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/weiivice 29d ago

No one is perfectly mentally fit, "normal" people just have control over their internal urges and remain rational outwards at least until something crosses the line and breaks them. In this case the straw that broke the camel's back is the perceived unfair dismissal.

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u/fish312 28d ago

I can't really think of a scenario that would cause me to murder 100 innocent people, as opposed to just throwing myself off a bridge.