Do you like country music?

I love country music.
What about you?

No, not really, sorry.

I do like U2 though.

It turns out that they opened for themselves one time, disguised as a country music band.

Thats hilarious.

Did you know the fender Stratocaster was meant for country music?

What is a stratocaster?

Country music legend George Strait and Jeff Bezos who is the wealthiest man in the world, are cousins.

I have no idea.

HA.

I did not know George was related to bezos.

Thats crazy

In 2009 in the US, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre for the evening commute, and the second for the morning commute.

Thats usually what I listen too on my commutes.

Did you know country music was originally derived from celtic music?

Interesting.

And now it is a blend of all sorts of music like Irish, Celtic, English ballads, cowboy songs and musical traditions from European immigrants.

So interesting.
Do you watch fox news?

No, I try to avoid all news when I can.

I find it depressing.

I find it interesting that Fox News is more watched than CNN and MSNBC combined.

I agree.

They also threatened to sue the simpsons!

On the other hand they discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.

I guess it was a love hate relationship.

Right!

Simpsons is great!

Homer actually held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.

And there is only one episode where bart doesn't appear and isn't mentioned.

I wonder why they did that in that one episode.

Maybe he got sick or something!

Did you ever watch Pokemon?

A little, I was more into Yugioh.
Did you like pokemon?

I used to yeah but each episode seemed quite similar to one another.

Apparently other people were much better fans than I was-there are over 750 episdoes!

Thats a lot.

I like Shark tank.

Its funny how most deals made on the show are never enacted.

Wow, that's interesting.
I never knew.


good morning.

Good morning!
Do you enjoy basketball?
The season is in full-swing right now.

I do enjoy basketball.
Havent got to watch this year though.
I got rid of cable.

I'm more of an NCAA fan than an NBA fan, but that's where the money for the players is.

They're the best paid athletes in the world, based on average annual salary per player.

I have heard that.

In my opinion they are the most athletic in the world as well.

Some of the stuff those guys do just amazes me.

Yes, they certainly come up with some incredible moves.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade!

Yeah he was pretty remarkable in his day.

I heard that Allen Iverson was considered so valuable in his time that he signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800k annually until age 55, when he'd get a lump sum payment $32 million.

Seems a bit much for what a short shelf life he ended up having!

Yeah that was pretty good thinking ahead like that.

He was always one of my favorite players.

Did you know they tried to ban Jordans back in the day.

That's crazy, although apparently MJ wore them anyway because Nike was willing to pay the fine.

Image is everything, right?

Players won't shoot granny style for free throws because it looks silly even though it's been proven to be the most consistent technique for scoring points by physicists.

I think its all about points so I think I would probably shoot the granny shot.

No matter what people thought.

Im surprised someone dont do it just so they can be different.

Some people really do their own thing.

Tim Duncan of the Spurs played in college for all 4 years instead of making more money by going pro right away.

That sure worked out for him, If he had gotten injured though, it could have turned out different.

Yes, all of those explosive vertical and horizontal movements are pretty risky.

Humans are actually more persistence hunting, which makes them among the best distances running animals.

Interesting.

Did you know that humans can't synthesize vitamin c like most animals do.

That's interesting.

I guess win some, lose some, right?

At least  we know how to build fires and cook food, unlike any other living species.

guess thats what seperates us from the animals.

Lol

Well, we had hair covering our bodies until as recently as 240,000 years ago, so we aren't that far ahead in that respect haha.

I wonder if animals have the gene that makes them scared of certain sound frequencies like humans do.

I think that animals are just more alert to sounds in general because they're more concerned with survival than all of the other thoughts that float around in our heads as the result of our well-developed neocortex, prefrontal cortex, and temporal lobes.

Thats probably true.
Well I gotta go.
TTYL


hello

hello

have u ever heard about martin allen ?

yes actually... my grandfather liked him, how about you?

i have never heard about him , kind of interesting story how he made his career as a comedian

Even though I knew of him, I learned quite a bit.

What do you think about learning that The Green Lantern was originally meant to be a comedy, and was to star Jack Black?

i learned that reading this article , do u like pokemon?

Not really, but I thinks it is crazy that there are 750 episodes!

It doesn't seem like it has been going that long.

i have never thought it was interesting , theres even a game i think about it and it got really famous

Ive never played the game either.

Did you ever watch That 70's Show?

I never knew there was a remake in the UK.

oh ... me neither , i used to love that tv show but it wasnt that good after 4 seasons

I also thought that it was interesting to learn that there is 1 Simpsons episode that didnt star or mention Bart.

I dont think Ive ever seen it.

Have you?

nope , i havent seen that one either , do u like the beatles ?

Love them!

I never knew that they had the best selling album of the 2000's...

I didnt realize that many people still listen to and appreciate them.

omg i didnt know ringo was illiterate for most of his childhood and that he was really sick

I knew he was illiterate in his childhood, but I was also shocked to learn he was sick.

I was also surprised to learn that none of the Beatles could read music.

i know , that tells u how brilliant they were they had to teach themselves to find a way to create music without knowing how to read music

Right!

I also didn't realize they had to take leave to touring for 3 years because their equipment couldn't amplify over the fans screaming.

That's just a crazy amount of screaming lol

i know , i didnt know either that they expermineted with hard rock , to me all that sounds very melodic not hard at all

Agreed, but I guess it was pretty hard compared to other music from that day and age.

Im still surprised to learn that the song Come Together was written for a political campaign, I would have never guessed.

me neither , im from another time but i think their music is very melodic and soothing , great lyrics

So, do you watch Comedy Central?

I didn't realized that it was created in 1989

yes i do , i like it a lot

After being a station for almost 30 years.... 100 cancelled shows doesnt seem like much to me.

What do you think?

me neither , thats almost 30 years ..

Comedy shows seem to have shorter careers, so you would think that a channel thats has so many shows, would have had more cancelled shows.

I guess they just have a good record lol

me too , thats an understandable number considering the time that the channel has been out , well it was nice talking to u , have a good day !

You also!

thanks bye !

You're welcome, thank you!


hey what do you think about Lebron?
Apparently he was born in 1984

Hi.

He's a beast.

Yeah he is considered one of the best players in the world.

ya he is, he is the best of all time NBA playoff scoring champion

Yeah and he played in the All Star Game 14 times, and counting!

absolutely, are you going to watch the new Space Jam movie that he's going to star in?

Yeah I hope it is as good as the first.

He must have got a lot of money for it.

He made 6 million by televising "The Decision".

wow that is cool, but don't forget he gave that money to charity after he raised it

Yeah good point it was a good move definitely.

When he was 18 he rejected 10 million dollars from Reebok!

yeah he is super smart!

Then apparently a year later he accepted a 90 million dollar offer from Nike, he was right to hold out

Big money right there.
He knew he would make it big.
His highschool games would sell out!

that is crazy!

you're right too, they would sell tickets to his games for like $120 a pop, i've never heard of people buying high school basketball tickets before haha

Yeah same that is unique!

He is a good entertainer.

What else do you enjoy for entertainment?

Well I like to watch movies and I also play video games, have you ever played the Nintendo Entertainment System?

Yeah i used to have the NES!

I loved it and thought it was so cool despite displaying only 54 colors!

Yeah I left that system, it's amazing that it lasted until the year 2003 in Japan, that's such a long time

Agreed.

It was awesome.

Way back in the day they used to use chickens for entertainment.

Very creative.

haha yes that was back in 50bc, a long time ago but I'm glad we have videogames now instead of chickens haha

Yes me too!

I wonder what Caesar must have thought when he saw that in Britain!

lol he was probably shocked, kind of like Bill Nye when he won the Steve Martin lookalike contest  and subsequently became famous

Yeah that is funny.

Ronald Reagan once was an actor too apparently.

I heard about that, someone said he didn't look presidential enough for a role, oh how wrong they were lol


Kobe and LeBron are two of the best players ever

ya I agree, do you watch a lot of basketball?

Lebron is espeically good I'm glad hes going to be in the Space Jam sequel

Yeah me too, I hope other great players are also in the sequel, I think the Lakers are going to have a great teams and fans are going to be really happy with all the new hires and moves the team is making

oh ya I think so, I do like Lebron on how he gave 6million dollars to charity after his decisino appearance on tv

I think thats a great thing to do, his not only a great player but it seems like he has a great heart as well.

ya that is nice, he makes a ton of money though, only Judge Judy comes second and she makes 120k per episode

That is a lot of money, I wonder how much Lebron makes then, he surely makes a lot of money from sponsors so maybe thats one of the reasons

oh definitely he does, he's pretty smart too, turned down 10 million at 18 to then accept 90 million less than a year later

I guess he took the right decision, although rejecting 10 million must be really hard,

ya especially at 18, did you eve play the NES as a kid?

I did, I used to have a Nintedo 64, what about you?

ya N64 was awesome, the NES though only could display 54 colors, a lot more primitive!

Yeah it does seem that way, too bad it was discontinued in 2003, I like classic consoles.

ya I agree they're cool, can't believe that in Roman times, they would use chickens for entertainment, I guess they didn't have videogames haha

I agree lol, they were in need of a Nintendo, do you know who Ronald Reagan is?

I do, its funny that he was turned down for a role because  he didn't have "that presidential look" oh how wrong they were haha

I agree lol, it would be a curious fact if he actually got the role and then became president, like what are the odds lol

haha that is funny, also funny is how Bill Nye got started in show business, he won a steve martin lookalike contest!

He did?

I guess thats a good way to start lol I just to love that show, theres a new version in Netflix with Bill Nye

ah I'll have to check that out, did you hear how loaded allen iverson is?

No, but Im guessing he has a lot of money being a great basketball player and all

oh definitely, he's going to get a payment of 32 million from Reebok as soon as he gurns 55


Hi, are you a basketball fan or player?

I thought it was funny physicists proved "granny style" is the best technique for free throw shooting.

I remember Rick  Berry used it and was the best shooter, but looked odd.

I don't play basketball, do you ?

As a scientist, I would approve the granny style, it is the most efficient way to throw the ball.

No, I lack height, coordination, speed and only dribble with one hand so it wasn't a sport for me.

