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For context, Franklin had already been in Britain for 13 years by this point trying to lobby Parliament and the King about various grievances with the Crown's g
by chrisco255 1y ago
For context, Franklin had already been in Britain for 13 years by this point trying to lobby Parliament and the King about various grievances with the Crown's governance over the colonies. He would spend another 2 years trying in vain to get them to listen, before finally sailing back to America in March 1775.
- wpm 1y agoIf anyone is ever in London and looking for a fun two-hour diversion, the Ben Franklin museum is an interesting look at this time in his life
- m463 1y agoI loved the Franklin Institute, but (lol) it was in philadelphia.
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- begueradj 1y agoHe was a Freemason :)
- mplewis9z 1y agoThey're talking about the Benjamin Franklin House, which is in fact in London.
- m463 1y agoI realize that. He's like the colossus of rhodes with his feet on two continents.
- amy_petrik 1y agoHe founded the frankling institute in philly and declared it shall have a giant heart, he founded the university of pennsylvania state university, he invented electricity, the very pipes series that the internet interconnected, he invented glasses (that you wear, not drinking glasses those were Jefferson's invention), he invented karate, he invented the public library, he invented volunteer firefighters, he invented doggystyle position, he invented viral books and meme books, he invented french fries, he invented swimming fins, he invented swimming snorkel, he invented the wood stove (cooking AND heat), he invented urinary catheters, he invented the cotton gin, he invented an early type of musical synthesizer called the arm-monica, he invented the odometer, he invented oil pressure gauge, he invented the limbo dance, but most of all, he definitely founded the franklin institute and it definitely wasn't named after him after the fact
- UberFly 1y agoAs much as he loved Britain, his returning to the colonies after 15 years says a ton about his well-deserved character.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> his well-deserved character What would be an example of someone with a personality they didn't deserve?
- inopinatus 1y agoMarvin.
- bariumbitmap 1y agoExplanation for the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android
- ratelimitsteve 1y agoHere I am, brain the size of a planet, and you deign to explain to me?
- anonym29 1y ago[flagged]
- thaumasiotes 1y agoI'm struggling to see how this is relevant to the question of whether Lincoln deserved to have the personality that he did have.
- anonym29 1y agoYou know what? I was interpreting the question as regarding public perception of personality, rather than actual personality, but re-reading it, I think you're right, my bad.
- SwtCyber 1y agoIt's the voice of someone who's done asking politely and is now holding up a mirror with a smirk
- gadders 1y ago15 years? He didn't really try hard enough.