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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?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

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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
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    So… do you write theater plays, broadsheets, or heretical scripture?
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      Sql queries and software development
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        Heretical scripture it is.

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