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[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Hah, the smart people would be laughed outta the room as nerds! Unless of course they had an idea, in which case it was actually always the rich peoples ideas, and the poor inventors were simply assistants.

Recently watched a video on the beginnings of the internet and boy is Samuel Morse and all those old timey fucks just as bad as today.