MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump says Biden wasn't 'too old' to be presidentwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down14
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minus-squareSolidGrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoJeez. That’d be the worst culture shock since Edison electrocuted that poor elephant. /RIP, Topsy
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agotopsy was not electrocuted by edison, it is one of the urban legends that will probably never die. it is still sad story and every time i am hearing it i wish i could personally electrocute few of those fuckers who tortured her through her life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
minus-squarePlasticExistence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI appreciate you bringing that up because I had also read the inaccurate version of that story before. I do not appreciate you taking away my favorite reason to hate Edison, but I’ll get over it.
Jeez. That’d be the worst culture shock since Edison electrocuted that poor elephant.
/RIP, Topsy
topsy was not electrocuted by edison, it is one of the urban legends that will probably never die.
it is still sad story and every time i am hearing it i wish i could personally electrocute few of those fuckers who tortured her through her life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
I appreciate you bringing that up because I had also read the inaccurate version of that story before.
I do not appreciate you taking away my favorite reason to hate Edison, but I’ll get over it.