Do you like Nintendo?

I do like Nintendo.
Do you?

I like their graphics.

The look and feel of Mario Brothers is nostalgic.

I do love the look of that game.

I really like the mario brothers franchise.

Yes, Pokemon and Zelda are good but nothing beats Mario Brothers.

Oooohhhh....

I do like the original legend of zelda.

I wish they had that game for the ipad.

I would play it so much!

Well, I am now married with kids so maybe not...

Yes, I was a little old for the Nintendo games but my kids were into the Pokemon cards and the Nintendo DS.

I have a son that is into pokemon and his cards are everywhere.

They have 750 episodes and I think I have seen them all!

I did not know the company started with the playing cards and even tried a knock off Lego before video game.

I think they found their niche!

I could not imagine them doing legos or playing cards.

Right, I would also love to play a little Nintendo on an iPad, maybe the racing game.

Yeah, that would be great.
Did you know they owned the mariners?
I had no clue!

That is interesting.

That must be why they have technology in the game stadium.

Apparently you can order food to your seat from an app.

Yeah.

Not sure I would trust seafood from a baseball stadium but if I did, it would be seatlle or baltimore.

Yes, Seattle is a great place to get fresh seafood like Salmon and Shrimp.

I do not like all seafood especially those that are squirmy.

Me neither but my wife has turned me on to some of the less adventurous items like shrimp and some sushi.

I like the baked stuff, which people will judge me for eating but, whatever...

Sushi is the best... except for the ones with octopus.

I am against anything that reminds me of snakes.

Right!

I hate snakes.

Might move to new zealand to escape them!

New Zealand is looking like a great place to live.

No Snakes and the Hobbits live there.

There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.

I can't... NOPE!

Launching Snakes is about the worst thing I have ever heard.

I can't go to any place with launching snakes and crocodiles.

Yup Nice chatting with you!


Hello!

I just got done reading about Stephen Colbert's explanation of God and information about Star Trek, did you read the same articles as me?

Yeah, I have those articles.

I think it's interesting that before 1963, students in the US read the Bible as part of the primary education.

Crazy how things used to be, what did you think about Stephen's views on God?

He seems to think that Jesus is God.
He has a very Christian view.

I agree, it's interesting to see a celebrity talk about their egregious views.

The fact that he had Rev.

James Martin on his show is also interesting to me, most show hosts try to avoid those topics.

I would like to read Jefferson's version of the Bible and see what he wanted people to read.

True, it's weird to think there is a pop culture pastor out there in the world.

Did you watch much of Star Trek growing up?

I only watched some, I wonder if they ever mentioned the bible in that show.

There were a couple of shows that mentioned Christian concepts.

Generally the show was about morality.

I didn't know that the Tower of Babel was based on a real building.

I didn't know that either.

The factual section of these articles was the most interesting thing to me, especially the part where it says that Martin Luther King talked to Nichols about her role.

Nichelle Nichols was not certain about continuing the show, and he told her it was important for her to stay.

I wonder how different things would be if she didn't stay, I'm glad he spoke to her about it and gave her advice.

Star Trek really changed how people viewed technology too.

The flip phone was based on the communicator.

Yeah I read about that too, I love that in modern day technology we were able to make something like that.

Now we have something even better, smart phones, but still.

I love how long Star Trek has been around for.

So many people have appeared on the show.

Tom Morello was on there twice.

Yep!

I like how they gave the fact about the door sound is just a piece of paper being removed from an envelope, I wonder what other weird sounds they used in that show.

The sound FX folks had to be inventive.

The teleportation device was created because of the tight budgets.

So cool.

I wonder if Stephen Colbert ever watched Star Trek lol I'm sure he must have growing up.

He was also a big fan of Lord of the Rings.

I love those movies!

I wish they put some facts about lord of the rings in these articles, or maybe even in the celebrity section.

Well, I've enjoyed chatting!
Have a good day!

Same to you!

Bye!


Are you familiar with Stephen Colbert?

just a little bit of the article i just read.

How does he start out with an explanation to god with broccoli?

It's a little bit odd.

He says that if he holds a piece of broccoli, he wants his brain to be open to whether it will go up or down when dropped.

He says that seeing God is similar.

Well he's never read the bible i guess?

We should go back to 1963 and require children in school to read the bible

He has read the Bible.

He said one time when he was feeling spiritually lost, someone handed him a Bible.

The page he opened to was one about worry, and he was feeling worried.

So he believes that scripture can speak to you.

I know the scriptures can speak to you!

I'd rather talk about star trek and how martin luther king Jr convinced the acotr to continue to play uhuru

I used to love Star Trek.

I find it interesting that teleportation was only used because their budget couldn't afford having spaceships land on planets.

Love the ingenuity!
Do you like rage against the machine?

No, I don't really.
I don't know much about them.

i do!

And tom morello from rage against the machine was a trekkie and was lucky enough to be the show twice

That's cool.

Wait a second, I just realized that the star trek door sound is just a piece of paper being removed from an envelope.

I have to listen more carefully next time.

see... again ingenuity.... LOVE IT!!!

How about the flipphone and now the apple watch... they were definitely ahead of their time!

It's amazing that the flip phone was inspired by Star Trek

yeah it is!
I loved the Next Generation.
You ever seen it?

That was always my favorite one.

Loved the movies too.. i actually have the box set

How cool.

I think there are some movies I still need to catch up on.

I hope they create a new series one day.

Star Trek was actually cancelled in 1969 because of poor ratings but when the reruns became popular, Paramount decided to expand the franchise.

There are a bunch of spinoffs... i think there are like 5 different series after the original.

The recent movies are really good too!

I'm glad they decided to go on beyond those first three seasons after which it was cancelled.

yeah mee too... many celebrities have come from the shows... look how it launched patric stewarts career!

I wish I was a celebrity.
Then I could visit Pixar's secret room!


Are you religious, do you read the bible?

I am but I do not read the bible.
Are you?
do you read the bible?

Im not religious but I have read some parts of it, for instance you know the tower of Babel?

I did not!
What is it?

Well apparently the tower of Babel is real, its based on a real building.

The bible is full of surprises for sure

Prior to 1963, students in the us read the bible as part of their education.

I do not think that would fly today.

I agree, there are a lot of things in the bible that dont make sense and that science has proven wrong,

Roosevelt and Adams did not use a bible when they were sworn in?

What did they use?

No idea but I think they are the only two presidents to do things like that, Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the bible.

If you do not believe, make your own truth!

Seems like a logical thing to do...

I agree, just razor cuts all the parts you dont agree with, he didnt believe in miracles and resurrection.

He might have been famous enough to gain access to Pixar's secret room.

I wonder what they got in there...

I wonder that as well it must be a really cool room dough, I bet the cast of Star Trek has been in that room or at least the leading actors

I want to see what's in there.

What are they hiding.

Unfortunately, I am not famous, like at all!

Im barely on FaceBook so not many people know me.

Yeah same here, I dont have many friends in Facebook either, I bet Robin Williams was invited to the room, he was the voice of Aladdin after all"

I thought he did a great job as the Genie.

I think he also created a movement by having celebreties voice cartoons.

He did start a trend, celebrities then started performing voices of cartoon characters, I wonder if Judge Judy ever did the voice of one!

She has no financial incentive to.
She makes $123,000 per episode!

That is a lot of money!

I guess she doesnt, it would be interesting though, maybe some day she will.

I wonder if she gets syndication money too?

I dont think she does although that is a great question, do you know who Carol Burnett is?

I do, she's great.
Nice chatting with you!


Hey how are you, what'd you think of Colbert's explanation of God?

Everyone has to be so politically correct these days!!

He's on TV so they monitor everything these days!!

He should be honest as say how he feels, so we all would know the truth, instead of what they have told him to say!

Haha exactly, it's funny how upset people get about that and then they're totally cool with the whole history of the church and priests mistreating kids and what not.

Yes, in Hollywood or in Politics where its all coming out now!

Not the rest of the country!

For sure, it's so sad that people think that is okay.

Have you ever read the bible

True, Yes, I have and believe in God!!

Its interesting that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible!

It would be cool to read that bible too.

To each their own!

It's crazy that it was still required to read the bible in public schools until 1963.

Yes, public schools had a bible class.

Its hard to have an opinion unless you've read it and understand.

It would be interesting to see the tower of Babel!

That would be really cool to see in Iraq, I've been there but didn't see anything biblical lol.

It was a pretty cool place though, unfortunately it's been so destroyed by war.

Really that's interesting!!

Scary place now!

lol the Star trek door sound is just a piece of paper being removed from an envelope.

I just had to reenact that sound just now lol, it would be hard to come up with those effects back in 1966 when it started!

Did you like the show?

I watched when I was a little girl on TV.

Ahead of its time for sure!

Oh wow, I bet that color TV blew your mind?

Or was it black and white still?

I'm not sure when TV came out in color, hopefully no offense lol.

No thats funny.

It came out color in the 50's, Star trek was in the 60 and 70's.

Captain Kurt and Spock were pretty cool!

lol I see Uhuru the actor was convinced by Martin Luther King to stay on the show!

lol

I would have never of guessed that, I'm sure it was a difficult situation to be in for sure.

Guess how much Judge Judy makes an episode?

I heard alot!!

I think shes the highest paid only after Lebron James!

For sure, $123,000 an episode, I'd be happy with just doing one episode.

I wonder how she rose to fame like that.

Connections probably, personality and talent.

I wonder what that secret room Pixar studios looks like?

I know right, I wonder what is so special about it?

I don't know if I would want to be a celebrity or not, seems like too much work and stress lol.

No never.

You just don't get to the top easy!

There is too many people with talent.

Makes you wonder what they have had to do to get to the top!!

I loved Robin Williams he always made me laugh.

Its a horror how he died!!

so sad!

For sure, wish it was acceptable for more people to seek help instead of thinking that suicide is the answer.

Great chatting, hope you have a great rest of the night.

Take care!


How's it going, do you like soundtracks, they are released with movies, books, and tv shows

I like some soundtracks but only whe they are catchy songs.

Alicia Keys was on the Men in Black soundtrack and wrote her own song for it, at age 16

Nice, Alicia Keys is real talented.

