r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 19d ago

MISC. After Steve Jobs learned about Windows (which used a mouse & a GUI), he accused Bill Gates of stealing Apple's idea. Gates replied "Well Steve...I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox & I broke into his house to steal the TV set & found out that you had already stolen it."

https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/bill-gates-steve-jobs-friends-feud-a7627431.html
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u/LindeeHilltop 19d ago

So, his own arrogance effectively killed him.

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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 19d ago edited 19d ago

Killed by his own hubris.

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u/Comrade-Conquistador 19d ago

Turns out that an Apple a day did keep the doctor away.

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u/EvilLibrarians 19d ago

Due to micro, soft aggressions.

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u/Squeakygear 19d ago

Hahahaha

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u/Big_Juggernaut_2257 19d ago

Hoisted by his own petard.

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u/djanes376 19d ago

Shouldn’t have worn that petard if you didn’t want to be hoisted by it.

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u/SerialTrauma002c 19d ago

I’m not saying this to correct you—you’re doing a bit and it’s delightful!

I just want to make sure other readers know that a petard is a small bomb, not a piece of clothing. “Hoist with his own petard” is, literally, “He got tossed in the air by his own bomb”and essentially the same “he stepped on his own landmine” (except probably less messy because of the lower effectiveness of renaissance incendiary devices). Colloquially it’s an expression that means “to be taken down by one’s own previous actions.”

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u/Big_Juggernaut_2257 19d ago

You're good. I did the same research before I made my first comment but I couldn't resist making the pun.

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u/SerialTrauma002c 19d ago

This is one of those fun facts that just lives in my brain, no research required. I read a lottttttttt of optional Shakespeare during my high school years 😆

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u/Big_Juggernaut_2257 19d ago

What can I say? I'm petarded.

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u/OdysseusX 19d ago

I dont think you can say petard anymore. Its hoistodivergent.

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u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist 19d ago

Yes, but *he* did it. I bet you couldn’t.

Or wouldn’t, whatever.

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u/Few_Bite7050 19d ago

Sheer fucking hubris to quote Star Trek.

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u/sponge62 19d ago

Probably killed someone else too since he bought his way onto the liver transplant list even though he was too far gone for any real chance at success at that point.

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u/TheGinger_Ninja0 19d ago

Terminal case of techbro