hello!

Hello!
Who is your favorite celebrity?

I think there are too many celebrity's to count lol...definitely not Kanye lol

Well, wasn't Kanye West with Donald Trump recently?

Yes, he was.

It didn't go so well with his fans lol.

Kanye just has very strong opinions I guess like most.

Do you have a favorite celebrity?

There are a lot of haters.

Haters are going to hate.

Do you remember some of his strong opinions?

I love Michael Buble!

He has a tour that is going on now.

Michael Buble is great.

So I am guessing you don't listen to any Rap celebrity's?

I love his newest album.

I listen to his songs as I study for my exams.I do listen the Lamar and Drake.

Oh, cool.

I like some rap but I don't listen a lot.

It is crazy how much money celebrity's make, even judge Judy makes 123,000 bucks per episode....I suppose Rapper's and Celebrity's make a lot more but they do a lot more too.

Who is your favorite rapper celebrity?

Judge Judy is ending soon and it seems so great for her because it is close to her retirement year.

It is a ridiculous amount of money.

For me I would say Wiz Khalifa or P.Diddy.

Tupac.

Those are who come to mind.

Some of the newer rappers are good, some bad.

Kanye West has had a few good albums , I do have to give him that.

Tupac is the LEGEND!
I love his song Ghost Town though.

That's a good one.

I like Keep ya Head Up.

a lot.

So many rappers now it's hard to keep track lol.

Do you like Kanye West?

I am not a big fan of Kanye West.
However, I like God's Plan by Drake.
I love his music video.

I do love that video!

Love Drake too.

So do you have a favorite movie celebrity?

I did not know that Drake was caring, or was it for the video?

What do you mean?

I think Drake is an awesome person.

I have read a lot about how much he wants to be a great Dad.

But who knows I guess,lol....celebrity's have to always look and act their best.

I see that you know more about Drake than me.

I should not give my opinion then.

It was my first time watching one of his music videos.

Oh, haha, I don't know too much about him either.

I do know that Tupac Shakur's music is considered to be of cultural significance, he was amazing!

His art is mainly poetry.

Yes!

It is so sad still to this day that he is gone.

I guess some korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle rap called a compliment battle....That would be interesting to hear.

It has been great chatting with you!

Nice chatting with you too.


Rapper XXXTentacion, center, attends the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards on Oct. 6, 2017

When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew

Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy in a mug shot from December 2017.

In March 2014, he uploaded the song "Vice City" to SoundCloud, the free music-streaming platform where he would eventually amass more than 2 million followers

do you know In March 2014, he uploaded the song "Vice City" to SoundCloud, the free music-streaming platform

At the time of his death, Onfroy was awaiting trial.

but quickly restored them after backlash from the music industry, which reportedly included artists such as Kendrick Lamar.

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular"

Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."

Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie

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

Robin williams in aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.

Kanye west did an snl skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows... 2 years before the infamous taylor swift incident.

Out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time, only kanye west's gold digger is in a minor key

As news of the shooting broke, several celebrities and musicians shared their shock on social media.

Rapper big sean had a gpa of 3.7 and turned down a scholarship to michigan state before being signed by kanye west

he once said.

In August 2017, Onfroy released his debut album "17," which peaked at No.

2 on the Billboard 200?

"Vice City" to SoundCloud, the free music-streaming platform?

thank you happy weekend

merry x-mas


Good morning!
Do you follow baseball?

Not really, if it's not in movie format I have a hard time following sports.

But I do know that it's super popular in Japan isn't it?

Yes!

Probably bigger there than in the US.

It's so popular there that many fans are surprised to discover it's status as America's national pastime.

(which I think isn't the case any longer)

You're right America's pastime is probably football or videogames these days haha.

One of the things about baseball that has always interested me is how baseball cards hold value somehow.

I read about a man who found three million dollars worth of 1900's baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.

What a weird thing to be worth money!

Isn't that sad about videogames?

Baseball cards used to be worth way more too!

Ironically before videogames exploded in popularity.

Kids don't do the activities and hobbies they used to do.

Something that confuses me is that softball, is the faster version of baseball and was originally designed to be played indoors.

Indoors!

What kind of place could handle better being hit by a softball than a baseball?

lol  I remember when I was little for some reason we always played softball in the gym and not outside.

Did you know that the YMCA invented volleyball, softball, and basketball?

Oh man I've never heard that!

I guess that makes sense in a way because they are indoor sports locations but that is interesting.

Volleyball is shocking though that seems like it would have been invented at a beach, right?

You would think.

lol  On May 11, 1991 Creighton played Utah in the longest game in NCAA softball history.

The game lasted 31 innings!

UGH!

I was stuck at a long baseball game like that once, we left at some point to beat traffic and when we got home the game was STILL ON TV.

Those teams must have either been really good or really terrible to make the game last that long, right?

lol  Yes...I remember one game like that from a few years ago.

As of 2014 the average salary for a pro softball player was between $5,000 and $6,000.

Kind of low but then again I didn't know there were pro softball leagues.

I didn't know there were pro leagues either, also I'm hoping thats per month or something, otherwise there wouldn't be many people interested right?

haha

Right!

lol  Jose Canseco claims to hold the record for longest softball homerun at 622 feet!

622 feet is FAR!

I'd love to see what that looked like!

Did you know that kickball is called "soccer-baseball" in Canada?

Are any of the kickball rules the same?

I can't remember at all, it's been so long since I've played

I have no idea on that!

I haven't played since elementary school.

lol

I wonder why they wouldn't just call it kickball, soccer-baseball is so long!

I don't know.

lol  Softball was invented in 1887 in Chicago, IL.

I wonder when the YMCA was founded if they invented softball and softball was invented in 1887

Whoa!

1844 I just looked it up.

lol  The first sporting event shown on ESP was a slow pitch softball game!

That's interesting, I wonder why they picked that to be the first sport on ESPN, was is hugely popular at that time?

Or maybe just cheap to get since they don't seem to pay their athletes that much

I'm thinking probably because it was cheap to get.

Since ESPN was new, they probably didn't have a big budget.

lol  It was fun chatting with you!

You're probably right.
Nice chatting with you!

Have a great day!


Maryland Lt.

Governor Boyd Rutherford is running for reelection.

Yes, and it sounds like he's a unique kind of conservative - dry and focused on the fiscal issues.

Rutherford actually cares about the details of running the government

Yes, and I think that's great.
Refreshing in today's world.

What other Lt. Governors would lead a commission on regulatory and procurement reform?

Yes.

Or have a video series called "Mundane (But Meaningful)"?

He even made an on-the-fly correction to the title of the Maryland code in the script.

Yes, he really seems to know his stuff.

Maybe he'll be an inspiration for other politicians.

Politics these days seems to be about personalities.

This is a refreshing change.

Yes, for sure.

As the governor's office is saying, boring can sell.

Rutherford doesn't have the most exciting background

You don't say?

That doesn't sound boring at all.

Did you know that he started out as an Independent and then became a Democrat for a while?

Changing political parties.

Sounds similar to Teddy Roosevelt changing parties when he ran on the Bull Moose party.

Yes, but Rutherford became a Republican early on.

Being a Democrat was just a phase.

He's been a Republican for more than 20 years now.

He has the experience.

He even filled in for public appearances when Gov.

Hogan was being treated for cancer.

Yes.

I'm finding him to be a very appealing character, reading about him.

We need more facts these days.

Facts, facts, facts.

He relishes the opportunity to talk about his daily work.

Which is great!

Too many politicians just want to pose for the cameras and live the good life these days.

He's an attorney by training so he understands the law.

He wore a gray sweater for the video series, not a power suit like other politicians would.

Yes.

He's sending a message that he's humble and he knows his stuff.

I hope others follow his lead.

That would be great for the country.


Hello, do you know the GOP stands for grand old party?

No, didn't know that, that's like an abbreviation of the Republican party right?

Yeah after the American Revolutions major ideology.

It was founded by anti slavery activist right?

do you consider yourself a Republican?

I consider myself independent because I think both sides have good points.

I consider myself a republican but its good to have several points of view

Yeah, I vote both candidates depending on their stances haha.

Did you like Richard Nixon?

he was the only president to propuse a minimum income law

He was before my time, but I would have supported that and still do!

I think that was a great thing, yeah, I would support that as well, Hillary Clinton used to be a Republican

I think a lot of people switched to Republicans due to the conservatism stance of Democrats.

Yeah, that is a valid reason, what do you think of our current government

I am unsure...I think there is a lot of unrest and controversy that is for sure.

A lot of controversy I agree, well there are other goverments that have it worse, like the Chinese goverment, they tend to censor everything

Wikileaks said the government is trying to destroy them.

They did?

I think its funny how they expose the goverments plan to destroy them lol,

I like the norwegian government, they donate a billion to save the rain forest.

Thats a lot of money!!

seems like the Norwegian government really cares about the environment,

Our government should bring back the beatles song come together again and unite!

It should, you know the US government actually publishes the names of those who renounce to their citizenship!

Nice talk...take care!

The goverment has also shut down 17 times  in the past 37 years, this year was terrible though, nice chat!


Do you follow politics at all?

Hi there!

A little bit.

I find odd facts interesting such as Ralph Lawrence Carr.

He was the only governor to oppose the internment of Japanese Americans during WW2.

Doesn't that make you wonder about the morality of the American people at the time?

I suppose that fear mongering and mistrust held sway.

Yes.

When I was a kid my grandmother worked with a lady who was interred.

I got to know her as well and she was the sweetest lady.

I never realized though exactly what they went through until I got older.

Sad indeed about the people back then.

Yes, I read quite a bit about that time.

There have been many books written, not so much about the camps themselves but the results of them.

I find it fascinating.

For awhile I was worried that the same might be done with Muslims because of the climate after 9/11.

Oh, well.

Did you know that ND's governor was tried to secede from the union.

Wish I knew what that was about.