I never knew Spielberg actually played the clarinet on the jaws soundtrack

Have you played Sonic 3?

Michael Jackson helped on that soundtrack.

Yea, I never knew MJ did that soundtrack.

Have you ever listened to the O brother, Where art Thou?

soundtrack?

It went platinum 8 times

I have not.

Seems like I shoudl check it out!

People need to be careful not to put plot spoilers in soundtracks.

There were big plot spoilers in Phanton Menace from the soundtrack weeks before the movie was released.

Lol that's unfortunate.

The Batman Begins soundtrack doesn't have any, all the songs are named after bats

How about rebellious soundtracks?

Race Against The Machine's contribution in the Godzilla soundtrack actually criticized the film itself

Lol I can't blame them, it was a bad film.

I heard Daft Punk did a good job doing the Tron Legacy soundtrack

Has Taylor Swift been in any soundtracks, I wonder?

I'm sure, Swift has been a singer since she was 14

Yeah she was the youngest person to single handedly write and perform a number one on the Hot Country Songs chart.

She has a lot of talent.

Yes, and her second Album Fearless was the best selling album in 2009

It's crazy that she moved to Nashvill at age 14 to pursue a career in country music.

She became so successful, she's able to top itunes just by accidentally releasing 8 seconds of white noise

That is hilarious.

I remember her debut album.

I think it was adorable.

It spent most weekson the chart in the 2000s.

I think it's interesting how she has evolved from being a country singer to mostly a pop singer.

Yea, It's unfortunate Swift removed all her music from Spotify though

Oh yeah?
Why is that?

Swift said she does not thing "music should not be free", kinda disrespectful to her fans

She doesn't like her photo being taken either so she walks backwards.

Wonder if this is just to paparazzi or also fans.

That's kinda rude.
Well I gotta go, nice chatting with you


Do you like Steven Spielberg?

Did you know he played the clarinet on the soundtrack for Jaws?

That's pretty neat!
I didn't know that.

Phil Collins seems to be well versed in languages.

He did recordings of tarzan in english, italian, german, spanish, and french

Wow.

That's cool!

The soundtrack for O brother, where art thou went platinum 8 times!

I never even heard of that.

But interestingly, each track of batman is named after a different genus or family of bats.

Weird..

That is weird!
Do you like Taylor Swift?

She is okay.

Apparently, she owns a dassault falcon private jet worth $40 million and an airport hangar in Nashville international airport.

I guess she does a lot of travel!

Wow!

Pretty cool.

I didn't realize she was from Pennsylvania.

Yes,indeed.

She doesn't have music on Spotify though because she doesn't feel music should be free

She probably doesn't have to, she makes tons selling it!

She doesn't like her photo taken either and walks backwards to avoid having it taken.

That's kind of bizarre.

She was the youngest artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammy's

Do you like reading?

If you were in the 18th century and liked it, you may have been confronted with your parents scolding you due to "moral panic."

Haha.

Too funny!

There is a lady that can read 4700 words a minute!

I wonder how fast Tolkien and Lewis could read?

They used to read bad poetry together and have "you laugh you lose" competitions.

That must have been funny!
Did you read Enders Game?

No I didn't.

That was suggested to military groups including the US Marine Corps.

Did you read it?

I heard that too.

No, I haven't.

Starship Troopers is on the military reading list, too.

Did you hear of Daft Punk?

They negotiated their Tron legacy soundtrack over a pancake breakfast wearing their trademark robot helmets.

I've heard of them but never listened.
That's pretty funny!

Nice talking to you!
Have a nice day!


Hello!
How are you today?

Hi, I'm fine.

What do you know about Parliamentary governments?

Hardly anything lol, how about you?

I know a Prime Minister is the head of the cabinent.

Yes they are not head of state.

I live in Canada so I am very familiar our system is remarkably similar to the British system as well as other commonwealth countries.

That is interesting!

Do you know much about the US government?

Yes I do.

Lots of bad stuff too, like how they passed legislation to protect government employees who violate the geneva convention.

Not sure how that will work with international law..

I didn't even know they did that and I'm from the states!

I feel like they make exemptions for just about everything.

They even had plans on how to destroy wikileaks, which wikileaks leaked haha.

I remember that being in the news.

Of course Wikileaks is till doing fine to this day.

I remember when they first came into the light everybody was up in arms, but yes you're right, they are still around going strong.

Did you hear about the man that impersonated a government official?

Lots of people impersonate government officials, can you be more specific?

He managed to sell the eiffel tower not once, but twice!

Wow.

No I haven't heard about that.

I don't really know much about France other then they have a prime minster.

Same here.

Do you remember in 1995 when a radio station prank called the queen by pretending they were Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien?

Yes not sure how they got away with that.

It was actually considered offensive to imitate Jean Chretien's peach impediment.

The radio guy got fired and probably lost his shirt after that.

Lost his shirt huh?
I wonder if he wore polo shirts?

He went broke.

Who would hire him after that?

Polo shirts were actually invented by a tennis player, it was only later polo players started wearing them.

I agree!

Weren't they created by Rene "the crocodile" Lacoste?

Now the brand makes sense!

You're right.

When I was a kid I always called those shirts alligator shirts.

I had no idea it was actually a croc.

Same here.

I need to move to Hawaii because I like their sense of business attire over the rest of the country's!

Aloha shirts?
I've never wore one before.
They're just so flashy.

Super comfortable though haha.
Anyways, it was nice chatting with you!
Have a great day!


hello,  do you like movie soundtracks?

I recently learned that steven spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtracks.

Thats pretty amazing.

Yes I enjoy soundtracks very much.

One of the first I heard was the one from the movie Legend with Tom Cruise.

oh I dont think I ever watched it,  any good?

It's a great fantasy movie about evil and good with unicorns and the devil in it.

I would be a good book but I'm not sure if it was made into a book for reading.

Have you ever seen the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?

Yes, and I heard the soundtrack for it has won many awards, although I can't remember more than one song from it off the top of my head.

Haha I dont really remember any song from it,  but I remember the movie,  it was good.

I think it had some "goofy" scenes and so probably the soundtrack was a little goofy but also professional sounding so I guess it was attractive from it's uniqueness?

yeah and the fact the movie symbolized that book The Odyessy by Homer.

I'm not sure if I remember that or not.

Was that the story about the ugly outsider and the hero who killed monsters?

I'd love to hear a soundtrack for that!

i read it in High school,  I just remember the actual book was about a man on a very long journey and the obstacles he had to overcome.

Sounds really interesting!

I heard the soundtrack for Tron Legacy was negotiated over breakfast where robot helmets were worn.

How did they eat, though?

lol

haha that sounds awesome!

The soundtrack for Batman Begins movie sounds really cool.

I guess each song has the scientific name of a bat.

I found that extremely interesting,  how creative!

I definitely have to take a look at those tracks.

The movie "Jaws" soundtrack is another one that is interesting.

Did you know Steven Spielberg himself plays the clarinet in it?

He's got talents!

yeah that was the first thing I said haha.

Definitely amazing.

I wonder if he has played that or any other instrument in other soundtracks?

I bet Taylor Swift's music as been in at least one movie soundtrack...

Im sure she has,  she is very popular and has a lot of hit songs.

Did you know Taylor swift walks backward to avoid having her photo taken?

Wow that sounds like really hard work, though!

Poor girl!

I think I'd try holding up a newspaper to pretend like I was reading.

She recently took her music off of Spotify.

She's becoming a rare commodity!

Maybe she just doesnt have a good contract with spotify lol

Yes, or perhaps some parts of the contract weren't read correctly.

She's bound to be ok making money from concerts and soundtracks if she wants, I am sure.


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?

I breed chickens.

Just kidding.

I enjoy movies, radio, and music.

A good movie soundtrack really hits the spot!

What about you?

Lol nice intro

Thanks.

Maybe I could get a job with Steven Spielberg...

He can play the clarinet like he did for the soundtrack of Jaws, and I can pretend to be talented.

What do you think?

I always like it when the director or producer directly plays a part like stan lee

Yeah, or M. Night Shamalan (spelling?).

I alsolike it when celebrities mock themselves, like Kanye West did on SNL.

Although Taylor Swift may not have enjoyed that...

True.
I agree

You gotta have a sense of humor about these things!

Like when Taylor Swift acceidnetally release 8 seconds of white noise, which ended up topping the charts in Canada!

Tat is a great commentary on what Canadians enjoy about Swift music...

I guess it is all about the brand

Maybe.

Do you think her proclivity to walk backwards to avoid having her photo taken is brand-building?

No.
I genuinely think paparazzi are jerks

Agreed.

Still, it would be nice to have her $40 mil jet and personal airport hanger in Nashville.

Right?

True True

Let change the subject to something more profound and significant... Haave you ever read "Starship Troopers"...after all, it is on the reading list of 3 of the 5 military branches, so it's gotta be good, right?

I have read it as well as Ender's game.
Both great books

Did you experience a "Moral Panic" from those novels like so many did in the 18th century upon reading novels?

Lol of course not

I would love to attend one of those "You laugh, you lose" contests made famous by CS Lewis and Tolkien.

I could end up being the biggest loser!

Indeed.
It would be really fun to watch.
Kind of like harmon's quest

Oh, and it would be really lovely if they speed-read their horrible poetry out loud!

I don't know if they could achieve the record 4700 words per minute laike Anne Jones, but it would be fun watching them try!

Indeed.
Anyway thanks for chatting.


Hi there!

Hello.
Have you ever heard of Reddit?

Yes, I have..I browse it on occasion, but had no clue as to some of the backstory surrounding the site.

Very interesting!

Do you use the site yourself?

I don't go on the site itself much but I love reading the screenshots that people post to FB and pinterest.

I think I would spend entirely too much time if I went on the site.

Agreed.

It's one of those sites that's best used to pass the time reading something random while on the train!

I find it interesting that Snoop and Jared Leto were involved in the funding of the company.

Not a bad investment with the way that it is growing in popularity.

I think after tumblr had all their issues people were more inclined to go to reddit.

true.

It's always great to hear different opinions, and Reddit helps give those opinions a voice.

Speaking of opinions, did you catch the state of the union speech yesterday?

