He had a fondness for electrocuting animals. He paid children twenty five cents apiece to bring him neighborhood animals,
cats and dogs mostly, so that he could electrocute them using Tesla's AC current, somehow feeling that that would discredit
it as a viable power source.
Edison also had film technicians steal copies of the groundbreaking film Le Voyage dans la lune.
Edison distributed the bootlegs for a tidy profit, while the revolutionary director was left bankrupt.
He hated, worked to destroy, and successfully destroyed Nikola Tesla after Tesla’s design of alternating current (AC)
for electricity transmission was selected as the standard for the US, over Edison’s backing of direct current (DC).
Most of his inventions were actually designed by his assistants. Fvck Edison, the guy was a total jackwagon wanker.
Used shoes $150
Old furniture $1000
You know someone is broke when they try to sell you housewares from niknacs lying around the house. But more pathetic is Jewelry. Why would anyone buy jewelry at full price used? Must be all those covid breakups.
So when coming back to work topic of conversation: What did you do for your covid holiday? Reply. Got to know my wife! Ohh? How did that turn out? We're getting a divorce.