I do enjoy March Madness as I went to Kansas and they're usually winners early in the tournament.

Funny Air Jordans were banned by the league, but Jordan himself wore them anyway.

Nike couldn't have paid for that much press had they not banned them.

Yeah, I never followed basketball much, but I remember that time everybody had a Chicago Bulls hat or jersey.

Nike could not a picked a better spokesman.

What do you think of the idea of post-40 year old Kobe Bryant coming out of retirement to play with Lebron James on the Lakers.

I think after 40 he'd be better off counting his money on the sideline, I doubt anything good would come of Kobe returning to the game at that age, just embarrassment and a quick re-retirement.

From my experience in hockey, it is never a good idea to come back from retirement.

And it would not benefit Lebron.

Are you a history buff?

Interesting when Caesar invaded Britain he noted the local population bred chickens for what I assume was cock fighting instead of food.

In the lean years they probably could have used the extra food.

I like history, as for breading chicken for fun, if you got bored, you could have fried chicken, it is always good.

Humorous too, Ronald Reagan was rejected for a movie role  because he didn't look "presidential enough".

I wonder what that producer thought in 1980?

But in the 50s, a president did not look like a movie star, therefore a movie could not have look like a president.

It is more understandable if you take in account the time when it was said.

Yes, I agree.

With Eisenhower at the helm and a more conservative society, your right, standards were different.

Can you believe Judge Judy is the second highest paid celebrity after Lebron.

That gives one pause too.

Yeah, I would have thought it would be a movie star, it must be her stable income, how much episodes do you think she makes per year ?

I think it's $123,000 per episode, justice isn't cheap.

Did you ever play Nintendo, it considered primitive because  only had 54 colors.

I'll date myself but when I was young I played Pong on our old TV and it only had 2 colors.

Yeah I have played the NES, but I never thought it would be only 54 colors.

I think  my imagination at the was used to improve the graphics.

That good, expand the young mind and imagination, maybe they have too many colors today.

I think on the flip side, Tim Duncan staying in school 2 years to graduate should be commended and a role model.

Give the brief professional career and getting used to spending the big buck more pro athletes would benefit from that and a couple year's maturity might help them.

Do you what he studied ?

But, you are right, I think every athletes would benefit form more maturity.

I think too many young players lose their will to win once they have heir big contract.

I don't know what he graduated in, but seems like a heady thing to do.

Did you see where Bill Nye, "the science guy" got his break in entertainment winning a Steve Martin look alike contest, that ironic to me, I don't think he looks like Steve Martin and his show science based is about as far from comedian/actor as any on TV.

But does Bill Nye have any scientific diplomas ?

I always thought of him as an actor in a scientific show.

I think he does, not sure.

The bow tie and his personal is kind of vaudeville to me but my kids thought it was entertaining and learned a few things so that's good.

My kids like "Space Jam" too, I see where Lebron signed a new deal for a sequal, since they're now post college thankfully I think I'll miss that sequel.

Do you think it could be any good ?

I think, Lebron should stick to being a pro-athlete, few athletes are good actors.

I have no idea, at least in Cartoon animation, they don't have to really "act".

Voice over a cartoon character is the least acting possible.

Thanks for the discussion.

I enjoyed it.

Me too, have a good afternoon.


Hello!
Are you a basketball fan?

Hey there I do like basketball.

Do you think that Kobe Bryant should end his retirement and play basketball with LeBron James by the way?

I don't think so.

I think Kobe wouldn't cut it.

He was pretty rough his last year in the league.

LeBron should try to win with Lonzo Ball.

Yes I think he would probably get blown out but it would be cool to see, what do you think about Tim Duncan staying in college instead of going into the NBA immediately?

It would be cool to see.

I'm sure they would play well together.

If they both were at the top of their games, hands down they would be awesome.

I tip my cap to him for passing up all that money to go to college.

Yep that was a brave thing to do.

It's shocking that 80% of NFL players go bankrupt after retiring for only two years

Wow.

I don't know how they can burn through that money.

Ex-NBA player Allen Iverson will never have to worry about that after he signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Reebok.

He gets $800,000 a year until he reaches the age of 55 to where at that time he will receive a lump sum $32 million dollar payment.

That's very impressive!

he'll never have to worry about money, do you think that NBA games should be on Christmas day?

I don't think that the coach stan van Grundy should have been fined for suggesting that

I don't mind them and kind of like it.

I agree he shouldn't have been fined.

But, at the same time I can see his point of view.

Him and the players would probably want to be home with their families.

Physicists proved that shooting granny style is the best technique to use at the free throw line.

lol

That is really crazy.

I want to see LeBron James and Kobe Bryant doing a granny shot shootout LOL

lol  LeBron signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel.

Curious to see how that will hold up to Michael Jordan's original one.

Yes hopefully Michael Jordan makes a cameo in that movie.

He is smart at business though.

He rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok only to accept a $90 mil dollar offer from Nike a year later

He was only 18 then I think?

When LeBron was in high school some of the games would attract 1750 fans and the tickets cost from $100 to $200.

Crazy!

People were wanting to pay for tickets to see him even back then, I think it's funny that people marked his posters down and sold them for $17.41, because that was the year that Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States LOL

lol  After the decision!

He raised 6 million dollars for charity by televising that.

That was nice of them at least.

He seems very smart too, he has a photographic memory apparently and can remember exact in game scenarios

I believe that.

Switching topics....Did you ever have the Nintendo system that could only display 54 colors?

No I didn't know that.

I also didn't know that the e in Chuck-E-Cheese stood for entertainment LOL that's really weird

I never knew that!

Interesting!

Bill Nye the science guy got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.

That is impressive!

Did you ever hear about the famous Atari video game landfill?

Apparently there's a Canadian company that will be Excavating it and then creating a documentary about it

Hmm...that is interesting.
I will have to look that up.
It was nice chatting with you!


what is your favorite form of entertainment ?

Wow, that is tough question.

TV and movies are great, but I  alos enjoy plays and dance.

Entertainment is such a broad category, that it is hard to choose.

Yeah , entertainment is an important part of our lives.

It changes with time, roman were entertained with breeding chicken.

What a srange form of entertainment.

I guess anything that can hold the attention of people could be considered entertainment.

Yeah, what shows are you watching on television ?

I don't watch a lot of TV these days.

I remember as a kid, my favorite show was Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Did you know he got into entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.

Steve Martin was very popular a few years ago, so I guess the contest was  popular.

Speaking of entertainment, when I was a kid I wasn't allowed to have a video game console.

I always wanted to own a nintendo.

They were still making until 2003.

From 1985, that is very long for a video game console.

Did you get one once you got older ?

No, I didn't so I was very sad that they discontinued them even if the color display wasn't that impressive.

With limited color and resolution, you have to use your imagination, which makes it more enjoyable.

There are now video games with the retro look of the NES.

That is a very good point.

Not everyone would enjoy it, but since everyone ha their own preferences on entertainment, I suppose a lot of people would still like to play them.

Everyone has different tastes in entertainment, what kind of dance show do you watch ?

I like So you think you can dance.
The contestants are very talented.

But this is a TV show, but it is also about dance, do you like movies that are also a musicals ?

Some of them.

You are combining music, dance, singing, all into one package that you can watch privately in your own home.

Have you invested in a home theater ?

A few thinks, like a soundbar and a larger TV, but nothing too fancy.

But you like enough TV and watching movies at home to buy something nice for yourself.

I have bought a nice sound system, I like music.

Some day I would like to.

Home entertainment is very important and I am glad that these days you don't have to go out to a crowded public place to be entertained.

Some people like crowds, some don't.

I like the tranquility of home but I don't mind a crowded show from time to time.

I agree.

I think I will go check out some movies to watch this weekend.

Thanks.

Thanks for the conversation, have a good lunch.


Hey!
How are you?
Do you listen country music?

I'm good thanks for asking.

As a matter of fact I do listen to Country music.

I didn't know that there are only 2 African Americans in the hall of fame.

But yes, it could be true.

Yes, I can think of Charley Pride, I'm not sure who the other person is.

Do you?

I was thinking about Charley Pride as well.

It's quite obvious for me.

But I have no idea who the second is.

Btw, I've read opinion that country music needs more politics, not less.

Do you agree with it?

No, I don't agree.

I just want to hear good music, not somebody's political views whether I agree with them or not.

JUST SING!

lol True!

I agree with you.

I always was thinking is country music is the best in terms of reflecting the United States.

It's something special.

Rock, pop, etc.

are everywhere.

But country music is trully American.

Did you know Country music was originally inspired and derived from Celtic music?

I knew that Celtic is part of it, but I had no idea about things like English ballads, for example.

I even cannot imagine how it sounds.

The origins of Country music are the folk songs of working class Americans, who blended various different tunes, ballads,songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrants.

People in Texas will add "cowboy songs too" lol... Really nice mix!

True and don't forget Texas swing.

I love the subgenre, well.

On a side note, did you know the Fender Stratocaster was originally intended for Country music.

Isn't that hard to believe?

Yes, it's hard to believe.

Just want to change topic if you don't mind... Do you watch TV?

No problem, I watch a little tv, as well.

I honestly even don't have TV home.

All comes from laptop for me.

Btw, I didn't know that Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.

No tv, that's kind of unusual, don't hear of that much.

Most people have at least 5 at home.

Lol Yes, I can believe Fox News is very big, alot of people are sick of the anti Trump message that CNN and MSNBC spew continually.

True.

My best friend has exactly 5 TV home as you said...

I also didn't know that President Nixon had something to do with creation of Fox News.

I didn't know that.

I din't realize that Tricky Dick had anything to do with the creation of Fox News, how interesting!

That's interesting.
Well, it was to chat with you here.
Have a good day!

I've enjoyed chatting with you, as well, friend.

Thanks.


Are you into cars?
My husband is and it is his passion.

I am into cars.

It's also one of my passions, its been more than a hundred years since the first Ford model

I have a cadillac SRX and I didn't realize that the brand was named after a french explorer Antoine de la Month cadillac who founded Detroit.

Crazy!

Thats a nice piece of machinery youve got there, nice ride, and yeah I did hear about him, he left a great brand behind him

He did.

Pretty cool.

