Personally I love oranges but cant stand orange juice.

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I always interpreted it as "break into ten pieces"

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It comes from the Latin "decimatio", a form of Roman military punishment where every tenth man had to be executed by his mates.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    "You did poorly, as punishment we'll take away 10% of your capability" seems counterproductive.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    From what I've read it was used to punish things like cowardice or mutiny.

    It was super brutal, they were divided in groups of ten people, draw straws and had to execute themselves the one with the short straw using clubs.

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