He would 1000% use it to pick up women claiming he was a world traveler who has seen exotic sights (and wants to see one more exotic sight nudge nudge wink wink)

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

The way we remember Ben Franklin is basically just Danny Devito but slightly hornier.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 75 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He seems like he'd be pulling off those Trudeau publicity stunts constantly. You may not like it but this is what a modern Ben Franklin would be like:

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago

Franklin would be out there claiming to be an "octoroon" to nail more French dilletantes

[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

Not enough publicity tears 😢

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't Ben Franklin learn Arabic through his own copy of the Quran, or am I thinking of a different guy?

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Think that was Jefferson. Supposedly he was big into studying religions, and I seem to remember the first Muslim in Congress being sworn in on the same Quran.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was Rashida Tlaib, but I think it's an english translation of the Quran!

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

This was what I was thinking of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_oath_controversy_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress

Apparently the Jefferson Qu'ran thing came later and he was sworn in using a "regular" Qu'ran.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Apparently he created an edit of the bible that took out all the miracles and just focused on the stuff that could be applied to secular thought.