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
Submitted 3 weeks ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to [deleted]
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/f97f6248-5d03-46f9-bb18-07b31bff5184.webp
Comments
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Xande@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I think the main reason why this lie is still held up is… Murica invented everything… including the universe.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
But those are ouchie fire lamp
atlien51@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
Moth: you didn’t invent the lamp!
Edison: look how I took credit for inventing the lamp.
levzzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Jesus what a throwback to that one furry
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Rip. He would’ve loved a big tiddy moth gf
felsiq@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I think it was a she, but you’re probably still right
Konn@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Image
buttnugget@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
She is a total nutcase. Jamie Loftus interviewed her on Sixteenth Minute.