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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"I write spells, but they work with technology, not magic. We have very advanced printing presses that are able to just to print words, but also do mathematics at an amazing pace and reproduce the printed word nearly instantaneously across oceans."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

"I'm a specialized clerk interested in mathematics" if you don't wanna get burned.