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The guy that invented spent years bed-ridden because of it... yet he still went to trade shows to show it off


He was bedridden because of Polio.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48872443


Anytime Thomas Midgley Jr. pops up, I take the opportunity to re-listen to his episode on the Memory Palace. Wonderful bit of historical biography: https://thememorypalace.us/butterflies/


And he also invented CFCs


“What don’t kill you makes you more strong”.


Genuinely trying to help - one would generally phrase this as "... makes you stronger".


It’s a direct quote. But you mean well.


Well damn I'm sorry now I'm curious - a direct quote from what?


Nietzsche wrote 'was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärk', don't worry about what that other robot is posting.


You being the other other robot?


From a song, spelling is different but it does end with “makes you more strong”. Looks for broken, beaten, scared.




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