Comment on Could I patent harmful technology to prevent it from being put on the market?

andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This oddly reminds me that the original patent for the chainsaw was for aiding childbirth.

  I’ll let anyone curious enough google that.

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not doing the research on that. That is horrifying

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    • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it makes you feel better they were tiny compared to what’s at home depot

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    • governorkeagan@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Curiosity got the better of me a while back. It’s horrifying and incredibly interesting at the same time.

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  • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, thanks for the fall down that particularly horrifying rabbit hole. I can only imagine the pain these women went through, given this was at a time that predates anaesthesia.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You use the chainsaw to open the lady and pluck out the baby? What a genius idea. This will save a lot of time. /s

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• XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kearns and the car windshield wipers?

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think that might have been his name.

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