The man who invented the greatest water gun of all time, the Super Soaker(#BlackHistoryMonth)
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Lonnie George Johnson
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American engineer. Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun, which was the top selling toy in the United States in 1991 and 1992. Johnson holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Tuskegee University.
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American engineer. Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun, which was the top selling toy in the United States in 1991 and 1992. Johnson holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Tuskegee University.
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I didn't know that. Kudos to him! It's my favorite summertime toy. I'm going to have to Google him to see whatsup.
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? the first thing that popped up was his net worth of $360 million dollars.
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Sadly, I fear that this thread might do better numbers than my black scientists thread: http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/540110/20-leading-and-upcoming-black-scientists#latest
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A Talented One wrote: »Sadly, I fear that this thread might do better numbers than my black scientists thread: http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/540110/20-leading-and-upcoming-black-scientists#latest
This site is full of millennials now, you got to post some ? that really grabs their attention. A lot of them think racism is over and men being ? or acting like a female is ok. -
Skeet skeet skeet
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Oh the arrogance! Yes Mr. Johnson made millions off the sale of a toy, but he is an engineer also and that puts him in the ranks of successful scientists.
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It's been posted multiple
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Cool but ? ain't making any money off of it since he sold it to cacs
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Always wanted one when I was younger. There was one that came with a backpack you could fill. One had like four water chambers. We had balloons and buckets smh you kno' how accurate your ? needs to be to catch a ? slippin' with a bucket of water in a water fight?
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I remember I converted one into a flamethrower. Good times
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CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »Always wanted one when I was younger. There was one that came with a backpack you could fill. One had like four water chambers. We had balloons and buckets smh you kno' how accurate your ? needs to be to catch a ? slippin' with a bucket of water in a water fight?
The one with the backpack was like the peak of the water guns success. That ? was only for adults though, I remember trying to wear that and chase people around. I couldn't even run and I moved around hella slowly. That gun costed hella money too. my potna drug dealing older brother had one lol. -
I remember my buddy put soap in his then shot his dad in they eye.
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babelipsss wrote: »Oh the arrogance! Yes Mr. Johnson made millions off the sale of a toy, but he is an engineer also and that puts him in the ranks of successful scientists.
He's not at the level of those people I posted. He won't win a Nobel, for example, whereas one of those others might. -
Without Mr. Johnson
You couldn't super soak these hoes at Spring Break
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That's black dominance. U couldn't even run up on nobody frfr if u had anything less than a super soaker. Lol I'd put ice cubes in the bottle then fill it up. Good times. And he's an HBCU alum. Love seeing us thrive. Shows u that we can be great without cacs. Salute!!
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I love super soakers
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CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »Always wanted one when I was younger. There was one that came with a backpack you could fill. One had like four water chambers. We had balloons and buckets smh you kno' how accurate your ? needs to be to catch a ? slippin' with a bucket of water in a water fight?
I still got the OG one like the one in the pic and I have the backpack jawnt your referring to @ my my folks house. They don't work tho b/c a nikka was ruff with them ? as a jit. lol -
CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »Always wanted one when I was younger. There was one that came with a backpack you could fill. One had like four water chambers. We had balloons and buckets smh you kno' how accurate your ? needs to be to catch a ? slippin' with a bucket of water in a water fight?
Yea.. I always got the knock-off models. -
I remember my buddy put soap in his then shot his dad in they eye.
He never saw that Super Soaker again.
Whenever I went down south to visit family for the summer. I tried to have a water fight and the water would be hot lol. Water fights in texas were deadly. You really didn't want to get hit. We had to let the water run for a cool minute. Even then it would just be warm lol.
I filled my gun up and just shot some random fat kid. He was like "ouch!!", got ? and chased after me lol. -
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My only memory of the super soaker is that my mom couldn't afford it. I had some ? water gun with inferior range, while other kids got these supersoaker. Getting out gunned by some of these super soakers got me thinking This ain't livin'.
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I'm just gonna say we as blacks have created way more than a super soaker water gun. I can't really applaud this dude for a simple invention like that.
We kinda did invent Air conditioning and the refrigerator or Thomas L. Jennings was the first black man to receive a patent. The patent was awarded on March 3, 1821 (US Patent 3306x) for his discovery of a process called dry-scouring which was the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning. - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jennings-thomas-l-1791-1856#sthash.EaPu5Ehz.dpuf
I could keep going but I already did a whole thread on it before. Maybe I'm hating on the super soaker, I had one too; but when comparing a super soaker to inventions of going outer space or detecting gravitational waves it kinda is laughable to mention a super soaker
