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syko-san t1_ja8fe9f wrote

Obligatory "Um, actually 🤓"

Edison didn't invent the light bulb, he just made it practical. Additionally, there's no actual fire inside light bulbs. Fire is a chemical reaction that consumes oxygen + fuel and turns it into carbondioxide + some waste product like ash or charcoal. The reason light bulbs last longer than oil lanterns is because no fuel is being burnt.

To put it very simply. When certain things get heated up enough or have electricity put through them, they glow. A light bulb is literally just a substance like that inside a vacuum chamber with electricity running through it sometimes. The whole point of the vacuum is to prevent fire while also keeping the heat from spreading to other parts of the light bulb. Additionally, air inside the light bulb would expand when heated, causing it to explode, so the vacuum is also to prevent the glass from exploding due to pressure.

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MysterClark t1_ja8exhe wrote

I discovered that you don't want to have this conversation with a bunch of servers at the job you work at. Apparently they will defend to the death their getting paid no wage and relying on tips to survive instead of it being an extra.

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Witch_King_ t1_ja8eoov wrote

Reply to comment by xvsanx in This fits any caption lol by Prace_Ace

I actually really really liked Great Pretender, much more so than Super Crooks. Season 2 might even gotten a little wacky, but it was still very good, and Season 1 was outstanding imo. Definitely takes some Cowboy Bebop inspiration, but not too much I would say.

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Whamsies007 t1_ja8eiys wrote

Tipping started in medieval Europe as a power play between servants and nobility. It was then used in the U.S to keep formerly enslaved black people esrning less than white workers through a reduced mininum wage and an increased reliance on "tips"

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TheAntiCrust66 t1_ja8dyu0 wrote

Contrary to popular belief, the light bulb wasn’t actually Edison’s invention. Light bulbs had already been invented before he was even born; what he did was buy the patent and improve the design so that light bulbs could be brought to the masses. The incandescent light bulb would be revolutionary, but only if Edison could solve one giant problem — bringing electricity to the homes of America. No matter how revolutionary his design improvements to the light bulbs were, no one can use a light bulb if there is no way to plug it in.

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