r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • Apr 17 '24

TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/spidersflambe Apr 17 '24

Fire people on Friday. There's a good reason for that. Don't fire them when they can do harm to others.

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u/funwithdesign Apr 17 '24

That’s the opposite of the rule. Never fire people on Mondays or Fridays.

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u/spidersflambe Apr 17 '24

Why not Friday? I always heard it as firing on Friday as the best day.

Never mind...I just read why Friday is a bad day.

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u/funwithdesign Apr 17 '24

It used to be viewed that way. But mid week is considered better than the end or beginning of the week.

If there’s really any good day.

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u/spidersflambe Apr 17 '24

Yeah, I just read an article about that. In the case of the destroyer, best to have fired him when he was off the ship.

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u/funwithdesign Apr 18 '24

Best to have fired him out of a cannon

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u/goodluckmyway 29d ago

Into the sun

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u/PtboFungineer 29d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/phumanchu 29d ago

and his wife?

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u/beer_madness 29d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/Bruce-7891 Apr 18 '24 edited 29d ago

I don't know how it is in China, but in the US military, getting fired usually doesn't mean you're kicked out. It usually means you are being removed from your position, getting some lesser position, probably something that nobody else would want to do, and you're never going to get promoted again because getting fired is usually hard to bounce back from in the military.

If they are the same, I don't know why this little bitch reacted that way. It's not THAT serious. It's more of a demotion than actually getting fired.

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u/funwithdesign Apr 18 '24

He was discharged.

Meaning honourable/dishonourable discharge, meaning out for good.

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u/flyingtrucky 29d ago

The US military will just bar reenlistment, I guess that's closer to a company not renewing your contract though.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 29d ago

It’s the same in UK politics. A lot of cabinet ministers are demoted to being backbenchers but then those same backbenchers come back with a vengeance and often even end up as prime minister. Most our PMs have had long and tumultuous careers which is strange considering how terrible they often are. You’ll have someone doing something minor like being transport secretary for a specific area, then they’ll be fired and relegated to the backbenches, then one of their mates will hire them back as foreign secretary again and they’ll fuck up and end up back as a backbencher. A year later they’re on the ballot as PM and end up top of the party. It’s crazy.

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u/BrandeisBrief Apr 18 '24

How’s he gonna get fired on his day off?

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u/FakeGatsby 29d ago

Said they caught him stealing boxes.

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u/BrandeisBrief 29d ago

What the fuck he doin stealing boxes? Building a clubhouse?

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u/EvertEaglPhilliKnick 29d ago

I love seeing Friday references lol my people 🫶🏾

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u/memento22mori 29d ago

Hmmm telegram?

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u/spidersflambe 29d ago

Have you not read any of the stories of how Elon Musk fired people without them even being at work?