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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? (lemm.ee)

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[-] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I steer gigantic metal birds pulled by armies of horses carrying dozens of people, to the antipodes... in less than one day... using dead animal juice.

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

... But I don't see any horses. Surely they can't move on their own! Who is pushing them?

[-] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's a guy, Isaac Newton, he's 57. Ask him about his ~~second~~ third law, hopefully he came up with it already.

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