129 points

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

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118 points

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

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29 points

Nah just his work and credibility

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102 points

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.

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110 points

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

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47 points

Same as it ever was.

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24 points

Where is that large automobile?

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41 points

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

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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?

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34 points

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.

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11 points

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.

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6 points

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

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10 points

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

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