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[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

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 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

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 2 points 7 hours 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 3 points 10 hours ago

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