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minus-squareAnanääs@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·2 months agoCould be basically any japanese company 😅
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoNintendo was founded in 1889 and originally made a type of playing card
minus-squareLeTak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDon’t forget the yakuza money laundry made by Nintendo
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIf you dig back enough, literally every Japanese corpo roots go to some usury house or gambling den in Edo period. Or worse, to aristocratic family. Or both.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYou could write a story about a samurai and cowboy playing with Nintendo cards and drinking Coke and it would be historically accurate.
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoFar as I know, they still make sewing machines; they just don’t sell them in the States. Lamborghini started out making tractors. My parents had a Mitsubishi television about 15 years ago. Coleco started life as the Connecticut Leather Company. And it’ll never fail to amuse me how Michelin tells you where to find the best restaurants on the planet.
minus-squareDJDarren@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago Lamborghini started out making tractors They still do.
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoMichelin tells you where the best restaurants are so you can drive to them on their tires ;) Guinness started the world record book to settle bar bets.
minus-squareI_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd I think Singer made cars.
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoJust look at the Mr. Sparkle corporation: a joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern
Could be basically any japanese company 😅
Toyota made looms once.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 and originally made a type of playing card
Don’t forget the yakuza money laundry made by Nintendo
If you dig back enough, literally every Japanese corpo roots go to some usury house or gambling den in Edo period. Or worse, to aristocratic family. Or both.
You could write a story about a samurai and cowboy playing with Nintendo cards and drinking Coke and it would be historically accurate.
Far as I know, they still make sewing machines; they just don’t sell them in the States.
Lamborghini started out making tractors.
My parents had a Mitsubishi television about 15 years ago.
Coleco started life as the Connecticut Leather Company.
And it’ll never fail to amuse me how Michelin tells you where to find the best restaurants on the planet.
They still do.
Michelin tells you where the best restaurants are so you can drive to them on their tires ;)
Guinness started the world record book to settle bar bets.
From looms to wrooms, why not!
And I think Singer made cars.
Just look at the Mr. Sparkle corporation: a joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern