this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The record player I grew up with is a freaking Mitsubishi

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mitsubishi was founded by a samauri.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So I was curious, and I looked it up. You're close: the founder was a descendent of a line of samurai, but his great grandfather sold the status/title in order to resolve debt obligations

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I should ask my sisters if they remember the manufacturer of the one we had... If I had to take a guess, it was probably Sony