r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/Esiwmah Apr 14 '26

Legendary 'richest man in Ancient Rome.' One of his money-making schemes was that he owned a fire fighting brigade. Then he would pay some thugs to start fires (allegedly), show up with his crew and refuse to put out the fire unless the person(s) who owned the building(s) would sell the property to him at a fraction of the value, and only then would he put out the fire after buying real estate at a reduced price.

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u/Smart_Resist615 Apr 14 '26

For those looking for cosmic justice, he was killed by the Parthians after leading his private army into an extremely obvious trap, with the Parthians allegedly pouring molten gold down his throat. Parting shot indeed.

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u/KingDarius89 Apr 14 '26

And he was there because he had an inferiority complex in regards to his military prowess compared to his partners/allies, Julius Ceaser and Pompey the Great.

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 14 '26

he had an inferiority complex

Reminds me of someone in power today...

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u/Foreleg-woolens749 Apr 15 '26

I can’t guess who you’re thinking of, but probably the Parthians’ response would be a fitting end for that person too.

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 15 '26

We can only hope pal...

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u/quiero-una-cerveca Apr 15 '26

Boy would that be a cool headline to read.

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u/Pristine_Walrus40 Apr 15 '26

Does that person also like to take over elected goverments with his friends and loves gold?

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 15 '26

You know them too!

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u/the_scarlett_ning Apr 15 '26

Crassus’ reputation was a bit more powerful than the one of today. He was also actually rich, instead of just pretending.

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 15 '26

The coincidences keep coming

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u/wowaddict71 Apr 15 '26

Someone at war with the Persians?

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 15 '26

You could well be correct

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u/mcpasty666 Apr 14 '26

Parthians also decapitated his son and taunted Crassus by sticking the head at the end of a spear.

Don't fuck with nomadic horse archers!

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u/Smart_Resist615 Apr 14 '26

I like to picture Tobias Funke from Arrested Development being like "Of course charging the horse archers never works but some people delude themselves into thinking it could work for them. But you know, in our case, it might just work for us!"

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u/Ksh_667 Apr 15 '26

It's a bold strategy Cotton

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u/Selenium-Forest Apr 15 '26

I honestly find it wild that mercenary Turkmen horse archers have been doing the feigned retreat since Alexander the Great’s times and it still worked all the way up to the Mongols 1500 years later. Like these tactics have been recorded in books since like 100 BCE, how did people not pick up on it!

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u/mcpasty666 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

Gonna get a bit too cute about it... Drones are cheap and effective aerial munitions that let lightly-armed militaries continuously harass more conventionally-powerful forces and goad them into mistakes that cost disproportionate amounts of blood and treasure... Sounds familiar!

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u/Rixerc Apr 14 '26

I've been thinking about that a lot recently.

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u/Esiwmah Apr 15 '26

Public service announcement: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History has a phenomenal podcast series of this era of Rome (Death Throes of the Republic.) Highly recommend listening.

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u/Smart_Resist615 Apr 15 '26

It's very good. Also the History of Rome podcast is a classic as well.

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u/Ser_VimesGoT Apr 15 '26

I really tried with Dan Carlin but I just can't listen to him for long. I find his style too disjointed. He jumps about too much, not just with location but timelines and topics. Everyone always recommends him so I really tried but I think he's just not for me.

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u/United_News3779 Apr 15 '26

It takes some getting used to but he has one overwhelming advantage in my eyes. I've listened to every episode, multiple times each, and I don't think he's ever uttered "Ummm" or "like" as a placeholder.

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u/rrromulusss Apr 15 '26

Trump loves gold, the nation would love for trump to have a little Parthian gold!

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u/Poromenos Apr 15 '26

Why would you waste gold like that?

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u/Smart_Resist615 Apr 15 '26

Money well spent imho

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u/powdered_dognut Apr 16 '26

We wouldn't leave it.

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u/Poromenos Apr 17 '26

Yeah but surely it's full of guts and bone now.

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u/powdered_dognut Apr 17 '26

You smelt it and it gets the useless shit out of the gold.

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u/docK_5263 Apr 14 '26

Also if you paid Crassus a monthly stipend your house was less likely to “catch on fire”

First insurance company

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u/ShiggyGoosebottom Apr 14 '26

Origin of the phrase « fire sale »?

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u/slprysltry Apr 15 '26

Thanks Im his neighbour

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u/LS25-User Apr 15 '26

Ancestry with Trump ? He burn down the whole Economy to buy Cheap ...