I'm always baffled by the whole ceremony involved in making it a big discussion!

Some weird laws being passed around the world, wouldn't you say?

Government the world over is just strange in my opinion.

Politicians are less concerned with the people they represent and more with their own agendas.

The balance is being lost.

I couldn't agree more.

It's like somewhere along the way the whole 'doing what is right' obligation of public office has been washed away and instead we have converging agendas and strong opinions taking the place of compromise and common sense.

In my opinion common sense does seem to be sorely lacking in today's political climate.

We are almost bordering on tyranny from both sides of the aisle.

Neither is willing to compromise and those that suffer don't have a say.

It's a shame really.

Because compromise could lead to some really long-lasting and positive improvements for society.

I always look back to the years following WW2 as a prime example.

Things just got done back then.

Wonder if all this technology has something to do with it.

I think back then tech had a lot to do with it.

I think nowdays though tech is compromising the moral fiber of the nation.

People have instant access to all their vices and unlimited access as well.

Not to mention the lack of privacy.

everything is posted instantly, quotes can be clipped and taken out of context with ease, prime example being wiki leaks!

I love that they had access to the fact their own government was conspiring against them.

Shows how far our government has fallen.

Ha!

Very much something out of a doom and gloomy sci-fi movie.

It also makes you wonder what else is concealed in those endless files and folders.

What's the deal with the government owning nearly all the land in Nevada?

Who knows.

Probably some testing facilities that we don't know about.

I think their enforcement of stat authority is overriding our individual freedoms.

Could be.

the only thing I could think of is that used to be testing ground for nukes.

maybe that's the only way they avoid a slew of radiation-related lawsuits!

Hmm...I wonder if they pay property tax to the state!

Probably not.

Now if only they would take all the money they are wasting on whatever they are doing there and follow Norway's example of conservation and save some trees.

Conservation-focused spending is never as splashy as building a shiny new wall.

Unfortunately we tend to deviate over to what is not needed rather than what is.

I think it was last week they discovered a gaping whole in a glacier that is the size of Manhattan?

Norway is doing the right thing and we should follow suit.

There's tons of land that we should put trees on.

So true.

All of these polar storms we are getting are the direct result of poor conservation.

People hear global warming and get so hyper focused on the warm temps not thinking that yes it is getting warmer at the poles and driving the polar vortex down and throwing off natural balances.

It was absolutely crazy here last week.

Never seen it that cold before.

Thankfully most people stayed indoors that day / called in sick.

It is getting to be a yearly thing here.

I am concerned for when it starts being more than just a few days of those temperatures.

That could have serious economical impacts.


Did you know that Facebook and Twitter work together on some issues?

They are actually competitors.

No, I didn't know that.

What kind of issues do they work together on?

The baby sitter-rating system broke the social networks' rules.

I think I heard about that now that you mention it.

Was the about Predictim?

Predictim is a company who does the analysis regarding babysitters' online histories on Facebook and Twitter.

Yep, it was the one using advanced artificial intelligence.

Facebook is also investigating Predictim because this company performs "scraping" of personal data.

Yep, they could provide false information that could affect people's lives.

They violated Facebook's rules.

Yes they did.

So I guess by violating both facebook and twitter rules that's why they worked together?

Yes, you are right.

Twitter will stop their access to certain site tools.

That's good.

What that company was doing seems really wrong.

Getting private information and selling it?

I also think Facebook and Twitter should have tools to prevent situations like that.

I agree totally.

There might be some countries where they do.

Not everything on those sites are the same everywhere.

For example, in a state in germany the like button on facebook is illegal.

Twitter and Facebook should have anticipated things like that to happen.

They can afford the technology.

About Germany:  what is the like button illegal?

I don't know exactly.

It's just that one state, I think it's Schlewsig-Holstein, that has made it illegal so it's not there for them.

Can you guess the reason why they did that (making the like button illegal)?

Actually no.

I could see making the angry button illegal but not the like.

As I think about it, maybe they think it encourages people to flirt too much?

Probably but your explanation is funny.

Did you hear about Burger King's promotion related to Facebook?

No I didn't.
What's it about?

If you unfriend 10 people on Facebook, you can get a free whopper.

Anyway, I've got to run.

Nice chatting with you!


Oh man I am low on dragon energy.
You?

Here too.

Maybe we should both eat a few big macs!

Big Macs are ok.

The quarter pounder with bacon and cheese is good.

Filet-O-Fish is one of he best things on the planet.

So..the Trumpster seems to like his fast foods!!

That explains that belly.

lol

Yes.

Michelle Obama tried to motivate kids to exercise, eat right.

Trump is more of a french fries are my friends kind of guy.

Salad bad.

Well I guess as long as Trump is here, those gaseous cows will still be making burgers?

Gassy cows?

I see that Kanye West has been talking about his MAGA hat again.

A special hat that gives powers.

Do you know I haven't seen on yet outside of TV?

Gonna have to get me one and see if I feel like superwoman since he feels like superman!

I do not know anyone who would wear one.

It might be nice to have, stick in the back of a closet, bring out for the kids.

Once, there was a orange man int he white house.

He brought us many many changes.

He was a hero to reporters and rappers alike.

Korean rappers call rap compliment battle.

Gonna have to check that out.

So, the hat makes Kanye feel like superman.

A comic book hero.

I wonder if he would get the irony.

I wonder if the irony was in a rap song would it hit more.

If you could understand the words.

I have trouble with that.

IN sweden it is illegal to name children metallica, superman, veranda, ikea and elvis..  Wonder why?

If your name was superwoman, and you were young child, it might make you.... a lot more likely to jump off a building.

The problem with my middle name of Ikea is mostly meatballs.

Maybe.

Didn't think of that.

Only $130.

paid for exclusives to superman in 1938.

1938.  that seems like a dated concept.

What does a modern super hero look like.

Are there any new comic book heroes?

Hmmm.
Another one for "google"

I often wonder what kind of lessons can we learn from some one that predates computers and the internet.

Brainiac was the made up name of a villain,  not a smart person.

There's probably many lessons out there.

He is a good guy in supergirl!

Does supergirl TV show still run?

Superman once wielded Thors hammer.

Not because he was super, but because he is fictional.

Not sure.

Would black panther be considered a newer superhero?

No.

Black Panther hero pre dates the black power group.

So long.


Do you use facebook?

Yea but I don't like how facebook is being used for surveillance like with the company that would look at babysitters' facebook profiles

yikes, that is kind of scary.

I know they do a lot of stuff with our data, not good.

I wonder how myspace would have ran it

I don't know I'd imagine it would be similar to how companies intrude on the babysitter's data despite facebook banning it

wow, I am sure there are rules around that unfortunately.

It is kind of like a german state banning the like button

Possibly, I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook ends up going to court over it since some lawyers argue it is legal to snoop on people's profiles

Or in front of Congress again.

They need to figure that out and stick by their word

Yea, I don't like how advertisers use facebook, like with the Burger King promotion that offered a free whopper to unfriend 10 people

I kind of liked that lol, free whopper for deleting friends I don't need.

lol

I don't know, sounds like a very mean spirited promotion that Burger King was pulling

true, I wonder what their reasoning was.

Kind of hurting facebook's business.

Maybe they were mad at the data breach

I don't know but it is concerning that Iceland is using facebook to rewrite parts of its constitution with all the data issues and trolls

That is pretty cool.
Power to the people!
I am sure they hear some crazy things.
What do you think of it?

I have no clue, I could only imagine the trainwreck it would be if the US tried using facebook to rewrite the constitution

yea, it would be a huge trainwreck.

Seems like trump is using twitter to rewrite it, lol.

Kidding

did you there are no snakes in New Zealand?

lol, I need to move there for both of those reasons lol!

Snakes are crazy, do you like them?

Yea I find snakes pretty cool and fascinating, I guess I'm not one of the humans with the fear of snakes hardwired into my brain

I am one of those, but they are so interesting to say the least.

There are flying snakes too!

That's pretty cool, I know there are legless lizards that are often confused for snakes

I wonder what the difference is.

It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your day!


Do you like horses?

I do like horses.
Did you know that horses are ticklish?

No, I didn't know that.
Like super ticklish?

Yes, along with sharks and  orangutans.
How's that for a weird animal fact?

It is pretty weird.

Did you know CLint Eastwood is allergic to horses?

No kidding!

And he did movies that I can remember him being on horses.

I wonder how he did it?

I'm not sure.
Maybe he took claritin?

Haha.

Maybe!

Did you know that an individual horse has a peak horsepower of 14.9 horsepower.

I can see that.

And did you know that Icelandic horses have a fifth speed?

They do?
I wonder what that's all about?

It is for speed walking, a tolt.

Oh, okay that makes perfect sense.

Do you use reddit?

I have in the past.

I know the co-founder of reddit has a cat named Karma.

I think that's cute.

Interesting.

Did you know the first comments was a complaint?

Are you serious?

Why am I not surprised by that?

I know now there are posts organized by subject into user created subreddits.

Yeah, that is pretty funny.

Only 0.53% of the people actually participate that visit.

Yeah, I could see that happening.

I know it is ranked as the #3 most visited website in the US.

WOW!
Really?
I didn't know that.
That is great.
Nice chatting with you.

Yes, and its #6 ranked worldwide.
I'll have to get back on.
Have a good night!
Nice chatting!

That is crazy.
Well take it easy!


do you know much about the government?

Yes I do.
DO you know what wikileaks is?

Yes the website that published secrets how the government is trying to destroy them

SO cool.

Do you know how much of the land in Nevada the government owns?

Yes they own about 86% of it but most of it is desert anyways

True.

Do you know of that guy that sold the Eiffel tower twice?

Yes he was good at impersonating city officials it seems

Yeah.

Did you know how the Norwegians are saving the Amazon?

Yes they donated $1 billion, that is a whole lot of money

Yeah I know.

The US now has a law that protects its employees from the geneva convention violations

THat does not sounds right.
On another topic, do you like horses?

I love them in Iceland the horses have a fifth speed

Yes it is called a tolt and is equal to speed walking for them

Yeah.

Do you know why dalmatians are associated with firefighters?

Yes they can calm down and protect horses

Yeah.

