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JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?

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If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?

JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • @Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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    “I make money by typing things in modern typewriter.”

    • @xilophor@lemmy.world
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      12•1 year ago

      They’d still be confused, considering commercial typewriters weren’t invented until the late 1800s

      • @Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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        I make money by writing nonsense then

        • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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          So… do you write theater plays, broadsheets, or heretical scripture?

          • @Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world
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            Sql queries and software development

            • @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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              Heretical scripture it is.

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