I think it is amazing that Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver after he beat 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo.

That gives me hope that my 7th grader has a bright future ahead of him.

lol.

Does he own the Gran Turismo game or any racing game lol?

He isn't into racing.

More fortnite and Madden whatever the year is.

I see, well hopefully he will become a famous pro driver, hopefully he wont get any crazy ideas and equip his car with a flamethrower

Like in South Africa.

That is NUTS!

I am so glad that I don't live there.

I didn't realize that McDonalds added the drive thru to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of the car in their fatigues.

I never knew there was such a thing.

I  know right, I would be so worried if that was a legal thing here in America, and really thats the story behind drive thrus?

interesting

It is.

I know.

I had no idea.

Do you read poetry.

It is really not my gig but interesting.

I like poetry yeah, one of my favorite poets is Edgar Allan Poe, are you aware of his works?

I am aware of his work.

I do like him.

He only received $9 for the publication of The Raven which was excellent.

That probably was a lot of money at the time!

Thats not a lot of money.

seems like someone cheated him, $9 dollars for one of the most relevant poems in history, bad deal

I agree.

So bad!!!

Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.

I am not sure what that means!

Not sure what that means either, do you like Lord of the Rings?

I am not a fan!
I don't like that type of movie.
Do you?

I  am a fan actually, fun fact but the names of most of the hobbits were taken out of poetry

Interesting!

That makes sense.

Wasn't it out of an old icelandic poem "dvergatal"?

Yeah thats the one, so many shows are inspired by poetry

That is neat.

Even though I am not a fan I can't help but appreciate that.

It is, there is even a poem with a depressing meaning and then positive when you read it backwards, I think im going to read a poem now, its been great chatting with you

You too.
Good night!

Have a great night my friend, thanks again for all the cool facts.


hello

Good morning!
Do you like live music concerts?

Yeah.
I have only been to a couple though.
How bout you.

I've been to a lot over the years.
Linkin Park played 324 shows in 2001.
That's a lot of shows for one year!

Thats a lot of concerts in one year.

I heard that the ramones played a total of 2263 concerts.

they toured for 20 years almost non stop.

What a life.

I could only imagine.

That's dedication to a career.

In Croatia there's an ancient Roman amphitheatre that they still use for concerts.

Thats good to know.

I have always loved those old roman cathedrals and colliseums.

I would love to visit one one day.

I always wanted to visit there too.

It probably costs a fortune.

In 2002 Creed played a show that was so bad that 4 of the people in attendance filed a lawsuit against the band.

Yeah I was never a big creed fan.

I can see that happening.

How bad must the concert have really been tho to have a lawsutit against you for it.

Lol.

I know!

lol  Did you know McDonalds didn't have drive-thru's until 1975?

I heard they actually made drive thrus to accomodate soldiers who couldnt get out of their vehicles while wearing their fatigues.

Interesting!

The trunk of a car is called that because back in the old days cars used to carry around wooden trunks on the back of them.

Huh.

I didnt know that.

I could see people doing that though.

Wonder why henry ford didnt think ahead enough to add a place for people to put their stuff.

Not sure on that.

In 2014 it as estimated there were over 1.25 billion vehicles.

That's crazy!

Wonder if Carl benz had that in mind when he patented the first automobile in 1886

He probably hoped so.

Probably in his lifetime too so he could see all that money he would make.

lol  Did you know the man who was the founder of Detroit was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?

The car brand was also named after him.

Huh.
So that were cadillac came from.
I always thought it was a weird name.

One of the more weird things to equip a car with is a flame thrower.

It is legal to have them in South Africa to prevent carjackings.

Yeah thats crazy.
Whatever works I guess.
Lol.

lol  yes.

After beating 90,000 people playing Gran Turismo, Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver.

Pretty interesting.

Have you heard of him?

I havent heard of him, but hey its been nice chatting with you.

Gotta get ready for work.

Have a good one.


Hello, do you like poetry?

I like reading it but not writing it.
How about you?

I do as well.

Did you know there is a poem when read normally is depressing and when read backwards is inspiring?

I have read that one before.

It's pretty cool.

The history of poetry is interesting as well.

I like that Vikings were considered warrior-poets and that poetry was once an Olympic sport.

I would like to read that one too.

The Javanese alphabet forms a poem when recited.

Really?

I did not know that.

I like classic poetry that has stood the test of time.

Even though they are difficult reads, I enjoyed the Illiad and the Odyssey.

So much to learn from those epics.

Those are very good reads.

The Hobbit character names are mostly taken from an old Icelandic poem.

I didn't know that either.

I've read the Lord of the Rings series once, but I didn't get into like some people.

Tolkien is definitely a giant in his field.

I saw the movie which was really good.

Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.

Wow, that would be difficult.

That's why I leave the poetry writing to others.

I don't have the talent or the patience to do it well.

I feel the same about music.

I like going to live concerts, but I can't play or sing to save my life.

I do the same.
I love going to live concerts.
Linkin Park played 324 shows in 2001.

They put on a good show; I saw them about 15 years ago.

Have you ever seen the Dave Matthews Bad live?

That's a real good show.

DM seems to be a good guy.

I've read that a fan once picked him up on her way to the show after he was stranded on his bike.

I have seen Dave Matthews twice live.

Very fun to watch.

The Ramones played 2263 concerts in over 20 years.

That's a lot of shows!!

It's hard to imagine how they have time for anything else.

Maybe that's why ABBA turned down a billion dollar offer to do a 100 show reunion tour.

That is a ton of shows!

Croatia has an ancient Roman amphitheater that is still used today for concerts.

Oh wow!

Going to a show there would be an awesome experience.

So much history in that place.

I wonder what kinds of shows they have there today: classical, opera, rock?

If the Foo Fighters played there, they might rattle the walls with their loud concerts.

I think so too.

I bet they play all kinds of music there.

Speaking of, do you like opera?

That's one kind of show that I have never seen.

I do not like opera at all.
No desire to watch it either lol.

I'm afraid I have to agree.

It's just never interested me.

Give me the Foo Fighters any day.

Or, for that matter, ABBA if you have to.

That would be cool.
Good talking to you.
Have a good day.


Do you like to read?

Yes, I love to read!
Do you like to read?

I do when I have the chance.

Luckily it's not the 18th century where there was a fear of the spread of reading of novels.

It was a moral panic.

Isn't that scary!

I'm glad its the modern times.

I know getting free time to relax and read is hard to get some times.

Yeah, it is, but maybe I would have more time to read if I could speed read like Anne Jones, who can read 4700 words per minute.

I know that is unreal.

How can you understand what you're reading at that speed?

I know, I wonder how they verified that she was actually reading.

Perhaps comprehension questions?

Could be, that would be alot of them.
Have you read the Ender's game book?
I think there was a movie.
I have not seen it though.
Its on the read list from the military.

I have not read that.

Starship troopers is also on the reading list of some military branches.

Yes, that looks like a good read.

I wonder why Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the bible?

I'm not sure.

I wonder how he thought about kids learning the bible at school.

I don't know?

Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams are the only two presidents that did not use the bible for swearing-in.

I think they used the constitution instead.

Interesting!

I wondered about Jefferson because before 63 it was not uncommon for students to be required to read the Bible as part of their elementary education.

That is interesting.
Apple in latin is called malus.

I guess it means both apple and evil!

Yes, I didn't know that!

Its good to know there is 3g cell service on the top of Mt Everest!

Ha, so I guess it is difficult to escape from technology.

There is also a copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.

Yes, That's a good idea!

I believe its true that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product.

Wow, I think I am one of them.

I am too, they make it so long and difficult to read.

Who knows what's in there?

Scary.

Did you know the menu button is also called the hamburger button?

I have never heard of it being called that!


hi, do you know much about humans?

I know as much as there is to know from being one.

We're the only mammals that can't swallow and breathe at the same time

And also the only ones that cannot synthesize vitamin c

We're also unable to burp while in a zero gravity environment

That is cool.

For now I guess we just have to stick to buying lemons

Looks like it.

It's funny how we still get goosebumps even though we don't need the trait that makes fur stand up

Yeah I know, we have lost so much body hair for the past 240 000 years

We probably weight less because of that though.

Our fingers also don't have muscles, but work through the tendons and muscles in the arm

Yeah that is a good point.
And we can grow ribs in like 2-3 months

That's crazy!

I guess that shows our ability to adapt.

It's also how we've learned to use tools

True.

And also how well we are adapted to long distance running

Still, even with our ability to run long distances, we still had the ability to create cars, which have become a big part of our lives in the past 100 years

For sure, we are past the times of when we used to hunt and gather

Now we're in the days of self-driving cars that have an "aggressive mode"

I wonder what that is for though.

In south africa you can put flame throwers to protect it

That sounds dangerous!

Meanwhile in Ohio, it's illegal to warm up your car

Strange.
Do you know how Cadillac got its name?

I haven't heard of it.
What is it?

After French explored Antoine de la mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit

I've heard that drivers in India use their car horn so much, Audi had to create a new horn

Wow.
It was nice chatting with you


Hi, how are you?

hey there I'm good, what do you think of the Human race?

I tolerate them.
Love me though!
What about you?
How do you feel about humans?

haha ya they make lots of mistakes but they are good more often than not, interesting how they migrated from Africa to populate the world

Do you think we are related to KOKO the Gorilla?

haha we have similar DNA I think, but humans became their own around 50k years ago so who knows

Koko is smarter than some of the people I know.

She could comprehend 2000 words and could sign 1000.

That's impressive.

lol that is interesting, can she synthsize vitamin c?

I guess thats something humans cant do

Cause were weak flesh bags... We are so weak even our body hair left us.

haha ya I think we lost our hair almost 300k years ago apparently

I wonder if there is a sound frequency that scares away hair, like there is for humans.

ya I do wonder that, also weird that humans can regrow their ribs, it only takes 3 months!

I cut a finger off.
I wish that grew back...

oh im sorry to hear that, what is wild too is humans are one of the best long distance runners of all the animals

We could just drive.

McDonalds added a drive thru in 1975.

Seems like it hsould be been around before that.

I would have thought so, i'ts nice that they built that to accomodate soliders in uniform though

Yeah.

