I mean, I get that Edison was a dick to Tesla, and Tesla was arguably the more impassioned, inspired inventor, but why do people care? It seems like an odd historical rivalry to feel strongly about, since the implications of it don't go further than AC vs DC. Historical rivalries are interesting, for sure, but the Hamilton vs Jefferson rivalry has a far bigger impact on today's world and no one's cared about that one until Hamilton hit Broadway.

Nobody that isn't an aspie cares

legit though, the reason may have to do with how much the american school system sucks edison's dick

Speak for yourself, Hamilton is riddled with historical inaccuracies and has made fucking pop culture loving scum who never gave a shit about history act like they're a fucking historian of that age.

Hamilton vs Jefferson rivalry has a far bigger impact on today's world and no one's cared about that one until Hamilton hit Broadway.

Speak for yourself, Hamilton is riddled with historical inaccuracies and has made fucking pop culture loving scum who never gave a shit about history act like they're a fucking historian of that age.

Quote from: Scarecrow on April 11, 2017, 10:29:30 AM

Hamilton vs Jefferson rivalry has a far bigger impact on today's world and no one's cared about that one until Hamilton hit Broadway.

Sure some people cared about it before Hamilton came out, I did, for one, but I'm just talking about the gen pop.

And I don't take huge issue with the historical inaccuracies. It doesn't pretend to be an honest-to-God portrayal of how things went down, and it parodies history more than it tries to recount it. As far as the broad strokes go, I think it actually does justice to the relationships the founders had with each other and the political sentiments of the time, with the exception of how it goes out of its way to make Burr a sympathetic character.

Speak for yourself, Hamilton is riddled with historical inaccuracies and has made fucking pop culture loving scum who never gave a shit about history act like they're a fucking historian of that age.

i doubt it

i was under the impression that the vast majority of people simply dont give a shit

i was under the impression that the vast majority of people simply dont give a shit

Probably. But it seems like a strange number of people who do care to me.

It's due to a popular Oatmeal comic that spiraled into Tesla being a liberal scientist icon and Edison being a capitalist thief who stole all of his work.

I can recall everyone stopped caring at like 14. Tesla was pretty neat but why do some people suck his dick like 24/7?

Death Ray.