CLint Eastwood is slightly allergic to horses too

that is so ironic considering he does a lot of movies with horses in them

I know.
Do you use Reddit a lot?

I use it sometimes.

less that 1% of people in there vote on the content though

Yeah.

They have a page with the best 25 deeds done

SO cool.
Nice chatting with you


Hey how is it going, do you have a facebook account?

I do, although I use instagram more.
What about you?

I do have an instagram account, no facebook.

I can't believe MYspace turned down an offer to buy facebook in 2005.

Agreed, it was only for 75 million!
Now, they are worth over a billion.

For sure, it all started from Harvard, an ivy league school.

Are you afraid of AI or are you going to embrace it?

I think that AI still has a ways to go, although it is already here like self driving cars.

For sure, it is cool to see it learn and do the problem solving, but I guess it could get scary at some point.

Did you know that Kristen Stewart co authored a paper regarding AI?

The actress from the Good Place?

I did not know that, when did she do that?

I am not sure, although I never did think that an actress would decide to write a non fiction piece.

For sure for sure, that is pretty nuts, google plus hangouts has a lot of AI too.

Speaking of  google plus hangouts, Stanford's free AI class uses it to  help teach!

Oh wow, did you see the 2048 game the AI played, scored almost 1 million points.

Wow!

That is a lot of points.

Now, AlphaGo, an AI, has managed to beat the worlds best GO player!

Crazy.

Did you know there are zero snakes in New Zealand?

That is very odd.

Crocodiles are also slightly related to birds!

I bet, they are probably both like dinosaurs right?

Probably, they are closer related to birds than snakes are to lizards.

I could definitely see that, those legless lizards that are lizards without limbs but still not snakes, those are weird.

There are also a genus of flying snakes that launch themselves at prey.

Oh wow, I am going to take off for the night though, have a good one.

Take Care.

You too!
Have a nice evening!

For sure, take care.

Hopefeully it submits after this message!


do you know much about the government?

I know that the word censorship is censored in CHina

Wow that is ironic.
DO you know what wikileaks is?

Is that the website that reveals secrets?

Yes and they once revealed documents that showed how they were trying to destroy them

Wow that is so cool.
DO you use Reddit?

I use it sometimes.
Do you ever vote in the content there?

Not really, do you?

DO you know who made the first post there?

I do not know that but I know that less than 1 % of people vote

WOw that is low.

THe first post was by the co founder Ohanian

Nice.

They have a page with the kindest 25 deeds done

Nice.
Have you heard of code reddit?

I have not heard of that, what is it in reference to?

things appear as c#code when they are associated with that

I see that sound pretty cool.

DO you know the first comment on Reddit?

I have no idea.
Do you know what Reddit stands for?

Hmm good questions and I have no idea , what is it?

It is read/edit and read it, makes for reddit

I see that makes sense.

THere is a free magazine called the Redditor

Cool, they are expanding.
Nice chat

Same here, have a good one


Hi!

You don't by any chance still use Myspace, do you?

no, but I use FAcebook, and you?

I use Facebook also.

It's really lasted, unlike Myspace.

That's why it's so crazy that Myspace chose to NOT buy Facebook in '05 for $75 million.

What I was looking is that FAcebook is based in Menlo Park Ca.

same place where Thomas Edison used to live.

Curious, eh?

There's a huge tech boom in California, so that makes sense.

What's even more curious is that a German state banned the like button.

How do they enforce that?

haaha I don´t know, I was thinking in that, and it sounds kinda stupid, isn´t it?

I didn´t know that you have to be at least 13 years old to be able to be a registered user.

Oh, yeah, on most sites they want you to be at least 13 years old - but again, do they really do anything to weed out under-aged users?

You just have to CLAIM to be 13 years old!

yes, that is right and dangerous.

I was  astonished that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook, that is cool, because everybody can contribute to change the law and update it.

Yes but then even 13 year olds can make contributions!

But I guess as long as the changes/suggestions make sense, who cares how old the person is who made the suggestion?

Yes, you are completely right, hahaha, I haven´t noticed that I could had gotten a free whopper, I had unfriended at least 10 people on Facebook, lol

Oh yeah, Burger King had that promotion.

Pretty soon, a lot of BK's workers are going to be come "redundant" with the advance of AI technology.

Yes, that is something that really makes me worried for the human being.

I get it, is something that is going to happen, and we are contributing to that, but, I hope our grandkids still can get a good job.

Like, even Stanford is using google plus hangouts to augment their teaching.

How soon before professors become unnecessary?

Yes, you are right.

I wonder, what careers would be able to continue working?

, well, I didn´t know that FAcebook is developing an AI designed to understand user emotions, predict user actions, I wonder if this is going to help to stop the mass shootings?

Hmm, interesting question.

Hopefully it can track users who exhibit suspicious activity.

Maybe Kristen Stewart knows?

Apparently she wrote a paper on AI, but I don't know when, why, or with whom.

I don´t know either.
Do you like snakes?
any type of snake?

I've never really had any interactions with snakes so I guess not.

Hahaaha, me neither.

Well, I am surprised that crocodiles are closer related to birds than snakes and lizards, I don´t think they resemble a bird, cool

Birds are also the closest living relatives to dinosaurs, which is pretty cool, too.

You would think it would be reptiles, but no

Yes, love dynosaurs, I am giving you an excellent, thanks for the conversation!

You, too.
Thanks!

Have a nice day!

Have a nice day...oh, and if you don't like snakes, consider a move to New Zealand.

Them kiwis don't have any snakes there!

hahahahahaa, ok, going there, to New Zealand!

Cool, I may see you there :)

Yes!

Unless AI develops too quickly and robots kill us all before that can happen :(


Did you hear about Kanye and Trump having a meeting?

yeah, think that was while back when trump had kanye to the white house

Yeah, it was in October.

I wonder what prompted something like that?

Seems like kanye was there praising Trump for prison reform or something, I don't recall

Kanye even wore a MAGA hat.

I would have thought he was on the other side politically.

yeah, Kanye took a lot of flack for being a trump supporter

That happens now.

People judge you based on political affiliation.

yeah seems like the divide gets wider every day.

I think it does because people cant stop to see the other side.

I can disagree with you without being hateful.

yeah, I feel the same.

no need to be hateful because someone sees things differently.

Sadly, today, it seems like if you dont think a certain way, you're not only criticized but can be threatened with violence.

Crazy times for sure

It really is.

On another topic, do you follow the super heroes much?

A little, didnt know there was a coin with super man on one side in canada

Really?

Thats kinda cool.

In Sweden you cant name your kid superman.

Im not sure why you would want to but its against the law.

meet my kid, superman.

Ha!

poor kid.

How about the soviet union version of superman.

Do you think he drinks alcohol?

Who doesnt drink vodka... lol.
Probably did.

yeah, orange juice is boring without a little vodka.

soviet superman coulda been a big hit as a series.

I wonder if he would get to wield Thor's hammer?

he could invite Thor over for a drink wield his hammer and whatever else of Thor's he wanted to.

He is considered "worthy".

did you know that jimmy carter installed solar panels on the white house and reagan removed them?

Yeah, then George W Bush had them put back on.

I wonder why they were removed?

didnt know GW had them put back

Yeah.

Id love some solar panels, cut that bill.

Its been great chatting.

Have a nice day!


Have you heard the Eminem/MGK diss tracks?

No, but I have heard of NoClue, the fastest English rapper.

I haven't heard of him, when was he around?

The 80's or 90's?

I can't recall, but he raps at a rate of 14.1 Syllables per second!

Thats crazy!

There is this rapper from Chicago, Twista, who can rap really fast too!

Oooh!!

Tell me more!

Did you know McDonald's was paying rappers $5 for ever mention of Big Macs in their songs?

He was on some song a few years ago with Kanye West.

So if i mentioned Big Macs in my song i get $5?

That would be great if it was for every time the song played.

Yeah, that Kanye is something!

He hugged the president on his visit.

I didn't know you could hug the president!

I wonder too if the $5 was everytime the song played or just when the song came out.

Kanye West is a character.

I wonder if he is really like that without the cameras around him.

Did you catch that bit about Kanye referring to himself as "Ye" now?

Yes i did!

It seems to be something different with him everyday.

I guess it does shorten his autograph a bit.

It is speculated that Ye and Trump have hit it off so well because they both like to be in the spotlight.

I'm in the mood to chat about Superman.

Sure!

Seems like a good deal to purchase the right to SM for $130!

Oh!

Do tell...I don't know about this.

Did you know there was a Superman version for the Soviet Union?

DC comics bought the right back in 1938.

Still seems like a bad deal.

No, was he still called superman?

Very interesting facts you have there!

Yes, he was still called Superman but he was raised in the Soviet Union.

There's also a coin in Canada that has Superman on the "heads" side.

Thats crazy!

Do you know why Canada has him on the coin?

No, I sure don't, but the coin is silver and is legal tender.

Neil Degrasse once appeared in one of the comics

Thats great!
I love Neil!
Was it just a cameo?

He helped Superman find his home planet.

haha thats amazing!
Have a great Day!

But wait!

There is more.

Superman didn't originally fly.

He was made to fly by Fleisher Studios, because they found his jump scenes too difficult to animate.

Thats Great!


Hello.

Have you ever read any Dr. Seuss books?

One of my favorites is How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

I like Green eggs and ham.

That is a good one.

Did you know that Dr. Seuss worked for the Army in World War 2?

I did not.
He was voted least likely to succeed.
They do not have an eye for talent...

Evidently.

He worked in the animation and film department for the army writing, producing, and animating productions for them.

He even won an academy award for one in 1947.

I did not know that.

I didn't know he was afraid of children either!

Was he really?
Why was he afraid of children?

Because of their unpredictability.

I wonder if he ultimately had any kids...

I don't know.

It's interesting that children scared him and yet he wrote such wonderful books for them.

He was one of the first persons to use the word nerd.It was first used in the book If I Ran the Zoo.

I didn't know that.

I guess due to his books I always assumed he was this squeaky clean parental sort but he actually was drinking during prohibition and got caught.

I blame him for getting caught, not the drinking part.

I mean what else would you have done back then?

Well he was a determined young man because he took up the pen name Seuss so he could keep on writing after that.

