automation

Illustration of a robot arm surrounded by gears, stopping with a tired expression
Automation complete… yet no one is watching, murmurs the machine that lost its purpose.
Money & Work

Description

Automation is the magical act of entrusting human labor to machines. It is a masterclass in shifting responsibility onto cold circuits, declaring all mishaps “machine faults.” Behind the promise of convenience lies humans forever hunting for the elusive remote switch. Ultimately, it becomes a ceremony of waiting for the day when nothing needs touching and everything still stops.

Definitions

  • A modern magic that steals human roles and blurs accountability.
  • An excuse machine for managers who replace servants with robots in the name of “efficiency.”
  • An automatic shutdown device that can be ignored by all once configured.
  • A paradoxical scheme that amplifies human laziness yet halts without human intervention.
  • A trap that pretends machines are wise while regressing human problem-solving skills.
  • An ironic process: the closer you aim for perfection, the more human meddling it demands.
  • A convenient shield that ends all discussions with the phrase “unexpected issue.”
  • A duality: boasting unmanned operation while secretly demanding human labor for setup.
  • A stage prop of progress that has everyone awaiting someone’s manual override.
  • Looks like magic, but is in fact a treasure trove of bugs and exception handlers.

Examples

  • We automated it? Fantastic. So you’ll never take responsibility, right?
  • Once we fully automate this flow, it’ll be smooth. Oh, so I’ll be on call when it inevitably breaks?
  • I’m in charge of automation. Then you can’t take days off, I suppose.
  • Look, one button does it all. Great—now where’s its specification sheet?
  • Our company will change the future with automation. Our employees’ lunch breaks turned into an hour of firefighting.

Narratives

  • Before the morning start, the engineer stared at the automation script logs and sighed softly.
  • The system that was never supposed to be touched stopped itself at midnight, and the wakened admin chanted the reboot command like a spell.
  • Automation is fresh only the first time; thereafter it becomes a cycle of hope and disappointment.
  • A configuration error resent all company emails, and everyone joked it was the fault of automation.
  • The automated report should have been flawless, but someone planted a tiny trap that skewed one number each month.

Aliases

  • Lord of Idle
  • Fairy of Laziness
  • Fault Dodger
  • Button Clicker
  • Self-Proclaimed Omni-Tool
  • Unstable Sage
  • Dancer of Infinite Loops
  • Mechanical Overlord
  • Ocean of Logs
  • Silent Rebel

Synonyms

  • Flow Enchanter
  • Button Devotee
  • Cult of Unmanned
  • Copy-Paste Artisan
  • Bug Repository
  • Altar of Exceptions
  • Script Monk
  • Task Neglect Demon
  • Process Priest
  • Recovery Shaman
2025-07-09
automation efficiency robots mechanization workplace technology

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