Probably the most pedestrian and US-centric answer but Japan bombing Pearl Harbor comes to mind almost immediatly.
The most US-centric answer would be the hundreds of seditionists at the Capitol on 1/6/21 who later got arrested.
There is this guy who killed 40,000 elephants because he thought it’d improve the environment.
Anyways, it was a poor decision, which harmed the natural regrowth of grasses in Africa. And probably contributed to drought and poor soil conditions there. Sadly, he has been regarded as an expert and heralded as an environmentalist par excellance. So, less of a stupid prize for him than a poor prize for humanity writ-large.
Thomas Edison famously tried to prove that AC current was more dangerous than his DC current. (Edison was pushing DC current for long distance transmission and as home electrical service.) To do this he electruted Topsy the elephant in front of an audience. When the AC current wouldn’t kill Topsy he switched to DC current and zapped her to death.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
I’ve got my vote for the guy who thought carbon fiber would do great under pressure after being told “no” by tons of experts in the field.
And then by tons of water in the ocean.
I want to know more.
This is a great example of why “It was fine last time.” is not an excepted safety standard in (most) engineering.
I want to know more.
boy do i have good news for you
The submersible that crumpled and killed all passengers by the Titanic.
And then by tons of water in the ocean.
And then by tons of water in the ocean.
I think the saying is, “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” You can edit post titles on Lemmy.
You can edit post titles on Lemmy.
Which is a godsend.
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let me add betraying Wagner to this
I hope that fits the bill, but so far the only consequence of betraying Wagner is that Wagner drove to Belarus with few apparent repercussions.
the reputation of Russia has been damaged further and I don’t know how well Russia will fare now without Wagner’s support and nobody will now trust Russia because they know they’ll soon backstab them.
the reputation of Russia has been damaged further and I don’t know how well Russia will fare now without Wagner’s support and nobody will now trust Russia because they know they’ll soon backstab them.
Never fight a land war in Asia Scroll down to casualties.
… do y’all not know where Asia is? Both of those are European conflicts
Asia is somewhere east of Britain