Good for him!

I would have given up.

I wrote for a few years and it was a lonely experience...

I wonder if it was for him.
He wrote over 60 books.

That's a lot of books.
I hope it was lucaritive for him.

I imagine it was.

His books had 11 television specials made from them and even a broadway musical, not to mention the movies and tv series.

I can't believe Dartmouth gives out honorary phds.

Seems like something non-ivy league schools would do.

Well the man did graduate from Oxford after all.

He lived for a really long time too.
1904-1991!
I had no idea he was around that long.

I had no idea he had done so much other than write children's books.


Hello!
How are you today?

Hi!

I'm good, thanks.Just listening to some music on Spotify.

You?

What are you listening to?
Is spotify ran through the internet?

It is!

I was listening to some Florence and the Machine.

I prefer listening plugged into a desktop than using the app.

My service isn't the best on my phone - but at I bet it's better than what you get at the top of Mount Everest

I'm still surprised you get 3g at the top of Mount Everest!

Maybe to post selfies I'm sure.

I mean, if I could ever make it to the top I would definitely call everyone I love (and everyone I hate) to tell them!

Haha you and me both.

I think the internet has come a long way.

It even helped introduce KPop to everybody!

Speaking of, I know that it's intensely popular but I really don't know anything about it other than that it's mostly dominated by boy bands, right?

Basically.

I know North Korea has its own Kpop girl band though!

Yeah, they're the most popular group there.

But I bet the government has a hand in controlling what the people listen to, so it probably doesn't mean much

North Korea?

No not all all!

Just kidding I'm sure too haha.

I can't believe they mold these boy band members in bootcamps!

That actually sounds a lot like what they did to sex workers in London in the 18th century.

Charged them for their clothes, their rooms, everything, so they always had a debt to pay back and were never free

Dang that is harsh!

Even Jackie Chan manages a k-pop boy band!

He actively manages them?

What, acting wasn't lucrative enough for him?

I guess he needs to diversify all his money lol.

Speaking of crazy, do you know the us military uses xbox 360 controllers for their EOD robots?

I don't even know what an EOD robot is!

But you're saying they use xbox controllers to control military robots?

Pretty much!

They are bomb disposal robots so they are there for the greater good haha.

I guess that's the best kind of robot imaginable.

But now all I can think about is someone in fatigues lying on a couch moving their thumbs to dispose of a bomb lol

Haha that's the same picture I get as well haha.

I want the ones that can debone chicken for you!

That would really solve all of my chicken problems.

I have pounds and pounds of bony chickens and no one (or no THING) to de-bone them!

You can't even see the floor at my place.

Nothing but chicken and bone.

Oh man this would help for sure!

Well it was nice chatting with you have a great night!


Good afternoon!

Good afternoon to you!

What's on your mind today?

Just read an article about the Lorax.
Have you hear of that show?

No!

I've never heard of it.

But it's based on the book by Dr. Seuss, I'm assuming.

it is.

A group of professors are trying to see if is based on a real story.

What?

That's insane.

Dr. Seuss was an interesting person though.

He was afraid of children, yet some of the most popular children's books of all time.

Wow, I did not know that.
My favorite  is The Cat in the Hat.

Crazy, right?

He's not even a doctor technically, it's just a pen name he had to use when he was caught out drinking during the prohibition era.

I think my favorite is Green Eggs and Ham.

He served as one of nine army playwrights during ww2

He's definitely lived an interesting life, I couldn't imagine living one just as exciting.

Publishing one book would be crazy, but imagine publishing over 60?

What a career.

The first use of the word "nerd" was in his book.

That's fascinating.

Do you know any other fun facts about him?

He wrote a screenplay called the 5,000 fingers, people started walking out after just 15 mins.

That sounds terrifying, oh my goodness.
This has been a fun conversation.

Yes it has.
I hope you have a great day.

It'll be much better now that I got to learn so much about Dr. Seuss from you!

It's always cool to learn new things.

I totally agree, sometimes new topics can be so interesting.

I hope you have a lovely day!

I hope you do as well.

Thank you!


Hi friend!

What do you enjoy doing with your free time these days?

I am usually resting, working out or on the internet!

and you?

Me too, although its hard to rest for me these days I have twins, they keep going and going haha I spend a lot of time on the internet.

I bet with twins.

I have a boy and girl, but they are 22 months apart and that's a lot of work!!

Having twins must be so exciting though!

So adorable!

Yes, they truly are.

I love it!

Thank goodness for the internet although did you know that all the clicks and sounds can cause a real addiction!

lol, I have heard that too!
Clicking those links.

Yes, although we can find a wealth of information.

Im a researcher at heart always looking for something new to learn.

Like I just learned about the "garlic girls" have you heard of them?

Yes, I was wondering about that, do you know what Olympic curling is?

Ive seen it a couple times but I dont really understand it.

But I watched the "garlic girls" they are amazing!

by the way they prefer to be called the "Team Kim" do you know why?

No why?

So when you watched it, what were the garlic girls doing?

due to a common sur name in south korea.

All of their last name is Kim.

So all of them nicknamed themselves after their fav things such as pancakes, cookies, etc.

so cute!

I caught a 2 min video, just waxing the floor to make the "ball" go further, i liked their spirit

Oh ok, that makes sense!

That's funny!!

Have you heard of this K-pop?

The North Korean played a song, Hit your heart when they sank a South Korean warship in 2010.

Good thing they are getting along better now!

Yes!

my older daughter introduced me to them, they are obsessed with K pop and BTS (a boy band in case u havent heard) their songs are catchy

Really, North Korea has a band called Moranbong band, lol it suppose to be the most popular in their country!

Thats an interesting name!

Its crazy the feud of these 2 countries north and south korea!

in 2010 south korea responded by blasting a k-pop song when north korea sank a southern warship!

they are creative at least fighting with songs lol

At least they are in a peaceful mode at this time.

How do you feel about robots?

do you have any?

Like the vacuum cleaner?

lol

well...

I dont mind having a robot that could help me clean... just the thought that eventually it can be aware of itself and start a war like conspiracies have it lol Im not sure what i believe yet but i could use a helper around the house clean after these twins!

That's what I was thinking with the twins.

I saw a video of a cat riding one of those vacuum cleaners for fun around the house, helps with liter clean up!

I have also seen a video of 3 vacuums going round and round with halloween brooms attached for decorations.

So funny!

Lol, I can definitely see robots becoming very useful allies, I just dont trust the people in power and how they could be used.

Also it would be cool to see how the giant robot michael jackson wanted to let roam in the dessert would of been a cool sight to see

Can you imagine looking out your hotel window in Las Vegas and seeing that 50ft robot roaming around!!

ha, ha ha!

He would make history once again!
He was amazing.
Anyway, it was fun chatting with you!
sending you light and love.
Take care!


Hi, how are you?

Hello, what hobbies do you enjoy?

I like to watch sports, drink fine whiskeys and workout.

You?

I agree and I also enjoy surfing the internet or learning about robots

Nice!
what have you learned about robots?

Well did you know the us military uses xbox 360 controllers to control their eod robots?

Perhaps games are a conspiracy to raise the next generation of remote robot pilots.

Wow!

Probably because all of their operators played the games growing up so it was only natural!

Now robots can debone a chicken with surgical precision and efforts are being made so that surgeons can do surgery remotely

WHAT!

That's crazy!

I want one.

The deboning robot, not the surgery one.

That would be great.

A more creepier thing is that robots can be controlled using rat brains and the robot will change personality based on the brain.

Kind of like the rick and morty episode where rick turns himself into a pickle

I just got into Rick and Morty but am only on episode 2.

But rat brains is pretty creepy.

Oh then you will eventually see the episode I am referring too.

I would say it was well written and while it may be a bit disgusting, very intriguing as well

Overall, do you like the show?

I want to get into it but haven't gotten excited about it yet.

Well personally I liked it.

Games of Thrones actually took me longer to get into

I got into GoT right away.

I will try to keep on watching it.

A lot of my friends love the show so I want to understand their jokes.

What other shows do you enjoy?

Well lately I have been watching more shows over the internet such as revisiting old ones like south park or watching final space

Final Space?
I have not heard of that.
What is it about?

It is a recent cartoon follow-up that deals with a prisoner in space.

Pretty humorous though.

Many voice actors and people in rick and morty were in it.

If you want to look up more info, the internet, with its vast information network, would be an invaluable resource.

I will have to use that resource to look it up.

I may even use the hamburger button!

Talking about the hamburger button kinda makes me wanna eat a burger with curly fries

Me too!
Nice chatting with you!


hi, do you know Dr. Seuss?

Oh yeah, loved his books as a kid.

Seems we have many Loraxes and Once-lers these days.

did you know he was voted least likely to succeed by his classmates?

Yeah, they really had to eat their judgement.

Can you believe his work is also being in scientific studies by Dartmouth?

that is something.

did you know he was afraid of children too?

Yep, but children weren't afraid of him.

His books were always checked out.

The word "nerd" was his creation?

He has done so much through his work.

He was technically a doctor too cause he has a phd from Dartmouth.

Yes and he did it all without computers.

He might have though the water powered computer the Russians made in 1936 was cool.

Yeah that one is actually pretty cool.

did you know the space shuttle comouter run on 1 mb of ram

Yeah, the shuttle actually had 3 of them for redundancy.

Speaking of space, in 2010 the UN appointed an official ambassador to extraterrestrials.

Funny huh?

Hahha just in case they ever appear and want to communicate with us.

My first question would be: "Why did you cross all those light years just for Earth?

You'll not find us environmentally friendly and here's a copy of the Lorax."

hahhahaha.

Did tyou know the days were much shorter when earth was formed?

Yep, I wonder if that's with or without the moon... As humans, we would account for only 1 min and 17 sec of a 24-hour period.

We are newbies.

That is insane.

Did you know earth will be helium free by the end of the century?

So much for those shiny silver balloons... Q: If the Lorax represents environmentalists, what are the Brown Bar-ba-loots?

I am actually not sure.

Sadly though, we have deforested more than 80$ of the earth

It is sad but environmentalists sometimes are loony.

Like Apple voiding the warranty of their computers for smoking near it because they think it makes it a biohazard.