That seems like a really nice thing to do.

At least our trunk situation has imprved from some wooden box...

ya that seems like a fire hazard, kind of like putting a flame thrower on your car haha

I wonder who the idiot would be to blow himself up with that...

haha ya I mean I get that its legal in south africa but that seems insane

Nice chatting with you!


hi how are you?
do you like to dance?

Hello!
Yes, I do!

I am terrible at dancing.
i do not dance.
Are you good?

No.
I am awful.
Unlike Bruce Lee!

Bruce Lee was a legend.

I had no idea that he was so good at dancing.

Me either.

He won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958!

The guy must have had a great sense of rhythm.

he probably killed on the dance floor!

well, not literally.

True.

Do you know how many shoes professional ballet dancers go through in a week?

At least one pair.
I would probably go through a dozen!
LOL

They actually go through 4 pairs in a week.

that sounds about right.

it looks like it is really hard on the feet.

I would rather sit and listen to jazz.

Do you know why jazz trumpeters grew goatees?

I saw that, i figured it was for style and coolness.

It was actually to provide comfort while playing.

I guess that makes sense.

you have this instrument against your mouth.

probably good to have hair.

what about women though?

LOL

I am not sure.
Have you heard about Pakistan jazz?

I have not.
they have jazz in Pakistan?
color me shocked!

Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts!

That is great!
Jazz really is universal.
Anyway, great chat!

You too!

I am going to go listen to some jazz music.

Have a great weekend!

You too!


Hi, how are you?

Fine.

What about you?

Internet is the biggest medium which connect all the part of the world.

It make all of them in single handed.

I'm good, thanks for asking.
Yes, I agree the internet is big.
Do you use the internet alot?

No, The internet is the global system of inter connected  computer networks that use internet protocol suite to connect the device world wide.

Ok, yes it is.

The constant clicking licks can cause addiction that you can measure in the brain!

Some of them using for the educational purpose, business and entertainment.

It is useful if you have a purpose otherwise it drain all your time and make useless.

Yes, I agree the internet does have its good purposes.

Did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?

Yes, The people buy the products through online make the internet more valuable.

Which reduces the time spent on shop and make more comfortable.

Do you shop online alot?

Yes.
You like online shopping ?

Yes, actually I do!
It's very convenient.

By the use of email, we lost our postal system.

Internet give way to emerge of new technology which are useful to the modern life.

Yes, that's true.

I understand the current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down.

Very interesting news!

There are so many blog, web feeds and online news website which are more useful to know the current news in the world.

Cool!

On a different note, do you own a bible?

Yes.

It is make our life very peaceful and happier.

It is considered to be the best selling book of all time.

It has sold 5 Billion copies!

It make all our life self-discipline and shows the way to make the life happier.

It does.

All US presidents have used it for their swearing in ceremony, except two.

Its Teddy roosevelt and John quincy is that two.

Yes, you're Right!

Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Do you like using the internet?

Yea, it's pretty awesome how many applications are available on the world wide web

that is true, there is so much that can be done on the internet, even at mt everest there is internet

It's funny Mt Everest can get 3g internet and I can't even get service in my basement

right lol, I wonder how they do it.

Maybe since it is open air, I don't know lol.

Do you read terms of service ever?

No never I can't see how there are any people at all that have the time to read 50 pages worth of terms of service

right!

only 7% of people actually read the terms.

I am part of the 93%, I am sure I sold my soul to the devil and don't even know it!

Lol, I hope the Library of Alexandria doesn't save those in their copy of the internet

I heard that, in case the internet burns down lol.

How would that happen

I don't know, maybe like how the tower of babel was destroyed in Iraq

That is crazy to thing the middle east is where all of the bible stories originated.

It is crazy to think also the bible was part of the reading elementary school kids were required to read back in the day

Yea, It's pretty cool that Jefferson made his own bible by cutting out the parts he didn't care for

that is kind of funny.
I wonder if that is anywhere to be seen

They sell the Jefferson Bible online I've never checked it out though

no way, I need to check that out.
Do you read many books?

Occasionally, it's pretty shocking that novels caused a moral panic in the 18th century

me too.

I read starship troopers once, talk about crazy sci fi

I saw the movie, it's pretty cool it's on the reading lists of US military branches

I think 3 out of the 5 branches are required to.

Crazy awesome movie also lol!

It was very nice chatting with you!

Ender's game was on the military reading list too, Have a good one

THanks enjoy your weekend!


Do you line dance?

I love dance.

DO you know which dance EMilia Clarke did when the auditioned for the GoT?

I have no idea, was it something funny or silly?

You can say that, she did the chicken dance and the robot dance

Haha that is awesome.

Bruce Lee was a great dancer too and a cha cha champion

Wow nice.

In one episode, Mr Rogers learns to breakdance

Nice.

Ballet dancers go through about 4 pairs of shoes in a week

That is a lot of shoes and money.
Did you know parrots can dance in tune?

Nice.

Babies are good at that too when they hear music

Nice.

The first moonwalk was by Bull Bailey and not Jackson

Nice.

Tupac was a ballet dancer and was part of the nutcracker production

SO cool.
Do you use your phone much?

Yes all the time.

Do you know why the NY area code is 212?

I do not know that but do you know who invented the dial phone?

I do not know who invented it but the area code is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone

Cool.

It was invented by an undertaker who thought his calls were being redirected to his competitors

Wow cool.
Did you ever use a phone book?

Yes sometimes.

Did you know also that Hedy Lamarr helped with the invention of the cell phone?

Nice that is cool.

If two phone books are stuck together there is no separating them

Wow that is neat.
Nice chatting with you

Same here and have a great one


Hi do you use the internet much?

Yes all the time Do you know what the hamburger button is?

Oh that is the three horizontal lines in an app menu

Yes that is it.

Did you know you can develop addiction to it by clicking too much?

Oh yeah I can see that happening, anything too much can be addicting

Yes good point.

Do you ever read the terms when you buy online?

I do not but I hear 7% of people do, that is more than I thought

Yeah me too.

There is 3g cell service in Everest now too

Wow technology has gotten pretty far now.

Do you read much?

I do actually quite a bit.
Have you read Starship Tropers?

I have and I liked it, it is also in the reading list of three military branches

Yeah I heard that and same with Ender's Game, have you read that one?

I did not but yeah I guess it is preferred by military organizations

Yeah it seems to be a good one.

There was moral panic once because people were reading novels

Haha that is ironic as today we have a panic for the other way around

So true, good point.
Have you ever read the Bible?

I have not but it was part of the education system until '63

Yeah glad it is gone though as religion should be a choice and not imposed

Agreed.

Jefferson created his own version of the Bible by taking out the supernatural stuff

Yeah he used a razor to do that, he really did not believe in miracles

Yeah strange, I wonder if he swore in over that Bible


Hey there, how is it going?

Hello, good thanks.

Do you like to watch live dance performances?

I do from time to time.
How about you?

Not really.

Apparently there is a board game inspired movement by the Ragamala Dance Company.

Interesting.

Cool to think that even Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won a dance championship.

That's cool, I did not know that.

Tupac is another person who I would not have expected to be a dancer.

He did ballet in high school.

I know.

I guess we all have some sort of hidden talent that does not match what we are best known for.

Babies apparently seem to be great dancers too as they love the music.

I wonder why as we get older, some of us are not that great at finding the beat in music

Must be something with the brain and the connections that are made later in life.

Apparently Michael jackson has a patent on a device that helped him achieve his dance moves.

I always wondered how he did that.

Me too.
Are you a fan of technology?

Not that much.

I wish we could go back to simpler times.

I remember having a rotary phone.

DId you know that NY's area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone?

That is just so cool.

I mean they were kind of fun but a hassle to make a call really.

I wonder how long the cables that carry phone and internet data are?

I loved dialing numbers on the phone.

Now phones these days, specifically the iphone, have more computing power than an entire us nuclear icbm deterrent

That is mind blowing.

UNICEF actually donates clean water when you don't use the phone.

I wonder how much they donate.

Everyone seems to be on their phones.

That is interesting.

I wonder why they don't want people to use their phones?

Not very sure, maybe because we spend so much time with our phones and do not socialize as much, I don't know.

I find it scary but also fascinating how much we have progressed in the last century.

It's pretty cool that phone and internet cables are on the ocean floor.

I know, that must be miles and miles of cables.

On another topic., do you like jazz music?

I do!

I love going to listen to jazz live.

I don't really listen to it at home.

I never knew that Jazz trumpet players grew goatees in order to provide comfort when playing

That is just so cool.

Hey, it was really nice chatting with you.


Humans are the only member of the hominina.

They differ from the other creature from the brain and complex languages.

Thats intersting.

Especially considering that it may have been as short as 240000 years ago when humans lost all the hair from their bodies.

Hominins brain and body is similar to non-human apes are less often referred to as human of the genus Homo.

Really.

I think, to be honest, that is a little bit above my ability to comprehend a conversation about.

Car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

Really.

Thanks for that enlightening information.

Lol.

Its ok. German inventor karl benz created his benz patent motorwagen

Wow interesting.

Did you know that Cadillac was named after a French explorer that founded Detroit.

Its very interesting.

Cars became widely available in 20th century.

Americans is the leading user of the cars.

I can believe that.

Another interesting fact is that Mcdonalds added drive thrus to accomodate soldiers who couldnt get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.

It is legal south-africa to equip your car with flame throwers to prevent carjacking.

That would prevent me from trying to jack somebodies car.

How bout you.

Today some latest technology are used to protect our vehicle but the thieves are more smart.

They indeed are more smart.

They can even get into the trunk pretty easily.

The trunk is actually named that because old cars had wooden trunks on the bad.

Celebrity refers to the fame and public attention accorded by the mass media.

I actually knew that one.

Did you know judge Judy make 123000 per episode or rather she used to.

I heard she retired.

They are highest paid celebrity.

Some of the lower paid celebrities like an ethiopian tv chef are trying to do good in the world.

He believes he can combat his countries hunger problems by encouraging the eating of more diverse foods.

Whatever that means.

Pixar studio has a secret room that is visited often by celebrities.

Robin williams in aladdin was the first actor started performing voice in animated films.

