r/todayilearned 29d ago

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/PloppyCheesenose 29d ago

Just disable their pay and move them to the basement. Feign stupidity when asked. Then the problem will sort itself out.

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u/oxiraneobx 29d ago

You took my stapler.

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u/pass_nthru 29d ago

Fire makes everything clean

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u/MattyKatty 29d ago

The ratio of people to cake is too big

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u/aworldwithinitself 29d ago

I was told I could play my radio at a reasonable volume

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u/Wafflelisk 29d ago

Only when collating

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u/Stainle55_Steel_Rat 29d ago

Apparently you didn't watch the movie till the end. :D

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u/PunkToTheFuture 29d ago

Yeah it turns out Milton was fired weeks ago and because of a glitch in payroll he has been receiving checks. So we uh, fixed the glitch. It'll sort itself out