I guess that's true. I wonder if people use the library in some areas or something. I know some people might not have computers. Maybe a smart phone? Some older folks don't like the new technology.


Yeah.  Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak bandwidth in North America!


People love staring at video. Youtube is owned by Google. Google, Netflix, Facebook, Youtube. Is there life outside of the Internet?


Yeah they are all pretty great though.  lol I really like Netflix and Youtube.


I try to catch dramas and comedies. I like both equally. Did you know that Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy? Seems odd.


Yeah that is pretty crazy,  it couldve been an entirely different movie with Jack Black,  so different personalities.


Jack Black is inherently comedic. His presence as a super hero would be awkward. Do you watch Comedy Central?


Not really,  I dont watch much tv usually only things that can be streamed.


Comedy Central is a graveyard for shows. They've cancelled over 100 since 1989. I guess it's tough to survive in comedy.


eeeeek thats horrible. Do you like any disney movies?


yes, I saw Fantasia when I was younger. I was amazed at the artistry. What about you?


I have a bunch of favorites!  Little mermaid,  aladdin, lion king, frozen, lilo and stitch, moana.


You know your Disney films! I enjoy animation, but usually the ones for adults, not kids.


Yeah I like the disney pixar stuff too,  I really like inside out that definitely had some jokes only adults would know.  Been good chatting.


I have found myself watching shows on streaming services more than on television these days. How about you?


I do use Netflix, I like a lot of their original programming.


Did you use neflix before they went into online streaming?


I used their DVD services a little bit but mostly their streaming services


I bet blockbuster regrets not acquiring neflix


I wonder if they would have taken the company in the direction it headed on it's own. It's easy to say it was a bad idea in hindsight.


I mean the offer was for 50mil. Now netflix is 2 billion


Yes but if Blockbuster never planned on making original content like Netflix did, the company would probably not be worth 2 billion today.


Considering netflix was made after a late fee of $40, I think that 40 was a good investment


Does Netflix even still offer the mail service? I never heard anymore about it after I switched to streaming.


I think they still do, though I don't see why people still would


I'm sure not everyone has access to the internet or at least speeds capable of streaming with enough quality. It's easier for a younger generation to move past certain forms of technology.


That makes sense. What genre do you tend to watch on netflix?


I have lately been watching a lot of documentaries. They have had some fascinating true crime ones lately.


Do you have any good comedy recommendations on Netflix? I've watched a few standup specials they have aired.


I don't really use netflix, but kung fu hustle is a classic


I really enjoyed that movie and heard recently the director is planning on a sequel.


I hope to see it too. In any case, thanks for chatting.


hey my friend do you have a Netflix account?


ya it's crazy that they have 140 million subscribers! over 60 million in the USA alone


I know everyone has one it seems. They are one of the biggest.


ya for sure, and they pay 20 times more money on USPS postage than on the bandwidht they use


Yes, that would come with being so large a company.


right I agree, it's crazy that Netflix started at 50 million dollars in value and is now worth about 2 billion


Yes, they also have taggers who are paid to watch and tag content.


ya that makes sense they'd have that, what is crazy is netflix and youtube take up half of peak internet traffic though


For sure, Netflix alone has 137 million subscribers worldwide.


yup with 60 million in the USA alone, that is about 20% of households, can't believe they even exist in countries like China and Japan


that is true, did you hear the story about how Netflix got started?


Yes, very interesting subscription-based streaming.


well the creator was charged a $40 late fee for renting Apollo 13, kind of silly that's what inspired him


Crazy fee, Matt Groening's Disenchantment is interesting.


did you like it? I didn't really myself, but it makes sense to me that about a third of internet traffic is netflix from 9am to noon


Somewhat can be addictive to watch.  Yes that time frame is not what is expected.


do you like comedy movies at all? have you seen kung fu hustle by chance?


No I have not yet. I did not realize Drew Carey had served eight years in the marine corps. How interesting.


wow that is interesting, also crazy that the green lantern movie originally was going to star Jack Black, totally different!


Yes I do. Did you know slovakia beat bulgaria 82-0 once?


It was the women's team but do not know the year, it was 1 goal every 44 seconds


Wow. Canada also scored 132 goals in the first winter OG


Nice. USA olympic team lost to a high school team once


Really, what was the score there, was it too bad?


Wow. Did you know Canada has two national sports?


Did not know that, which ones would that be?


It is hockey but also lacrosse, pretty different ones


I know that he is a great player but that is all I know


You are right but his sister was always better, broke 8 national records once


Wow amazing. Tim DUncan decided to get a degree and then get into the NBA


Good for him. Iverson signed a crazy contract with Rebook in 2001


How good was it? Most players have trouble financially after they retire


That is too bad. He is getting $800 000 per year till he is 55 and then $32 million


Wow I guess it is safe to say that he is set for life


Did you know Canada is the only country in the world with 2 national sports?  lacrosse and Hockey


Well no wonder Canada scored 132 and let 3 in  during the 1924 olympics


Wow.  An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game!


Speaking of hockey players, a hockey player was traded for 1$ in 1993 and that play went to win four Stanley cups


Well not really, I know more about basketball than I do about hockey


I'm a big Cleveland Cavs fan and love college basketball.


Ah, I am more of a Golden State Warriors fan because of Steph Curry


He's awesome!  The Warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the NBA finals


Really? Thats insane. Did you know that Steph Curry's brothers played the back court together on the santa cruz warriors in 2013? Furthermore, Steph and Klay did the same on the golden state warriors


What about the NBA? My knowledge of the NBA isnt very large but I know a few facts. What about you?


I know a little ... but not that much...I know the popular players, etc.  It's just not as popular as football and baseball where I live


Where I live hockey is very popular but I still prefer basketball


I see that "granny style" is the best technique to consistantly score points from the line


Did you know that Even though Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA, Jordan still wore them and paid a fine every game


I didn't know that!  He's made a killing on those shoes over the years


Without a doubt, His popularity has only skyrocketed over the past years


I wish I had his money that's for sure!  ..and his talent!


Agreed, with that money I could start my own NBA team


lol yes!  That would be the life!  Wouldn't it?


Living in a mansion not having to work - Splendid


I'm all in!  Speaking of shoes I see where Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55...to where the then would receive a lump sum payment of 32 million!


Allen Iverson is also a great basketball player with a great carrer


Sup brah? You've seen Frozen lately? It's Disney's 53rd animated feature film


Cool, it was directed by Jennifer Lee, she did a good job


She did great! She broke a lot of records as a director too


Yes, she was the first female director to gross over 1 billion at the box office. That's an amazing feat!


Right?! She's also the first female director of a Disney feature film, which was honestly kind of surprising to me


Yea, what also is surprising is Eliza was going to be the main villain of the film too!


I kind of get that vibe from her at the beginning, but she's a totally different person by the end of the movie


Yea, they decided to make her a good character because of how good "let it go" was as a song


It's hard not to sing along to Let it Go!


Yea, I bought the soundtrack off Amazon. It's crazy how big they became since being founded in 1994


Yea, it originally started as an online bookstore, the first purchase was for 27.95


Okay, the bookstore thing makes a lot more sense. I can't imagine there was much of an internet back in the early 90s


Yea, they eventually started to sell video downloads and mp3s, and then everything lol


Yeah, there's not much you CAN'T buy on Amazon these days


I know, it is the largest internet retailer in the world measured by revenue


I don't doubt that at all. There's a fulfillment center not too far from where I used to live, it's massive


I wouldn't want to work in there, the warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day during their shift!


That's a lot of steps! I wear a FitBit that tracks my steps, I'd hit my goal everyday at a job like that


A little Frozen. Have you seen that movie?


I have as well. I wonder how much of the Snow Queens fairy tale made it into the movie


I'm sure a majority of it! Can you believe Elsa was supposed to be the villain?


That would have changed the story completely! How crazy


I agree! Thank you for the song "let it go" that was uplifting haha.


The movie caused an increase of 153% for flight searches for norway. Hope they were ready for that!


That was probably the most money tourist industries made that year lol.


The animation team was sent to jackson hole, why to experience going through deep snow


I bet they developed it very quickly after that haha. Do you have amazon prime?


I do. Amazon has come a long way from being an online bookstore


I agree! I wish I was the first customer to buy books from them!


They do so much now. Online retailer, electronics even cloud infrastructure services


They are going to be running the world soon! They even have a contract with the post office!


Its a font amazon created specifically to be easy to read on digital screens


Interesting I'll have to look into it! Anyways, nice chatting with you!


silent reading only became a thing recently


That is crazy to think, even the moral panic caused by reading novels was recent too. Have a great day!


I do use it, I wonder why the like button on facebook is illegal in that one German state


Perhaps they just don't like the concept of judging people?


ya it could be, did you know that Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind


I never knew that was the reason facebook is blue In all honestly I like blue more than red or green


ya I agree, did you do the Burger King promotion on facebook where you unfriend people and get a free whopper?


I wonder what facebook did to make burger king make such a promotion decision


do you think Myspace was kicking themselves? they turned down buying facebook for only 75 million dollars back in 2005


It is a shame, but I don't think myspace could kick themselves since they pretty much no longer exist


haha tht is true, did you know that there is a certain jellyfish that is genetically immortal? like I want them to put those genes into me haha


If I remember correctly it is more like those jellyfish regress back to previous life stages and live life over and over cycles of growing older and growing younger


ah interesting, well that wouldn't be good then I don't want to turn back into a baby lol


But I agree that perhaps its genes holds the key to immortality. Speaking of jellyfish, do you like fish?


well I like to eat them haha, and I know taht seahorses are the only fish that are considered to have a neck


Did you know that 84% of genes associated with human illness have counterparts in the zebrafish? That why before they became popular as glofish, they have been used for testing and learning about genetic disease much earlier


ah that is weird, I hope they can use that to fix human diseases somehow, it's weird that freshwater fish get their water through osmosis of their skin


Like you say, I recently learned that freshwater fish drink water through their skin via osmosis. Saltwater fish drink through their mouths as well. What about fish that move between fresh and salt water?


ha that is a great question! Maybe they can do both?have you ever seen a black swallower fish? It can eat a fish twice its length somehow


Yes that is the one that can also eat 10x its weight. I remember seeing it in a picture for deep sea exploration where they found a specimen whose stomach exploded because the prey was I guess more than 2x its length and 10x its weight


have you seen the movie the incredibles? I guess it is set in the 60's, I've seen both movies and i never knew that haha


I would recommend it. Both Incredibles and its sequel are well done and are perfect if you are looking for a disney movie to enjoy. In any case thank you for the lovely chat


Hey there do you live in the DC area? Apparently the roads are going to be icy and slick


I'm not from there.  I'm from Western PA.  I hope they don't get too slick there.


Yeah we will have to see. Speaking of cold weather, have you ever seen the Disney movie Frozen? Came out in 2013


I have seen it!  In Jan. of 2015 Frozen had become the all time best selling blu-ray disc in the U.S.


Yeah that is impressive. I never knew that it was actually based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale called The Snow Queen, I'll have to check that out


I didn't know that either.  Alan Tudyk has had a role in every Disney animated film since Wreck it Ralph, including the Duke of Weselton in Frozen.


That is cool I bet he's making a lot of money haha. Did you know that Jennifer Lee was the first director of a Disney animated movie? She also directed Frozen


I didn't know that.  Before "Let it go" was written Elsa was the main villain in Frozen, however the song was so uplifting her character was changed instead of the song.


That is crazy, the movie would be completely different if she were bad LOL. It's also interesting that they changed the name from Snow Queen to Frozen because feminine titles are thought to perform worse at the box office


I use Amazon from time to time. I can't believe that they were founded back in 1994, I remember that LOL that makes me old


I hear you there!  Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


That is really crazy! I wonder why he did it, I also wonder why he named a building after the first amazon.com customer, even though they only spent about $28 LOL


Good publicity! lol The U.S postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sundays.  I like that.


Yep that's one of my favorite things about Amazon. I love that they can deliver on Sundays. I also would consider a job working for them only because a worker can walk up to 15 miles a day and I could use the exercise lol


Me too! Imdb has been owned by Amazon since 1998. Neat.


That is interesting, use that site almost every day, on a separate note though do you ever read books? I know that I tried to read the book Starship Troopers but it was really boring


I do read.  But, not never read it.  Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches.


And also there is a book called Ender's Game which is recommended by the military, I don't know why that is because I think both of those movies were anti-military myself


I'm not sure.  Maybe the books are different?  lol  In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.  It's been fun chatting!


Yes it was very fun! And next time you read a book try to speed read! Apparently the record is about 5000 words per minute


Vaguely. There's been so many recently. Was that Florida?


It was in Florida and hit the Panhandle on Oct 10 near Panama City.


I think I remember it better now. I think it did a lot of damage and essentially shut everything down. There was panic and looting if I remember correctly.


Yeah, it did. Apparently a lot of the people down there had to dig their homes out the surroundings.


That's terrible. This is totally off subject but do you have a Facebook account?


I don't. I got rid of it a long time ago, it became boring.


I'm thinking about it because it's just so toxic now. Did yo know that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in 2005?


yeah, I can believe it. But if they had bought it, it may not have become the success it is today.


True. If it had stayed the same they made a terrible business decision. Do you know why Facebook's color scheme is primarily blue?


No, why? Is it because Zuck can't see properly?


It is. He has red-green colorblindness. It works for me though because I like the color scheme.


Interesting, does it say why instagram is designed the way it is?


No, I am unaware of why the design of instagram is the way it is. I find it very strange that there is a German state where the Facebook like button is illegal. What could possibly be the reasoning for that?


I'm not surprised, have you been to Germany?


I have not but I think it would be very fun. Did you hear about the Burger King promotion involving Facebook?


Yeah, I participated! Just kidding, but you have to wonder what BK has against facebook.


I was wondering the same thing. What could they possibly gain by rewarding people for unfriending people on Facebook?


I'm not sure, but it is a good marketing campaign to get attention I suppose. I mean heck, we are talking about it.


That's true. Completely off topic but do you find fish to be interesting?


Yeah, I'm a huge fan of fish. I had tropical fish when I was younger. Well, nice chatting with you!


Same! My children love frozen. have you ever seen it?


yeah I actually like it too. did you know the original titme was 'the snow queen'?


I didn't, wasn't Jennifer Lee bot writer and co-writer?


yeah she was and it is the first movie directed by a woman within Disney


Wow that's great! I hear it grossed over 1 billion at the box office.


that is amazing but it is a great movie so good job all around


Disney renamed one of there famed titles to tangled as well as snow queen.


yeah, apparently feminine titles do not do very very in the box office


Do you use Amazon at all. Jeff is trying to take over the world.


he sure is. he even guilt a clock in a mountain


Yeah they say it's suppose to run for 10,000 years. How about having a building named after you for being the first customer.


haha and all the guy had to do was spend less than $30


The united states postal service has a contract with Amazon.


yeah, to deliver on sundays, how convenient


Yeah but all they really do is mark the pkg as no one home. they got in trouble for that. I didn't know Amazon owned IMBD.


Yeah they purcahsed it back in 1998, they are just everywhere


Started out as an online bookstore and now they have there hand in everything.


pretty much yes. sopeaking of books, do you enjoy reading?


I do, I subscribe to the service what about you?


I do not use facebook. i am concerned about privacy. do you worry about it?


I do, I worry about my kids and their usage of the social media, I think there are a lot of dangers out there


Yes, they are not old enough to recognize the long term threats of putting your lives out there for everyone.


I have an account because a lot of my family and friends live far away and its a great way to keep in touch with them


Yeah, it can be good that way. i think as long as you control and monitor what you do with the account, you can minimize risk.


Yeah I guess so, there are a lot of filters and also parental controls options, interesting how Iceland is rewriting their constitution using FB


iceland is taking a bold step. i would worry about hackers getting in their to skew the constitution to free ice cream every thursday or something.


There's a lot of wrong opinions out there but I guess its a good thing they take the opinion of the people into account. Do you know why Facebook is mainly blue?


I figure that it was a design choice to reflect the coolness of the site. a subdued color, easy on the eyes.


I thought it was like a marketing strategy but no, its because Zuckerberg suffers from a form of colorblindness


He is rich now. he could fund research to find a cure. or create a cyborg to upload his mind into.


That would be crazy, I guess he has the money and can do it Facebook is worth more than $104 billion dollars now


Yes, he could create a fine cyborg,with perfect vision and laser vision. He could buy myspace and shut it down.


He can do all that yeah, I bet MySpace will regret not buying Facebook then or maybe even now


oh, gosh, i bet many companies regret not buying these companies. Who has succeeded? netflix. facebook. there are others.


Many others indeed, they started out as small companies but then succeeded beyond belief I bet the creators of those companies didn't saw that coming either.


no one could have seen it. i would have made the same mistake as myspace. oh well. i wish i had bought that fb stock.


Yeah so changing the subject a bit did you watch the movie Incredibles 2?


I did not see it. i heard good things about it. anyway, i gotta go. great chat!


I liked it, it was a great movie I also liked the first part back in 2004 anyways its been good chatting with you as well, have a nice night.


All I know about Ariana Grande is that she's a famous singer who's the subject of a lot of memes and controversy on social media. But I love album rock going back to its early days in the Progressive Rock era. How about you?


yup I love that too, crazy all the formats we've had, CD's, minidiscs, cassettes and vinyl, now everything is digital!


I still have a pretty good CD collection. I don't like the idea of not actually owning the stuff I pay for because of digital copyright, and with a Chromebook I've got limited space for downloads. Listen to a lot of albums on YouTube though.


do you have the Hybrid THeory album in your collection? I guess it is the best selling album of the 21st century


No, but I've listened to it on YouTube a lot. I love Linkin Park. Do you like them?


they're ok, not my favorite but I like pink floyd a lot, they still have best selling records!


Yeah, I love them. Not very much since Mark Waters left, but just about everything back in the Barrett and Waters days. I'm glad Dark Side of the Moon is still popular. Did you ever try that thing syncing it up with Wizard of Oz?


I think you mean Roger waters but its all good haha, no I didn't, does it actually sync up perfectly?


Yeah, Roger. I sometimes say Mark because Knopfler is another favorite of mine. Supposedly if you start the album and the movie together, there will be all kinds of weird coincidences between the music and the movie scene.


I'll have to check that out. Did you hear how a puck hit ariana grande in the face when she was just 5?


No, I don't know much about her. I did see there was some controversy over her artificially darkening her skin for magazine covers with primarily non-white readerships, and leaving it lighter for magazines with mostly white readers.


yup that kind of stuff doesn't surprise me anymore unfortunately, interesting that shes not actually hispanic too


Yeah, I think that's what made people so mad. Did you know Bruce Lee was also a dancer? Those skills seem like a good fit for a martial artist.


ya I guess he won a cha cha championship! Martial arts is just a series of dance moves technically haha


It definitely requires being aware of your surroundings and being able to react quickly to the movements of others. It makes me happy to see babies dancing to music videos -- I've seen a lot of that on Twitter.


haha yes they will dance to the beat! I need to look that up, do you watch ballet?


No, I've never been interested in it at all. Do you?


I used to date a ballerina, and yes they go through like 4 pairs of shoes a week, its ok


I know it must take incredible levels of physical control and strength.


yup and her toes would always be messed up, idk I'm not the biggest fan I guess


Sounds like the kind of thing that could cause severe repetitive stress disorder. Nice talking to you!


I'm good how are you? What would you like to chat about?


I like albums but of course it depends on the album. I tend to like classic rock. How about you?


I like some classic rock and some newer rock. Did you know that Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century?


No, and I'm not familiar with the album. What kind of music is it?


They're an alternative rock. Do you like Pink Floyd?


Oh yeah now you're talkin. Do you like the moody blues?


I do like them. Did you know that Dark Side of The Moon was one of the best-selling albums of 2014?


That's really amazing after all this time. Did you hear about the 100 year old twins that did a rap album in 1992?


I have heard about that. That's hilarious, I'd like to hear it.


Me too, I was wondering if I could find it on utube. There is another Japanese group called baby metal, have you heard of them?


I have heard of Baby Metal. Have you ever heard of the punk band Reel Big Fish?


I have heard of them. Didn't they lose their rights to their old record label?


Yeah and they re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album.


I hope they did well on the re-make. Did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer?


I heard he won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958.


Yeah. I guess if you think about it some martial arts are a lot like dancing.


Yeah, it kind of is. Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the Mouse King in a production of The Nutcracker. I guess that was before he started using the gangster persona.


Must have been. I remember reading years ago that some professional football players were taking ballet lessons to become more agile. Hard to imagine.


Yeah, I'm sure it helps keep them loose and limber. Well I have to get going. Have a great night!


Hello there, do you listen to music much?


I do, huge Ariana Grande fan, she is sexy! How about you?


Yeah she sure is, I really love music to be honest.  Did you know she co-founded a music group when she was 10?


I did not know that, which group was that?


I guess it was called, 'kids who care' and they performed for charitable events.


That sounds inspiring. I heard she was the first ever person hit by a hockey pick at the Florida Panthers games. She does it all!


Yeah it sounds like she sure does.  Did you know her anthem for women empowerment was written by 3 men?


Ha I did not know that, that kind of defeats the purpose of woman empowerment dont you think?


Yeah that makes no sense to me, I don't think men know how to best describe women empowerment lol.


for sure, lol, they would be biased making the song. At least I would! Do you dance at all?


No I am not good, unless I have had a few drinks.  How about you?


I need more than a few drinks lol! I could dance like Bruce Lee then.


That is so cool the he was into dancing, but I guess martial arts goes hand in hand with being able to move like they do.


Yea, probably was super athletic. I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson and patent a move like he did


Oh yeah, that would be awesome to be able to move like Mike! He was the best.


I guess during that time 2pac danced ballet in high school and was in the nutcracker. That is the last thing I would expect from 2pac.


Same here, I wish someone had an old video that they posted to YouTube of that Tupac performance.


I agree, we could make an album out of it and beat linkin park's hybrid theory as the best selling album of the 21st century


That is surprising to me that they are the top selling, but they were good.


They were so good at one point, sad the lead guy killed himself.


Yes that was super sad.  Well it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night.


Yeah, I use to listen to his music.  Are you a fan?


Only a couple of his songs. He wanted to become a comic book artist. I'm sure they would be very popular if he created them now.


Yeah, at this point they're collectors items.


So, he actually did make some? What was the topic?


Who knows, I'm assuming it has to do something with music, or rapping.


Probably. Wouldn't it be crazy if it was about him becoming an astronaut or a lumberjack?


Yeah that would be crazy, especially if he was a lumberjack.  Although a lumberjack sounds more like a villain.


He could be a good lumberjack that would plant 10 new trees for everyone that he would cut down.


That's funny. He should have the ability to rap fast.  I heard the fastest rapper can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second.


Maybe that is why I don't understand what they are saying. They say it too fast for me.


Yeah, sometimes I can't understand them either, not only because the rap fast but because they make up words.


I heard McDonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced Big Macs in songs.  I wonder if they marketing worked?


How could they even keep track of something like that?


If I was the rapper I would send it to them with annotations of when I said Big Mac along with the invoice.


I wonder if they would just laugh when they got it?


Probably, there's a deaf rapper that rhymes in sign language. I wonder how that works?


They would have to be very fast with their hands but how would they make the beats unless they tapped their feet.


It was great chatting with you. Have a great day!


Yes, a little bit.  I know Kanye West is a rapper and he's about 40 years old.  Apparently, he's rethinking his philosophy of life and is questioning the value of money itself.


He says that money is not worth more than time and friendship.


Yes, I heard he reactivated his dormant Twitter account so he's back on tweeting again about his more recent music.   For example, he tweeted on Wednesday that "once you start moving in love the universe will assist you."


He changed quite a lot.  I used to dislike him.


He can't be all bad, he once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert.  That was nice of him.


Yes, I heard about that.  His music genre is rapping - is that correct?  I'm not a fan.


Yes, Kanye West has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media, and in other public settings as well as his comments on the music and fashion industries.


I know.  I understand that rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that includes rhyme, rhythmic speech and street vernacular.  I have never liked rap music.  How about you?


Some of it is ok. I don't like all of it. Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar in the 1998 Rugrats movie. I thought that was funny.


I heard about it.  Yes, it was indeed funny.


Plus back in 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit against rapper Eminem.  I would like to see that one on Youtube.


Is it on Youtube?  I would like to see it.  I want to see Eminem's reaction to it.


NO. I just said that I would like to see it there.  Before he became a rapper, Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.  His favorite superhero was Spider-man.


He can still do it.  It will be easier now since he is already famous.


True, he could still do it. He has the money for sure. Eminem is ok.


I like a few of his songs.  I might like Korean rap music better if I can understand the languages - complimentary words instead of insults.


Yes, Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called the "compliment battle." Sounds interesting but I've never seen it.


I have not seen it either.  You must use google translate to understand though.


I plan to try that soon.  Sounds educational.  Did you know that rapper Big Sean had a GPA of 3.7 and turned down a scholarship to Michigan state before being signed by Kanye West?


I heard about it.  I'm sure he was happy with his choice.  Anyway, I've go to run.  Nice chatting with you.


Kanye is very unique person to say the least.


Yes he is.  It's hard to believe that he is 40 years old.


I actually thought he was older than that. He must have gain success young because I remember listening to him almost 20 years ago.


Kanye seems to do a lot of reinventing of himself.  He changed from being more street to rich for example.


It seems like since he married into the kardashians he is changing a lot of his views on things.


He's got a new solo album coming out in June.  Maybe he's getting back to himself.


Maybe. Whatever he is doing the people seem to love it since he is super successful with his music.


There are questions though about this new album.  Some people are wondering if he is going to change from rap.  He tweeted something saying that sometimes you have to get rid of everything.


Hmm I just can't see him in any other genre of music though. Maybe pop I guess


I could see him doing pop, especially since, like you say, he's married to kim.  She seems more like a pop girl rather than a tough rapper type.


Yeah I think bubble gum pop pretty much sums up her popularity. I just can't get behind people who are popular for being popular. At least Kanye has real talent.


Do you think he'll be like Tupac Shakur?  His music is in the library of congress under cultural significance.


I've never actually listened to his music. I know that he was unbeliveably talented though so his music being saved makes a lot of sense.


You know, even though kanye is definitely odd he can be nice.  He did give his mic go a fan in a wheelchair at a concert.


Aw that is actually really sweet. I think he is a good guy but has some odd thoughts and with social media is gets put out there a little too much.


He gets a lot of notice at awards show too.  I remember when he interrupted Taylor Swift at one.


That was so strange. Especially in light of the fact two years earlier he had done an SNL skit about it. They seem to be over it though.


They do.  Do you think he took the idea from that skit he did those years before?


Maybe? I could totally see it as a publicity stunt. Sometimes stars do crazy things to promote themselves.


That they do.  I wonder if Linkin Park did any. There album, hybrid theory, is the best selling album of the 21st century.


I think all of linkin park's career was sensational enough that they didn't need that many stunts to be popular.


Hi! There's been so many challenges over the internet recently from Cinnamon challenge to now 'condom challenge', have you heard about that?


I do use the internet for research, but I am not big into social media.  Therefore, I tend to hear about these things in hindsight.  But, it is either scary the risks they will take or a sign of a lack of smarts!


Oh ok, yeah, the internet provides such a vast array of information and even services that I use daily but to think about stupid challenges like that, I hope kids know how dangerous these acts are.


I don't wish anyone harm, but they should spread more readily actual cases of harm rather than treat it to a humorous thread on Twitter.  I rather silly animal stuff myself for a mental break.


Yeah I totally agree. The internet is such a valuable and resourceful tool but at the same time it can cause real harm, like misinformation and also novelty from clicking links can cause real addiction that's measurable in the brain!


Internet addiction is real as you have said.  And so many live their lives on the internet in near real time.  I guess they need their 15 seconds of fame.  People will talk about anything with no inhibitions.


Even with all that traffic, only a small fraction of people actually are active participants. Like for Reddit, only 0.53% of people who visit the site actually participate in voting for content. That's a small percentage!


Reddit is interesting in that it is a social news integration site with voting.  With the spread of fake news, do you think Reddit and other social media sites are at least in part to blame?  Afterall anyone can be a reporter and social media and how many voters actually  backcheck a story before voting?


Yes, they are totally to blame for things like that and also their investors seem pretty controversial as well, with one of them being Peter Thiel who backed a lawsuit for his own agenda in order to bankrupt some news agency.


Thiel is a bit of an irony for someone who is supposedly a conservative.  My concern is also how shallow human relationships can be.  It does not take any effort to friend or unfriend on social media.  Friendship is a lot harder face-to-face.  Someone might blast me online in a way they would never do directly.  An the ego trips online; like the woman who says she has no female friends because they are jealous!


Yeah when you can hide your identity like what you can do online under fake accounts, its amazing the ugliness it brings out in people. Some humans are fierce and aggressive animals! There are at least over 1.5 million living animal species that have been described!


True.  And the rules governing them can be humorous!  Did you know that Scotland has declared the Loch Ness Monster a protected species?


I had no idea that they were a protected species, but I also have no idea what kind of animal or creature that is, just from the name alone, it sounds quite frightening and daunting.


Well, in 2002 Germany has given animals constitutionally guaranteed rights. last I checked they still eat meat in Germany, so I wonder what those rights are?


Lol, they are heavy meat eaters! I need to check on the white patch mention because animals supposedly develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated, I haven't really noticed that.


I didn't know that.  Well, I have Kadatian sheep that are all white so I can't test that theory.  But they are really good mowers for my back 5 acres.  I have internet in my barn with video so I can monitor lambing in the spring.


Oh wow! I did read somewhere that sheep do a really great job of weeding out weeds, I'm guessing that's true? Or is that only true for a specific type of sheep?


Goats are better at eating noxious weeds.  My sheep are hair sheep bred for meat.  Really mild taste that would pass for beef.  What about all the animals on social media?  I guess some people think their pets should be celebs.  I just have too many other things to do to put my sheep on the internet!


Oh ok, learning something new! Yeah it was great talking to you, have a great day.


I also have a lot of things to do than read the entire full terms and agreements for services and products, but there are 7% of people who do!


I do sometimes.  Did you hear about the lawn shaming incident with Dr. Green lawncare?


Is that the guy who didn't take care of his yard or something?


Dr. Green lawncare posted a sign on the lawn of someone who didn't take care of their lawn.  They posted a picture on reddit.


I seen that on Reddit. I think it was on the front page, if I'm not mistaken.


I heard it went viral.  I heard there were a lot of posts about how get revenge on the company.


That's not a good idea. But, I guess they shouldn't go around shaming people either.


No they shouldn't.  Reddit has good things on it too though. It has a page of the 25 nicest things done.


I've never seen that before. I might have to look it up next time I'm on Reddit.


Yeah, sometimes the internet can be used for good.  Although, I've heard that clicking links can be addictive.


It makes sense. Clicking on links can trigger our brains novelty receptors.


I wonder how much you have to click to become addicted.  People use and want it everywhere. There's even interest at the peak of mt. everest!


Wow. I guess if you're on Everest you might want to post a selfie lol.


Definitely!  Still, how do you think they got the service up there?


I'd assume they have really powerful satellites, and cell towers around the right areas.


I bet you are right.  Did you know there are about 20 quintillion animals on the planet?


It really is.  Even the loch ness monster is classified.  In 1912 Scotland made it a protected species!


Of course it is. Leave it to the Scots lol.


Well, not just Scotland.  Germany has given animals legal rights in their constitution.


I heard about that! I think they started that in 2002.


I can see giving dogs legal rights and even protected species but I am not so sure a mouse should have rights!


You got a good point there. The only right a mouse has, is the right to the door.


I think Germany needs to clarify which animals have rights and which don't.


I cry when I see the internet being used to shame anything or anyone.  How could that be useful?


A waste of time, energy, but I think most of all, a waste of passion.  There are so many things you could be enraged about, reading about them on the internet, and your kids are so much more important, for example.


I agree! My lawn is usually mowed but I do not treat it. I feel like all my neighbors treat their lawn but I just do not do it. Maybe im cheap but I just dont want that expense...


It's good to see the pride people take in their own space.  If I had my own lawn, I would mow it, but I don't think I'd treat it each month.  Expensive, yes.  But I want to be able to play there with my kids.


I agree, my kids love our yard and it has a creek going through it so it is fun. Makes the treatment hard because of the flooding.


Hard to treat because of what the creek brings, or because of run-off concerns and pollution?


Both. I think I am more worried about the pollution but I also have seen the grass we do have get killed and grow back with weeds so it's tough to throw good money at a seasonal issue.


I hear you.  Do you do something different for your front yard versus back yard?  We have a decent front yard, but a rocky back yard.  "curb appeal"


Because we have the creek and a wooded lot, our house is on the back of our lot to increase the views. I usually just string trim to kill the weeds and make it passable.


It sounds like a chore, but one you can keep up with.  Sounds like my father's place, and he gets lots of animals through it, so nothing fancy (like fruit trees) survives.


Yeah, we get a lot of deer, saw around 30 last night. They bring a fun aspect for my kids but they also killed a pine by rubbing up against it.


Hmm.  Do you hunt?  Or are the deer protected in your area?  There are lots of places that restrict such things.


I do not hunt. I am not a huge fan of blood so Im pretty wimpy.


pictures too, or just real life?  I get really empathetic toward injuries, blood or not.  I like the idea of a quick, clean kill when it comes to hunting.


Just real life. Although I do look away from needles when I watch them on tv... I am not sounding too manly here... I do bench 275! I gotta keep my man card up....


I give blood regularly, so I've had a lot of exposure to needles.  I've seen spurts and such, but I know that a good nurse can get it done without pain.  275 is impressive.  I know I can't do that!


I gave blood once and that was a wrap on my blood giving career! I hate needles. Don't mind spiders though....


Have you heard of the Brazilian Wandering Spider?  I hear it is the most deadly.  Well, with so many spider species, there has to be a "most deadly".


I have not. Most of my spiders are harmless. I live in IL and have no fear of deadly ones.


We found a black widow in our doorway once a few years back (here in CO).  I'll bet spiders like that can hide pretty well in an unkempt yard, like, say, 12 inches long.  Maybe that's why there are city rules about maintaining it?


Good evening, my article starts with Trending: Internet makes fun of condom challenge and microwaving foil


Sounds like that was real but not really a trend


You're right, it was old clips that have been recycled.


Those acts of microwaving aluminum foil and sniffing condoms are super dangerous.


It makes me think of the Tide Pod challenge, it seems like some people will do anything that they see on the Internet


Hopefully, children aren't buying into these.  You should never put metal in the microwave!


It was interesting how the article quickly transitioned from dangerous metal balls to Jenna Fischer.


Rough life as a celebrity, for sure. I am currently re-watching the Office with my significant other (who hasn't seen it before)


I haven't seen too much of it either.  Is it good?  Did you know that there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth?


It's a pretty good show. What kind of number is 20 quintillion? How many zeroes is that?


I'm not sure but it's more than billion and trillion then comes quintillion


I found the hiccup information about early land animals with gills and lungs interesting, though not sure of the purpose


fun fact I guess, who the heck knows if it's true?  In 1912 the lochness monster became a protected species


Wonder if that is the only animal the Scottish protect? Do you read the full terms when buying a product on the Internet? I know I'm not part of the 7% that do


People made a free online magazine based on reddit called the redditor.  Did you ever see that?


I have never seen it, have you? I wonder what the kindest deed (on the list of 25) is on reddit


Nope.  I don't know.  However, only .53% of people visiting reddit actually vote


Even though they saw 27 billion upvotes - that is a lot of votes from the small population


In 2018, Reddit saw 153 million submissions and 1.2 billion comments too


I am good, thank you. I enjoy travel. Do you?


I do but I am a worrying traveler. Where is the best place you have been to?


I have not been out of the country but several places in the country. I like Chicago a lot. Did you know that all of Japans highways are tolls?


That's gotta be expensive! What's the best place in Chicago? Where should I go when I visit?


I like the Natural History Museum and Millennium Park. Lou Malnati's has amazing pizza. It is very expensive to travel in Japan. It costs more than $300 to travel across the country.


That's a lot. I cannot imagine having to pay that in tolls. I do like Lou's pizza. Have you been to Wrigley field? I should ask first if you are a baseball fan...


I have not. We did stop outside of Soldier field but didn't get to go in. Did you know that Iceland has no public rail service?


That's odd. Soldier field is just ok. The Shedd is really good though. Where else, besides chicago do you like going?


I enjoyed the mountains of Tennessee. They are beautiful. We got a cabin with an amazing view. I would go to a lot more places if you could get there faster. The Dutch are working on that. They are creating a commuter bus that goes 160MPH. That would be great.


Can you imagine the movie Speed on that bus!!!! Holy smokes!


Ha ha, yes that would change that movie quite a bit. Back to Iceland, most don't have cars and travel between towns by flight!


Really. Seems a little overkill but what do I know... I want to go there and see the northern lights some day.


That would be a beautiful sight. Off topic but how do you feel about sharks?


They are very interesting. Did you know that they don't have rib cages?


Really? I think they are all cariledge, no?


I've heard that is the case but I don't know if they are completely devoid of bones or not. I'm sure it's some kind of evolutionary trait because they evolved before dinosaurs and trees.


I wouldn't mind it. My back is usually hurting so I could use some back relief!


Mine too! People don't realize that sharks can be super helpful to people also. They have rescued sailors.


I didn't know that! Thats cool. Nice chatting with you!


Jurassic Park was challenging and a horror for the threat of being attacked by predator creatures.


Interesting, is that the movie with Jeff Goldblum?


Yes it was, and it was a horror to view, very suspenseful.


Hmmm, see I wouldn't classify that as a horror movie. Doesn't it have that character Newman in it from Seinfeld?


Horror is anything that has you on the edge of your seat and creates a sense of fear about something you have no control over. Real life the giant lizards roaming the neighbors in Florida.


I sure do. I have a mixed chiuaha and Yorkie.


Nice, I don't have one. Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types though?


Did not know that. The giant lizards in Florida were eating pets and had people fearful for safety of children in the neighborhood.


Fish are OK. Sport fishing is very exciting. Have you ever been out to catch game fish?


No, I haven't. Did you know there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.


They are also 98% water and prone to dry up.


That is interesting. What about seahorses, do you like those?


Strange name, not able to ride. They have an exterior skeleton I believe.


Yeah, that is pretty cool right? I used to have a pet seahorse. Well, nice chatting with you.


We have explored some interesting nature topics. Good talking with you.


I used to go to concerts when i was younger. i dont have the time or money now.


Same here.  When you went did you like to go to small nightclubs, concert halls, arenas, or outdoor parks?


I went to smaller venues. more intimate. a better chance to watch the performers.


Me too!  I used to go this place called the Newport in Columbus, Ohio when I was in college.  Loved it!  Due to the success of their debut album, Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone!  That's a lot of shows!


How did they manage to stay standing? i would have collapsed. that is great! they must have made a ton.


I bet they did.  The Ramones were in it for the long haul.  They played 2,263 concerts while touring almost non stop for over 20 years!


Those guys must be in great shape, or they are cyborgs. they are the ironmen of rock. good for them!


lol Yes!  In Croatia there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used for concerts.  That would be neat to see a show there.


I wonder how comfortable the seats are. i bet the sound is pretty good though.


I bet it's a neat venue.  Ironically, in 1972 Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompii..with no audience!


What were they thinking? i guess they wanted the acoustics of the place? seems expensive.


I'm guessing that's what they were going for. lol  In 2002 Creed played a concert that was so bad that they were sued by four concert goers.  Wow. lol


Isnt creed a christian rock band? i wonder what they did that was bad. must not have rehearsed or something.


Yes they were.  They aren't together any longer.  It must have been something that left a really bad taste in the mouths of the concert goers. lol  Did you ever get into playing video games?


I played when i was a kid. i dont play much now. what about yourself?


Same here.  I lost interest when I hit my late teens.  It's illegal for kids 16 and under in South Korea to play video games past midnight.


I know that the kids get addicted. i have heard that there are cafes there where you go and play games.


It's crazy how the kids are now with games.  Really makes me sad to tell you the truth.  Seems like they are wasting their lives away.  Game designer Jane McGonigal calculated that as a planet we play 3 billion hours of video games a week.


Well, we cant go back to the way things were. people love games and video. anyway, great chat!


Hi there! Did you know that giant lizzards live in Florida?


that is good to hear what about the name bamboo for the lizard king?


Yes, I have heard of that one. It terrorized a FL family. Is is said to be 100 pounds!


it is also cool that it is a runner up to the komodo dragon


Yes, those kinds have an excellent sense of smell. It has a forked tongue and the family said it looked like a dinosaur.


that is cool also it would seem to make a pretty interesting animal I assume to look up close


Oh, I bet. The family it terrorized had just seen Jurassic Park, so when they saw the lizzard outside thy screamed.e


yea it would freak me out too especially knowing that they climb trees


Me too! The family said it was sunbathing and did not appear to be afraid of people.


oh interesting what do you think about the boy keeping the lizard?


No, I would not. I feel bad that the kids are scared to go outside. Monitors eat small mammals, usually rodents, but could eat a small dog.


oh wow a small dog that is pretty horrible if you have a pet would not want them to get eaten


The lizards will also give a nasty bite to people. A lot of times the owners can't handle them and release them to the wild.


I would assume that and seem the trapper was having a hard time just catching it


I'd say. It sounds like it is teens letting them go,


it could be but  but they still call it the lizard king which is cool


Yes. The whole problem is like a horror film meant to elicit fear. Did you know Stephen King was scared of Bambi?


that is interesting I would not thought so it is interesting especially with all the creations he made


I was scared of it too! It is said if a person watches a horror film before seeing abstract art they get more from the art.


it is also interesting that the scream movie was suppose to be a horror movie


I did not know.Onto other animals, dogs are wolf ancestors. Scary!


that is scary but also cool that your pet could be some big wolf


Yep. Fish are crazy too. The black swallower can eat prey 2x its length.


that is interesting I wonder what they like to eat


I'm not sure, but I know fish only "drink" water throught their skin.


it is interesting about dogs that they can learn over 1k words and reason better than chimps


That is amazing. Dogs also have 12 different blood types.


that is good to know and how dog sin moscow learned to use the subway


Nice! Dogs do provide a lot for humans such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, police assistance and companionship.


my dog is just my pet but I do like learning about interesting facts about them


it was good to learn about dogs and lizards and especially the films


even if king was scared of bambi it is a film I have never seen


I still think that scream is a great look into the genre of horror at that time period


Are you a fan of cooking and travel shows?


Definitely yes.  I enjoy the cooking shows on Netflix.  What about you?


Absolutely, I still miss Anthony Bourdain a lot. Evidently, Gordon Ramsay is coming out with a new show.


Yes, it was such sad news about Anthony Bourdain.  I definitely enjoyed his shows.  My favorite cooking/ travel shows really get into the culture of different cuisines in an authentic way.  Who are your favorite celebrity chefs?


Gordon Ramsay is a close second after Anthony Bourdain. I'm curious about his new show, Uncharted. Have you heard of it?


I just recently heard about it.  I'll definitely watch it.  I really loved the show "Salt,Fat, Acid, Heat" with Samin Nosrat that was on Netflix recently.  Have you seen it?


I have heard about it, but haven't seen it. I have the book, though. Apparently, Ramsay's new show is going to be a combo of Bobby Flay's show and Parts Unknown.


Hmm, well I'll watch it, though I am not sure I love Gordon Ramsay's personality.  I will like the travel parts.  Do you travel a lot to taste new food?


Oh yeah, I've been all over the world and had some awesome food. Italy was probably my favorite. Portugal is beautiful, too. How about you? Do you like to travel?


I love to travel.  I've been to Europe and Egypt.  I love middle eastern food.  Speaking of travel, did you know that planes are almost 10% slower than in the 1960s so they can save on the cost of fuel?


That's probably good. Have you heard of the bus the Dutch are trying to create?


It's designed to travel at 160 mph. I don't know if I could handle that.


That sounds scary.  Like the hyperloop or something.  They must be using it for distance travel if it is going so fast.  It must have a separate lane or something.


Maybe they can replace the rails with a bus lane? Did you know Iceland doesn't have a public rail service?


I can imagine that because Iceland is fairly small.  Also the terrain is very rugged.  Did you know that European discoverers in the 17th century would leave rabbits on islands they came across to create a food source for future explorers?


Yeah, and many who don't have a car has to fly between major towns. And what a smart idea!


Ha ha.  Did you know that the Hudson Bay area of Canada has less gravity that other areas of Earth?  Weird, right?  I wonder how that is tested.


That's pretty interested. I wonder if it's less dense? Anyway, it's been fun talking to you!


Maybe, might have to do with the geology there.  Did you know that there can be shy sharks and social sharks in the ocean.  Sharks are also ticklish.  I'd rather meet an introvert shark than an extrovert shark.  What about you?


I'm not sure. Maybe an extroverted shark because they're more outgoing and fun to be around... An introverted shark might be grouchy and shy. But I should step away now, thanks for the insightful discussion!


Sure, but sharks are not that dangerous compared to people who live in NYC.  Aggressive humans of NY bite more people each year than sharks.  It's a weird but true fact.  Ha ha.  I am still really scared of sharks though.  But if there are seals nearby you know to avoid the ocean.  Because sharks feed on seals.


Sometimes Did you know LInkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


That is crazy!  imagine how exhausted they were at the end of their tour?


Yeah that is crazy. THe Ramones also toured  for a long time too


Yeah they did... looks like they pretty much toured for their whole existance!


Yeah 20 years for a total of 2263 concerts


Man that's a lot... i wonder who is the next closes to them?


Hmm no idea. In Croatia there is an ancient amphitheater where bands can have concerts


Oh wow!  That has gotta be really cool to see a concert there.  That's one concert i might go to!


There is another one in Pompeii like it where Pink FLoyd once played


Man... I love Pink Floyd!  Do you like pink floyd?


I do too. WHen they played there though, there was no audience


I have no idea but I guess they can. so they did


LOL... that is so true!  You a dog or cat person?


I am more of a dog person, just like Google is as a company


I'm a dog person too... wold love to be able to take my dog to work!


Sounds so awesome. Did you know they have 12 blood types


Yeah and they have blood drives too for them


Hey, there! I was recently in New Orleans and listened to some great jazz. Music is my happy place. What about you?


Sure, I love music. Jazz is great. The American art form! Do you have a favorite artist?


Well, I really like to study the history of jazz and learned about it even more on my recent visit. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910's.


The genre has come so far since then! Pakistan has a jazz orchestra currently topping the charts. I wonder what standards they play.


Oh, wow! That's cool. Did you know jazz trumpeters grew goatees because it provided comfort.


I thought they were just styling, trying to front a cool persona. But I guess it's useful for that instrument.


Yeah, it's a cool cat look and functional. I was just watching a Judy Judge episode for fun and laughs. Do you ever watch it?


No, but I know that she has been on the air for years. I don't know how much money she has by now, but it's got to be millions.


Yep, she actually makes $1123,000 per episode! Crazy huh?


I guess the sponsors love her. She's pretty sassy. It's more about her performance than jurisprudence.


Yes, sassy with a touch of mean.HA! I love watching reality shows with normal people who have become celebrities.


Yeah, she's a bit mean. I guess it's good for laughs, but at the expense of others.


I like to watch her for laughing at people but I like watching Comedy Central for some epic talent.


Comedy Central is like some Darwinian comedy network. It has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989. The survival of the funniest.


Wow! They have cancelled a ton of shows! My all time favorite comedian is Carol Burnett. She was so smart and funny. She could light up a room and I think that is why Sesame Street invited her to be on it. She was the first celebrity to ever be on.


I wonder whether Robin Williams ever showed up on the Street. He was probably a bit too intense. Plus a lot of double entendres.


That is a good point. Robin Williams was very intense sometimes and not in a kids kind of way. I respected him for all the voices he would do. He was a great voice actor.


I bet he got to go into the secret room at Pixar.


Yeah, the Pixar room was reserved for the famous people who visit the studio. Who knows how many actors have been there. Pretty cool.


I enjoyed chatting with you! Enjoy the comedy shows!


Thank you! I am gonna binge watch an Ethiopian celebrity chef show! Eat well, good bye.


Apparently Bill Cosby attempted to make jokes in front of a crowd after the assault allegations against him. Do you feel he should have been allowed to renew his career?


I do not know what to answer. Do you want to say anything?


I do not believe that he should have been able to stage a comeback and I'm glad that public agreed. On the lighter note of celebrity, Pixar studio has a secret room that is visited often by celebrities.


I also think about it. But i don't know Pixar studio has a secret room that is visited often by celebrities.


It is interesting. And since we are talking about animated movies, Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first to start the trend of big celebrities doing voice performances for animated films.


Yes, When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine.


That is correct. It's been a long time since I've seen that movie. Also, Carol burnett was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series Sesame Street. She's amazing!


I think Carol Creighton Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer, whose career spans seven decades of television. Is it right?


Yes it is. She is a comic pioneer. Speaking of comedy, did you know that Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989?


I love comedy. I am a huge Bill Murray fan. Did you know he is a huge fan of the movie Kung Fu Hustle?


Yes, I know a little bit about him. Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer


Yes and an amazing one. Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, Scrooged. Amazing movies. I did not know that the programming language Python was named after Monty Python.


Yes, Caddyshack is a nice film, it is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis.


Yes it is. Ramis was also amazing on the world of comedy. The Green Lantern film was apparently supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black. It couldn't have hurt because i thought it was an awful movie.


Yes, The Green Lanterns have little regard for humans


It was a superhero movie. Did you ever see 3rd Rock From the Sun on TV?


It's been off the air for a long time at this point. It starred Jon Lithgow who is an amazing actor. It won the Golden Globe for best comedy series in 1997.


Yes, He is a good actor. He is an actor, musician, comedian, poet, author, and singer.


Hello, are you particularly interested in travel?


Hi! I am very interested in travel. Although I'm not sure I'd want to visit Iceland considering they have to travel by flight from one major town to the Other due to having no public rail service! Ha! What about you?


Wow that seems like a crazy amount of work! I wonder what's worse, that or traveling Mackinac Island, where I hear they banned motorized vehicles.


Good point. I suppose they'd both be torture in their own ways. Maybe Iceland can do what the Dutch are doing and that's creating a commuter bus that can travel at 160mph speeds. It would certainly help the natives!


Oh that would certainly help! I wonder if Japan would implement that technology, I believe there's over $300 in tolls to go across the country, imagine just taking a train and avoiding that.


That is insane and depressing. You can't be poor and travel that country, obviously. Wonder how King Kalakaua would have felt if he had to pay that much when he traveled through Japan while traveling the world. The first king to travel the world, in fact.


I'm sure it was much, much more difficult back then too. I wonder if we'll ever be able to travel around the Earth quickly.


That's a good question. Perhaps one day we will! Hopefully it's before the earth becomes helium free at the end of the 21st century.


Yeah that's definitely scary, although I feel pessimistic about even that. We've already destroyed 80% of the Earth's natural forests.


So tremendously sad to hear that. The earth is over 4.5 billion years old and we've destroyed a big part of its belongings. And sadly, we depend on its natural resources and biosphere to survive. All 7.6 billion of us.


And what's shocking is if you like at Earth's whole history as 24 hours, humans have only been around for about a minute, we've done so much damage in such little time.


Agrees. It is such a surprise. I don't understand why we can't do something better with our time - like teach sharks how to bark, ya know? It's actually possible!


Oh wow that's crazy! Although I definitely am not considering adopting them now. Apparently they even rescue sailors! Definitely more useful than I thought.


Do they really? I suppose when they're not hungry they do! Ha! Or as long as sailors don't get stranded in the white shark cafe where great whites like to congregate in the middle of the Pacific. Ha!


Haha I'm sure their luck will run out at some point. I'd like to think sharks will continue to evolve and become docile animals but who knows? After all they've evolved earlier than dinosaurs and trees, so maybe they are now how they always will be.


You're right about that. And it's crazy they never evolved to develop rib cages. They say their own weight can crush their body on land. That is wild!


I wonder who would win in a potential fight, sharks or extraterrestrials! Maybe the only person who knows the answer is the UN ambassador for extraterrestrials.


That's something to ponder! Then again, if the fight happened on earth, it would be hard to defeat the whale shark considering its massive size. Not to mention sharks can be found in all the seas.


That's fair haha. I think it also depends what type of shark we send to combat. There's so many different sharks classified, maybe we'd have a better chance with extinct types like Xenacanthus, I wonder if they were even bigger and stronger.


That is so true! And they've been around for over 420 million years, at least the earliest known sharks on record. And sharks today are common to depths of 2000 meters! It would be interesting to see but my money would be on the sharks! Ha!


Oh for sure, then again eventually Earth will likely have even longer days, so we'll have even more time to discover potential extraterrestrials that are even stronger. Anyways it was nice talking to you, have a great night!


I am a fan, I find that jazz is relaxing and I like to listen to it while working


Me too.  My favorite style is Kansas City jazz.  Did you know that there is a Harlem woman who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years?


She did!? woah, I wonder if her neighbors liked that. I would be like change it up a little lol


lol  Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.  Don't expect that kind of music from there.


That orchestra is really talented I hear, I know its a surprising fact, I wouldn't expect jazz to be a big deal over there its more of an american thing.


Yes.  Jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing.  That's interesting.


That is interesting I've always wondered why they grew those silly goatees I guess mystery solved now.


lol  Did you know that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and scored several films including Million Dollar Baby?


He did? I didnt know he was a jazz enthusiast, he is a great actor though and his role in that movie was really good


I didn't know that either until just now about him.  Do you like any other celebrities?


I used to like Robin Williams, he was the voice of one of my favorite animated character, Aladdin.


I liked him too.  Sad he's gone.  He was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films when he did Aladdin.


It is sad, I guess celebrities also suffer, he started a trend and left a legacy behind him. Did you ever watch Sesame Street?


I did watch Sesame Street when I was a kid!


Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on the show, I really liked her, and Sesame Street was a cool show.


How neat is that!  I wonder what Pixar studios has in their secret room that often visited by celebrities?


That secret room must be awesome I bet many celebrities have seen that room, maybe Judge Judy has as well she is the second highest paid celebrity out there.


Nice!  I can't believe it's been 30 years since Comedy Central was created in 1989 and they've also cancelled 100 shows in that span.  It's been fun chatting!


It has been a long time, many fans were disappointing over the years I bet many of those shows had a good number of followers and yeah it was great chatting have a nice day, bye.


How's it going, do you like Horror films? I enjoy ones with supernatural and macabre themes


I watch them occasionally.  I like it when a bad guy gets killed or it has some comedy in it


Yea, it's kinda strange that Stephen King considers Bambi a horror movie


If I can remember right, I think it there was some war scenes?


Possibly, or maybe seing Bambi's mom get killed terrorized Stephen King as a kid


Oh yeah.  Did you know if you watch a horror movie before abstract art, you will enjoy it more?


No, I wonder why? Maybe I'll google some abstract art after I watch a horror movie and see if it holds up


I wonder if anyone has ever invented a horror movie diet since watching one can burn 180 calories


It is probably due to the creepy metallic noises that scare you


Could be, a waterphone is pretty scary and gets the adrenaline going


They should have played it live to Danny from the Shining


I wonder how old Danny was when he realized The Shining was a horror movie


Yea, I love dogs, they make great companions


Me too, did you know there are 12 blood types?


Yea, it must be hard to find a match when a dog needs blood


I think the blood drives are super important to have a reserve.


Yea, did you know google prefers dogs over cats?


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I'm doing pretty good, just trying to get rid of some hiccups. Did you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs?


No, I didn't know that.  How interesting.


I know! The correlation between our anatomy and animals is pretty neat. Did you know that the study of animals is called Zoology?


Yeah, I remember taking Zoology in school.  Did you know that there are over 7 million animal species?


That's pretty wild. I have recently learned that there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth, that is astonishing!


That is amazing!  I was shocked to learn recently that there are some animals that can theoretically live forever, because they are biologically immortal.


Oh wow, that's really interesting. Did you know that in 2002 Germany became in the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights?


You know I had heard that and I also read somewhere that there is a lawyer in Switzerland who represents animals in court.  How wild is that?


That is pretty wild, I heard that under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act that the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species!


Now that is wild.  Animals are so interesting to me.  I learned in college that they are like humans, they have a dominant "paw" or side.


They are definitely interesting. Did you know that they develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated?


How cool, strange but cool, nonetheless.  I also learned that animals from geographically distant area often speak different"languages" or "dialects", just like people.


That's interesting. I wonder if my dog speaks with a southern dialect?


Mine most definitely does! I'm so glad that the world is appreciating and respecting the animals more.  I read somewher that the Netherlands is constructing special bridges for wildlife.


I wish they would do that here. It breaks my heart seeing dead animals on the side of the road.


Me too.  The bridges connect habitats and keep the animals from being hit by cars.  Such a good thing that they do need to be constructed here.


That would help so much here, I don't see why they don't do it.


Agreed.  On a different note, I'm 50 years old and I just found out what the E. in Chuck E. Cheese stands for!


I have no idea what it stands for. I always thought it was Eugene or something like that.


Nope, you're wrong.  It's entertainment.  Charles Entertainment Cheese!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, friend.  I've got to get to work.  Talk to you later!


Hey there how often to use the internet? I know that I love it and use it everyday


I use it every day, too! Even astronauts can access the internet these days!


I think they can. I think they have super fast internet access by the way haha. You ever read the terms of service online?


Not usually! I don't think most people do, either.


Nope most people don't. Only about 7% read it, I don't think I've ever read it LOL


Me neither. Have you every looked yourself up on the internet?


Yes I have. What is that called again I forget? I want to make sure to look myself up when I'm on Mount Everest by the way LOL they have 3-g service up there


It's called egosurfing. Wow! Almost everyone everywhere has internet service. In Finland, internet is a right.


Yeah that is interesting. It's not a bad idea to. Have you ever clicked a hamburger button online before? Just thinking about it makes me hungry, it's the button that has three horizontal lines


I never knew there was a name for that! Do you use reddit?


Yes I use reddit from time to time. Some of my favorite subreddits are the fasting section and also the popular section, what about you


I don't really use it, but I know it's the 3rd most visited site in the USA


Oh I didn't know that. That's good to know, also good to know that some of the original investors were Peter Thiel, Snoop Dogg, and Jared Leto, I really like Jared Leto so that's cool


Back then it was worth 500 million, but is now worth almost 2 billion!


Yep it definitely made the money I'm sure, have you ever read the website called "the redditor"? Apparently that is a magazine based on the site Reddit, I don't know why you wouldn't just go directly to reddit though


No, I've never heard of it. I didn't know reddit was so big! It was made by college roommates in 2005.


That is pretty cool. I remember my college roommate was cool and we had a lot of ideas but we never actually did anything with them unfortunately. Have you ever read about the space shuttle by the way? It only has one megabyte of ram apparently


Really? That's hard to believe! The first computer was cardboard and distributed by Bell.


Wow I wish I could see that. I don't know how you make a computer out of cardboard. I also don't know how you make a computer that runs on water like the Russians did back in the 30s


I'm sure they're nothing like our computers these days. The cardboard one was made back in 1968.