Well thats good to kno.
Maybe one day I will get to see it.
Doubt it though.
Lol.

Celebrity status is often associated with wealth.

Which help to earn revenue using their popularity.

Well on that note.

I think I have learned enough this morning.

Lol.

TTYL.


do you use facebook?

Yes I do.

Did you know that they offered to sell to Myspace?

Yes for just $75 million and they did not take the chance

Too bad, they could have been making millions now

True.
Do you know why facebook is bue?

Yes it is because Mark is green red colorblind

Yeah.

In parts of Germany, the like button is illegal

Yes and I wonder what prompted them to do that

Me too.

Did you hear why Iceland is using it for?

Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way

Yeah that is pretty transparent.
Have you seen the movie frozen?

Yes I loved it.

Did you know the director is the first female director for a DIsney movie?

Yes and the film made more than $1 billion in the box office

Yeah .

DId you know Elsa was supposed to be the villain?

Yes but when she sang the song and it was too uplifting, they changed that over

Yeah.

Did you know Disney changed over many names for movies that were too feminine

Yes that is too bad though.

They renamed Rapunzel to Tangled because of that

That is interesting.

Did you know that Alan Tudyk has had a role in many disney movies

Such a cool guy.
Nice chat today

Same here and keep up with the DIsney movies, there are more to come

Haha right on.
Have a good one


hello,  do you like Pianos?

I like the sound of their music.
They have been around since 1700!

Yeah its a beautiful instrument,  i wish I could play.

That is interesting that there was a piano at the top of the highest mountain in britain lol

I wonder how it got there?

Good question.

There is a song for testing pianos and it is unplayable by humans lol called the circus gallop.

Thats pretty neat!

I like piano music, but I also like dance music.

Do you like to dance?

Yeah I love music and dancing.

Did you know pro ballet dancers go through like 4 pairs of shoes a week!

That is crazy,  and it must hurt their feet lol

Wow!
Those are some solid shoes, too!
Ouch!

I also read recently that babies like to dance.

Aww!
That's so true!
So cute to see!

Yeah,  it is.

My kids always like to dance in the car.

I can't believe cars have been around since 1886!

Yup,  and now we cant live without them.

It is funny that the trunk is named trunk because old cars used to carry trunks in the rear.

That's interesting to imagine!

In South Africa, you can put a flame thrower on your car to keep from getting carjacked!

That seems very extreme!

I wonder what you put on your bike to keep from getting it stolen.

Haha.

Excellent question!

Did you know the McDonald's drive thru has been around since 1975?

That is great,  one of the best inventions

It was made so soldiers didn't have to get out of their car in their uniforms!

Yes.

Also,  good idea.

now it is so convenient for moms and disabled etc.

Sure is!

Cars look a lot different now than the first ones sold in 1908

definitely!
and more roomier!
been good chatting!


Hello!
Do you like plays?

Yes I love all kinds of art!

Then you'll love this!

I just heard of a play called "Two Trains Running" that has a main character that's not a person - it's a jukebox!

That is great, I heard the creator loved music.

He had another play called "the piano lesson"

It really seems like he did.

All of his plays seemed to deal with music as a theme.

Pianos are so gorgeous to hear, I think I'd really like to see that play.

love pianos too!
do you know when it was invented?

They don't know exactly!

That is true , It is sort of believed that is was around the 1700's in Italy.

Of course it was probably Italy!

Pianos are everywhere it seems, even on top of Britain's highest mountain!

Which begs the questions of how?

And why?

wow that is amazing and so artistic.

You know?

I love the Beatles and found so interesting that Freddie mercury used the same piano to record bohemian rhapsody that Mccartney did used for Hey Jude!!

so cool

That's insane!

I had no idea!

Music and dance go hand-in-hand for me, even if it's just bobbing my head when I drive.

I personally believe it's human nature since babies dance when they hear music!

What about with you?

I believe so!

babies smile too when they hear music.

I found out that bruce lee is a great dancer.

Hidden talent!

Not only do they smile, but they smile MORE when they hit the beat, How cool is that?

I had no idea that ballet dancers can go through up to four pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

That sounds like it would be really hard on your feet!

That is a lot!

And about dancing I also loved how Michael jackson danced and leaned.

I can't believe he has a patent on the device that helped achieve the extra lean in some of his moves.

I get why, but now that I know there's a device... that seems like cheating.

maybe but I sill like that move very much.

I was telling you about Bruce Lee before, did you know he even won a HK cha cha championship in 1958?

I did not!

It's not as surprising as Tupac dancing ballet to me, but that's a close second!

Yes!

and Tupac acted in the nutcracker as the mouse king!

That's super cool honestly.

Wish he was still around.

I thought that projection of him from a few years back was creepy.

He was way different back then..

I learned about an aluminum piano that weighed only 356 pounds

That's awfully light for a piano.


How's it going?

Did you know the piano was invented around 1700?

i did not know that, but that sounds about right.

i think that it has changed much since then.

It's pretty cool the same piano was used to record Hey Jude and Bohemian Rhapsody

yes, there must have been magic in those keys.

i would love to try my hand at songwriting on it.

Me too.

Apparently there is a song that is used for stress testing auto pianos and can't be played by humans

i guess that makes sense.

trying to test the piano's function and limits requires something that people cant do.

Yea, but strangely enough people were able to put a piano on top of the highest mountain in Britain

i wonder who had the crazy idea to do that.

was that for playing?

why do that?

wouldnt the piano go out of tune?

I have no clue, the climbers who found the piano must of been pretty perplexed

i would have been.

what strange people or alien left this mighty musical artifact here for us?

Another crazy piano is the aluminum grand piano built for the airship Hindenburg's lounge, it only weighs 356 lbs

I wonder what it sounded like.

tinny?

probably ok I guess.

I wonder how many other pianos there are like that one.

Pretty crazy how light weight it is.

I wonder if explorer Antoine de la mothe Cadillac had a piano when he founded Detroit

I bet they wanted a piano way back then.

I guess the city of Detroit is also a french name.

Do you like cars, by the way?

Yea, I'd love to have a flame-thrower equipped to my car like they do in South Africa

that would be great!

everyone would be jealous.

the drive thru would always get your order right.

LOL

It's crazy that soldiers weren't allowed to leave their vehicles with fatigues on in 1975

I guess the military is strict about that.

But i see soldiers in fatigues now.

Hm.

I wonder what changed.

I wonder if they are allowed to dance in fatigues.

I know Bruce Lee was a pretty good Cha-Cha dancer

Bruce Lee was a tremendous athlete and probably had great body control.

But his sense of rhythm must have been awesome.

Anyway, great chat!

Have a good day


Have you seen the viral photo of a six year old who was comforting his dying sister?

I did, that was a really sad picture, poor kid,

Yeah his sister had DIPG which is super rare.

I'm not sure I'd even heard of it.

Diffuse Intrinsic Pontic Glioma, that sounds like a rare disease, at least  he got to say goodbye, so sad and unfair

Yeah, it shouldn't have to be like that for kids but unfortunately the world can be cruel sometime.

The brother didn't leave his sister's side while she was dying.

I bet he loved her with all his heart, I have a sister and cant imagine my life without her, he had no sleep and stayed by his sister side, his parents myst be heart broken as well

They said that she passed faster than they thought she would but at least she did not have to suffer for too long.

Yeah, the last phrase he said to his sister was I love you, breaks my heart, she was his partner in crime, his play mate and best friend

So sad.

The symptoms to the illness were strange, they noticed she was swinging her leg instead of picking it up and planting it on the ground but it was not really too apparent that something was wrong till she got worse.

Jackson didn't want to leave her side and his parents said they just could make him, she died with her family by her side, with a lot of love surrounding her

I think it's beautiful that at her funeral they did not want people to wear black.

Instead they wanted friends to wear bright colors or Addy's favorite colors.

That is a good way to say goodbye, it must have been frustrating to her parents knowing that the tumor had no cure and even more that the disease is uncommon

Yeah, they did try.

She went through a bunch of radiation treatments and even experimental treatments in Mexico.

So sad, but anyways lets change the topic, its really getting to me, do you have a Facebook account?

Yes I do though I try not to waste too much time on it.

How about you?

I have an account, allows me to keep up with news from family and friends far away, crazy how MySpace turned down the offer to buy the company for $75 million

Interesting!

I find I spend too much time on FB.

Too bad Burger King doesn't seem to have the promo where if you unfriend ten people on FB you get a free whopper.

That sounds like a great promo, I need to clean my facebook friends list and if I can get a free whooper in the process then thats great

Haha, I know right.

Maybe if we used FB like Iceland does, to do useful things like rewrite the constitution, I would be more of a FB fan.

I think its a great initiative, ask people for their opinions, their though, we do live in a society so everyone should have a say

Yeah, but I wonder why FB's like button is illegal in one German state!


Hi, how are you?
Do you use Facebook?

Hey I'm great!

Yes I do use Facebook, but first I had MySpace.

Did you know that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75M in 2005?

They missed out!

They sure did.

$75 million is chump change for the Internet.

I guess they thought they could do it on their own.

Oops.

Haha agreed.

It's worth billions now, and I don't think MySpace is really anything anymore.

Facebook is mostly blue because Zuck suffers from red green colorblindness.

I think Myspace is out there somewhere.

I wonder what would have happened if Myspace had taken over.

Maybe the privacy issues would not be a problem.

Maybe!

Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people from FB you got a free Whopper.

I wonder if that worked!

I would friend people just to unfriend them.

I would get those free calories!

I love Whoppers so I would too haha.

And the like button is illegal in Schleswigholstein, a German state.

I wonder why.

Why indeed.
Is it bad to like things in Germany?
Would a hate button be better there?

It might be.

Have you ever seen the movie Frozen?

I haven't but did you know that Disney renamed it to Frozen instead of Snow Queen because they blamed feminine titles for poor box offices.

I haven't seen it.
It was directed by a woman right?
The title might not do much.

It was, her name is Jennifer Lee and she is the 1st female director of a Disney animation studios film  and it earned more than $1B in box office revenue.

She must have a great touch.

I wish her the best of luck!

I guess it has a bunch of great songs too.

Yes the song "Let it Go"  was super popular.

