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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 month agoAutomatic food chewers? And who is going to add the spit? You? no thank you to your cephalopod goo, good sir. And if you suggest replicated spit I will form a corporation to do a hostile takeover of your commerce sector.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThat’s an explanation I’ve seen for why the Romans didn’t find labor-saving devices like Heron’s steam engine to be important. Why should you use a steam engine when you have plenty of slaves?
Automatic food chewers? And who is going to add the spit? You? no thank you to your cephalopod goo, good sir.
And if you suggest replicated spit I will form a corporation to do a hostile takeover of your commerce sector.
That’s an explanation I’ve seen for why the Romans didn’t find labor-saving devices like Heron’s steam engine to be important. Why should you use a steam engine when you have plenty of slaves?