I didn't know about the ND.

The Beatles song "Come Together" was written for Timothy Leary's 1969 California governor campaign.

I never knew that.

Interesting that they wrote a song that had to do with American politics.

Lennon must have been living here at the time.

Could have been.

I didn't know that Leary did anything.

I live in Wa and our Gov.

just proclaimed for the Presidency.

Nice guy but I'm not sure how he would work out.

Did you know that 86 percent of the land in Nevada is owned by the US govt?

Yes, I believe that Alaska has the same circumstance but a lower percentage.

I'm all for holding land in trust to protect it from commercialization.

I think that ensures that our descendants will have open spaces and unspoiled wilderness.

I Have to laugh at some of the people who get elected, like the 'Governator'.

lol  You must be talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger?

When he was governor of California he never lived in Sacramento but commuted 3 hours every day by private jet.

Crazy.

When you're already rich what's a million or two spent on commuting?

Our entire system of governance sometimes  leaves me shaking my head at the elitism that has been embraced.

I wish we could get another party going, or do away with them altogether.

I'm kind of with you there.

There hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or a democrat since 1853.

Yes, and as they get more entrenched the divide grows deeper.

There have been good men elected on both sides but no one will admit that someone else has a few good ideas.

Yes.

I never knew that every US president with a beard has been a republican.

Did you know that?

I did not, probably against their belief system to shave.

I also didn't know that the Red/Blue labeling system only began to be used in the year 2000.

I would have sworn that it had always been there.

I'm with you on that.

I seem to remember that being around long before then.

Me too.

I guess we become used to things like that rather rapidly.

Now it has evolved into left/right Liberal/conservation, Urban/rural.

What a mess.

It is.

I just found an interesting fact.

The last time a republican was elected president withou a nixon or bush on the ticket was 1928.

I don't think that includes the latest president though.

I would rather forget all about him in the hopes that he'll just go away but you're right.

We seem to have created several dynasties.

What amazes me is that voters will elect one party for the Presidency and another for Congressional seats.

You're right.

I've always wondered about that.

Here's a funny tidbit....in 1957 President Harry Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride so he wouldn't be associated with Republicans.

lol

So it began way back then?

I wish that they would act more for the American people and less for their constituency.

I lean heavily Democratic but even I have to admit that each President has had his moment in the sun.

I agree.

What saddens me is that it seems like every politician never follows through on what they say they want to do when they are campaigning.

I have to get going.

I enjoyed talking politics with you!


How's it going, do you like baseball?

It involves a fielding team facing off with a batting team

hi, how are you?
i do like the baseball.
do you like it?

Yea, probably not as much as the fans in Japan who are surprised to learn that Baseball is America's national pasttime

I think the game is crazy popular in Japan!

it is a different experience though.

you should go.

Maybe so.

I wonder if the Baseball managers in Japan can play for their teams like the teams in the US

that rule probably comes from back in the day when a player was chosen as manager.

i dont know about japan.

Interesting.

Do you collect baseball cards?

A man found $3 million worth in his grandfathers attic

i used to collect baseball cards.
they were never worth that much though.
3 million?
i wonder what i would do with them.
what would you do?

Buy a house and nice car, maybe visit Canada and play some Soccer-baseball

soccer-baseball?
what the heck is that?
is that some sort of canadian thing?

It's what the Canadian call Kickball lol

boy, those canadians.

I wonder what other  words they have for sports.

Who knows, lol.

Do you watch much Softball, it was invented in Chicago in 1887

i dont watch softball, but i know that there are many fast pitch teams out there.

do you play or watch?

I watch it sometimes, it's crazy the longest softball game was 31 innings!

what?

that is far too long.

I like to play softball, but that is just too long.

Did you know that the difference in pitching styles in baseball vs softball is not due to gender differences?

I figured so, any gender can play and Jose Canseco claims to have hit a softball 622 feet

yeah, he was juiced up quite a bit.

i wonder how much of that was natural ability.

Who knows, but it must kinda suck being a softball player, the average salary of a pro is 5-6k

there just isnt enough of a fan base.

i guess they play for the love of the game.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello, are you particularly interested in sports?

Sure.

I enjoy many different sporting events, including baseball and football.

I even ejoy celebrity sporting events.

You?

I like baseball a lot for sure!

I collect baseball cards for fun, it's not time consuming and they can add up to so much value!

Did you hear about that one guy who found$3 million dollars worth of baseball cards in is attic?

Merry Christmas!

Oh my god, I can't imagine ever getting that many though.

I wonder if managers get baseball cards too, after all they actually can technically play for their teams too.

wouldn't they be considered too soft to play since they don't practice like the guys on the team?

maybe that is the origin of softball?

I would think that wouldn't work though!

After all even though softball is played on a smaller field, it's still played at a faster pace than basketball.

Yeah, I guess since the average salary of a professional softball layer is only about $5k per year, that would not support a manager.

I would hope that's only for the middle ground players, and not the best ones!

I wonder how much Jose Canseco made, he had the record for longest softball homerun so he must have been great.

Apparently, he made the change from major league baseball to softball.

Ahh ok that makes sense, there's a lot of history between them.

Although the YMCA invented softball and other sports, but I don't think they did baseball.

Interesting.

Did you know that the first ESPN televised sporting event was a softball game?

I didn't!

I wouldn't have guessed it was that popular to be honest.

Then again maybe the longer the game is they make more money, like once there was an NCAA softball game lasting 31 innings!

Wow!

That must have been a late night!

I wonder if for that game they used a modern softball or whether they used one of the original soft ballls, which were softer than today's version?

Yeah they really should have changed the name of the sport since now the ball is similar to a normal baseball.

Yeah.

Do you know if softball is as popular in Japan as in the US?

I know baseball is.

In fact, it's so popular in Japan that Japanese fans are often shocked to learn that baseball is considered Americas national pastime,

Yeah it's certainly interesting!

Then again I'd argue it really is more popular here, people are so dedicated to the sport.

Like until 2005, a single married couple scheduled all MLB games over 24 years, that's nuts!

That is hard to believe!

But then again, it is also hard to believe that Canadians call kickball by a different name: soccer-baseball!

Yeah that's true, I guess sports are called differently all around the world.

I wonder if there are secret places only baseball players know about, like Pixar has a secret room celebrities often visit.

Good question.

But celebrities often get perks.

I used to love seeing celebrities appear on Sesame Street.

I think Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear there.

Thaat's a neat perk!

I love seeing celebrity appearances like that!

Just like Robin Williams basically started the trend of celebrities in voice acting.

Anyways it was nice chatting with you, have a good day!


hi, how are you doing today?
are you ready to chat?

Yes, I am.
Do you like baseball?

I do like baseball.
i try to watch the world series.
You?

My kids were in little league, that's about it.

Chicago cubs won back-to-back world series and haven't won since.

Yes, they seem to have some sort of curse.

i wonder what they can do to lift it.

Get good players and train a lot.

Yeah, they should probably plow more money into salaries and try to up their game.

they have gotten better.

If you found baseball cards worth millions, what would you do?

I probably wouldn't know they were valuable...and just toss them in storage.

Wouldn't that be terrible?

Yeah, i would probably take them to a dealer, try to sell a few, and keep the rest for later.

That reminds me of that movie.
Blast from the Past.

Oh, was that Brenda Frasier and Chris Walken?

That was a fun movie.

Yes, I love that movie.

Are you interested in softball at all?

On may 11, 1991, creighton hosted utah in the longest softball game in ncaa history, lasting 31 innings.

I wonder how many hours that took.

You never know with baseball.
It could have been a few days.
LOL

Yeah, that's true.

Softball players really do not make much money.

As of 2014, the average salary for a professional softball player is between $5,000 and $6,000.

I wonder if it is more of a girl sport?

It probably is.

there is women's softball in college.

that is big.

Then again, Jose Canseco claims to hold the record for longest softball homerun at 622 feet.

Steroids in softball?

LOL

Probably, everyone always wants to be better.

That is true.

The first sporting event shown on ESPN was a slow-pitch softball game between the Kentucky bourbons and the Milwaukee schlitz.

Classic!

Anyway, great chat!

I don't think I've ever seen softball on tv.

It has been great chatting with you too.

I have seen it.
the field is smaller.
Have a good day!

You have a great day too.


Do you like to watch Dramas on tv.
Hugh Laurie made 700000 for house.
That sounds like a lot of money.

Yes, I do in fact like tv dramas.

Hugh Laurie is worth every penny, he's that good of an actor.

I watched a few episodes.

He was good on house.

I like that Michael Caine started acting class because all the pretty girls were in drama.

Well that was the right choice , look at his career.

Amen, to that always go where the pretty girls are located.

I read somewhere that Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school.

I heard that too and one of the girls from the office was in his class.

That is good if she made it to tv

He must have been a darn good teacher.
Lol

Lady Gaga seems to have a great music career.

Did you know she was on the show Boiling Points on mtv before she was famous.

No, I didn't know that about her.

I know Elton John chose her as his son's godmother, though.

Yes, that is pretty cool.

She can sing any music.

I wonder if she would do a song with her favorite band Iron Maiden.

That would be cool.

Well, that would be different, for sure.

Do you know that she acts in movies, too?

Yes, I thought she was great in a star is born.

I like her version better than the original

Oh, me too.

It was a very good performance.

You know her name came from a predictive text glitch that kept changing radio to lady?

That's cool and to think she may not have had a career after her label dropped her.

Akon helped her get with Interscope and he was off.

I know, what luck.

Bad mistake on Def Jam records, they missed a big star.

I bet they kick themselves about that mistake.

So many people go to the Toronto Film Festival for the 10 day festival to see movies.

That seems pretty cool

I know there are like nearly half million people that go to that every year.

I wonder how much people pay to go there for that long.

But at least they get some good films from it that get nominated for oscars

I know right, probably takes a lot of money.

I just don't have that much time to devote to watching movies.Lol  On a side note do you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity?

