• unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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    1 month ago

    Reminds me of an ad from over a decade ago. (For those who speak German: youtube, sorry, I want able to get an invidious Link working )

    A woman is sitting at a bar, and a man in a suit comes up and sits right next to her, taps his car keys on the table, and then lays them on the table and moves them towards her.

    “400 horsepower, 12 cylinders, top speed 296…” He nods proudly. “Tomorrow evening 7 o’clock?”

    She grabs a large key on her keychain and shows it to him: “10,877 horsepower, top speed 330, tomorrow morning, 8:43…” She puts the key on the table and pushes it next to his key. “…track 7”.

    The ad was from the German railroad attempting to recruit drivers.

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    The screeching steel, roaring loudly as the large metal contraption charges onward, propelling its large body upon the ground, burning a liquid explosive compound as it’s power source. Inside the massive machina, I command it’s every move, turning at my whim and halting it, sending it howling to a stop. Within it’s curved and hammered steel belly lie smaller spawns, all different shapes and sizes, many whom cry out, some in lament and others, horrid excitement. (I used to be one as well)

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      My shoulders have grown calloused and stiff from the weight of the innocent lives I guide to their myriad destinations. Day in, day out, I command this dragon of steel in their service. My feet and hands puppeteer this ferrous beast in arcane rhythms, a symphony of gears and fire known by few and heard by none. For this deed, I take no reward, no reimbursement, save for the standard remuneration of a monthly salary, which, quite ironically, is nothing to ride home about.