Yeah that is kind of strange.

Did you know transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers?

Yeah, I would be interested in how much different space people would need.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.
nice chatting with you


Hey there, do you vote during elections?

Yes, I always vote.
How about you?

Me too.

There is a voter in India that lives with lions and they set a poll just for him to vote.

What kind of lions live in India?

Had you heard of that before?

That one voter?

Did you know it is required by law in Australia that everyone must vote?

I think we should have that.

Yea I think we should really.
I mean even astronauts vote from space.
Why can't we here?

Do you think more women vote, or more men?

Why do women vote against their own interests?

i do not know.

strange enough though, not all men were allowed to vote in the uk until 1918.

I wonder how you made the cut to vote

My guess would be that it had to be property owning me or literate men, but that is just from our own country's history that makes me guess that.

that is actually a very good idea.

sadly 34% of the black population in alabama has lost the right to vote.

I wonder if that has to do with felony laws

Yes, it does have to do with felony laws.

After emancipation, southern states set out on a purposeful campaign to reenslave black people using all sorts of new laws that put them in jail and put them to work.

a heinous system in this country.

Totally racist.

I know cannot believe it is the 21st century and we are still this closed minded.

I agree with you, man.

In Austin, on the other hand, people went out and voted on renaming their garbage dump after Fred Durst.

That's pretty weird

I know so strange.
Have you ever visited the white house?

I went by the outside of it, but couldn't go in.

What about you?

Yeah me too just from the outside.

It has twin buildings in other countries as well.

Have you been to those other White Houses?

Where are they?

they are in ireland and france.

wonder if the presidents live in those too

No, I don't think their presidents live in those white houses or someone would have mentioned it to me.

Yeah same here.

Some people go there every year when they reveal the christmas tree.

ok, bye now

bye


Hi!

It's so insane that women couldn't vote just a short time ago.

I remember my grandma telling me about that.

It is strange to think about.

I think it is irresponsible not to vote in this day and age.

It is a hard fought right and we should take advantage fo that.

I agree.

I was always encouraged to vote.

However, i do think that Tina Fey was unfair saying that white college educated women turned the election and now "want to go back to watching HGTV"

I agree that was a comment that was only intended to incite people not bring about any actual rational discussion.

I agree.

I do think the #MEtoo movement has been very helpful for women but i think that's a stretch.

I do think that people like my grandma and Catehrine Glanagan really started the moevement.

I find it hard to join the conversation.

I can see points from both sides.

As a woman it is hard for me to be told by men what I should do with my health care and what should be covered but I think the other side of it is taking even the smallest offenses and instead of letting it go blowing it hugely out of proportion.

I completely agree.

I think there is a balance between voting and holding men accountable but still not making men the enemy.

Gender aside, it's pretty sad that voter tturnout in the US hasn't been above 63% in over 100 years!!!

I find it such a privilege.

So true.

How can we not participate in something so important to our country's future?

There are people the world over dying because they want the same rights we have and a third of Americans are just ignoring that right.

I know- i'm not sure how i feel though about Nevada having a "none of these candidates" option.

In  my mind, that's the same as not voting.

I think if people were more inclined to vote 3rd party we would start to see real change but so many get this hyper focus on the two party system and it is leading us down a bad path.

I agree.

Did you know that Astronauts vote from space??!?!

sointeresting .

i dont know if i was in space, i would care about whats going on down on earth haha

That is quite interesting.

I think we have turned voting into a spectacle instead of the serious thing it is supposed to be.

I mean renaming a garbage dump seems like a silly ballot to have.

I agree but then again when people don't have the right to vote for so long and still don[t have the right t ovote, they will want to vote on anything.

LIKe 34% of black men in alamaba can't vote ever again.

I wonder why that is?

What keeps a person from being able to vote?

If they were convicted of certain crimes?

I'm not sure what else could prevent that other tahn just blatant discrimination.

Which is always a possiblity sadly.

It seems like america goes out of its way to make it difficult on voters while other countries are leaping through hoops to make things happen for their people.

Agreed.

India even sets up polling in forests for one voter.

In America we do it midweek where people can't even get there unless they can take off work.

exactly!

I think we are so far removed from the process that we just see it as normal now.

I like what the ancient athenians did with holding a lottery.

I think that would be something that would shake things up a bit.

Can you imagine!!

Maybe a short candidate would start to win!!

As a short person myself (i'm 5'1), i think it's sad that the taller person has won 75 % of the time in the past 119 years !

It has become a popularity constest almost.

I think the advent of social media is making society focus less on the politics and more on the feelings which isn't the way to run a country.

Totally agree.

Have you ever been to the white house?

I had no idea that there were solar panels put in by George Bush!

I think the switch to renewable energy is a responsible choice by any president.

That is really awesome.


It appears that our country is in a lull when it comes to being willing to vote.

I know.

I think Ms. McDonald may take it really seriously but I can unserstand why.

A lot of woman worked really hard for the right to vote.

In the same token, it is their right to vote or not to vote.

yeah.

Just seems like a lot of peopple worked hard for woman to ignore that right.

But you are correct.

Plus, it's really inconvenient!

My only issue with the matter is that we talk a lot about these individuals and are very apt to getting mad when people "don't excersise this right" soley on the basis of women getting it, but we seem to forget how many men fought for this right too in the beginning of this country.

That is true and a great perspective.

I agree that a lot of the rights americans have are usually taken for granted with the inclusion of time.

Think about the draft now a days.

There would be a mutany!

Yet many of the brave soldiers for Vietnam were drafted.

That is why I can understand McDonalds point of view and frustration, but wonder what her grandmother would say today.

Would she be so upset?

I hope so or McDonald is upset for nothing.

I at least hope people understand the sacrifice.

I for one do and vote every election.

Even the "meaningless" local elections.

Same here.

I am amazed at the statistics of voter turnout, however, with it stating that we haven't seen more than 2/3 of the population vote in over 100 years.

More and more people are frustrated with the current state of affairs and it seems like the election doesn't change anything.

That's exactly why I vote, I can make a difference, even if statistically, my vote doesn't count.

You wonder what our way of voting will be like in 20 years.

Will it look the same with polling booths, ballots, etc?

That is a good question.

I wonder if accusations of voter fraud will impact it at all?

Or, if more states will allow us to vote for none of the candidates?

Or will write-ins be more popular?

Maybe we will just end up liking someones status of social media and that will be good enough.

Interesting to think about

Yeah.

I live in Illinois and we can skip voting on a race if we choose to.

Can you do the same?

Same here.

You wonder, however, will states mandate your vote.

Maybe not get tax return if you haven't voted?

Wanting to boost voter turnout if it gets bad enough

There's a crazy election process that other countries use.

The lowest vote total get booted from the ballot and then revote happens.

This happens until there is one person left.

Survival of the fittest.

Not a bad idea I guess.

Much like our primaries.

Maybe we just do Hunger Games style and see what happens.

That sure would be an interesting dynamic to add to the debates!

Hulk Hogan and the Rock (Duane Johnson) have both said they have considered running.

That would benefit them I guess.

Not sure Hogan would be a good choice, with his racial slurs being caught on video and all.

The Rock would do well.

Plus he's easy on the eyes...

That and they say that generally the taller the candidate, the more likely they win.

Nice chatting with you!


How do you like Nickelodeon?

They did get political though but celebrated and honored those participating in the March for Our Lives to address gun control and stop mass shootings.

Nickelodeon ?

That channel for kids ?

I mean we watched it only when my kids were really young... not anymore... who else do You think watches that... ?

Parents you are appeasing their kids watch it of course!

Millions were watching the 2018 Kids' Choice Awards.

oh crap, I had no idea... well, is channel like that even CAN be political ?

I mean, aren't there any regulations to prevent something like that from happening ?

They are private so they can do that I'm sure and they are trying to promote educational purposes it sounds like but it does sound like it could send a biased message to kids.

I don't know about You but to me it sounds like brain washing young minds which don't really know what is going on in the real world...

I guess that is why it is important for parents to talk to their kids and kids to listen to their parents!

Do you watch Spider Man?

The favorite movie actress went to Zendaya aged 21 of Spider-Man Homecoming and The Great Showman

I do watch spider-man - I can't say I liked any of the actors playing Peter Parker... did You like it ?

I want to watch the new one - Into the Spider-verse or something like that...

I heard it's goo.

I like them.

Zendaya, only 21, told kids to "never let anybody tell you that your age should limit you from actually doing whatever you think you need to do in the world."

Maybe somewhat inspirational, but maybe it will inspire kids to defy authority and elders

I don't know about that... my daughter when she was 13 still wanted to wear her tutu skirt on her birthday...

I didn't let her ;(

Did you ever watch "Stranger things?"

Apparently, the actress playing eleven's mother lived her whole life without legs.

oh man, poor thing...

I hope her head is in the right place...

Yes, I love the show, do You like it ?

What do You think about it ?

I have no clue but it is a science fiction-horror web tv series on Netflix

First I thought it's like for kids, but they did such a great job in showing the 80s - the music, clothing, cars and posters... it wakes up the nostalgia in me ;) so I keep watching ;)

Why does the character have a number name eleven?

She was a part of the experiments of mind control and moving to other dimensions to hear what the Russians are plotting about - and all previous "experiment" subjects failed.

She is number 11 and is successful ;)

Oh, like R2-D2 maybe robotic?
Who is your favorite actor in the show?
Is it Winona Ryder?

R2D2 was doing telekinesis ?

;) I don't remember that ;) I hate Winona Ryder in that show... kids are acting better than she is.

I like the kid that's in Verizon commercials now ;)

Do you like Youtube?

You can find almost any information on how to do things or watch things there.

It is the second largest search engine on the net.

I do find Youtube very useful when I need to do something not entirely legal with my PC ;) or free cable ;)

Half of the peak internet traffic in North America is made up by Netflix and Youtube!

Nice chatting.


It is crazy how far youtube has come in such a short amount of time.

I totally agree with you on that.

I mean It was just created in 2005 and look at it now!

I never really think of it as a search engine although I guess technically it is.

I guess so since people search for videos.

Speaking of, did you know that Justin Bieber's video is the most disliked on youtube?