Yes, I think Jim Carrey is better in comedy anyway.

Well, I'm sure he's so famous, he picks and chooses what he wants to do, anyway.

I have not seen much of him since his ex girlfriend commited suicide like 2 years ago.

Yeah, I think the family blamed him for that.

So sad.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to get ready for work.

I'll talk to you later, friend.


Hey, do you like dancing?

Hi there, I do like dancing, I'm not very good but it's still fun.

How about you?

Yes I do too.

Bruce Lee was a great dancer.

I guess that is logical that he would be, since fighting requires dexterity of movement.

Yeah he was and that is a good point, I guess he was super good at the cha cha lol.

I am not good at dancing.

Babies actually dance when they hear music.

I wonder if I ever danced when I was a baby, and if I did how it looked.

I think I have read about them doing that, I wonder how early it starts for them, possibly before even being born!

What kind of music do you like to dance to?

I have no preference.

The rapper Tupac danced ballet in high school.

I like all different stuff, 50's and latin music are super fun to dance to.

I heard that, I wonder if theres a Youtube video of Tupac doing ballet lol.

Dancing ballet must be hard.

Ballet dancers go through several pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

That is pretty intense, that sounds like they really torture their feet, I bet they are not soft.

Dance can be characterized in so many different ways.

It is really an interesting art form.

I think I once heard that dancing is like a form of remembering and at the same time a way of forgetting.

It really is an interesting art form, it is so fluid and is always changing.

That is an interesting thought too.

Have you ever played a music instrument or sing?

I tried making rap songs before, and played drums and guitar a little.

I have played the guitar a little bit, I mostly just play Syd Barrett covers lol.

Drums are really hard to play I give you credit.

I didn't progress very far though, I stopped soon.

I like Syd Barrett.

The word "rap", before it was used to describe music, meant to lightly strike.

That is interesting, did you know that McDonald's ran a promotion that payed rappers $5 every time they referenced a Big Mac in their music?

That is amazing!

Rappers can rap fast, so a lot of references to Big Mac can be put into one song, I imagine.

Oh yeah, I would say big mac a few times in my songs to get $5 lol.

It's funny that a judge once delivered her ruling by rapping in a suit filed against Eminem.

Eminem must have appreciated that.

That is really funny, I wonder what he thought about it.

Do you know who the fastest rapper is?

No, I would guess Busta Rhymes?

Close, I guess it's Noclue, who raps at 14 syllables per second somehow.

Wow!
Well it was nice chatting!
Have a good day!

Yeah same to you, have a good one!


Hi there do you like to dance?
I know that babies like to dance haha

Everybody like to dance except those who can't dance.

What about you do you know how to dance?

I know that I cannot dance haha

Even as a baby, I could not dance.
Born with two left feet.

Haha I guess all babies can kind of dance though.

They smile and somewhat move to the beat.

I bet you could have done that as a baby haha

I wonder.

Maybe I could have been the next Bruce Lee.

Moved to Hong Kong.

Won a championship.

Hm.

Anything is possible haha.

Very crazy that he wanted Cha-Cha Championship back in 58, they need to make a movie about that

If Bruce had lived, he might have had a dance career as well.

Yep he was taken from us too soon.

Did you know that a ballet dancer can go through four pairs of shoes a week.

I wonder what they do with the old shoes.

Just throw them out?

Seems a waste.

Yep I'm not sure actually.

Did you know that Michael Jackson has a pet on a leaning device.

It was the device used for his extreme lean dance move.

I hope no one else uses it because he does that move the best

I wouldn't use that move.
Everybody knows that it's Michael's.
His ghost will come back and haunt you.

LOL I could see that haha.
Do you like Tupac's music at all?

Don't really know him well.
He left a mark though.

Yes he did and he apparently did ballet in high school.

I wonder if he went through four pairs of shoes a week

He would have danced in high tops I bet.

He was probably a graceful guy.

Yeah I could see that.
Do you listen to rock music at all?

I have listened to rock.

It is energetic, with a pronounced beat.

Yep it was developed in the early 1950s.

It usually does a 4/4 time signature as well.

Do you know who the Flaming Lips Are?

I have heard the name.

Are they a band with musicians and songs and instruments?

Yes they have musicians songs and instruments.

They're actually pretty famous the song"do you realize" is the state rock song of Oklahoma actually


hi do you know much about animals?

Yes.

Do you know how many animals are there individually

THere are 20 quintillion but do not ask me how many zeros are in that number

Haha I know right?
Do you have a pet?

I do, Did you know they can develop white patches in the forehead?

Yeah but I have not seen them in my pet so not sure about that

Yeah I guess.

In Germany the constitution protects the animals

I like that we should adopt laws like that here too

Yeah I agree.
Do you know why we have hiccups?

Yesh they are just a holdover from when animals had lungs and gills

Yeah.
Do you know much about humans?

Yeah I know that we have lost out hair just a quarter a million years ago

Yeah.

Do you know why we are good persistence runners?

Because we used to be hunters and are used to that

Yeah.
Did you know we can regrow ribs?

Yes in 2-3 months and just as strong, out bodies are amazing

I know.

There is a frequency though that scares us

Yeah I wonder what it sounds though, I am curious

Yeah me too actually.

Did you know we cannot synthesize vitamin C and doing that are the only ones that cannot?

Yeah all the other animals have that ability .

Do you know why?

Yes they have the right enzyme to help them do that


How's it going, do you like animals, there are over 1.5 million living species

As a small kid, I used to think I wanted to own one of each animal.

I like them very much.

Do you?

I don't think I realized there were so many species.

I don't think I could even care for 100.

Yes and know, I don't like insects which make up the majority of animal species

Insects animals are big as pets in areas of Asia, I hear.

I hear they even like some types of cockroaches as pets.

I wonder if some bugs would make good money selling as pets?

lol

Yea the only insect I'd want as a pet would be a preying mantis

Those would make really nice pets I guess not animals would, though.

I've seen shows where some people tried to keep alligators or crocodiles as pets.

Genius.

lol

I never knew that domesticated animals develop white patches on their foreheads, I guess if an animal can't do that it won't make a great pet

Meant to say not all animals would.

I didn't know that, maybe only some species get those patches?

I like how the Loch Ness monster is a protected species.

Do you think it could exist?

Probably not if no one has captured a loch ness but it would be cool if it did exist

That would be really cool if you could feed it and pet it, too.

I think one of the most unique pets I've seen has been a Grizzly Bear.

Actually, I think the guy had a few bears as pets.

Do you think he's doomed?

Probably  not the best choice for a pet considering there are 20 quintillion other individual animals to choose from

Those sugar gliders seem to make decent pets, but I hear they are omnivores and some people give them baby mice to eat.

No thanks!

Definitely not the animal for me.

I think I like horses, dogs, rabbits, and chickens the best.

Yea, it's pretty cool how humans have adopted pets since evolving 315,000 years ago

Have you heard that there used to be animals that had both gills and lungs and our hiccups are thought to be from that somehow.

Do you believe it?

That's pretty crazy.

Did you know modern human behavior started around 50,000 years ago?

That's crazy to think about, how many years we've been around.

What improvements do you think us humans will see a thousand years from now or more?

I do not, probably less adaptence for persistence hunting since most don't do it anymore

I know humans use tools more than any animal, but have you seen some of the chimps using tools?

Especially to get food.

They're pretty smart, too.

Yea, I wonder if chimps have the enzyme to synthesize vitamin c that humans lack

Pretty good question!

I think there are birds that need certain minerals, too.

Speaking of animals, I have to go feed my cat now.

TTYL.

Have a good one


It looks like dance is a hard thing to copyright in the US

I was just reading an article about Rapper Freedia and a lawsuit over dance moves.

I never really thought about that before.

I did not either, that is like MC Hammer or Sy and their famous moves perhaps

Exactly.

I wonder if Michael Jackson had rights to his famous dance moves?

He even had a patent on a device.

I have heard that, when he leaned way way back, that device held him upright.

I was surprised to hear about that, I thought he did that lean on his own, lol.

Rock music has been around a long time.

But there seems to be so many more genres of it now

Yes, it has been around for a really long time.

it has incorporated influences from just about every genre of music, and that caused the new hybrids...so many types to list!

Innovations in instruments and electronics as well as mixer boards add to the diversity of the style

Definitely!

I like how rock music has served as a vehicle for cultural and social movements.

So do you like Rap music?

Yes I do.
It depends on the lyrics.
If they are dark and dirty, I don't.

You sound like me, some rap can be really intense.

I guess that is true of any genre but nothing quite like rap.

Some of it can be fun to dance to.

Yes, I agree it can be very happy and fun, and good exercise!

Yes!
So much fun

Do you like to watch performance dance?

I watch all types of dance, So yes!

I love to watch dance and I like to dance.

It reminds me of the Beverly Hillbillies, Jed was a trained studio dancer, and "Granny" was once a classical ballet dancer.

So when you see the two at the end of the show that is special.

Hhahaaa, I remember that show, and you are right!

Dance is amazing.

So many forms of human movement is considered dance, from martial arts, gymnastic's, cheerleading.....so many forms.

Yes, yes.

The movements mean so much from Indian dances to African and the culture makes it so interesting to see the preformances.

Yes, I agree.

It has always been so interested in dance and how it originated to come to where we are now and that it is for fun and entertainment.

I love how certain types of dance can tell a story.

YEs agree.
I hope the rest of your day goes well.

You too!

It has been fun talking about Rap, dance and rock music!

Have a great day!


The Toronto International Film Festival seems like a nice event, what are your thoughts?

I have never actually been myself, but I think it would be really neat to attend.

Especially with the nice change of seasons.

A lot of people attend to the festival, it must be really cool, nearly half a million people were reported

Wow, that is really popular.

Didnt A star is born show there this time?

Yeah and also First Man, both films considered as crowd pleasers and I have to say I  loved both

I havent seen either, but I do want to see A Star is Born.

