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[-] 2910000@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Feels like a variation on this old quote:

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

my dream job was the one rarely mentioned:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-cigar-readers-cuba

i would love to read to people all day long for a living.

[-] 2910000@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

She had to pick what to read too!
I think I'd last a week in that job, I'd end up choosing weird stuff and getting fired

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

For some reason that just made the ol' Maytag Man seem a little lonelier. There was no Maytag Dog 😢

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