I heard it all the time the year the film was released.

It won 2 Academy Awards  for best feature and best song.

That's great!

I bet this movie will get a couple of sequels too, and maybe a live action version.

I don't know whether they'll be as good though.

They never are.

The cowriter of the song Let It Go also cocreated the Book of Mormon and guest wrote an episode of South Park.

Oh, yes, that guy!

He is quite talented.

I can't remember his name, but he really knows his tunes.

Robert Lopez!

Off topic but a fun fact: did you know that McDonalds added the drive through to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues?

I guess the soldiers were eating there quite a bit.

I would too if I had to eat military chow!

Anyway, great chat!

Have a great day!
!

Groovy man!

Haha Groovy!

See ya!

Enjoy your weekend.


Hi there my friend.
Do you like dramatic movies?

I do, I also like Hugh Laurie the actor.

I do too I can't believe he made $700,000 per episode when he was doing house

Woah!
that is a lot, is that for real?

Yes that's real!

That guy is definitely not worried about money.

Do you know who Michael Caine is?

Yeah, he played Alfred in batman, apparently he went to acting school to chase girls.

LOL

That is funny.

What makes me sad is that Jim Carrey won't do dramas anymore.

He only wants to do comedies to promote positivity

Yeah, I don't think I've seen any of his dramas to be honest, which one did you like?

I really like The Truman Show.

It does have some comedy but it's mostly a dramatic role.

I think he's too goofy when he's in a comedy personally

Oh yeah, I thought the Truman Show was more comedic, but I suppose it was a drama.

Yep it was supposed to be more drama I thought.

Do you watch Netflix by the way?

I do, but I just canceled my subscription.

I used to love the show Billions.

I have to check that out.

I did hear good things.

Pretty crazy that they have 60 million subscribers in the United States

Yeah, that is a lot.

Did you know smoking near apple computers voids their warranty?

I heard that.

I think they call it a Biohazard?

If it were possible would you upload your mind to a computer?

People that would do that are called transhumanists

Yeah, it might be.
Is it the same for iphones?

Are you saying you would upload your brain to an iPhone?

Haha maybe that is possible we'll have to see.

It could be the new Apple big thing

Well, the old Space Shuttle just ran off of 1mb of ram, why not load the brain to an iphone!

Hilarious!

I like the way you think!

Especially if the Russians can make a computer that runs on water back in 1936 we must be able to put our brains into iPhones haha

I don't believe that is real, how is it possible, unless it is like a dam.

Yes I'd have to look it up.

Have you ever played Minecraft apparently someone 16-bit computer in that game


Hello - how are you doing today?

Im doing great, do you like drama tv?

I do like drama TV.
What about you?

I like drama tv as well, one of my favorite shows is House, have you seen that one before?

I have not seen House before, but I have heard it is very good.

Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode on House.

He is Dr House in the show and yeah apparently he's the highest paid drama actor

That's a lot of money.

Did you know Jim Carrey won't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?

I respect that, he is a great actor and drama can bring a lot of negativity into your life, he is a great comedy actor

Yes, he's a very talented actor!

Yeah another great actor is Michael Caine, funny how he began his career as an actor

That is funny he began that way.

Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper.

I love Ellie Kemper's role in The Office, I guess Jon Hamm was a great teacher,

Do you like Netflix?

I do I am one of the 137 million subscribers, what about you?

I have a free account through T Mobile so I use it from time to time.

Wow nice, I pay for mine, crazy how Netflix accounts for 33% of the bandwith in North America from 9pm to 12 am

That's a lot of bandwidth.

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

Both are industry giants so I guess that makes sense, do you know how Netflix got started?

I'm not too sure.
How did it get started?

It got started because of late fees, Reed Hasting had to pay $40 in late fees because of the movie Apollo 13, he was so mad he started the service

I agree.

It was great talking to you - take care!


did you know that the space shuttle only used about 1mb of ram?

That's shocking.

It's amazing how far we have come with technology.

Speaking of computers, the first algorithm was written by a woman.

ya that is true, what do you think about the computer that the russians made that runs on water

That is amazing.

I wonder how they did that?

The first google computer as Stanford was housed in Lego's.

It's amazing what people can do with them.

wow I didn't know that, I did find out that Netflix spends twenty times more on postage for shipping its DVDS than it spends on bandwith, technology is crazy

Netflix is a powerhouse at this point.
They now have 137 million subscribers!

ya and they use up about a thrid of all internet bandwidth, they are a serious player in internet usage!

Yes they are.

They even have almost 150 movies with a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

wow that is crazy!

I remember going to Blockbuster and they were put out of business by netflix!

Blockbuster could have bought netflix at one point for only 50 million!

That was a horrible business decision on their part.

Did you know that they employ taggers that are paid to watch and tag content?

I would love to have that job.

ya that sounds really easy, do you have an iphone or an android phone?

I have an iPhone.

well apparently Apple made a new rule that if you smoke near your phone or computer then that makes it a "biohazard" and they will void the warranty

Wow!

I have not heard about that.

Did you know that Captcha stands for completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart?

oh wow I didn't know that, technology is crazy, I guess there are people called transhumanists who want to upload their brains to memmory sticks and use them on computers

That's some Black Mirror subject matter.

Perhaps they watched too much of it.

In 1968 a manual cardboard computer was given to high school students to teach them how they work.

wow that is weird, also crazy is the person who made a working computer out of minecraft blocks, like how is that possible!

That must take some real talent.

Did you know that the number one video game in 1995 for PC's was Doom?

no I didn't, I did like that back in the day as a kid though, maybe I can upload my mind to a computer and play Doom on PC all day haha

I loved it.

It was actually the most downloaded software in 1995 with Windows 95 in second place.

do you watch movies at all, do you know who Michael Caine is?


Apparently, Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for a TV drama.

that is interesting, I think he made almost a million dollars per episode, I never watched much House though, did you?

I watched the first season, after that it became too repetitive for me.

ya, it was interesting for a hot minute then got old, did you know Michael Caine became an actor basically to chase girls?

haha

I'm not surprised, a bunch of people do that.

ya I should have done that, did you ever watch Jim Carrey movies?

I guess he says he won't be doing a dramatic movie ever again

I watched Ace Venture and the Truman Show, both were pretty good, what about you?

ya I like those movies, I also liked Dumb and Dumber, I actually didn't like his newer dramatic roles so I'm ok if he takes a break from those haha!

His drama movies stink.
I don't like them.

do you ever listen to radio dramas?

I guess there is a website online where you can listen to thousands of classic ones for free

I never had, but yeah, there is a website to listen to them.

I wonder if Netflix carries them too?

that's a good question, I did watch a bit of the Office, I guess Jon Hamm was a teacher for Erin from that show, Jon Hamm is the guy from Mad Men right?

I'm not sure to be honest, I have never heard of him.

you have netflix though?

I guess they take up 33 percent of all internet bandwidth in north america

I don't have a subscription anymore.
I got tired of their shows.
I use amazon Prime now.

ya, I actually don't have cable or netflix I just use youtube, youtube and netflix make up half of all internet traffic which doesn't really surprise me

I'm almost there too.

I use comcast, they force a basic tv bundle to buy internet.

Such a scam.

Netflix is probably better.

Cable is so expensive it's not worth it, I think it's funny Netflix was started out of frustration due to a late fee, the creator had rented Apollo 13 and the late fee was $40 haha.

Yeah, apparently Reed Hastings invented it over a late fee, then blockbuster refused to buy them out.

ya that was a massive misstep of theirs, the original offer was for 50 million, and now netflix is worth 2 billion dollars, whoops!

I know, crazy.

Netflix is a good service, I have to admit.


How's it going, do you watch youtube much?

It was started in 2005

Hi there.
Not very much.
They offer quite a variety  though

It's pretty crazy that a year later in 2006 google bought youtube for 1.5 billion

Wasn't aware of that.

Between Netflix and youtube, looks like the marked is pretty much covered

That's crazy but youtube is the second largest search engine

I wonder if we can view blutube?
Or if it's exclusive to police.
Gonna google that one  lol

I wonder what they're most disliked video is, on youtube it's a Justing Bieber song

I'm sure there's quite a few.

Makes me want to go search on it later to see if I an find some Hulu material.

Maybe you can find it on facebook.

It's crazy how much stuff is on there now since it was founded in 2004

And to think Myspace turned down an offer from facebook.

It's nuts myspace wouldn't pay 75 million for facebook

LOL  Burger king offering a free whopper to unfriend 10 people on facebook

I've unfriended 10 people on facebook but have never gotton a whopper for it

I probably have too!!

If we lived in the german state of schleswigholstein we wouldn't have a llike button

Well that's better than rewriting the constitution of facebook like Iceland

For sure.
What a way to use the internet.
Kinda redefined it.

Yea but only 7% of people read the terms of service on the internet, they shouldn't be writing a constituion

They might as well be at the peak of mt.

everest with 3g cell service.

Hopefully those are not saved in the Library of Aleandria's copy of the internet

The Iceland constitution will be there.
Nice chatting wtih you

Have a good one


I like to watch YouTube more than TV.
Do you?

Yes, growing up in the 60-80's I can still find video's of music artists I loved then which takes my mind right back to that era.

Did you know it started out as dating website, that made me laugh as if I'm watching videos I'm giving my wife less attention.

I've heard the police have BlueTube, which is like YouTube.

Maybe they should make a cop dating site, too?

lol

Hmmm...is there an over abundance of single police officers?

I guess with the high stress and crazy hours maybe it hard to date or keep a normal relationship together, pretty funny.

Have you seen the initial video posted, a guy talking about an elephant, that should be enshrined some hall of fame, who had a clue how big it would become.

I have not seen that.

I've seen the surprised Panda, of course, though.

Did you catch it?

I really had no idea the original creators of YouTube sold it in the first two years!

No, I've not seen the Panda thing, it must be of note though for you know about it.

Yes, I didn't know it was a two year or four year sale YouTube sale; and sell thing quickly (for high profits), that does seem to be the internet model.

Invent some app or thing and sell out to Facebook or Google for the big bucks.Speaking of internet, did you see that bots and software programs outnumber humans on the internet, maybe our alien overlords have already taken over.