Not suprising.
He is a very polarizing celebrity.

He is at that.

What do you think about Carol Burnett being the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?

Not surprising.
She is quite hilarious.
A good fit for a show like that.

She is really funny.

She's probably been searched a lot on youtube.

Speaking of, I've heard that youtube combined with netfilx makes up half of the peak internet traffic in the country.

I think it is cool that youtube is pairing with tv stations to offer streaming for people that don't want cable.

I do too.

The site is owned by Google so hopefully that will keep costs down.

It is really neat that the police have their own version of youtube.

I would love to see some of the car chase videos.

I wonder if their site has the real videos, you know, nothing edited out or anything.

I'm sure it is.

I wonder if it is able to be accessed for trials and such.

That's an interesting thought.

I don't know.

That reminds me of Judge Judy.

Did you know she makes $123,000 per episode?

I didn't.

I'm not a fan of her.

She doesn't seem like she follows the rules and just sort of goes with how she feels and if the people annoy her to make a ruling.

She does sometimes but those people agree to abide by her verdict when they go on her show.

i wonder if they do that because she is a celebrity.

She gets a lot of attention from the media and such.

Maybe.

I wonder if she has ever voiced a character based on her in a cartoon.

That seems like a popular celebrity thing to do.

Yeah, ever since Robin Williams did Aladdin it has become a trend.

I miss Robin Williams.
He was a one of a kind talent.

He truly was.

It's sad to learn that he was depressed when he always seemed so upbeat and happy.

I wonder if he visited the secret room Pixar studio has.

I could see him doing that.

I think he really loved animated films like that.

He tried so hard to make everyone around him laugh while he was so sad inside.


Have you seen the tv show Stranger Things?

It is quite the interesting horrow show

I havnt.
Is it any good.

Yes it was originally based on Project Montauk - a supposed secret government program involving kidnapping children.

Well it certainly sounds interesting.

It has some famous stars in it like Winona Ryder and David Harbour

Thats cool.
I like both of those actors.

Do you know any celebrities?

I met Robin Williams once right after he started the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films

I dont personally know any.
Do you.

I met Judge Judy once - she makes $123k per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James.

I would rather watch her than lebron any day.

Lol.

Ethopia has a celebrity tv chef who is trying to combat hunger in his country

That is good of him to do.
Wonder how he is doing it.

He is encourage everyone to eat more diverse foods.

I dont really see how that is combating hunger but ok.

It helps with farmers growing more crops and diversifying the fields.

I think it is funny that Pixar studio has a whole secret room for celebrities.

That is cool.
I would really like to see that room.

I wonder if Carol Burnett ever went there - she was the very first celebrity to ever be on Sesame Street!

Im sure she has.

I was never a big carol burnett fan tho.

Do you have any favorite videos on youtube?

That is a huge website these days..

I just watch it to find out how to do stuff.

Like work on the car or something.

It is the largest searchengine out there.


Hi there!
How are you today?
I've been watching TV.

Hey oh nice me too!

What are your thoughts on politics in Hollywood?

I think it is ridiculous!

Event the kids choice awards are getting involved!

I have heard that The Nickelodeon kids choice awards got political.

Yeah.

Even back when they did their little voting campaign.

MTV even paid to bus people to a march in Washington.

That's insane!

I know Jaden Smith was a presenter that announced his presence at the March of Our Lives.

Oh interesting.

I think actors should just focus on acting.

Like the Stranger Things tv show was amazing.

So glad the Duffer Brothers created it.

Yes, agree!

I'm not familiar with that show, but I think celebrities or celeb for slang should be neutral.

Oh the show is great-it's on Netflix.

Celebs are popular though.

There is a guy with the same name as Justin Bieber who was banned from FB!

Haha-that's great.

Was it the show originally based on a secret government program involving the kidnapping of children for use in mind control experiments?

Yeah exactly!

And actually David Harbour is an actor on the show and he tore his Achilles before!

Oh, weird.

I heard the actress that portrays Eleven's mom has lived her whole life with no legs.

Holy cow that would be tough.

The Stranger Things title font is also used in Paramounts fbi piracy warning!

It would be tough.

Oh, weird about the font!

I am not into this type show, but I love shows like Judge Judy.

Amazingly enough she is one of the highest paid celebs making 123k per episode!

Oh wow.

Yeah that is a good show.

Do you like youtube?

YT celebrity Jenna Marbles makes 346,000 per year!

I do not know who that is.

I know You Tube is the second largest search engine on the net though.

Yeah so much power.

Guess who was the most overrated celebrity in 2007: Paris Hilton lol.

Yeah, I have not heard about her lately.

I know You Tube was started by three former Paypal employees.

What a good move!

Yeah I thank them for that because I use it so much.

It was created back in 2005!

It is a google subsidiary.

Did you know police have their own type of YouTube called blutube where they share law enforcement videos?

No I wonder if it helps catch criminals?

Most of the content uploaded to youtube is by individuals but youtube also has some paid partnerships as well.

I am not sure, but I'd think so!

Youtube and Netflix make up half of peak internet traffic in north America.

That might be why the cops have their own.

Yeah good point.

Google actually created a network that watched 10 minute youtube clips to recognize cats.

Nice chatting with you!


Do you like hockey?

A little!

I watch NHL games sometimes.

Did you know that the USA olympic women's hockey team lost to a HS team?

I bet that was humiliating, that's a hard defeat to recover from

Maybe they were just really good?

India even beat the US 24-1 in the 1932 Olympics.

Or maybe we have a terrible team.

Did you hear about that hockey player that was traded for only one dollar?

Maybe!
Ha no I didn't hear about that.
Pretty embarrassing I think.
Do you listen to country music?

I do like country music, one of my favorite music genres, do you listen to it, do you like it?

I have recently started to listen to country music and I really like it.

It used to be called "Hillbilly music" haha but Connie B.

Gay coined the term "Country music."

I dont know about about Connie B but I do like George Strait

I do too, and Darius Rucker!

In 1966 the album "NFL Country" was released.

NFL players sang along with country music stars haha

That sounds like a great album, U2 used to play country in disguised, they wore wigs and costumes

That's interesting!

I didn't know that and I'm a fan of U2.

I heard that the Fender Stratocaster was intended only for country music.

U2 is a great band and the Strotocaster is the best guitar ever!

Agreed!

Off topic, did you know that the direction of Earth's magnetic field reverses every 200k-300k years?

No I didnt know that on the other hand I did now we will be helium free by the end of this century

I wonder why and I wonder how people will be affected.

I'm amazing to think that the earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun.

The earth is just amazing, 71% of it is water and we live in a tiny 29%

It is.

And Jupiter protects the Earth from asteroids.

The whole solar system is just amazing.

So Jupiter is basically our superhero?
I guess not all heroes wear capes lol

Haha very true.

I was also really surprised to learn that you could fit all the planets between earth and the moon and still have room to spare.

That is amazing, the moon looks so close but its so far away, thanks a lot for the chat by the way

Great chat!
Have a good day/night

Great chat indeed, a lot of cool facts, info, thanks again and have a great night


Are you much of a hockey fan?

Not really.
Just never got into ito it to much.
How about you.

I'm a pretty big fan.

It's a fast game & the players really give it their all.

In fact an average pro hockey player loses up to 8 pounds a game.

That is crazy.

Did you know that a new england high school team actually beat the womens olympic team 6-3.

That's surprising & embarrassing for the women's team.

I appreciate the history of the sport.

Hockey was in the first Winter Olympic games all the way back in 1924.

I heard that.

Allso it 1932 india beat the US 24-1 Thats kind of embarrassing as well.

Really?

That's how sports are sometimes I guess.

Are you much of a country music fan?

Yeah I love country music.

Did you know that U2 once opened for themselves in costumes as a fake country band in 1987?

I did hear that actually.

Its funny that nobody noticed it was them.

Yeah you'd think the crowd wold notice that.

I recently read that George Strait & Jeff Bezos are cousins.

Who would have guessed that?

Not me.
Lot of talent in that family huh.

Henry Ford helped finance & make country music popular because he thought Jazz was decadent.

I dont know, I kind of like jazz.
In 96 a nfl country was released.
Did you hear about that.

No I didn't know that.

Do you read much about science especially earth science?

Yeah, my son is really into science, so we are always learning new stuff and doing little experiments.

Did you know that when the Earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long?

That would really make it hard to get the yard mowed huh.

Lol, yeah I think so.

Once sad thing is that more than 80 percent of the earth's forests have been destroyed.

That is sad to think about.

Yes it's very sad.
I enjoyed talking with you.
Hopefully you have a good day.


Hello

Hello.

Do you know that there are many types of hockey?

I do.
I played in elementary school

What kind do you play?
Is it field or ice hockey?

Ice hockey.

I think field hockey is for those who take it a bit less seriously.

I see.
Was it hard to move a puck around?

for the most part, I spent 98% of my time on the net.

The only time I ever got pulled off goal was to do workouts or coordination work.

How difficult is it to use a hockey stick compared to baseball bat?

In someways the same and some different.

It's a bit like the idea of trying to play golf with a bat.

Honestly, it's a little bit like fast paced competitive floor sweeping really.

I read an article that says "An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game."

Did it happen to you?

it's a bit like taking a shower with your clothing on.

You finish and you are soaked.

One way to get around the misery is to chew gum.

It keeps your mouth from drying out.

I see.

Did players lose weight fast only in one game?

oh totally, but it's...  usually afterwards, you drink a bottle of gatorade or powerade or even orange juice and you have recovered a lot of what you lost.

Everybody is different, but an hour after a game or a heavy practice and you are back to where you were, mostly.

Worst case, eat a donut or a couple clif bars.

Interesting.
Thank you for your explanation.
Do you like country music?

I'm listening to country right now.
I put some Darius Rucker on

nice.

I did not know that country music was originated in the south.

Do you know what state?

I actually would have guessed Georgia.

It seems like a place where country would be really popular.

I am curious and I will research further later.

Country musicians use mostly string instruments.

Do they use drums?

oh, for sure.

other instruments, like banjos, pianos, horns and even organs show up, but lead guitar, bass and drums are still fairly common

Do you know that Amazon CEO and the country music legend george strait are cousins?

