Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 15 days 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-square32arrow-up1295arrow-down18
arrow-up1287arrow-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 to Today I LearnedEnglish • 15 days agomessage-square32
minus-square@daddy32linkEnglish1•14 days 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•14 days agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
Sane people don’t kill other people.
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.
Even that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.