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WolfeMacleod 09-28-2013 12:32 PM

Thomas Edison? Excuse me?!?
 
I saw this commercial for the first tine last night. It ticked me off enough that I send a slightly nasty-gram to Mazda. Wasn't surprised to find other people had done the same.

I wonder if anyone can tell me why it irked me.


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Rick V 09-28-2013 12:41 PM

Because Tesla is the one who actually flipped the switch

dad911 09-28-2013 01:17 PM

He electrocuted animals trying to prove his DC power distribution was better than AC (Westinghouse)..... and he was wrong, advantages to AC.

Rick V 09-28-2013 01:23 PM

Edison played an acoustic guitar :)

widebody911 09-28-2013 01:26 PM

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WolfeMacleod 09-28-2013 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick V (Post 7678721)
Because Tesla is the one who actually flipped the switch

thank you SmileWavy

Bob Kontak 09-28-2013 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dad911 (Post 7678745)
He electrocuted animals trying to prove his DC power distribution was better than AC.

37 seconds in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow-CwEdwktg

Don Plumley 09-28-2013 04:12 PM

From The Oatmeal:

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek that ever lived.

Porsche-O-Phile 09-28-2013 04:26 PM

Tesla was a scientist. Edison was a marketer.

Skytrooper 09-28-2013 04:58 PM

Tesla was a genius.

The commercial bugged me, too. Nothing like continuing the disinformation

SCcaretaker 09-28-2013 06:07 PM

The mazda marketing folks are just continuing a long and distinguished tradition of mis-information regarding Edison and his marketing....

s_morrison57 09-28-2013 08:39 PM

Wouldn't they need Edison family approval to use his name?
Finn

afterburn 549 09-29-2013 08:20 AM

Tesla was abused by Edison.
They just gave the Patton rites to Tesla for radio, which had been given to Marconi (maybe last year)

Joe Bob 09-29-2013 08:31 AM

They were both batschitzcrazy.......prolly had redheaded mothers.

SeanPizzle 09-29-2013 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afterburn 549 (Post 7679603)
Patton rites

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afterburn 549 09-29-2013 09:12 AM

excuse me spelling Marm

asphaltgambler 09-29-2013 09:54 AM

Lmao!!!


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