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politicians can have little a bribery as a treat

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A lot of people say lobbyists don’t have a place in society, but what about those cages medieval cities used to hang corpses in as a warning to others?

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41 points

They call that gibbeting, but have you considered an oubliette?

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I’m saving the oubliette for all the landlords so that I can call myself a housing provider with a cute, rustic basement apartment.

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17 points

build a toilet on it, call it the pooubliette

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18 points

Shit, I thought it was just made up to look cool in, like, faux-medieval settings like Dark Souls

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13 points

It’s hard to say exactly how common, or ever real, a lot of medieval tortures actually were.

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15 points

We can’t just put people in crow cages! That’s inhumane! Which is why we use lobbiestes.

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30 points

Part of the trick is that the way lobbying is defined, both writing a letter to your senator and taking them on an all expenses paid trip to your private island then buying them a mansion count as “lobbying”

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“If you were able to steal $1 million dollars without anyone noticing and catching you, would you do it?”

Why do HR people act like anyone is being honest when they answer “no”

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