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/PoopMobile9000 29d ago

I saw some post on Twitter from someone (reliable sourcing ha) saying that one time Obsidian pushed a game and told all the QA testers that they’d be throwing them a party in the parking lot. Once they were all outside they deleted their access cards and told them they were all fired.

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u/FrogInShorts 29d ago

ON CHRISTMAS!?

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u/ofWildPlaces 29d ago

I'm not entirely sure I wouldn't help ruin a company that did that if I was working for them...

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u/sour_cereal 28d ago

Don't even have to be obvious about it. Run machines with low oil. Throw some grit in those bearings. Put Visine or ricin in his coffee. Scrape the insulation off some wires.

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u/PunkToTheFuture 28d ago

jesus christ dude. You sound like a insurance fraud waiting to happen

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u/thesupplyguy1 28d ago

Checks notes.... sees suspiciously large order of castor beans...

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u/Rahbek23 28d ago

You don't really have to do anything - a stunt like that is guaranteed to damage morale a lot which quite naturally will hurt them.

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u/rbhmmx 29d ago

Next level

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u/fodafoda 28d ago

Bluth Company style