I love Lady Gaga

Yeah and also Bradley Cooper, both were great in the movie, Gaga has a great vocal range, I admire that from her

I have always also found her to be bold and just stand up for what she believes in, not worrying about norms or anything.

I think thats great, she has a lot of self confidence she was born on the year 1986

Did you hear about how she got her name, stage name that is?

No, I didnt hear about that, do you know how?

IT was from a predictive text.
A glitch changed the word radio to lady

Oh so interesting, do you like her songs?

my favorite is Poker Face and I also like Alejandro

I love her music.
My favorite is Bad Romance.

That is a great song too, and also Telephone thats another great hit

She certainly is talented.

She was on mtv's boiling points before she became famous.

I used to love that show, did you know her favorite band is Iron Maiden?

she has great musical tastes I have to give her that

She does, I agree.

She was also chosen by Sir Elton to be his sons Godmother.

Oh so she has a good relationship with Elton John, maybe he was her tutor, that would explain a lot of her skills

He is iconic himself, if Elton likes her she cant be bad.

She has even helped out the LAPD

I heard about that, she tweeted her 12 million followers the information about the upcoming roadwork somewhere around the city, officer Gaga to the rescue.


Hey there do you like dramatic movies or TV shows?

Hmmm.

I do enjoy drama since it evokes depth.

However, I generally enjoy its comedic aspects more than its tragic aspect.

How about you?

Yes I do like dramatic roles.

I don't understand why Jim Carrey won't do them anymore.

He says that he wants to just promote positivity and so he won't do a dramatic role anymore.

I think so those were some of his best

Well drama isn't only comedy so I guess he is going the more comedic route

It could be possible.
Do you ever watch the show House?
With Hugh Laurie?

I mean who hasn't?
House is a classic

Yep it definitely is.

And it's crazy that Hugh Laurie was making $700,000 per episode.

That is so much money!

It is but if it is for quality people are willing to pay.

Yep I agree with you.

On the other hand there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free.

But as I always say, I'm sure you get what you pay for and they're not very good haha

But radio drama lack the visual aspect that many actors make films and shows worth watching

I agree.

There's a reason that they don't exist anymore.

Do you like Michael Caine as an actor?

Apparently he became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama classes

Well while his motivations were pure, his acting skills sure is amazing

Haha he is a great actor.

I really liked him in the Batman movies, and I also liked him and Austin Powers 3 LOL what movies did you like him in

I especially liked him in austin powers.

He did a good job being a terrible father in austin powers in a hilarious manner.

LOL I agree with you!

Do you like Jon Hamm by the way?

I guess he used to be a teacher for drama arts back in high school

I am not actually to familiar with him

I think he was in the show Mad Men.

Have you ever seen the show the office?

I guess one of his students was Erin from the office

Oh I have seen it.
I do know of ellie kemper though

ha yes, I haven't seen that show is it any good?

I know everyone talks about it.

What do you think about the Moon by the way?

The office is hilarious.

I only initially saw it since I thought it was connected to office space, but I think both are amazing.

As for the moon, couldn't live without it.

It looks amazing, governs the tide, and without it life would be very very different

Oh I agree with you.

It's also the fifth largest satellite in our solar system.

Speaking of moons, Mars is Moon is 1/3 Hollow

I heard there was a satellite that is the size of a planet and made entirely of diamonds.

Probably would ruin the artificial market of diamonds.

Haha that sounds really awesome!

did you know that they were originally going to put a un flag on the moon and not a USA flag?

I'm personally glad they went with the US flag, though.


Hello Are you a fan of Lady Gaga?

Good morning, yes, I love Lady Gaga.
How about you?

I do!

I think she's pretty talented.

Hard to believe she's been around over 10 years already.

Hard to believe that Def Jam recordings canceled her contract, big mistake on their part.

Glad Akon helped her get signed with Interscope records and his own label.

Yes!

I remember her first from then with her debut album the Fame.

Did you know her name cam about because of a predictive texting glitch?

I didn't know that!

I know her real name is Stefani Germanotta.

That name just doesn't flow like Lady Gaga does!

Did you know her favorite band is Iron Maiden, they are some heavy metal rockers.

That is awesome!

I like metal.

lol  She was on MTV's Boiling Points before she was famous.

I remember that show.

Me too, it was a good show.

I didn't know Elton John chose her as godmother to his son.

Did you?

I think I did hear that somewhere.

I know they are good friends.

She has 11.4 million followers on Twitter.

I'm sure they know.

lol

I somehow missed that.

Speaking of all those twitter followers, the LAPD asked her to tweet her followers info about roadwork.

That's funny!

hahah That is funny!

I'm surprised she hasn't starred in any dramas yet.

Are you a fan of dramas?

Yes, I am.
I like watching Hugh Laurie in House.
It's one of my favorites.

Yes!

I loved that show.

It made him the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama!

He is worth every penny of that money, he's that good.

And I never knew he was British until I saw him interviewed and I was like he's British, OMG.

Made me love him even more.

lol Nice!

I remember being surprised he was British when the show first came out.

I saw him on one of the late night talk shows.

I read recentlt, that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more, something to do with him not playing in movies that don't project positivity.

Have you heard anything about that?

I haven't but I kind of like that idea.

We need more positivity in things.

Did you ever like Mad Men...I liked Jon Hamm in that.

I didn't know he also taught drama at his old high school.

How cool would that be to have Jon Hamm as your teacher.

I hear that Ellie Kemper was one of his students.

That would be cool!

...and what are the odds of that?

I loved the Office too!

It was nice chatting with you this morning!


Hi friend!
Do you have any pets?

I do, I have a dog, what about you?

I also have a dog and three cats.

3 of the 4 have white on thier faces.

I have heard that a white patch on the forehead is the first sign pf domestication.

I also have grey hair...

It looks like you have a zoo at home lol, you know animals have a dominant paw?

Realy?

I'll have to look for signs of that.

Of the 20 quintilllion animals on the planet, I wonder how many are right handed?

I bet that more than half of them, there sure are a lot of animals in our planet they also speak different languages so theres a lot of interesting facts about them.

Nice.

It's like the UN.

We need translators for the all!

You knowm, Germany has granted animals constitutionally guaranteed rights?

I didnt, that is shocking actually although I think its a good thing, there is a lot of animal abuse and thats not ok.

Yeah, and Scotland has made the Loch Ness monster a protected breed, so, if she every re-appears, she'll have that going for her!

I guess thats a great law we wouldnt want to kill Nessie, after all she might be the only one left of the species, Netherlands also cares about its animals

Really?
How so?
I know they like tuna on their pizza...

Well Netherlands is building special bridges to connect habitats and keep animals from getting ran over by cars.

Nice.

Unless the animals choose to use the bridges too... Well, the human animal lost most of it's body hair around 240,000 years ago, and what little I have left on top is on it's way over the bridge...

I agree we might lose all of our hair soon lol, you know we are unable to burp in zero gravity environements, I wonder why that happens

Really?

I wonder if it is related to the hiccup thing--hiccups are said to be evolutionary holdovers from early land animals who had both gills and lungs.

A good burp can stop the hiccups, so...

Yeah it might be related to hiccups, you know we are the only mammals that can't breathe and swallow at the same time!

No blow hole either!

Ok, here is a piece of animal-related trivia: The creator of the python programming language named it after british comedy group, Monty Python, which has nothing to do with a snake.

And now, something completely different.

I always thought it was because of the Python, its interesting to know that I was wrong though, I guess most people assume its because of the animal.

I guess comedy influenes us in deep ways.

Indeed.

Bill Murray says the "Supreme achievement of the modern age in term of comedy" is, in fact, the movie...Kung Fu Hustle.

Yes, comedy does influence us in deep ways...

Did you ever watch The Empire Strikes Back?

Yes.

But my favorite movie is The Green Lantern, which was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.

Ah, the age of enlightenment!

Nice chatting with you!


Hear about the girl that was part Neandertal and part something else?

Yea, it was a 13 year old girl that was also part Denisovan

They found it all from a finger bone too.

Yea, it's pretty wild that there was another species of humans cross breeding with Neanderthals

Seems like the Denisovans were an obscure offshoot of a common ancestor.

Split off like 400,000 years ago.

It's amazing how molecular geneticist were able to discover the Denisovans by looking at it's DNA

Yeah from a single genome too.

It's so fascinating that Denisovan and Neanderthals shared the same cave, I wonder how they reacted when they first saw each other

I guess they didn't distinguish that much.

Seems like they intermingled with more modern humans too.

Yea, some scientists do not even consider Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans separate species

The first humans appeared around Africa about 315000 years ago.

Humans also didn't lose their body hair until 240,000 years ago

Some humans are still pretty hairy.

We started modernizing about 50,000 years ago, tools and clothes and such.

Yea, before that humans were adapted for persistence hunting making us great distance runners

Pretty amazing.

There's a good book about that actually, Born to Run.

In the grand scheme of the universe we've been here a very short time.

The earth started forming 4.5 billion years ago.

It's a shame that 80% of natural forest have been destroyed by humans

That is very sad.

It's not like we have a lot of planrts we can go to close by if we mess this one up.

Not like we could live on the planet that precipitates glass sideways at 4500 mph.

I'd rather live on Venus despite it not having any seasons

Well, if you don't like tilting planets and seasons then that's the planet for you.

Well it sounds better than Uranus which rotates sideways

Probably is.


I have never heard of the Silurian hypothesis before.

Have you?

Sorry m8...

I have no idea what's that... any chance You could explain ?

Scientists are speculating about potential life forms before humans on earth.

They took the name from a Dr who, a television show, episode.

Before humans, meaning before the first homo sapiens ?

Any info on what those speculations are based on ?

Yes.

I think scientists look at the age of the planet, the earliest known human, and then start to wonder.

..and what did they came up with ?
;)

From what I've heard, nothing yet.

