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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cambium stock recently dropped to $10 after the CEO stepped down during their call. A large part of their problems are likely due to the pandemic shortages catching up.

But a high failure rate on their new line of switches, and high prices while starlink eats their lunch isn't helping.

Edit: Used to be over $50.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

you may want mention the before stock price, that $10 needs something to compare with

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[-] cedeho@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

King Mansu Musa was incredibly rich and when he went on hajj to mecca he spent much of his gold in Egypt causing a massive inflation. On his way back to Mali this has caused him needing to spend much more this time on his route through Egypt which is why he needed loans from merchants.

Dunno if this could be considered a big loss?

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[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 year ago

Prepare to laugh your ass off.

I'm due for surgery next month to finally get my ass sewn back on after listening to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDbJbCuKl4

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[-] Didros@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

Okay, I listen to a fair amount of history podcasts, so let's see what I can pull out of my head for fun:

There was Rainbow Man, who famously went to sports games across America, holding up a sign that read "John 3:16" in an attempt to convert people to Christianity. He later died in a hotel shoot out where he took a maid hostage in his hotel room full of guns.

There was the time the President of America secretly went on a trip to Panama on one of two ships. While trying to show off to the president doing drills, the other ship accidentally shot a torpedo at the presidents ship. He pulled a pistol and attempted to shoot the torpedo with it.

The settlement at Roanoke, which was one of the earliest attempts by Europeans to settle in America and by the time ships got back with supplies (I believe years after they said they would be back) the settlement was empty. Still unsolved to this day.

America has dropped at least two nuclear warheads on itself accidentally, which have all failed to detonate.

Benedict Arnold was one of the best military minds ever born in America. He paid for his own troops for years, and when he asked for repayment or even his own salary, the Republicans claimed he actually owed the government money. They gave him tje reputation of only caring about money and refused to ever pay him until he finally took money from Britan to make ends meet.

George Bush senior crashed into German electrical lines and flew the plane back to base causing an international incident. He never received punishment for this and continued to fly for the military. He also did a bunch of drug smuggling and no one cared.

Look into pretty much any time people wanted to explore an area for the first time and there was most likely a massive loss of life and money. Australia and America seem to have the funniest stories of people's attempts to name every river and mountain they see.

That's what I got off the top of my head. :)

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[-] UdeRecife@literature.cafe 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any history book will be filled with such stories. Depending on the outlook, I'd say all history is like that.

Take any one event. Let's pick any decisive moment in history. Say, the battle of Salamis. Now flip it to the side of the Persians and you have the kind of blunder you're looking for.

[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very true when talking historical events. Say the USA lost the American Revolution and it's now a land mass of Brits that can't believe how foolish the revolutionaries were. (Although if other colonies are any indication independence may have eventually happened anyways)

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[-] drexy_rexy@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg

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