Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down14
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSane people don’t kill other people.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.
Sane people don’t kill other people.
Even that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
Well, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.