I did not.

George Strait must be related to everybody.

His family must be huge


I can't believe the Golden Knights almost won the Stanley cup on their inaugural season.

That's awesome!

Were they the one who had the player who was traded for $1?

I don't believe so.

They just had their first season last year, and did really well, when no one thought they would.

Oh.

okay.

The player who was traded, went on to win four Stanley cups.

That's interesting, I was completely unaware of that.

But yeah, the Golden Knights didn't do bad at all, were 1 game from being champions.

It's saddening that only 20% of Earth's natural forests remain.

Yeah, I certainly am not too enthused with the way things are going with the planet being abused lately.

For a 4.5 billion year old planet, it's a shame watching it get abused.

We will be helium-free by the end of the century.

I never knew that, but that's an interesting fact.

I wonder if helium has any other uses than balloons.

I would assume so, but I don't know definitively.

Helium has a lot of other uses.

Earth is also the most dense planet in the universe.

I never knew that.

It's crazy to think when earth was formed the days were only 5.5 hours long.

That's interestin, as humans only represent a little over 1 minute in the 24 hour period.

Very intriguing.

On that note of humans, it's interesting to note that country music (or western) has been around since the 20's.

While I'm not a fan, it's still interesting.

Yes, and George Strait is a cousin of Jeff Bezos.

I used to be a big fan of Amazon, but not so much lately, so I'm ok with them being related.

And Henry Ford helped popularize country music.

You can't really pick your relatives...

I was surprised to learn that the Stratocaster was  developed for country music.

That's pretty interesting to know, but it kind of makes sense with country being as old as it is, and rock not coming around until much later.

Canada has two national sports, my favorite is lacrosse.

I would assume the other being hockey.

I know little of either (but more about hockey).

Yes, hockey is the other one.

I do know that in 1924 in the first Olympics team Canada scored 132 goals versus 3 they allowed.

Did they have a hockey rink under the basketball court?

I do believe so.

I had a friend who played hockey, and said they can lose up to 8 pounds in a game.

That's a lot!

Thank you for chatting with me, enjoy your day.

You have a swell day as well.

Thanks


Hello, do you like comedy?

Sure!

Like Bill Murray, I think Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.

You?

Yes, I liked Bill Murray back in the day when Kung Fu Hustle was out back in the 70's I think.

But now, I really like the lady comedies that were out not too long ago.like 'Bad Teacher', 'Bad Moms', and all those other funny movies led by the ladies.

Yeah.

There was a time period where quite a few chick comedies came out that were pretty good, but we seem to be in a slump these days.

Am I right?

True.

Melissa McCarthy had quite a few comedy movies like Bridesmaids that was hilarious.

Bridesmaids made over $169 million and was the second highest grossing movie of the year that wasn't a sequel.

She shined in that role.

But more typical these days are flops like, "The Spy Who Dumped Me"  --  Did they really think a movie with the word "Dumped" in the title was going to fair well?

Good point.

I like Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon's movie.

It made just $24 million taken in it's first two weeks.

Not quite as popular as the movie "Girls Trip" but not a total loss like the movie "Rough Night"

Yes, I really liked Girls' Trip, I thought it was really funny and I loved the cast.

I also liked male version movies with names like 'The 40-Year Old Virgin' and the 'Hangover' which had their heyday in the 2000s.

Yeah, but it has been a few years since be had a popular bromance like "the Hangover" or "Harold and Kumar"...

That's true.

Since there is a genre of movies called bromantic comedies that also included Pineapple Express as well.

Yeah.

If you find a good comedian that can also act, and find th eright situation for them, you can get a pretty good film.

But comedians thrive on failure too.

Did you know that comedian Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue comedy?

Yeah, I've heard that one already as well.

Comparatively speaking, Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star with over $8.5 billion in worldwide film earnings.

He's both an actor and a celebrated comedian.

Talented comedian!

I also like comedian Demetri Martin.

He's quite brilliant too!

He was accepted in into Harvard Law School, but dropped out because he was bored to pursue comedy.

I'm thankful for that!

Yeah, comedy is still basically tied to its roots and originally came from theatrical Greek comedy.

This is where two opposing sides are depicted as youth vs. the older generation and the youth loses because the young people are relatively powerless compared to their elders, in essence.

Deep.

So answer me this: Why did Trojan Wars do so bad at the box office, earning only $309, when the film had a $15 million budget?

Was it a straight video film?

Wow, that's a good question.

I don't know the answer but I do know that Disney's 'treasure planet' was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time.

So that was worse than the Trojan Wars movie.

Was it as bad as Disney's Sleeping Beauty episode?

Apparently, Disney considering closing down their animation studio when that movie failed expectations.

Good thing they did not!

So, there's been a lot of flops out there as well as successes.

I remember the Silence of the Lambs that came out on Valentine's Day 1991 and had a box office take of over $270 million.

Wow.

A great date night movie for Valentines Day... Maybe a dinner theater where you and your partner can dine on Liver and Far var bean with a nice Chianti?

No, I would definitely still prefer a good old fashion slap stick comedy!

Me too!

Nice chatting with you, have a good one!


Hi, Do you remember Dennis Rodman from the Bulls?

He visited Singapore for the Summit between Trump and Kim.

Hello,  Yes I remember him,  he had different colored hair all the time!

Awesome.

It seems like he was helping to bring peace between the countries.

He helped bring some awareness of issues.

He's been there multiple times since 2013.

It looks like Spain is a guest at every g20 summit!

Wow!

Can you picture it with Rodman leaving North Korea last year wearing a t-shirt that said "Ambassador Rodman!"

I wonder if he still dyes his hair or if he has to follow a different dress code.

He can probably do whatever he wants since he was once a popular name.

Speaking of North Korea,  it says Kim Jong un learned to drive at age 3,  wow Koreans must be pretty lax on driving laws lol

That sounds pretty scary.
Why do they do that?

Why do they do what?

Why did they teach Kim Jong to drive at age 3?

I do not know.

I don't even know if anyone actually taught him.

I read recently that he LEARNED to drive at age 3.

He could've taught himself or stolen a car and learned by trial and error,  he could've watched youtube and followed instructions on driving.

Not really sure,  there could be a lot of possibilities.

I don't think youtube was around in 1986.

He was born in 1983 as the second child of Kim Jong-il and Ko Yong-hui.

Seems to have come from a line of leaders including the first leader of North Korea Kim II-sung

That wasn't really the point(ref Youtube) lol Yes,  his father and grandfather before him were Prime Ministers as well.

Kim Jong un must be a handsome guy because he was voted most sexiest man alive by the onion and china believes it.

lol I thought that was funny,  who is the onion?

I think its funny that I read no one knows how old kim jong un is.

Thats cuz Korean way of deciding age is different thatn america.

It says he was born January 8, 1983 making him 36 this week

Not really.

In Korea,  when you are born you are already 1 year old.

also if you are born in dec or jan,  before korean new year,  on Korean New Year you turn 2.

So its weird.

They don't calculate it like America.

Interesting.

I guess they are correct.

I wonder if that is because they view life as starting at conception.

oops sorry I made a mistake.

Yes everyone is 1 year old when they are born and all babies turn 2 on their next korean new years.

not just babies born in dec or jan.

So a baby can be less than a week old and be 2 years old.

Oh, that's a little confusing to me.

Do you like basketball?

Did you know that the highest paid state employee is either a basketball or football coach in 39 of the 50 states?

Good use of tax dollars.

Right,  that is a little weird.
But good for them!
They making good money!

Yes, they are!

I wonder if they work more hours than most in government that their pay is so high.

The inventor of basketball was a coach, but was the only losing coach in University of Kansas' history.

Nice talking to you!


I wonder how much of a voice we should give to a celebrity when it comes to foreign policy

In my opinion, for the most cases none.

Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un for example is pretty crazy.

Right!?

He seems to be making headway though so how much leadway is good to give him or should he be granted official ambassador status because of their friendship?

Rodman always speaks very favorably of Kim Jong Un and theres more to it than that.

I think while he does speak highly of him that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It may be him taking advantage of a situation to keep an enemy closer for an avantage for his own country something our politicians might be smart to use.

I could normally believe that, but I haven't personally heard of Rodman doing something that wasn't for himself.

Him wearing an "Ambassador Rodman" shirt totally shifted the attention on himself.

Valid point but during the trying times in which we live any avenue to a summit without controversy or spying is a good thing.

That I can agree with.

But  I don't think Kim Jong Un wants to change at all.

No I don't think so either.

He's a man who has been fed a certin retorhic all his life and now passes that on to his people.

I think we are wise to be wary but that doesn't mean we won't have to deal with him eventually.

I think one of the smart things the president has done is have a meeting with him.

Yup, for sure.

I wouldn't mind seeing a second meeting.

COnsidering we don't really know how old kim jong un is, it would be wise to at least be cordial for the time being.

I think of that meeting as a summit like with stalin, churchhill, and roosevelt.

The times we are in don't seem that dissimilar.

It does seem to be quite chaotic.

Curious what the next few years bring.

And what direction kim jong un takes north korea.

He's certainly in charge, being "the Marshal" and all.

We seem to have a lot of summit events but nothing is getting accomplished.

Makes sense why Spain doesn't actually want to be part of the g20.

Spain doesn't impress me.

They seem to only be out for themselves, but are eager to take any handouts they can get.

I'd like to see them more involved internationally.

Not in the way Russia is though.

During a past g20 summit they gave delegates thumb drives containing viruses so they could spy on them.

The fact that a satire group risked imprisionment to impersonate some of Apec says to me that people see these as nothing but a big joke or a chance to steal information.

Quite possibly.

The canadian prime minister told Putin he needed to get out of ukraine, and you see how that went.

Honestly they seem like large children trying to all get their way with temper tantrums and foot stomping.

And nothing gets done.

It seems like there are so many summits now that they really aren't anything special.

They are pretty much just a form of international governance at this point.

Exactly!

I thnk the media has fueled this as well especially with inflammatory reports like the ones with Rodman, Trump and Kim.

The media seems to fuel everything, just to get ratings.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you.

One of the more enjoyable one of these that I've had.

You as well.

It is nice to have a well reasoned discussion of things.