"If we were a top executive at X-formerly-Twitter, a social media site used by hundreds of millions of people which is known for its incredible levels of toxicity and ruthless trolling, we'd probably avoid sharing too many details from our personal lives on there - but that's just us. Anyway, on Wednesday, X's head of product Nikita Bier shared some of the grueling tribulations inflicted on him by an uncooperative chunk of chicken, earning him instant ridicule."
"'Ate a piece of fried chicken tonight. It somehow tore part of my throat going down,' Bier wrote in a now-deleted tweet. 'Now I can barely swallow (or speak.)' Adding to his woes, Bier said the doctor told him he couldn't get an endoscopy for at least four to six weeks. 'This feels like a Kafka novel,' Bier added. (Is it just us, or is Kafka in the air this week?)"
"Much of the jeering centered on how culinary blockages appeared to be a recurring problem for Bier. In late December 2023, for example, Bier posted about how he had to go to the emergency room after getting a 'piece of steak' stuck in his throat for four hours, which was dislodged within minutes after he was given a glucagon injection. ('Doctors are Gods,' Bier enthused at the time.)"
Nikita Bier, X's head of product, reported that a piece of fried chicken tore part of his throat, leaving him barely able to swallow or speak. Bier said a doctor informed him that an endoscopy could not be scheduled for four to six weeks. The post was deleted and drew widespread ridicule from X users, prompting a Grok-edited trending summary that highlighted viral mockery. Commenters noted past incidents in which Bier suffered culinary blockages, including an emergency visit for a steak stuck in his throat that was resolved after a glucagon injection and a later complaint about a $1,400 bill.
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