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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 medicinally rendering women unconscious then raping them. Wouldn't become public knowledge scandal until decades later. Seems like my anesthesiologist may have had a sick sense of humor & 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.
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.
Yes I know anesthesiologists are trained to keep people talking to gauge the moment patient goes under, and they can steer the conversation any direction they please, so it's really sus he chose to take it THERE.
Furthermore my surgery was being performed in a hospital in California not far from the heart of the entertainment industry, and although The Cosby Show was regularly filmed in a studio in Brooklyn New York, God only knows where Bill Cosby was obtaining his date rape sedatives.
I've had plenty of years to turn this over in my mind, who knows if my own doctor may have been involved in providing sedatives to Bill cosby, or at least aware of Bill Cosby's shenanigans long before anyone else knew.
Again maybe pure coincidence he was just providing chit chat about the most popular TV sitcom at the time, and yes I did have an opinion of Bill Cosby & the Cosby Show in 1989, but didn't have enough time to formulate a response before going under anesthesia. I did watch the show regularly and enjoyed it but had never given a thought to "Do I like Bill Cosby?" until that moment my anesthesiologogist* asked me that question.
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
So nobody knew but this one random anesthesiologist? Sorry but gonna pull Occam's razor out for this one
What a terrible subject to use that to fall back on.
Thank you for understanding. You get it.
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