Supposedly anything older than 4 million years  old is unlikely to be discovered.

They will probably find nothing more than bunch of dinosaurs remains... nothing more ;) I think they should focus on future and not the past...

I don't know.

Learning where you come from can have a profound effect on the present and the future.

Did you know that urban areas only make up about 1% of the Earth's surface?

I guess there will be less and less of those areas... how is that making You feel  ?

Do You care ?

I think it's interesting.

It means there is probably a great deal of things out there from the past to be discovered hidden beneath the surface.

Do you care?

I mean sure, but just in cases when they'll find a swiss watch in a 4000 old tomb mummy to prove time travel is possible ;) or when they'll find frozen alien in Antarctica ;)

I'd be interested in those!

Have you ever heard of the Antikythera mechanism?

Sorry ;) what is that ?

It's an artifact that was discovered and it's known as the world's first computer.

Get this- it was used by the Ancient Greeks.

ok, this I must google after this HIT ;) I love to hear about stuff like that !

Me too.

It's artifacts like that that make you wonder just how did those people back then do the things they did.

I'm telling You - Time Travelers !

;) there was this Mummy in China and when they opened the tomb, it was wearing Adidas shoes !

That's funny!

It could all stem from an ancient race of beings before us.

There are also many videos of bones in the ground of Giants ;) they look like humans but are HUGE ;) probably a scam, but it looked interesting ;)

That is interesting.

I think I've heard somewhere about a large race of humans from back in Biblical times that fossils have been found of.


Good morning!
How are you today?

Good moning, Im great, what do yo think about intelligent life on earth and the theory they existed on earth before humans?

I think that is a great theory!

Given the earth form 4.5 billion years ago!

I think its posible, reptilian menaces called Silurians, the theory is that they evolved before mankind

My mind is blown with that information!

Do you think there was anything else on different planets?

I think theres life in other planets yeah, other advances alien civilizations must exist across the cosmos, that is a sure thing

I think it's a crazy fact that if earth was a 24 hour period, human history only takes up 1 min and 17 seconds!

Thats not much at all and in 1 min and 17 seconds we have managed to destroy the planet, we are the best species

I agree with you on that one!

It's sad what we've done while we've been on this planet!

We have destroyed it, interesting how you can fit all of the planets between the earth and the moon and still have room left

Space is just a marvelous thing!

I wouldn't want to be on the planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph haha.

That seems like a hostile planet also the one that orbits four stars, that planet must be a real oven

I agree.

Have you ever heard the sound frequency that causes fear in humans?

I dont think so, didnt know there was a frequency that caused fear in us so maybe in horror movies

Maybe that is why I'm always on the edge of my seat during those!

If we ever evolve, I want to get rid of that or be able to synthesize vitamin c!

That is a bummer good thing science is on our side, we are also unable to burp in zero gravity environments so no burping in the moon

Well I'm staying away from carbonated drinks at the point lol.

Did you know we can regrow a rib equally as strong in 2-3 months if we get it shortened?

I didnt know that, humans are amazing, do you ever get the goose bumps?

I do, usually when it's freezing out though haha, how about you?

I do as well, it seems like its an evolutionary trait we inherited from ancestors

Oh cool!

I'm going to look more into that right now!

It was nice chatting, have a great day!


Do you believe that humans are the best distance runners among all animals?

That is interesting.

Did you know humans are the only mammals who cant breathe and swallow at the same time.

didn´t know no other animals couldn´t do it.

plants are also interesting.

Plants can produce their own vitamic c, but we can´t

Plants are interesting .

Humans are too.

Did you know that humans are unable to burp in zero gravity.

I wonder what the astronauts do.

I am pretty sure they use  special clothes to help them.

Earth is also interesting and it has been over 4.5 billion year.

Yes and Earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun.

That is interesting

it is, but it is also sad to know that more than 80% of the earth´s natural forests have been destroyed

Yes, we really need to take care of the forests better.

Did you know that 5 planets in the Solar System are visible to naked eye?

that is really cool.

Did you know that there is a planet that orbits around four stars

No.
What´s the name of that planet?

It was discovered by scientists in 2013 but I don't know what they call it exactly

It is so interesting how planet venus rotates clock-wise

Yes, planets can be interesting to follow.

Did you know that you can fit every other planet between the earth and the moon?

it is pretty interesting.

it is also interesting the fact that some planets are not considered planets anymore.

Don´t understand how they can change their mind.

I like the alternative names for our planet earth Telluris and tellus.

I think we learned that pretty early on in school.

I don´t know  why Jupiter´s moon ganymede does not orbite the sun.

If it would do so would have been considered a planet.

Science is fun.

Did you know the Soviet Union sent a spacecraft to Venus.

It was the first time a photo was captured of the surface of another planet.

I think we will see trips to Mars in the future.

that would be great.

next time we can talk about planet uranus.

Yes, that would be interesting

It was nice talking to you.
see you next time.
Have a good day!

You too.

See you later


Hey what do you think about Evolution?

Apparently there was some kind of Neanderthal hybrid discovered recently

I think evolution is an interesting subject for sure.

It amazing what scientists can find, such as this hybrid creature.

Yes it's crazy that the fragment is 90000 years old, it's crazy that a fossil can last that long and you can still get DNA out of it!

Think how strange it would be to go back in time and interact with Neanderthals or other similar humanoids.

Can you imagine what you would see?

Yeah it would be interesting to see what their civilization was like.

it's also crazy that anatomically correct humans existed 300,000 years ago, that's a long time ago!

Well, in the 4.5 billion years that earth has been around, there have been lots of amazing things occurring

Yes I agree.

I think humans are one of the most astounding things that have occurred though.

For instance apparently we lost our body hear about 200,000 years ago

Not all of us did.
I have seen some pretty hairy people.

Ha-ha that's true.

What is crazy though is that there's a sound that universally causes fear in humans, I don't want to hear that at night!

Did you know that astronauts cant burp?

Apparently you can only burp in gravity.

Weird.

That is weird.

Also it's weird that humans have a genetic defect and cannot produce their own vitamin C, and apparently most other animals can, I wonder why

Because nutrition companies and orange juice makers need to make money

ha-ha that's a good point.

what do you think about the fact that humans can actually regrow ribs?

It only takes 2 or 3 months to do so

That is bizarre for sure.

I guess maybe that goes back to the bible days where Adam lost a rib to make eve.

Ha-ha yes maybe Adam just regrew his rib.

What do you think about planet Earth by the way?

And makes me sad that 80% of our forests have been destroyed

Yes, but maybe now that people know more about the environment, more work can be done on fixing that

Yes I hope so.

It's crazy that originally an earth day only lasted about six hours when it was first formed

That is nuts.

I think eventually we will move on to other planets, such as Mars.

Yeah I would move to Mars or Jupiter, or even Jupiter's moon Ganymede because it is so big it would actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun

I spend too much time watching Sci-Fi, I wonder how feasible it would be to live on another planet.

Granted, it will be many many years before that happens

Yeah hopefully it happens in our lifetime though.

what do you know about the planet Uranus by the way?

Apparently it rotates sideways and kind of rolls around the Sun instead of just spinning like a normal planet


Hi.

Are you interested in astronomy?

There have been building blocks of life found in a planetary system 455 light years away!

Yes, I am!

Did you know Jupiter's moon ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun?

I didn't know that!

It seems to be an ever evolving field, because a lot of things that were considered planets before 1950, aren't considered planets anymore.

Also venus doesnt tilt, so it has no seasons!

Neat!

It's the only one that rotates clockwise, too.

Uranus actually rotates sideways and rolls instead of spinning like the other planets, did you know that?

That's so cool!

There are 5 planets that you can see with the naked eye.

that's awesome, I wasn't aware of that.

Did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans?

I'm sure there is.

Humans used to have hair all over their bodies.

Humans are also the best distance runners because we used to hunt

Yes, we are very adaptable.

We can grow back ribs that have been removed in 2-3 months

That's pretty awesome, unfortunately we can't synthesize our own Vit C because the gene for this is defective in humans

That stinks.
Animals and plants can do it!

Yep, and did you know more than 80% of earths natural forests have been destroyed?

That's very sad.

There is almost no helium left on Earth.

And they say that when earth was first formed days were only 5.5 hours long.. could you imagine?

I already feel like some days fly by!

You'd only have to work for an hour, though!

in 2010 the United Nations appointed official ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they ever came to earth... now that's crazy thinking

I guess they were trying to make sure they were prepared!

Nice chatting with you!

It has been a good chat thank you

have a great day!


Hello there, are you interested in astronomy?

hi, how are you?sure, i like astronomy.
you?

Yeah I sure do, I find it pretty fascinating to be honest.

we live on an interesting planet.

the day was much shorter way back in the day.

it has gotten much longer.

I think I heard when it first formed the days were something like 5.5 hours long!

Wow!

Yeah, if the day keeps getting longer, we will have a 20 hour work day.

LOL

LOL, that I can't get behind, but I do wonder if in a couple thousand years that the day will reach 25 hours, and continue longer.

i guess that human beings will adapt to those changes as well.

we have already destroyed most of the forests though.

That is very sad to read about, I think I read somewhere we are at more than 80% of the forests destroyed.

Yeah, we will get rid of the last 20 per cent if we are not careful.

i dont think we can get to another planet easily

No I don't think we can either, and it takes a long time to try and restore those wild forest areas.

Yeah, we should probably plant trees that produce helium.

that would help LOL

I think I heard about that too!

So sad, no more blow up balloons and making your voice high I guess.

I guess we would have to build fusion reactors to produce helium.

I wonder where the helium is going anyway.

That is wild to think that it will all be gone one day though.

Speaking of planets, did you know that the planet Venus has no tilt, so it doesn't have seasons?

yeah, i heard that.

plus it is 900 degrees, so that would be uncomfortable.

i think that mars is our best bet.

That is true, not very pleasant to be there.

I agree with Mars as well.