There's that and also an actual NASA scientist out there saying we live in a computer generated reality.

I wonder if he thinks it involves the internet, as well?

Yes, you bringing up that "Hall of mirrors" effect where you think, what's reality and what's a reflection and what's real and what's the internet.

Funny in 2001 neopets was the 4th most traffic site 8 spots above Google.

It was a kinder, simpler internet back then.

I actually played that NeoPets.

I remember Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory bragging his pet was still alive today!

lol I ended up finding a better game on the internet and playing that, though.

Neopets was really for small kids.

Well I showed my ignorance, I had no idea what NeoPets was, I thought it was a pet adoption site.

The furthest I got in that realm was my kids were original Pokemon fans, was it anything like that?

I work in Sweden a lot, did you see that everyone in Finland has the "right" to internet connection, that's stretching the UN Law of International Rights a little far for me.

I think I understand.

People shouldn't just be handed out things for free.

Perhaps if everyone had the internet with access to so much knowledge their intelligence might grow.

I think that's probably too lenient of a sentiment, though.

Is it cleaner is Sweden than US?

No idea on the internet in Sweden, the land is cleaner, rent and food/drink more expensive, people seem to walk and bike everywhere and be more healthy.

I don't think I've ever seen a overweight Swede.

I'm not sure the average American who went to college in 1970 and had to use the library is taking all knowledge and judgement any less intelligent than someone who went today with internet access.

Are you a Facebook member, I may be the only human on earth who isn't, my wife, kids, rest of my family love it.

I see where for those members, Facebook has 56 custom genders, is there a "confused" option?

I only use Facebook for family far away and maybe games once i awhile.

If I'm online it's either working or PWI, a nice relaxing game I play.

I agree, about the library.

I'd rather have learned all I know from actual books.

Unfortunately I didn't have access daily to a good library, so the internet saved me there.

Well, a good internet story giving you knowledge in a town with a bad library.

I hear few internet stories that are unalloyed good these days.

Do 30% of Americans get their news from Facebook, that scares the heck out of me, it should be regulated by the FTC like a New Network is that is the case.

Getting news off Facebook sounds unreliable.

I agree.

No good can come from that in a democratic society that needs thoughtful citizens making thoughtful voting decisions in the long run.

Is it any wonder that 33% of US Divorce Filings mention Facebook?

No surprise there!

When Facebook first came out I thought I was lucky to reconnect with friends that moved away to college.

I ended up losing all my friendships I had.

People said really rude things, too.

Well, I"m happy not to be involved in Facebook.

I've heard too many stories like that.

Are you familiar with Blockchain at all, I was reading it's founder Wallace Lynch started it for people to take back their identity and control their information which is currently sold by companies like Facebook and YouTube.

Seems like a fairly noble idea.

I did hear about the Blockchain, but it seems like it might be complicated to actually make work.

Hope it does, though.

I also like Alpha Browser's ability to detect plaigarism like Freebooting.

I've seen Freebooting first and, and even been wrongfully accused of it.

Wow, who accused you of Freebooting, I'm familiar with the copying copywritten material type of activity, but didn't know it was called that.

All I know about Blockchain was Bitcoin which get's a lot of bad press for drugs and illegal activities and good press from the huge returns it offered investors a few years back.

I did a social/cultural project in college where I had a report about a foreign land and made it into a video with my voice in it.

It didn't even look very professional compared to some.

Someone said I stole someone else's work.

I had it on YouTube.

Someone even made a rude comment about it before I disabled them.


hello

Hi.
Do you use youtube often

I didn't know it was started by 3 former paypal employees.

So did I.
What is an amazing story

It really is.

Did you know that google in 2006 for 1.65 Billion.

Just by now.

Do you know youtube is the second largest search engine on the net

No, but I heard that one of Justin Beiber's  songs "baby" is the most disliked on youtube.

lol

I will definitely watch the song.

Do you that police have their own youtube called blutube

What about Facebook.
It was stRtex

What was stRtex

It was started my Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.

It was originally for Harvard students only.

ohh.

I see.

Do you know Mark zucerburg is a red-green colobliness

no I did not.

I find it interesting that in Germany, the like button is illegal in Schleswigholstein.

Never heard of that fact.

Yeah, also, myspace had a chance to by Facebook for 75 million but turned it down

I think that amount was not enough, hahaha

Itps funny that Burger King offered a free whopper if you unfriended 10 people for one of their promotions.

That was weird.
I am still baffled

Icdland

What was lcdland

Iceland is even rewriting their constitution on Facebook so that public can make suggestions.

oh, I see.
Facebooks worth is 104 billions

well, thanks for the chat.


i am very much like to use facebook.
what abt u?

Yes, but did you know a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained 'facebook"?

So many people use it.

Facebook LIKE button is illegal in the german

That's odd.

30 % of american adult people use facebook as their primary source of news!

That's a lot.

how many years of facebook use exp.
u have?

I've been on there for a bit over 8 years.

How about you?

i am also 8 yr.

That's good.

Did you know there are more people on facebook than there were in the world 200 years ago?

hmm..yah..what abt physics?

Oh, physics is interesting, too.

Valve handed Portal 2 to schools that wanted to use it to show physics and critical thing.

hmm.. i like physics very intersting subject, I some of thing i don't understand..

Yeah.

Like turbulence.

It's a mystery but Van Gogh was able to depict it in his paintings.

hmm.. Wolfram alpha creator received phd in phy.

at the age 20

That's very interesting.
Stephen Wolfram is intelligent.

yah.. i think Genius

Yes.

Speaking of physics, one thing is motion, and cars are a good example.

hmm yah..
Car what a Invention..
I like car but i don't not drive a car.

Me either.

Now they have self-driving cars, though.

i want to learn drive a car.
but i don't have a time to do that.
But soonly i do that.

That's good.

It's illegal in Ohio to warm your car up.

That's strange.

ohh.. Do u have a car?

No I don't.
I just know some facts about it.

hmm ok ya super.
Nice to chat you bye.


Hi there!
Do you use Facebook?

Yea, I started using facebook shortly after it was started in 2004, you?

I did, too.

Back before kids as young as 13 could have one, and you needed a school email address.

Can you believe it was only worth $75 million back then?

$75 million is still pretty impressive considering Facebook was only a year old at the time

That's true, but hardly anything compared to the $104 billion it grew to be worth in just 7 years.

Yea, myspace has to be kicking itself for not buying it in 2005

Yeah, especially since they inevitably couldn't compete with FB's popularity, I guess.

Facebook has kind of taken over.

Yea, in Iceland they are using facebook to help rewrite the constitution, that would never happen on myspace

Haha, I'm not sure if it should be happening on Facebook, either!

But I guess it gives the public more accessibility, and it is a very small country.

Yea but it's hard to take it seriously when such things as a promotion to unfriend 10 friends for a free whopper occurs

I know.

Can you believe that?

It sounds like a sick social experiment.

I've unfriended 10 people for free, I never knew I could get a whopper lol

Haha, yeah.

Did you know there's a part of Germany where the "like" button is illegal?

Yea, in Scleswig-Holstein, I have relatives there I should try and find them on Facebook

Haha, well, they won't be able to "like" anything you post!

Or I wonder if you can't "like" what they post?

I wonder if it's just completely illegal and absent from the platform altogether.

I don't know but I don't want to get them arrested lol.

Speaking of crazy laws, it is legal to equip a flame thrower onto you car in South Africa

They must have a super serious problem in South Africa for that to be a law!

Yea, good thing car trunks aren't made of wood anymore lol

No, that definitely wouldn't work well with the flamethrowers!

Anyway, it's been nice talking to you today!

You too, I'm gonna read up on Jann Mardenborough and figure out how he bacame a professional drive from playing Gran Turismo

Enjoy!

I heard they beat out 90,000 people in that game!


Hi, do you watch a lot of youtube?

I do.
But I use Facebook more.
You?

I'm surprised since half of peak internet traffic is youtube and Netflix.

I watch all the time.

Don't even need cable anymore.

I use Alpha Browser instead.

That way I'm compensated for watching commercials.

Interesting.

I have not heard of this.

So its videos like youtube and it pays you as the viewer?

Yes.

Advertisers can directly compensate me directly for watching ads.

Unlike when YouTube Taking a massive cut of the ad money.

Interesting.

Do they pay real money or is it some kind of cryptocurrency?

It's cryptocurrency based on blockchain.

So it is specifically made with digital rights in mind.

Interesting.

I will have to look into this more.

I know youtube is hard to make money on but it is pretty convenient they let any user upload and share an unlimited amount of hd videos simply by creating an account at no cost.

That's true.

It's a great, already established platform.

But I'm really excited about Alpha Token.

They are creating a flat digital platform, so everyone, especially creators, get a fair shake.

It does sound interesting, but the startup costs must be huge.

Hopefully they have a lot of money behind them otherwise they are going to have to find some big time investors, or just crowdfund which seems to be the thing to do these days.

So far, I have not seen any start up costs.

And, now that YouTube is a Google subsidiary, it's easy for YouTube to track your online purchases to make recommendations.

Yes, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine, owned by the largest search engine.

All the startup costs will be severs and things like that.

I do love that YouTube is established, and I don't need cable anymore.

I can hang out on BlueTube too.

Are you a cop?
That is for police isn't it?
Can anyone access it?

I'm not a cop, but anyone can access it.

At least I can.

Interesting.

I'll have to look into it.

Speaking of blue, did you know the reason facebook is blue is because Zuckerberg is color blind?

Now that blue is so iconic.

I did not know that.

How interesting!

I wonder if it would have stayed blue if Myspace had bought it out.

They were offered to buy it for $75million.

I think myspace was blue too, I can't recall now that you mention it.

They'd certainly be doing a lot better now if they had bought facebook when they had the chance!

Tell me about it.
It's worth $104billion now.
I wish I had known to invest.
LOL

Yeah me too..

I think the last time I used myspace was when I got my first iphone when 3g was top of the line internet.

Now even Mt Everest has 3g service.

Really?

That's crazy.

I had no idea.

It really is everywhere.

I guess bc clicking links online can be addictive.

Anyway.

I'd better get back to work.

It's been nice chatting.

