fuckyeahhistorycrushes: This hot piece of engineer is none other than Nikola Tesla. An underrated inventor, he created the basis for all modern electrical engineering. However, he was constantly screwed over by his colleagues and ended up dying penniless and in debt, kept company only by a white pigeon he claimed visited him every day. Sad, I know. Not only did Tesla have 300 patents for inventions in his lifetime, but he was a smokin’ fox. Though he never married, he apparently had women constantly fawning over him and claiming to be madly in love with them. And can you blame them? He was once described by a diplomat as having a “distinguished sweetness, sincerity, modesty, refinement, generosity, and force.” What a cutie. He was a weird indy rock star, huh?
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fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

This hot piece of engineer is none other than Nikola Tesla. An underrated inventor, he created the basis for all modern electrical engineering. However, he was constantly screwed over by his colleagues and ended up dying penniless and in debt, kept company only by a white pigeon he claimed visited him every day. Sad, I know.

Not only did Tesla have 300 patents for inventions in his lifetime, but he was a smokin’ fox. Though he never married, he apparently had women constantly fawning over him and claiming to be madly in love with them. And can you blame them? He was once described by a diplomat as having a “distinguished sweetness, sincerity, modesty, refinement, generosity, and force.”

What a cutie.

He was a weird indy rock star, huh?

(via we-are-star-stuff)

Source: fuckyeahhistorycrushes

Joel vs. Mike redux

fuckyeahmst3k:

I love both Joel and Mike, but every time this subject comes up I get irritated because the authors of this blog say they’re both equally wonderful and then add some kind of snarky aside that Mike is really better than Joel. 

Sorry, but Joel will always be greater than Mike for one very important reason: Joel created MST3K. He came up with the entire concept, built the original models of Crow, Servo, and Gypsy. He (and Trace) built the original SOL. Without Joel, there is no MST3K. And without MST3K there would almost certainly be no Rifftrax.

Sure, Mike is great. But he owes that greatness to a show and a concept that Joel created. (And I think that’s one of the reasons Joel fans get so defensive whenever we hear “Mike’s better” over and over again.)

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Admin edit: I’m assuming this rant is because of the struck-through comment I put on the last JvsM post.

I don’t think one is better than the other. Without Mike, Joel would not have had as funny a writing staff. Mike took on lead writer very very early on in the show’s lifespan. He helped shape the show. I once again refer all MSTies to this wonderfully written article.