I do know there is a planet with glass shards being blown about at 4500 mph somewhere out there!

hm, i wonder how they know that.

i would be interested in the planet with the building blocks for life.

That is very interesting!

I heard they found them in a system more than 455 light years away.

Yeah, now that would be an interesting planet to explore.

Anyway, great chat!

Yeah it sure would be.

Same to you, I hope you have a great day!


hi do you use youtube a lot?

Quite a bit actually.

did you know it is the seoncd largest search engine?

Wow amazing.

Do you know why they had to up their view count?

Yes that was because of Gangnam Style, the views skyrocketed

Yeah.

Do you know which is the most disliked video in there?

Yes that would be Baby by Bieber

Yes.

Together with Netflix they make half of the peak internet traffic

Not surprised there.
Have you heard of Bluetube?

I have, it is the police kind of youtube and they have stunt videos in there

Yeah.
Do you like Drake as a musician?

I like some of his songs.

do you know when he graduated high school?

I think he was 25 and that was back in 2012

Yeah that was it.

He once showed up at Drake University unexpected

Yesh and that was after they had given up trying to get him there

Yeah.
Do you like dance?

I like dance.

Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer too?

Yeah he even won a cha-cha championship, so talented

Yeah and same with Tupac, he danced ballet

Yes he was in the production of the nutcracker as the mouse

Such a talent that guy.

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

That is a lot of shoes and I bet a lot of money too


Have you ever tried a dragon's breaths snack?

No, have you.
thats crazy!

I havent but I heard they can be really dangerous, teens and their crazy snacks,

Yes, its dangerous!
Mayonnaise ice cream sounds horrible.

It does sound horrible, both are extremely unhealthy and combining them creates a time bomb, disgusting

lol, yes!
Do you watch U Tube?

I love Youtube, I use it everyday do you like it?

Yes I do.

I watch it a lot.

Its got everything.

First video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.

That must be one of the most famous elephants now lol, its amazing how with YouTube they make up half of the peak of the internet traffic in the country

I believe that, as it began as a dating website.

It did?

I didnt know that, and do you remember Gangnam Style?

No?

What is that?

Did you watch any of those 70 full episodes of the Joy of Painting?

Its a video that got record views on YouTube, really funny you should look it up, YouTube had to update the count integer because of that video

I will, Do you like dance?

Parrots dance perfectly in time with music.

I dont like dancing I have two left feet, Tupac is a skilled dancer though

Yes he was, Bill bailey was the first person to do the moonwalk!

I though the first person to moonwalk was MJ, when did Bill Bailey do that?

1955, Cannot picture Mr. Rogers doing the breakdance!

lol

Thats a hard scene to picture lol, babies can spontaneously dance when they hear music, the smile more with the beat

Awww yes, I love that!

Now that funky chicken and robot dance is going back.

Hope there back to stay!

ballet dancers sure spend a lot of money on shoes

Yes, lol.
Are you a fan of Drake?

I am a fan of Drake, he has some songs that I like, Hotline Bling is one of my favorite songs.


Hello there!

have you been hearing the news about diversity going around?

Oh yes.

But I worry about us being too homogonistic.

Like White Magazine in Australia.

I do not agree with their priciples, but I feel like they should not be abused for them.

It's just so weird that we live in a time where we fear the most about being judged.

What people do shouldn't be our business if it's not directly affecting us.

Exactly!

I do not like people being in my business.

I mean, even Ivey League schools are working with Facebook now.

Yes I have heard of that also happening.

Facebook is a big thing now.

It's so interesting how one web page can impact everyone.

Like how Iceland is rewriting their constitution through there.

It's surreal.

Burger King had that promotion where you unfriend 10 people and get a free Whooper.

Who does that to their friends for a cheap, overcooked burger?

Everyone has their tastes.

Plus you can always add them back!

I think the real disappointment was when MySpace turned down the offer to buy facebook.

Yeah.

That was a big Whoops!

LOL.

I think MySpace does mostly music now.

I listened to the Batman Begins soundtrack there.

I noticed, for the first time, that each track is named for a genus or family of bat!

I went back to it a few years ago and yes its changed so much.

I never browsed the new website but whenever i did have the old web page and it was matrix themed.

I even included the soundtrack accompanied by clips of the film!

Matrix themed!

That is awesome!

Mine wasn't special.

But my niece had the soundtrack to Jaws play during her wedding, and so she had it on her MySpace too.

It has a video clip of Speilberg playing the clarinet for the soundtrack.

The youth age was so silly, but fun for the most part.

Anyways going back to what we were talking about.

Do you think there should be a vote for same sex marriage by the citizens?

I'm not sure if there should be a vote.

I feel like it's a right, no matter what the majority rules.

And so many people don't take it seriously.

Like the people of Austin voting to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst.

(funny though.

LOL)

SO like an addition to the bill of rights?

People make it too personal.

Its just complicated.

But then again it is used to express an opinion.

It's not like when you're in a jury

I'm not even sure it needs the addition to the bill of rights.

Like all marriages, I feel like it's implied to be a natural right.

It's a good thing we didn't decide it the way Iceland is rewriting their constitution on FB, like you mentioned earlier.

LOL

I know it has to do with their religious beliefs but by inciting hate "you reap what you sow"

Yes, like the baker in CO who refused to bake the same sex wedding cake.

Which i dont think it's wrong honestly.

Every business should have the right to refuse business to whomever they choose.

I don't like the way the news made them come out as the bad guys though.

Just like the magazine from australia, Any business can be subject to online abuse for their beliefs.

it can kill a business

I agree.

Everyone has their own rights, whether or not we agree with them is our business.

I do.

That doesn't mean the baker has too.

White Magazine was destroyed.

It is so bad in the US i think because the case with the baker was taken all the way up to the Supreme court.

Which means the state wasn't even able to deal with it.

Yes.

State's rights are being trampled.

Maybe it's because it's still a relatively new form of government?

Even in the UK, not all men had the vote until 100 years ago.

I guess it is still a work in progress even in other countries.

Like how the Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.

I am really curious to hear more about that.

I wonder what that constituent think of that?

Probably wishes they could vote on Facebook.

LOL

Just imagine Facebook, a company valued at $104b in 2012, to be the new way to vote.

for anything!


Ever heard of this Dragon's Breath stuff, it is new to me.

What?

No I have not.

What is it?

Is it a drug or something?

Boy, those kids are always up to something.

I guess it is a snake made fro liquid nitrogen.

Heavens knows who would produce something like that.

I guess that the kids will buy and try anything that is novel.

I was probably the same way when I was young.

I guess I was not as adventurous, the thought of putting liquid nitrogen in my mouth does not appeal to me.

Negative 320F is what I hear.

You could hurt yourself!
Why would you do that?
Does it get you high or something?
Crazy.

Just a trend I suppose.

I understand they are sold at kiosks in malls, made by pouring the nitrogen over cheese puffs or similar.

There are warnings, but of course kids ignore it and do it the wrong way

I would not let my kid do that.

I've heard of these cocktail places that do drinks using liquid nitrogen, you're meant to let it evaporate before ingesting.

I can imagine when you've had a few drinks your sense of caution get lost.

Yes, I agree.

I would not want to tamper with forces as powerful as liquid nitrogen.

That is stuff for scientists and doctors and engineers and stuff.

My understanding with the kids is that they can make it appear that smoke is coming out of their noses and mouths, they post videos to Youtube.

Sounds safer to take up smoking to me.

Yes, that sounds really cool.
I want to try it!
NOT.
I would rather vape or smoke.

I guess everyone wants to be a Youtube star now.

Both my kids want to post video to it and get likes.

If there is money in it, I'll do it.
Otherwise, no thanks.
I do like YouTube though.

There's money in it for a very few amount of people, not for everyone else.

Unless you spend money to make good quality videos you'll rarely make anything from it.

There's too much on it.

Yes, the market is crowded.

I guess the badger videos of yore were lucky.

The main thing now seems to be doing these dangerous videos, there was another one where people would jump out of moving cars to do a dance!

Oh, I remember seeing that.

I guess that they didn't care about their car or their health.

I would not want to do that for money or fame.

I wonder if Youtube has any liability towards these videos, people are only making them to get on Youtube, if Youtube didn't allow them people wouldn't put themselves in danger.

I guess so.

Youtube might not care one way or the other until they are sued.

Anyway, great chat!

You too, stay away from that Dragon's Breath, and liquid Nitrogen in general.


Good morning!

What do you think about the new Dragon's Breath stunt?

Who could have guessed frozen food could be so dangerous!

Yes.

It started at a highbrow restaurant in L.A. and spread to the malls.

But a lot of the injuries are accidental.

I can't believe they're selling liquid nitrogen at malls - and as a snack!

Dippin' Dots also use liquid nitrogen and have been around for years.

Yes, but Dragon's Breath seems to be more dangerous.

There have been more injuries, from what I hear.

Agreed.

Anything where one must use utensils - or at least a stick is bound to lead to injuries.

Yes, and it comes with a lot of special instructions.

No wonder things go wrong.

Do you think it's irresponsible for them to be selling it to younger people or people who might not know how to eat it correctly?

Yes!
Chefs and bartenders have training.
Your average mall employee does not!

Right, and there might not be time to make sure people understand the instructions, considering how crowded and noisy malls can be.

Do you think it should be allowed?

Probably not, but I guess it might be better to not make it seem attractive to teens so they will avoid it.

Yes, and how would you do that?

Anti-cigarette advertising works somewhat.

Perhaps a campaign on the video sharing sites like YouTube?

Maybe.

Did you know that YouTube is now the second largest search engine?

Yes.

If Google is willing to pay nearly 2 billion dollars to own you, something is going right!

Yes, and they have Google to thank for their success now too.

Guess what's the most disliked video on YouTube?

I heard it was Justin Bieber.

Maybe kids didn't appreciate his dance skills.

Yes!
"Baby" by Justin Bieber.

