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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 133 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

When a Tesla gets stolen, do they call it an Edison?

[–] Killer57@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The tagline for Edison motors is "Stealing Tesla's ideas"

[–] sunstoned@lemmus.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

So folks know this isn't a hypothetical Edison Motors 🍁

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 120 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He's worse. Edison never managed to steal Tesla's name.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Nah just his work and credibility

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 106 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So you're saying he invented the electric car right? jk. Edison, probably would have creamed his pants for an opportunity to create a government position to eliminate his competitors.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 113 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Edison did abuse the government enforced patent system to eliminate his competitors.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 50 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Where is that large automobile?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

On fire in a ditch, after hitting a shallow puddle.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 43 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

These days I'd say Henry Ford, which Id argue is even worse.

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago

Remember when the ADL complimented him as 'the Henry Ford of our day', and then walked it back as organization members pointed out that side of Ford's legacy and then he spent the next few years proving those folks extremely right?

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 35 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If I see a headline that Elon is driving other companies' cars into elephants to try to show how dangerous other cars are, I'll have to check to see if it's an onion article.

It probably won't be.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Topsy was electrocuted at the request of the ASPCA because they deemed it more humane than just giving her a bunch of cyanide and hanging her.

Edison Studios, which has about as much relation to the man as Tesla Motors Inc. does their namesake, filmed the event.

The War of the Currents was a decade previous and between Edison and Westinghouse.

Edison and Tesla wrote each other friendly letters and spoke well of each other in public.

Tesla has such a weird reputation. Entertainment is not history.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So you're saying Tesla did NOT invent a cloning device?

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Crazy story. Tesla didn't, David Bowie absolutely did.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Venture Bros Bowie.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago

Thomas Edison (derogatory)

[–] thonofpy@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"You promised you'd be Tesla but you're just another Edison" -Rät (Penelope Scott) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpxT9TLGoLI

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 weeks ago

As much as I enjoy the song it's important to remember that the Tesla vs Edison story is 60% bullshit.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

at least Edison has a legacy worth mentioning

[–] ZMonster@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, he was still a capitalist pos of the highest order as well as sympathetic to the antisemitism that was well within the Overton window in those days.

!topsy!<

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

They'll say "aw Topsy!"

at the autopsy

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

Except if Elon went deaf he'd never stop bitching and moaning about it.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No, PT Barnum was at least entertaining. Sure, he just wanted to take your money, but he didn't kill people in the process and you got a pretty reasonable value for paying admission.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

He was mostly lucky in that regard. The amount of fires Barnum had with only animals dying and not people is pretty impressive. He had at least five buildings burn down alone. One of his fires at the American museum had a nice effect due to the cold weather in New York at the time.

It took a while after his death before one of the big top shows really went up in smoke with significant loss of life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_circus_fire

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

If I've learned anything from your elaboration, it's that I should vote for an arsonist, but only if they burn things for insurance money rather than murder.

On a more serious note, the first fire alarm boxes weren't invented until Barnum was 42, and still took some time to spread from Boston. Places weren't super-well equipped to deal with normal fires, much less ones that started in places filled with hay, dust, paint, paper, and dyed cloth.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

In his defense the concept of fire safety was still being figured out.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Imagine what kind of Topsy level shenanigans he can get up to under the coming administration.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Henry Ford arguably more appropriate, given his propagation of fascist ideology.