cblgh quoted Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when …
The testimony stretched over two days, and Henson was nervous; he was frustrated that more examples of lace and knitted goods hadn’t been sent down, and wrote Nottingham urging them to send more. “If any Man in the Trade refuses to do his Duty in the making of Articles for the Recovery of his Trade Knock his Teeth down his Throat instantly,” he wrote.
i found this hilarious to the point of giggling repeatedly