▲ 56 ▼ What is your "hunch"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 5 months ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) That putting lead in gasoline decades ago fucked human progress and we'd have achieved much more by now if not for that. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Fun fact: The guy who invented leaded gasoline later went on to invent fridges that use CFCs as coolant (Thomas Midgley Jr). Probably the person who single-handedly had the worst impact on the environment in all of history. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago He got polio and was bedridden, and he came up with this hoist system of pulleys and ropes to move himself around with, which went wrong and strangled him. So at least his death was sufficiently hilarious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Too many people asked "can we do this thing?" when they should have been asking "should we do this thing?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Too many people asked “can we do sell this thing?” when they should have been asking “should we do sell this thing?” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 5 months ago (2 children) Fun fact: The guy who invented leaded gasoline later went on to invent fridges that use CFCs as coolant (Thomas Midgley Jr). Probably the person who single-handedly had the worst impact on the environment in all of history. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago He got polio and was bedridden, and he came up with this hoist system of pulleys and ropes to move himself around with, which went wrong and strangled him. So at least his death was sufficiently hilarious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Too many people asked "can we do this thing?" when they should have been asking "should we do this thing?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Too many people asked “can we do sell this thing?” when they should have been asking “should we do sell this thing?” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago He got polio and was bedridden, and he came up with this hoist system of pulleys and ropes to move himself around with, which went wrong and strangled him. So at least his death was sufficiently hilarious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Too many people asked "can we do this thing?" when they should have been asking "should we do this thing?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Too many people asked “can we do sell this thing?” when they should have been asking “should we do sell this thing?” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Too many people asked “can we do sell this thing?” when they should have been asking “should we do sell this thing?” permalink fedilink source parent