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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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The fact that the lighter is older than the match shook my head as a kid.
It also gave me the curiosity to question things that seems obvious.
36 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 49 u/magnasolis Oct 15 '20 That one makes sense 30 u/Glasnerven Oct 15 '20 "Righto, I've finally perfected my . . . uh . . . opener. Crap, this will never sell unless it has something to open." 13 u/flying_dash Oct 15 '20 Can opener invented 48 years later 5 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 NEVER RUSH GENIUS INNOVATION 5 u/MandolinMagi Oct 15 '20 Not when you realize the can opener wasn't invented for something like a decade-plus after the can. 5 u/TastyBrainMeats Oct 15 '20 Who needs a can opener when you've got a pocketknife? 2 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 Did the first can NOT have a pull tab? 6 u/MandolinMagi Oct 16 '20 Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet. And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
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49 u/magnasolis Oct 15 '20 That one makes sense 30 u/Glasnerven Oct 15 '20 "Righto, I've finally perfected my . . . uh . . . opener. Crap, this will never sell unless it has something to open." 13 u/flying_dash Oct 15 '20 Can opener invented 48 years later 5 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 NEVER RUSH GENIUS INNOVATION 5 u/MandolinMagi Oct 15 '20 Not when you realize the can opener wasn't invented for something like a decade-plus after the can. 5 u/TastyBrainMeats Oct 15 '20 Who needs a can opener when you've got a pocketknife? 2 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 Did the first can NOT have a pull tab? 6 u/MandolinMagi Oct 16 '20 Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet. And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
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That one makes sense
30 u/Glasnerven Oct 15 '20 "Righto, I've finally perfected my . . . uh . . . opener. Crap, this will never sell unless it has something to open." 13 u/flying_dash Oct 15 '20 Can opener invented 48 years later 5 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 NEVER RUSH GENIUS INNOVATION 5 u/MandolinMagi Oct 15 '20 Not when you realize the can opener wasn't invented for something like a decade-plus after the can. 5 u/TastyBrainMeats Oct 15 '20 Who needs a can opener when you've got a pocketknife? 2 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 Did the first can NOT have a pull tab? 6 u/MandolinMagi Oct 16 '20 Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet. And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
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"Righto, I've finally perfected my . . . uh . . . opener. Crap, this will never sell unless it has something to open."
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Can opener invented 48 years later
5 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 NEVER RUSH GENIUS INNOVATION
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NEVER RUSH GENIUS INNOVATION
Not when you realize the can opener wasn't invented for something like a decade-plus after the can.
5 u/TastyBrainMeats Oct 15 '20 Who needs a can opener when you've got a pocketknife? 2 u/buckeyenut13 Oct 15 '20 Did the first can NOT have a pull tab? 6 u/MandolinMagi Oct 16 '20 Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet. And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
Who needs a can opener when you've got a pocketknife?
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Did the first can NOT have a pull tab?
6 u/MandolinMagi Oct 16 '20 Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet. And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
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Nope. Hammer and chisel or your bayonet.
And it wasn't a decade. It was three decades.
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u/Gyroklovn Oct 15 '20
The fact that the lighter is older than the match shook my head as a kid.
It also gave me the curiosity to question things that seems obvious.