WashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoThey're all dead now, I wonder who got the last laugh?lemmy.caimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down19
arrow-up1253arrow-down1imageThey're all dead now, I wonder who got the last laugh?lemmy.caWashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarenevemsenki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·7 months agoFunny how Semmelweis got similarly shitty treatment for the same idea. Though he wasn’t so much as laughed at as much as beaten to death in a psych ward.
minus-squareTetsuo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoDidn’t know at all about Semmelweis. Very interesting… and sad.
minus-squarenevemsenki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoHe really deserved better. Societal momentum is tough to go against, and can easily beat one down… oftentimes literally.
Funny how Semmelweis got similarly shitty treatment for the same idea. Though he wasn’t so much as laughed at as much as beaten to death in a psych ward.
Didn’t know at all about Semmelweis. Very interesting… and sad.
He really deserved better. Societal momentum is tough to go against, and can easily beat one down… oftentimes literally.