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		prennert on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thomas Midgley Jr. invented leaded gasoline and ch... I did not mean to blame him for having polio. I just meant to say that his solution to his mobility problems came with significant tech debt that came to hang him later.

causi on March 22, 2023 [–]

It was not a tech debt issue. He used it to commit suicide.

circuit10 on March 22, 2023 | [–]

I thought it was an accident?

causi on March 22, 2023 | | [–]

Publicly it was an accident. Privately it was a suicide.

JohnFen on March 22, 2023 | | [–]

Really? So the guy had some sort of conscience after all?

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