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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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[โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Even better: "our clocks in the future are very complex and it's my job to keep them working".

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago

    That would be more a like a sysadmin, though. OP has to introduce new functionality, which I'd want to emphasise.

    They could say they're a creator of automata, and the past people would picture basically robots, but that implies a more physical type of building, and also that they create things that are purely decorative or for entertainment.

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