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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (3 children)

  • Coca-Cola: Founded 1888

  • Nintendo: Founded 1889

  • Dracula, by Bram Stoker: Published 1897

It would have been historically accurate for the vampire hunters who killed Dracula to celebrate by having a Coke and playing Nintendo.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

having a Coke and playing Nintendo

So playing a card game and drinking literal cocaine?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 11 hours ago

As one does

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago

Don't forget Kodak & the Dracula book were apparently contemporaries too: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/22690621

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Were they still a playing card company then?

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Right until 1970 when they took a hard pivot into the new-fangled tech called "Computers"

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I thought they pivoted to pachinko machines before going digital

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago

Aye, and just before that to toys

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Weren't they involved with brothels at some point?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I'm sorry, I don't know their history well though to answer that.