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[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He had like 30 goddamn dicks...

[–] Synthuir@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

He’ll save children, but not the British children

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

T̵̯̟̭̙̓̈́h̵̫͑͒͋ͅͅe̶͉͎̊́̍͜͝͝ ̴̫̖́͐̅̽͗W̶̨͔̃ą̸̖̭͑͗̃̀ͅs̷̛͙͗̎̓͜ḧ̷̼̣̯͕̓i̸̱͛̈́͆n̷̖̿̐̑ͅģ̴͒͛͆͛ţ̸̖̲̟̜͂o̴̞̓ṋ̵̘̗͔͌̔̈́̚,̷̯͇͛̐͒͛̚ ̸̛̥͑͊̏͝h̷̙̦͕̍̀̍͘e̸̟̜͛̋́́ ̴͇͔̅͐̚͝͝ć̵̡̛͔͓̦ͅỏ̶̱̻̝̜̾ͅm̶͖̗̤̳̏̔̓͗̂ĕ̶̢͔͚̺̞s̷͍̈́.̴̝͇̼́̒̓̈

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I heard he could not tell a lie; he gnawed down a cherry tree with his wooden teeth and then threw it all the way across the Potomac, then told everybody about it.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

We call it an impossible meatre in Europe

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's the part before the inverter duh

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Crossed the Delaware

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My bad. I only remember something about them using DC to electrocute an elephant to prove how much better it was.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

They'll say "aw, Topsy" at my autopsy, but no one will be more shocked than me.

[–] habitualTartare@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I think that was Edison using AC. Apparently it was not part of the war of the currents. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That was actually to prove how "dangerous" it was. This was when Edison and Tesla were duking it out, trying to get their respective electricity types established as the standard. Edison and JP Morgan decided it would be a good promotion for alternating current if they publicly electrocuted an elephant with direct current to demonstrate how dangerous it was. Obviously they knew that both modes are dangerous with that much current, but when has marketing ever been about honesty?

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

But the whole idea of electrocuting mammals caught on, so there is that!

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is 60Hz tho (instead of 50) which is stoopid. So you were on the right track.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why is 60hz stupid? The US was ahead of Europe in terms of electrical development last century and 50hz generators were bigger and more expensive than 60hz generators at the time.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

1.0 cycle a second > 0.8 cycles a second.

Also fuck 25fps TV

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

50Hz is 50 cycles per second, and 60Hz is 60 cycles a second. Nothing is using as slow as 1 cycle per second.