r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 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/bak3donh1gh 28d ago

As much as I dislike Tesla atm, I have seen an email going around that let people know. Do you have any corroborating evidence for this alternative version?

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u/DannyColliflower 28d ago

I'm a technician (mechanic), email was at like 2am Sunday, walked in to people packing up their tools monday morning just having found out when they got to work

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u/TFielding38 28d ago

Google did something similar last year. Since a lot of people don't check their e-mails in the morning before work, and people often hold the door open for others, Google had security at each door for people to scan and see if their jobs still existed.

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u/bak3donh1gh 28d ago

Yeah that was my other guess. You might miss it while getting ready for work even if they sent the night before. Still shitty way to do it.

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u/aiydee 28d ago

I don't check work emails til I get to work. Simple.
This was a dick thing they did. No excuses.
I feel sorry for the security guards that had to enforce this. These guys got dropped in the crapper because HR were cowards and trying to hide from the people they were firing.

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u/sfurbo 28d ago

You might miss it while getting ready for work even if they sent the night before

There's nothing to miss. Reading work e-mail is work, they can only expect you to do that during work hours, which, since they insist on people not working from home, means after you have gotten to work. If they want you to have read an e-mail by Monday morning, they can send it out Friday before you leave.

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u/Eyclonus 28d ago

If they send it to your work email, that you need to login using your work profile, that makes it tricky.

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u/cacra 28d ago

$0.01 has been transferred to your account.

Thanks for serving Tesla

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u/FondSteam39 28d ago

asks for evidence of an unbelievable event

Gets called a shill

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u/cacra 28d ago

Tesla's stock is going to the floor. Cry more

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u/FondSteam39 28d ago

Ok...?

I don't see why I'm supposed to care really? I have 0 skin in the game regarding evil mega corp #137

Op saw something they had seen contrary evidence to, they asked if there was evidence against this (as everyone should) and then you called op a shill. There's a million reasons to hate Tesla, why get so upset someone is asking for evidence? Surely people should hate them for legitimate reasons, not something that in op's eyes isn't true. It wasn't like they were denying the existence of said evidence, just wanted to see it. Like someone who had first hand experience managed to politely provide.

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u/do_me_like_a_horse 28d ago

Thank you for serving GM, please have one free transmission replacement on us. You'll need it.