Have a great day.
Bye

bye

Bye.


Do you use facebook?

I do not.

I detest the color blue, unlike the colorblind creator of FaceBook.

You?

Really?
I like blue since it is calming.
Why don't you like blue?

I hail from the German state of Schleswigholtein, where we are indoctrinated in the dogma of the color wheel.

We have also outlawed the "Like" button... th color blue is

How is that working out for you?

We have adopted another button, the "I think this is acceptable, and may even prefer this option" button.

I may join Facebook anyway, just so I can unfrind 10 people and earn a free Whopper.

That I would like.

I wonder what beef they have with facebook

I still have my old, "Where's the beef?"

hat...I loved that commercial...

I think they are trying to subvert citizen involvement in writing of the Icelandic constitution, which is being done on FaceBook.

It is amazing how dominant facebook is in social media that a country is using it to change their consitution

Would not have been possible had MySpace purchased FB when they had the chance.

Apparently, MS did not think FB was worth the $75 mil proposed.

I mean 75mil isn't a small sum, but neither is several billion lol

But that is the what the world values these days.

They think money is made from thin air.

The truth is that, according to modern physice, the entire universe could have been created out of nothing...

Personally, I think pizza predated the cosmos.

Well there is still some hope for humanity.

When a teacher talked about her low income students, a kind passenger gave her more than 500 in cash for funds to better teach them

Sure!

The world has a lot to offer.

Just think of Pixar, the world famous entertainment company.

They spent three years studying the physics of hair to give bounce to the hair of Merida from Brave.

Now those are great priorities!

Do you like disney films?

Sure.

They give me hope for a humanity that legalizes flame throwers for cars in South Africa..

Well if they are using flame throwers against large wild animals, then I accept.

They use them to prevent carjacking, a common threat posed by hyenas and elephants in their region.

Oh, carjacking animals lol.

On a more serious note, there should be something better than flamethrowers for that

We should consult one of the greatest minds of our generation for answers..perhaps a noted physicist like...oh...say maybe... Kim Jong-un?

Any guy that can get a hole in one every time he swings a gold club should have all the answers we need..

Indeed.

In any case, thanks for your time and for the pleasant chat.


Hi there!
Do you like watching the NBA?

I watch a bit here any there.

I am really excited for March Madness though.

Yeah same here.

Do you have a favorite college team you're cheering for?

I have to go with one of my Alma Maters, FSU.

the other can maybe identify a basketball 2/3 of the time.

Lol

Haha yeah my alma mater is Michigan so going for them but the season is always exciting.

Do you ever play basketball?

I would play for fun, but I havent been blessed with height so Im not prime basketball material.

I agree haha.
Are you a fan of Lebron?

I cant say that I am.

He is talented, for sure.

I am just not a fan of the team jumping he did.

I see.

Given the state of the NBA today I wouldn't see it as a huge issue.

I am a little biased though being a Lakers fan.

I understand that.

Did you know his high school games would often have tickets for $100?

I didn't know that.

That is a crazy amount for a high school game in my opinion.

Did you know Lebron signed a new deal for the next Space Jam?

Yeah!

The first one was so Iconic.

I grew up with it so I hope this next one can live up the the hype.

Honestly one of the best movies of all time!

Have you ever gone to an NBA game?

I havent.

Im from Florida, so it isnt as big here, unless you were in Miami when Lebron was there.

Ah gotcha.

Did you see Dwayne Wade's shot last night against the Warriors?

No, I didnt catch that one.
Tell me about it.

He hit a circus-shot buzzer beater against the Champs to win the game.

Very happy for him considering it's his last season.

That is awesome!

It is!

Did you know Tim Duncan stayed at college for 4 years instead of going straight to the NBA?

That is a smart move 60% of players go broke 5 years after retirement.

Yeah they are not very responsible with their money at all.

It was great talking to you man - have a good one!

You too!


Are you a fan of the NBA?

Hello do you like basketball?

I do, what about you?

hahaha I do!
Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

Of course, he used to do the hook shot, right?

Yes!

He should have had a patent on that!

He also was known for dunking the ball in his college days and he used it so much that the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade.

Yeah, I know.

That was a stupid rule, that wouldn't last long nowadays.

No.

When I was younger I remember guys shattering the backboard with the dunk.

In 39 out of 50 states either a college basketball or football coach is the highest paid state employee.

Yeah, do they not do that anymore?
Why not?

They still dunk.

They just changed the rims so they breakaway when they dunk to prevent it from shattering the backboard.

The US Supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as the "highest court in the land".

I need one of those where I work to shoot some hoops.

lol

Oh yeah, the breakaway.

That sucks.

On the high court, I know, I've been there.

Neat!

Here's an interesting stat...the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas wass the guy who invented basketball James Naismith.

How ironic.

Interesting, I suppose he wasn't good at the game.

Hilarious!

Funny!

lol  Warner Brothers and LeBron James signed a deal to make a Space Jam sequel.

Wonder how it will do compared to the first one?

Interesting, I didn't see the first one so I don't know.

But I do know that Michael Jordan is better than lebron.

Yes.

I agree.

LeBron rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was just 18.

I couldn't even imagine being offered that amount.

I would have been like "sign me up!"

I'm not a LeBron fan, more of an MJ, what about you.

I'm an MJ fan.

I live not far from where LeBron is from so all I've heard for years now is all about LeBron.

Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA but Jordan wore them anyhow as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.

I know, that was one of the greatest marketing ploys ever.

Right?

Do you know about the big endorsement deal that Allen Iverson signed with Reebok?

Yeah, it was for like $32 million, ridiculous.

Well nice chatting with you.


Hi there !
Looking forward to chat with You !

Hi, Do you follow NBA?

Not as much as I used to...
I still love to play !
Why ?

Jimmy Butler's future with the Timberwolves is going to be discussed with Coach Tom Thibodeau

Is that a positive thing for him ?

Not sure what is going on in NBA universe... ;) sorry

Sounds like he will be a free agent

cool beans ;) I've heard that in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.

Also, about 30 years ago nba legend Haywood chose $100,000 upfront over a 10% stake in nike.

If he would have gone with Nike, he would be worth $8.62 billion today.

I bet he is having nightmares about that till this day... ;)

I would.

Space Jam is the highest-grossing basketball movie of all time.

I haven't seen it, but it looks cute with Cartoon characters and basketball stars

Space Jam ;) I loved that movie.... You can't go wrong with Bugs Bunny And Michael Jordan !

Wait - there was more famous players in that movie as well, right ?

I don't know exactly.

Did you know that Shaq has only one recorded 3 pt.

score throughout his basketball career?

I mean I knew he sucks with 3 point shots but I didn't realize he stopped trying ;) lol, that's funny

Lebron James rejected a $10 million offer from reebok when he was 18 and less than a year later was offered a $90 million offer from nike

wow... can You imagine being comfortable enough to reject $10 million ?

I would do basically anything for 1 million ;) lol

Really confident I guess too.

When James left Cleveland for Miami in 2010 they marked down his posters to the price of $17.41 references the year of traitor Benedict Arnold's birth

cool stuff ;) hey !

Warner bros and lebron james have signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel !

That's freaking awesome ;)

That is funny!

Did you know that Lebron James has a photographic memory and can remember exact in-game scenarios

Wow - an NBA genius ;) I wonder how often he is using that "gift" ;)

I guess he have lots of lines to remember in a space jam sequel!

Maybe this will boost his ratings as he had been hated back in 2012 and even a captured al-qaeda member wrote letters of disgust at his decision to go to miami heat

I will definitely look this one up :)

The letter said that "Lebron James is a very bad man and should apologize to the city of Cleveland"


I am a huge football fan but have recently been wanting to get more into Basketball.

Lebron James has some interesting views.

Yeah, he lets his 14 and 11 year old have wine.

What do you think about that?

Hmm....I don't think its a good idea to mess with growing brains.

Sounds like a bad idea to me.

What are your thoughts on it?

I think in moderation it could be okay.

IN France is is common for kids to have small quantities.

This just probably would not be the case in my family since I do not drink alcohol.

I do not like the taste.

I don't really like the taste either.

Yes, other cultures have traditions and I respect those but for us here in america.

Its the opposite of what we teach our kids.

My parents let me try beer when I was little.

I didn't like it.

In my case though I felt like it not being taboo didn't make me want to drink it like some of my friends in their teenage years.

I can see that point of view and respect it.

I heard the Lebron James had six bottles of wine open with his family and the value was about 3k.

Thats wild to me.

Yikes.

There are some studies that show that small quantities of alcohol as adolescents can have adverse affects on developing brains.

So maybe in a household where wine is consumed every day it's not a good idea.

Yes, that is the way I was raised believing.

I also can appreciate the study that says small amounts can sort of inoculate teens against the dangers of drinking.

It isn't always clear if teens who drink a lot would have done so anyway even if their parents didn't.

Maybe more research needs to be done.

I agree completely.

I odd study was done proving that throwing a basketball "granny style" is he absolute best technique to score points consistentl..

I would love to see the pros use that technique!

Yeah, me too but they say that it looks too stupid and they refuse to do it, thats funny.

I know that Reggie Miller was a great basketball player and MIchael Jordan was too of course.

Many regard Lebron James as one of the best too.

He has a photographic memory and can remember exact in game scenarios

Wow, that would be a cool ability!

I read that once Reggie Miller sister out score him after he thought he was the one to break records in the family.

They are talented.

How funny!

Lebron james knew how good he was from early on.

He rejected a $10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was 18.

He thought he would get a better offer from Nike.

A year later, Nike offered him $90 million.

Thats insane!
what a crazy deal.

Yeah, but he wasn't always so loved.

In 2012 even a captured Al-Qaeda member expressed disgust at Lebron's' decision to go to the Miami Heat.

Yeah, that was intense for everyone.

I learned that Lebron James is gonna star in the Space Jam movie.

That will be cool

Also, his posters were marked down and sold for $17.41 in reference to the year the American traitor Benedict Arnold was born.

Haha.

I'd love to see that Space Jam movie.

I liked the original.

Yeah me too, I would like to take my kids to see a game and the movie!

The original Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.

I think I will rewatch it before watching the second!