Interesting.

Speaking of dance,    did you know Tupac danced ballet!

Yes!

He was the Mouse King in The Nutcracker.

Bruce Lee was also a dancer.

I guess you never really know where people start!

For sure!
Well, it's been real.
Have a wonderful day wherever you are!


Do you use Facebook?

Every day.

It amazes me that Myspace missed out on an opportunity to purchase FB but didn't You?

Interesting, but they would have ran it into the ground probably.

Yeah maybe it was kind of self sustaining though.

When they went public they were worth 104 billion dollars and that was back in 2012.

That is incredible.
Do you use the like button?

Well since i don't live in that town in Germany i feel pretty comfortable using it, lol!

What a weird rule, right?

Yeah i don't get that at all.

Hard to believe FB was launched until 2004. seems like it's been around a lot longer.

Yeah, I was still in school when it came out.

Did you know 1/3 of divorce fillings included the name facebook?

No, I didn't know that.
Wonder why that is?

Probably because every one puts there personal business on social media.

A lot of people got fired too, because of FB.

Interesting, why?

Again putting there business out there.

Calling in sick and then posting selfies of your self parting will do it every time.

I can see how that could happen.

Yeah 30% of us Americans use FB as it's primary source of news.

I haven't logged in, in ages.

Wow your one of the few my friend!

Apparently Male & female don't cut it anymore.

FB has 58 other gender description besides these 2.

Interesting.

Did you know Astronauts vote from Space?

I did not but did you know that there are more people on FB than there were in the world 200 years ok?

I didn't know this.


Do you have a Facebook account?

Yes, I do.
You?

I have one yeah, amazing how much the company has grown in 15 years

2004 to now.

They were valued at $104 Billion at their IPO in 2012.

I think the company is worth a lot more to this day, still a lot of money did you ever use MySpace?

Not really.

I know they had a chance to buy Facebook when it was young.

They had the chance to buy the company for $75 million!

That's a steal!
(Relatively speaking)

It was, great opportunity I bet MySpace staff regrets not taking advantage of that

Yeah.

Maybe it would have been less "blue" also.

Yeah, the blue color was influenced by Zukerberg he is color blinded in a way

I heard Iceland was rewriting their Constitution with public input via Facebook.

I wonder if any fake news made it's way in there as well?

Sounds like the really like Facebook and I think its great they take peoples opinions into account, and I bet many of them

I bet they have better voter turnout in Iceland also.

It wasn't until 1918 that even all men in England had the right to vote.

I wonder why, well the Indian goverment takes its voters seriously they even place a booth in a forest so that a single man could vote

That's dedication.

On a lighter note people in Austin,TX voted to name their dump after Fred Durst.

That is messed up they must really hate Fred Durst there lol

His music was pretty awful so I can hardly fault them.

Yeah but still seems like a lot of trouble lol

Indeed.

Yeah seems like a waste of resources but oh well its been good chatting with you today

Likewise!


Hi, how are you?

I've been thinking about birds a lot lately.

Do you know anything about their anatomy?

I don't really know much about birds.

I have heard that they have hollow bones.

True.

I've been reading about their high metabolic rate and four chambered heart.

I'm astonished that birds can fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping.

I guess their brains must not require sleep.

They are really amazing.

Some wild birds in australia can mimic cameras, car alarms and chainsaws!

I'm amazed that their vocal cords can do what machines do.

Hummingbirds make use of spider webs to build nests.

Well, anything that can evolve from a pigeon to a dodo bird must be very adaptive!

I guess every species needs to evolve and adapt.

Humans do so as well.

They have lost their body hair (or most of it) relatively recently.

True, and considering how government works, governing an organized community, humans need to be versatile, mentally and physically

True.

Consider the guy in France that sold the Eiffel Tower twice by impersonating a government official.

That is nuts.

Perhaps the US government will actually sell Nevada, since they own nearly 90% of the state.

I think they control most of it for military purposes and such.

They could sell the land and donate the proceeds to helping save the Amazon rainforest, just like Norway did.

I thought it might have something to do with their immunity from violating the geneva convention.

They probably need that immunity now, with Wikileaks telling a lot of government secrets.

True.

I heard Wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.

I wonder how the government could destroy Wikileaks, which probably has lots of backups and hidden sites.

Perhaps they can use the fact humans are among the best distance runners!

We've very good at spreading out into new environments.

But we still cannot synthesize vitamin C.

Yes, evolution sometimes results in things like a defective enzyme.

Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!
Make sure you get plenty of vitamin C.

Thanks!

Stay away from the frequency that causes fear in humans!


Human ancestry is an amazing thing to study, don't you think?

It truly is.

I wonder when we lost the ability to create our own vitamin C?

That is a good question.

I assume that there was some genetic reason for it.

To think that at one time the human race only numbered in the thousands blows my mind.

I wonder what the sound frequency is, that causes fear in humans, and what does it correlate to.

I am guessing that it's a low frequency that simulates a predators growl.

Instilled fear response.

That may be it, since we are among the best distance runners among all running animals.

Yes, it came in useful for hunting, but escaping as well.

I wouldn't want to try out running any animal living or extinct.

Maybe that's one of the reasons we developed a reasoning brain, so that we could outwit rather than out run.

Maybe, I wonder why we lost almost all of our body hair.

Was that due to discovering fire?

LOL!

It might have well been but it was probably due to the climate in which we evolved.

At that time, we may have been migrating though.

All in all, it's amazing we didn't go extinct like the dodo bird, and amazing that it's cousin the pigeon still survives.

Yes, another species that had little defense against hunters, including humans.

Their demise was fairly recent.

I think it's fascinating that there are some birds that can mimic the sound of car alarms.

I bet the Australians feel as if they are in a horror movie when they start mimicing chainsaws.

I would think so.

Imagine hearing a car alarm go off miles from ant road.

I think it's cute that hummingbirds will steal spiderwebs, to repair their nests.

I've never witnessed that behavior though.

Neither have I. I do get to watch eagles every fall when the salmon runs start.

That would be fun to watch.

I recently learned that there was a group of birds (now extinct) that didn't have wings.

How odd.

Yes, apparently there a lot of species that have lost the ability to fly, if they ever had it at all.

Like everyone's favorite bird, penguins.

The flightless birds have a different digestive and respiratory systems than their flying cousins.

Probably due to what they eat.

Change happens slowly over thousands of decades.

Maybe in the future humans will be able to fly.

Maybe.

I just learned that we can regrow a rib.

Somehow that escaped me.

That is amazing!

I wonder why we can't regrow limbs also?

It's been fun chatting with you, enjoy the rest of your day.


Turkey has become really popular in America, I dont see my thanksgiving celebration without eating that delicious bird

Did you know that Turkey was probably not part of the first Thanksgiving in the US!

I did not kow that, but it sure is an american tradition now.

Thanks.

Do you know the scientific name for birds?

No not really, not much of a bird fan, do you happen to know them?

I have a pet hummingbird, and have seen it steal spiderwebs.

I see, that must have been funny to watch lol, I heard something interesting about bird in Australia and its that they can mimic the sound of alarms, chainsaws, cameras

Birds are fascinating.

Can you believe dodo birds and pigeons are part of the same family.

I dont see the resemblance in those two birds, bit I guess its possible, you know that in most birds their bones are so hollow and thats why their skeleton is so lightweight.

True.

It also must help when birds fly from Alaska to Mexico without any sleep!

They do?

that is a really long trip I guess birds are exceptional little creatures, I think I might do some more research about them.

You know what I need to do some research on?

Government.

Now thats a whole different subject and be careful with what you research as they might plan to destroy your info liked they planed to destroy Wikileaks

The US government owns 86% of Nevada, so there is no escape!

I guess theres no escape, thats a lot of land, they should sell some of it and pay off some of the mayor debt the government has.

Then again, it is easy to lie like the guy who impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel tower twice!

Yeah I guess it is, he did sold the lie twice so that is pretty amazing if you think about it humans are amazing.

Yes.

Despite not being the fastest or strongest, humans are among the best distance runners in the animal kingdom.

Yeah and we adapt, maybe thats why we have survived for as long as we have after all we are not the strongest animal but the smartest one for sure

Then again, humans are susceptible to a sound that causes fear!

Reminds me of the comic books.

I agree, I wonder if animals are also susceptible to this frequency maybe its only of humans.


How do you like the government?

I stay pretty neutral.

I was a history major so I see a lot of patterns.

Sometimes the government does something really nice like Norway who donated 1 billion dollars to save the Amazon rainforest.

Me too, I don't get into politics much.

Norway is good, I bet the US pays that much to destroy it.

I bet there are thousands of different types of birds in the Amazon.

Most would have bones so hollow their skeleton weighs less than their feathers.

I bet!

I like that birds can fly from alaska to mexico without sleeping

Amazing!

And there are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms and even chainsaws!

that is scary and so interesting lol.

I love birds, the wild ones are the best

I really like Hummingbirds.

I just found out they steal spiderwebs to construct their nests.

that is smart, i bet they make great nets.

They are so light too that it would be easy to repair their nests with them

I feel like they are the only birds dainty enough to do so.

I doubt the dodo was ever so crafty.

They are in a sub-family of pigeon.

That is awesome to hear.
If only Humans were that cool.

Human can be pretty cool.

They can regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within 2 to 3 months.

wow, i never knew that.

I just think about there is a sound frequency that causes fears in human

I must know it without knowing it.

And to think it has only been 250,000 years since humans looked a lot different with a lot more body hair.

I have a lot of body hair so I am glad times have changed and I don't have anymore lol!

It is very interesting how much humans have changed and how different we can be.

We are the only species that cannot synthesize their own vitamin c, unlike all other plants and animals.

wow, I did not know that too.
You are a human fact machine!

I really like learning history and I find it so fascinating that the humans we understand today and all of our history and modernity only started 50,000 years ago!

Me too, anymore facts?
It has been great chatting with you!

