PermaDerpFace

PermaDerpFace t1_j2aqeak wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:40 PM

Reply to TIL In the 1980s, an obscene image was snuck into one of the ice cubes in a Coca-Cola ad in South Australia. The company recalled and destroyed all of the posters, and the artist responsible for the image was fired and sued. by 54_actual

Successfully sued? Why not just say it was an accidental coincidence

PermaDerpFace t1_itseqvu wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:23 PM

Reply to All comes back to you, me, watercolor, 2022 by maria_zinca

Love this, great use of color

PermaDerpFace t1_it6d3xo wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:03 AM

Reply to Aeromine says they have solved many of the problems that have long made domestic rooftop wind power compare poorly to solar panels. They claim their "motionless" rooftop wind generators deliver up to 50% more energy than a solar array of the same price while taking up just 10% of the roof space. by lughnasadh

This kind of stuff is the only thing that gives me any hope

PermaDerpFace t1_iqzozek wrote on October 4, 2022 at 7:59 AM

Reply to TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog

Amazing that people didn't see it. Even when I was a little kid, I was like wow South America and Africa are like puzzle pieces that fit together