Ancient Greeks See Modern Machines

All our Ancient Greek ancestors looking at us having all these complex machines that can do the work of 1000s of men but yet we all still have jobs instead of having orgies outside and eating figs

A cartoon skeleton throws its arms up dramatically beneath a caption about Ancient Greek ancestors observing modern technology. The joke contrasts machines capable of replacing thousands of workers with the fact that people still have jobs, while nostalgically imagining the Greeks enjoying orgies outdoors and eating figs. It is used as an absurd reaction to modern work culture and technological progress.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 20628 2025-05-17