Just one fun fact for the road.

A man in France impersonated a government official and managed to sell the eiffel tower......twice.

smart guy lol


I feel so bad for Queen Elizabeth.
Her corgi had to be put down.

It is always sad when you lose one of your furry friends.

I've had to do that a couple of times myself.

It's a sad thing to have to do.

The Queen of England has had a corgi since 1944.

Those dogs must've been very spoiled

Yes I imagine they were.
But it is hard not to spoil your pets.

Did you hear about the Southwest disaster?

No I didn't what happened?

A jet engine blew out on a Southwest plane.

One passenger was found dead

Wow that's scary.

I used to love to fly, but today I have doubts as to whether they can afford to keep up the maintenance.

Do you fly?

No.

I've flown to India a few times in the past though.

I got motion sickness and threw up

I'm sorry, that's really miserable.

I also don't like going through the security lines that they have.

Yeah, I guess you're not supposed to read on a plane.

It messes you up

Oh.

I've never tried reading on a plane.

But I have started to feel a little queasy if I stare out the window too long.

Speaking of reading, did you know the record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute?\

No I didn't.

That's a lot of words to process.

I wonder how much of the info they actually retained.

Yeah probably.

They should try measuring the person's reading comprehension

Exactly.

I know when I have been really interested in a book I have read really fast to find out what happens.

Then I end up reading a second time slower, so that I actually enjoy the book.

Did you know that in the 18th century there was a moral panic because too many people were reading novels?

Yes I heard about that.

I guess they would have really freaked out today because of all the information we have access to.

I think the panic was over reading fictions works though.

They'd probably like all of the actual information that is available today

I never thought of it like that.

You are probably right.

Isn't amazing how much information we have at our fingertips.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't look up several questions on the internet.

Yeah, same here.
Computers were an incredible invention.

Yes they were.

I spend way too much time on mine.

Having said that I will say good night, and thanks for the terrific chat.


Hi!
How are you?
Are you a fan of Katy Perry?

Hello there, I am good thank you.

I don't have any of her music but think she is ok, how about you?

I don't really know her.

She's received 11 grammy nominations and never won.

I wonder whether someone on the Grammy committee dislikes her or something.

She was married to Russell Brand for about a month, I believe.

Yeah I do remember her being married to Brand for a short period.

I know he also was eligible to claim $22 million from her after the divorce, but didn't.

Russell probably just wanted to put the whole sordid chapter behind him.

He broke up with her via text.

Wow, I didn't know that, that is very bad to do anything over a text but especially that.

Did you know that the Russians made a computer than ran on water?

I thought the Russians would have used vodka for most horsepower.

Holy cow that is so cool I didn't know that.

I do know that the space shuttles general computer runs on 1mb of ram.

I don't think the transhumanists would be able to upload their minds to computers with such little ram.

I wonder what will happen when people can put their minds in computers.

Will the machine take over?

Yeah that is a scary thought, AI is a bit scary to think if it got out of control or something Terminator like that.

Probably smoking would do the computers in.

Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty.

It's a biohazard.

I guess we could use cigarette smoke to stop the terminator.

I never knew that, very interesting.
And yeah that is a great plan!

Eventually the computers will take all the jobs.

Do you spend a lot of time reading?

I think it would be great if computers could help us read better.

Yeah I do, and yeah I think that would be great.

What type of reading do you enjoy, if any?

I read a lot of novels.

I think it's funny that novels created a moral panic in the 18th century.

People were supposed to read poetry, not novels!

Yeah I think I've read that!

That is so wild, but thinking how slow information spread I can understand that.

I bet Anne Jones would have been a superstar back in the 18th century.

She can read 4,700 words per minute!

I wonder how much she remembers a week later.

Holy smokes that is insane!

I don't know how you could even understand half that many that quickly.

Her eyes must move like crazy.

Probably can't smoke around her because it will void her warranty.

I like that the military has put Ender's Game on their suggested reading lists.

That includes the Marine Corps, even though they read 4,700 words/year.

Yeah her warranty would be toast.

That is an interesting choice to put in there.

Starship Troopers is also on the reading lists.

Heinlein loved his military yarns, but then again, he was in the Navy.

Another very interesting choice for military reading.

I guess CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien would hold you laugh you lose competitions while reading poetry.

Those two were pretty educated and wrote a ton of books.

I guess people like that have their own form of entertainment.

I wonder whether computers will ever have a sense of humor.

Yeah maybe that will be first on the list for AI, to be funnier than humans.

Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Hello.
Are you interested in fish?

Not really, I did once have an aquarium.

Genetic engineering is interesting.

They make blue roses!

The classic symbol for the unattainable.

or unrequited love... Science doesn't recognize such poetry.

It is interesting that bacteria is used for the color.

Bacteria seems to be really versatile, from evil to hero... Life on Earth has both suffered and bolstered...

I guess you need bacteria to convert proteins.

... yeah, that is part of what they do in digestion.

The author of what I read seems really pessimistic, almost as if he/she hates scientific research.

I agree.

Maybe they should write about something different.

Yes maybe how bacteria can be used to clean nuclear waste.

It actually can...

It is sad that 80% of the Earth's natural forests have been destroyed.

That seems to be too high and drastic.

That is sad.

When the earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long.

Yeah it would have been a long day.

The Earth was molten...  Is it true that all the Earth's helium will be gone by the end of this century?

Yes, I have read that scary statistic.

Speaking of scary, humans lost body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago.

Can you imagine having your body covered in hair?

Not really...

It's funny, I only seem to lose the hair I want on my head.

I don't get it, we can grow back ribs but not hair?

Hahah agreed.

It is crazy it only takes 2-3 months to regrow,

It's weird that there's a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.

Is it in the key of rap?

That would be a good comparison tool!

Funny a seahorse is the only fish with a neck.

have a nice day


So we can make a blue rose now, when I say we I mean they, as in genetic engineers.

I think messing around with DNA is very interesting myself.

To a certain degree we have been doing it for centuries by selective breeding.

That is not natural so in a sense is genetic engineering.

Yeah that's a good point, we have been doing it forever basically.

Sounds like we are making disease-resistent crops as well.

For the main it sounds beneficial.

The writer tries to link genetic engineer and extinctions of animals and insects, but I think they are separate issues.

I would have to agree with you on that.

I think the rate of extinctions has most to do with us destroying their environments.

Maybe all this research into genetics and DNA can be beneficial in the long run in terms of extinctions.

I understand they can save DNA now.

Yeah I hope you are right, I hope they use the new info on genetics to determine just why some go extinct and just how we can save them.

That insect are disappearing seems a worry, especially the bees.

A friend of mine keeps bees and says he loses hives more regularly now than in the past.

Yeah the bees scare me very much, they have had articles in my local paper over the bee concern.

It is all of the pesticides they use, the neon-somthings that all of Europe have banned, they eventually get into the bee system and destroy it, so sad.

Humans can sometimes have a very negative affect on the Earth, hopefully we can fix our ways and work with, rather than against, Earth.

Exactly, I hope all the new technology helps us save the planet rather than keep destroying it like we are doing.

Maybe one day they can genetically manufacture us so as that human can synthesize vitamin C like most other animals.

I never knew that, very interesting fact.

I wonder why we are the only animals that can't?

Evolution I guess, or intelligent design, depending on your viewpoint.

Just like us losing body hair 240,000 years back.

That is pretty wild, and i don't think that is relatively long in the grand scheme of humans, I do know we are adapted to be the best distance runners of all the animals as well.

Yeah, and we are probably the only ones running for fun, if you can call it that.

You don't see many animals training for a marathon.

I would have to agree, never thought about that, I think we do lots of things for fun that most animals would never do.

Seems odd that humans like to swim, I guess we want to return to being fish.

Yeah it does, and it sounds like freshwater fish drink water through their skin while saltwater fish drink it through their mouth.

Well it was a good chat, have a good day.

Yeah same to you, have a nice day!


Hello.

Do you like roses?

Up until recently I thought a blue rose was natural but apparently it is not.

I love roses.

I have never seen a blue rose.

That sounds like all of those crazy colored carnations that they dye.

It is pretty but they way they go about it is not.

Scientists inject bacteria into a white rose to make it blue.

Yuck.

I agree sounds gross!

I hear that they may be hitting the market in the next few years.

Amazing what scientist can do.

It really is.

Some say it's not though because thousands of wildlife species are almost extinct because of us.

Yikes.

Looks like we need to focus on conservation.

I hear we are losing insects too which will really affect the ecosystem.

Definitely.

Then you have scientists using their expertise to preserve dna and mix it with other species.

That doesn't sound like a good idea.

I put my head in the sand when it comes to issues like this.

Most humans do.

We ignore because it is inconvenient to our lives and lifestyles.

I need to start paying more attention.

I do too.

Just like when I heard recently that over 80 percent of the planet's forests have been destroyed.

That was shocking.

Supposedly the earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st century.

Does that mean no more balloons?

Probably so.

I wonder what else it means though.

Surely helium is good for more than that?

Not sure.

I am just amazed that when the earth was first formed that a day was only 5.5 hours long.

That is a lot of darkness!

Yet things grew and survived.

That makes me picture a lot of shade loving plants that are no longer with us.

True.

I never thought of it that way!

This is a random fact but did you know that the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.

No I didn't.

I guess I never thought about it before.

I do know that there's a type of jellyfish that is considered to be immortal.

Yikes.

I am not sure I want a jelly fish around that can't die.

I think it is crazy that the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weight.

That is crazy!

That must be a very powerful type of fish to be able to do that!

Kind of like some of the snakes out there that can eat huge animals.

Yeah, just like them.

Say, did you know that freshwater fish get their water through osmosis but salt water fish actually drink it?

Interesting.

I did not know that.

The sounds that are emitted by fish can vary depending on the species and stimulus.

I thought that was interesting.

I agree with you.

I guess dolphins and whales sound different.