a home depot that used a coping saw but only got to the bone, and of course there was Ash Williams who used a chainsaw after the evil got into his hand and he had to lock it off at the wrist.  

    Maybe the multiple journalists from major news outlet reporting this story should go a step beyond the google search that I did.  I think maybe they were taught to do that in school?

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited November 2018
    Jason P said:
    njnancy said:
    Jason P said:
    mace1229 said:
    Jason P said:
    I still think this story is super fishy.  There would be tons of people out there that could vouch, "yeah, that's the dude from our town that cut his arm off with a Skil Saw.  That was some crazy shit".  Everyone that intentionally cuts their arm off gets huge media attention or a movie made about it. 

    I really don't think it's possible to cut your arm off with a handheld circular saw, then go Rambo and cauterize it, and somehow fly under the radar unless you live on the moon.
    Well he clearly has a missing arm.
    So you think he did lose it in the war and is lying about having stolen valor?
    Do you think he lost it some other way and now has lied 2 different ways about how he lost it and no friends or family has ever called him out? I guess that’s possible since no one called him out last time.
    Id be more suspicious about the story if he had 2 arms, but I think people do crazy stuff all the time and we rarely ever do hear about it.
    Agree that the arm is missing.  

    I'm just skeptical and wondering why whoever is interviewing him isn't doing a "wait, what?" and doing some research.
    I was hoping you were in  search of an article about the incident after your spidey senses kicked in.  ;)
    I did.  There is the famous case of the climber that had to use a knife.  There is a guy that got his arm stuck in a meat grinder and had to cut his arm off to avoid death (ahhhhh!!!), a guy that was stuck in a furnace for three days, a guy having a psychotic episode in a home depot that used a coping saw but only got to the bone, and of course there was Ash Williams who used a chainsaw after the evil got into his hand and he had to lock it off at the wrist.  

    Maybe the multiple journalists from major news outlet reporting this story should go a step beyond the google search that I did.  I think maybe they were taught to do that in school?

    There definitely should have been a bit more background done instead of just taking his word for it. You are taught (when you study journalism) that you should, at the very least have 2 sources for something before reporting. In some cases news outlets will require more sourcing. This seems like the guy wanted to say something, found a reporter and they just printed it as the truth. Considering that he lied about it the first time, I would be wary of his truthfulness. 

    Meat grinder AND having to cut off your own arm?  ACK!!
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  • njnancy
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    josevolution said:
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    rgambs said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I don't think you have to be psychotic to do something like this at all. Self-mutilation isn't always a symptom of a mental illness, and if someone does it as a perceived career move, that gives even less reason to assume the person's mentally ill. Of course, in this case, it does seem that he's mentally ill and that is probably why he did this. I'm just talking generally.
    PJ_Soul said:
    I don't think you have to be psychotic to do something like this at all. Self-mutilation isn't always a symptom of a mental illness, and if someone does it as a perceived career move, that gives even less reason to assume the person's mentally ill. Of course, in this case, it does seem that he's mentally ill and that is probably why he did this. I'm just talking generally.
    Minor self-mutilation, sure, but you are severely (psuedopun intended) misunderestimating what it would take to cut a hand off.  It doesn't just pop off like in the movies, that would take a level of commitment that could only be driven by psychosis or desperation bordering on psychosis.
    Agreed.

    There was an artist that cut off his junk and cooked and served it to people for a ton of money.

    I'd like to know what his story was?!?
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/asexual-mao-sugiyama-cooks-serves-own-genitals_n_1543307.html
    Wtf did he serve for dessert chocolate covered nuts !
    Thankfully someone read the article.  TY Jose.

    It's some crazy shit...
    Unreal for someone to actually do this ..
    Unfortunately I looked at the pictures against my better judgement. Japan is a very strange place when you peel back the curtain. '

    That article should have its own thread..
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,892
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
    Oh baloney !!!
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
    Oh baloney !!!
    No whey! 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
    Oh baloney !!!
    No whey! 
    Well Done
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
    Oh baloney !!!
    No whey! 
    Well Done
    I thought it was raw...
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Sawsage should always well done 
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    tempo_n_groove said:
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    oftenreading said:
    njnancy said:
    mace1229 said:
    I just wanted to say my good-byes now to everyone just in case I ever have my arm stuck in a meat grinder and have to chose between death and cutting off my own arm.
    A horrible way to meat your death. 
    That was cheesey. 
    Oh baloney !!!
    No whey! 
    Well Done
    I thought it was raw...
    Handsawsauge may be sweet and raw but Skillsawsauge is hot & well done. 

    oftenreading said:
    Sawsage should always well done 
    Patent pending. 

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