ThePresidentsNipples t1_ja8bmww wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:25 PM

Last I read (years ago) he got fucked

Sufficient_Spray t1_ja8etbq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:46 PM

He received royalties from 7-11 and others for about 17 years until the patent expired. How much? I have no idea. Kind of crazy it was in a small town in Kansas he created it and now it’s worldwide.

misogichan t1_jaahc3u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:51 AM

To be fair, it wasn't some super revolutionary idea. Snow cones go back to the 1850s and Kakigori goes back to the Heian period in japan (more than 1000 years ago). What he invented was just a machine that could make it easier and more convenient to serve.

Max1234567890123 t1_jab3mfe wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:38 AM

I think that describes 99% of inventions. “Something we already do, just easier”

imdefinitelywong t1_jabqh9x wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:37 AM

So kindly explain the three seashells then?

Max1234567890123 t1_jacq6qq wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:28 PM

No need: fuck, shit, fuck, etc - repeat as needed

LarryJohnson04 t1_jaai14m wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Yeah… we got that part

ours t1_jacvu47 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Oh, it goes way back. Sorbet goes back to around Iran 550 BC.

Blutarg t1_ja8ta12 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:17 PM

A large corporation would not do that!

anabolic_cow t1_jaa9u3e wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:57 PM

Inb4 Poe's Law

Captain-Cadabra t1_jab8cvr wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Nevermore!

pmjdang t1_ja8xurx wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM

They got royalties from 7-Eleven for the machine, but I believe he founded the Icee company, so they were getting paid, until they sold the company.

GG-Allins-Balls t1_ja8rlve wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:07 PM

I mean, he did work for Dairy Queen after all…

TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee.

detox02 t1_ja88dpp wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:03 PM