Nikola Tesla Was a Virgin with OCD who Fell in Love with a Pigeon (historybuff.com)
submitted 2015-11-21 10:25:14 by Susitar Canidae
West_dogger 1 point on 2015-11-21 11:08:47

Yea he was also quite off the rocker.

Rannoch2002 Deer Zoo 3 points on 2015-11-21 12:36:51

...and pioneered our modern electrical system.

Yes, he was odd in some ways society might find "disconcerting". We should all be able to relate to that, though.

West_dogger 1 point on 2015-11-21 23:12:24

A vegetarian, animal rights supporter.

Cough cough

A believer of eugenics.

Sounds like a great guy

Rannoch2002 Deer Zoo 1 point on 2015-11-22 06:27:16

Sure, you can look at anyone and find positive qualities. It's how many they have and how good they are vs the harmfulness of the bad ones that makes you a good or bad person.

And to be fair, I did a report on Hitler years and years ago. If it weren't for his meth addiction (officially it was a "Vitamin package," but it was really just meth with some other crap), he probably would be remembered in a very different light. It drove him off his rocker in several ways. Not justifying his actions by any means, but showing that anyone, even people starting with good qualities, can and have fallen off the deep end.

JonasCliver Mightyenas lol 1 point on 2015-12-07 16:22:05

I'm pretty sure Adolf was a genocidal xenophobe befor meth.

Rannoch2002 Deer Zoo 1 point on 2015-12-07 21:37:35

He wasn't genocidal in the sense he had not killed people. What was going on in his head is certainly up for debate, however.

I'm sure his time as a POW in WWI didn't help either.

JonasCliver Mightyenas lol 1 point on 2015-12-08 15:31:16

I'm pretty sure the whole Drang nach Osten thing is genocidal.

Rannoch2002 Deer Zoo 1 point on 2015-12-08 15:53:38

Drang nach Osten

Pretty sure Hitler did not invent this idea, but I won't disagree either. My point is a mostly irrelevant tangent that meth did him no favors.

JonasCliver Mightyenas lol 1 point on 2015-12-08 16:51:24

No meth (if it was indeed meth, the evidence is quite sketchy) would just make him competent.

Rannoch2002 Deer Zoo 1 point on 2015-12-08 20:39:50

Unsure of the logic of that, but ok... Speaking from someone who was force fed (not literally, but the other option was living on the street) high doses of Adderall for a while, which is essentially a meth derivative, it does a lot more than "make you competent"

EDIT: Oh, it appears I have misread your post. I get it now, missed the "no" there... lol

Yes, competence may have led to him realizing killing people was a bit extreme way to deal with a problem, was my point. May not have too, we will never know.

Pigeondance Birdies yay 2 points on 2015-11-22 02:50:31

Right there with him! Well.. Not a virgin and not OCD but hey potato potato