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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, March 08, 2013, 09:32:33 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#735
April 05, 2013, 09:07:09 PM
I'd heard of the Black Hand, but I'd always assumed Princip was a member.

Thanks, Cain.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cain

#736
April 05, 2013, 09:36:25 PM
Yeah, most people do.  It's a fair assumption to make.

The Black Hand is also frequently incorrectly referred to as an anarchist organization - and its links with the elite of the Serbian military are rarely ever mentioned at all.

Goddamn Serbs.  Also turns out according to eyewitnesses, a detective tried to stand between Princip and Franz Ferdinand when he fired those shots, but a member of another extremist Serb nationalist group - the Young Bosnian - tripped him and prevented him from stopping the assassination.  The whole region seethed with these weird, dangerous ultranationalist groups with strange past-times - for instance, one group discussed literature, inbetween bombing campaigns.  Translated works into Serbian and so on.

The Good Reverend Roger

#737
April 05, 2013, 09:38:37 PM
I always wondered why Austria/Hungary declared war because of an assassination.

Now I know why.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cain

#738
April 05, 2013, 09:50:07 PM
They were also afraid the Empire was going to fall apart, without a war to unify the masses.  Their own intelligence at the time actually suggested that Serbia knew nothing of the plot, but, well, they wanted a fight.

Apis met an untimely end, however.  When it looked like Germany might win, and the role of the Serbian government in the assassination might be exposed, a conspiracy to have him killed was hatched.  They made false charges of treason, and had him executed by firing squad, after several assassination attempts failed.

Juana

#739
April 05, 2013, 10:01:03 PM
I just had lunch with my friend who's currently home from Korea. He's got me semi-seriously considering teaching English there.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Cain

#740
April 05, 2013, 10:03:34 PM
You'll get paid in cockroaches and rads.

Juana

#741
April 05, 2013, 10:05:03 PM
:? He's doing it and he gets board, healthcare, and ~$2300/month. Cost of living is hella low there, too.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

The Good Reverend Roger

#742
April 05, 2013, 10:14:25 PM
Quote from: Juana Go? on April 05, 2013, 10:05:03 PM
:? He's doing it and he gets board, healthcare, and ~$2300/month. Cost of living is hella low there, too.

I think he means that Korea will likely be at war within the next 5 days or so.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Juana

#743
April 05, 2013, 10:20:02 PM
Aah. Well, I do know that the US embassy there is pretty paranoid atm, so possibly.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

The Good Reverend Roger

#744
April 05, 2013, 10:21:10 PM
Quote from: Juana Go? on April 05, 2013, 10:20:02 PM
Aah. Well, I do know that the US embassy there is pretty paranoid atm, so possibly.

North Korea is making noises about April 10th, so if anything's gonna happen, it will be this weekend or a month or more later, when everyone has dismissed this as more DPRK attention-whoring.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Juana

#745
April 05, 2013, 10:28:32 PM
I see. Thanks. :) Their first semester is in spring, so I'm not sure there's a whole lot of rush to make any decisions soon.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#746
April 05, 2013, 10:33:27 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 05, 2013, 07:29:14 PM
On the plus side, I've figured out how to get the saggers out.

I'm going to have to dismantle the whole fucking thing.

I am not at all upset about this.  No.  I currently exist in the eye of the storm, a small oasis of calm and serenity.  It's nice and quiet here, and everything is going to be okay.

Good goddamn.  :horrormirth:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#747
April 05, 2013, 10:33:40 PM
Quote from: Juana Go? on April 05, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
Is this the result of Filthy Assistant's you-aren't-the-boss-of-ME-ism?

Sorry, missed this earlier.

A direct result.

All that was required was to NOT FUCK WITH IT.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#748
April 05, 2013, 10:35:32 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on April 05, 2013, 10:33:27 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 05, 2013, 07:29:14 PM
On the plus side, I've figured out how to get the saggers out.

I'm going to have to dismantle the whole fucking thing.

I am not at all upset about this.  No.  I currently exist in the eye of the storm, a small oasis of calm and serenity.  It's nice and quiet here, and everything is going to be okay.

Good goddamn.  :horrormirth:

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO WORK HERE, BUT IT HELPS."

"SOMEONE HAS A CASE OF THE MONDAYS."

The above statements and/or witticisms would be all that it would take.  Seriously.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#749
April 05, 2013, 10:35:44 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 05, 2013, 10:33:40 PM
Quote from: Juana Go? on April 05, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
Is this the result of Filthy Assistant's you-aren't-the-boss-of-ME-ism?

Sorry, missed this earlier.

A direct result.

All that was required was to NOT FUCK WITH IT.

Can you at least write him up for it?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

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