I know Edison loves to steal credit but lamps existed for thousands of years before Joseph Swan made a workable electric version.
Just lost internship at general electric
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Xande@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I think the main reason why this lie is still held up is… Murica invented everything… including the universe.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The reason it’s still held up is because Edison was a genius at precisely one thing: marketing. He was an incredibly efficient venture capitalist. That’s it.
This, and people have a tendency to hear a story, then integrate that story into their entire worldview, until the only four scientists ever to live were Einstein, Edison, Newton, and maybe Galileo.
Thus it has always been, and thus it shall remain.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
But those are ouchie fire lamp
atlien51@lemm.ee 1 month ago
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS
Etterra@discuss.online 1 month ago
Moth: you didn’t invent the lamp!
Edison: look how I took credit for inventing the lamp.
levzzz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Jesus what a throwback to that one furry
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Rip. He would’ve loved a big tiddy moth gf
felsiq@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I think it was a she, but you’re probably still right
Konn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can you link the original?
I actually thought this was about the girl who bragged about getting an internship at NASA, continuing to cuss at one of her employers over ©The Company Still Known As Shitter
9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 month ago
She is a total nutcase. Jamie Loftus interviewed her on Sixteenth Minute.