[aa_is_op]

The guy that invented spent years bed-ridden because of it... yet he still went to trade shows to show it off

[chistev]

He was bedridden because of Polio.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48872443

[m4d]

Anytime Thomas Midgley Jr. pops up, I take the opportunity to re-listen to his episode on the Memory Palace. Wonderful bit of historical biography: https://thememorypalace.us/butterflies/

[afzalive]

And he also invented CFCs

[throw1234567891]

“What don’t kill you makes you more strong”.

[none2585]

Genuinely trying to help - one would generally phrase this as "... makes you stronger".

[throw1234567891]

It’s a direct quote. But you mean well.

[none2585]

Well damn I'm sorry now I'm curious - a direct quote from what?

[snypher]

Nietzsche wrote 'was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärk', don't worry about what that other robot is posting.

[throw1234567891]

You being the other other robot?

[throw1234567891]

From a song, spelling is different but it does end with “makes you more strong”. Looks for broken, beaten, scared.