Yeah that's very impressive. Have you ever played the game Minecraft before? Someone made a working computer out of the Minecraft blocks, Minecraft is a video game so I don't really know what that means haha


I do too. Did you know that reading is a form of language processing?


Oh yes, I'm sure. In the 18th Century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.


that's crazy! wow. I never think about there being history with reading. At one time, Cs Lewis had a competition to see who would laugh at bad poetry.


Oh, was that the competition with Tolkien too?


Oh yes! Him as well! I wonder what the winner won?


Yeah, that would be a sight to see. Do you know the world record for speed reading?


I do, actually, it's 4,700 words per minute! That's wild!


Yes, it is! Did you know Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches.


No I did not, that's very interesting. And Ender's Game was suggested for the US marine corps to read as well.


I do! One of my favorites has always been The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.


Did you know he only received $9 for the publication of the poem?


I can't believe that! have you heard of reverse poetry? Thats where when a poem makes a certain point when reading it in one direction, but the opposite point when read in the opposite direction.


Yes I guess when poetry is read backwards it is inspiring.


Yeah. Did you know that the javanese alphabet is recited, it forms a poem?


That sounds cool. Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem!


That's impressive! Nearly all of the characters from the Hobbit were named after an old Icelandic poem.


Well, humans are really talented. Although there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


Wow! It's been nice talking to you, have a good day!


Yes, nice talking to you too! Take care.


How's it going, use facebook much? It's quite sad facebook is surveying users about news articles now


I use it yeah, mostly to keep in touch with family and friends abroad, I did hear about the simple 2 question survey the site has


Yea, I think facebook's 2 question survey is just a PR move, I mean critics are right to point out how simple it is


Yeah I think that as well but it can really work to stop fake news at the site, theres a lot fake news in the FB site


It's kinda silly how Facebook and Google are having issues finding fake news, maybe they should train people to find it instead of using algorithms


I agree, they are having a lot of issues and many people have them as their main source of info.


The funny thing is Facebook survey doesn't have an "I don't know option", looks like the data from the survey will be bias


It does look that way, did you ever hear about that whopper promotion? the one that was on and consisted of deleting friends.


Yea, I've deleted 10 friends on facebook before but never got a free whopper lol


I guess the promotion is no longer on lol, Facebook is worth a lot of money by now, Myspace had the chance to buy it at some point


Yep, Myspace could of bought a company worth 104 billion now just for 75 million, they screwed that up


Yeah, they really did, I bet they are regretting not buying the company to this day. Zuckerberg really showed them.


Yea, now people are doing things like rewriting Iceland's constitution on facebook while myspace is barely relevant


I think its interesting how some countries like Iceland are using the site, I think its a good idea to take peoples ideas into consideration.


Schleswig-Holstein would beg to differ, the like button is illegal there


It is? really? I guess they are not big Facebook fans over there.


Maybe they don't like the blue web design Zuckerberg created due to his colorblindness


Thats a valid point, so what are your thoughts on Google? the company has grown a lot since its creation back in 98


Well the search engine is great but I don't like that Google maps uses android devices to calculate traffic


That is a bit invasive, they can track your location and all, your cellphone can get hacked and then a stalker will know your every move


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hi, how are you? Are you a heavy Internet user?


Yes. Recently my brother has been investing in a cryptocurrency but he doesn't have much currently.


Have you heard of cold storage for cryptocurrency? It is disconnected from the Internet and inaccessible to customers. That way, it is off limits to remote hackers.


I have. I believe cold storage is a good method to store cryptocurrency as it is safe from hackers and cyber criminals.


Hot wallets are still pretty useful. If very time you paid a bill, you had to visit your savings account to get the money It would be inconvenience, and settling your tab would take forever.


I agree.  Hot wallets are useful, inherently at risk to be targeted.


To sell coins in the wallet, reconnect to the Internet. This approach is not without problems, but it is a better option. I've never used cryptocurrency, but I would probably want cold storage and a hot wallet.


I am considering joining my brother in the world of cryptocurrency.  If I do, I will have a system incorporating both cold and hot storage.


Do you believe that that the library of Alexandria has a copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down? I wonder why we can't back up cryptocurrency.


I don't believe the Internet will ever burn down.  There are too many redundant and interwoven connections.  It would take a global catastrophe of apocalyptic scale to take down the entire Internet.


Plus it would probably take an entire Internet to back up the Internet. Everest has 3g cell service and Internet at the peak. Could I access my hot wallet from there to settle a bet?


I believe you could!  It is definitely worth a try, though actually attempting that bet is dangerous.


Not for the faint of heart, certainly. Do you use Reddit at all? It's a news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website.


I recently joined Reddit because I needed to find out some information about various interests.


It's funny that less than 0.50% of the people on Reddit vote for content. I guess visitors want information. They visit, get info, then leave.


I did that for a long time before actually joining, but then I realized it would be more useful to actually participate.


There is some page that sums up  the kindest deeds  done on Reddit. I wonder what they are. Are the doers famous now?


I'm not sure.  I haven't heard about that feature.


I like that the first comment on reddit was a complaint about Reddit going downhill! That's the spirit! Well, I enjoyed chatting.


Thank you for the chat.  Maybe we can talk again sometime!


Also, be careful if you're a heavy user! Clicking Internet links can cause addiction measurable in the brain. I know that I sometimes feel compelled to keep clicking on links. Ta!


Have you ever invested in digital currency like Bitcoin or Ethereum?


No, I just don't have the money to invest in such a risky venture. The price fluctuates too much for me to see it as an investment.  What do you think about digital currencies ?


I have thought about it and like you though it to be too risky.  Most experts say the blokchain which the digital currencies are OK.  Its the dealers (i.e. the exchanges that get hacked) or as recently happened in Canada, a Bitcoin exchange president died and took the master password with him.  I see no backup like the FDIC and traditional banks


I think that I can trust myself to have my own wallet with my own password, like you I don't trust those companies, they are like sketchy banks, it kind of defeats the purpose of those currencies, getting rid of banks interference.


True, and when they maintain your "wallet" on the internet, you have instant access but also the instant risk to hackers.  If you go to an offline wallet such as a hard disk at home, then that defeats the purpose of a digital currency.  To spend it from an offline wallet you need to physically plug it in - sort of like going to the bank for cash before ATMs and digital transfers.  While the internet is great, I am not comfortable with my money floating out there.  Do you think they will ever fix it or will with every fix, the hackers will develop a new exploit?


I think hackers will always find new ways. Especially with digital currencies, banks are the money to hire "counter-hackers", digital currecy companies are too small to hire them.


Agreed, at the same time, some of the risk is on the user end, that is with you and I.  We need to practice "safe computing".  Do you use one type of computer (e.g. Windows) or have different types of devices?


I have a win 10 desktop and a linux laptop. I also had an old desktop with win 98 on it, it not win 95 but still very old.


I have Win10, iOS, and Andriod, so that's 3 types of devices with their security issues, security updates, and security software suites.  Things have sure gotten more complicated since the days of DOS on 16-bit machines.  Did you know that someone built a working 16-bit computer using basic Minecraft building blocks?


Not I am not surprised, they are building really complex things in Minecraft using switches, it is more than just virtual Legos, but they are useful, the first google computer case was made of Legos.


What amazes me is how fast computers have evolved, i.e. Moore's law.  Its amazing to think that I have more computational power in my smartphone that the Space Shuttle's general purpose computer.  I have 16 GBs of memory om my smartphone - the space shuttle's computer had 1 MB!


The space shuttle is from the 80s, 1 MB was a lot in those time. What is the earliest computer that you used ?


Radio Shack TR-80 with 16 KB of memory!  So, with that, you can probably guess my age within a decade!.  That was way before the internet became commonplace.  That is another concern I have with digital currency.  When I send a request out, it starts on my providers backbone, but how many  other provider systems does it traverse to its destination.  How good is the security on these providers which could change with each transmission.  With no direct relation, how do I hold them accountable should my digital currency go missing?


I think that I Iike the concept of digital currency, a currency with no oversight, no regulation, no banks. But they forgot that it would attract hackers.


Well the internet is great and we essentially cannot live without it.  But it can, for some, be addicting.  Did you know they can measure brain activity associated with clicking links on the internet?


No, but I supposed it could be addicting, since every time you click, something happens, the brains like this action-reaction dynamic.


For me, without eccomerce, life would be different.  I hated shopping before the internet and like it less now.  I tend to stick to a few large ecommerce sites rather than buy from lots of them - just too many terms and conditions to read up on.  Did you know that only about 7% of people read the terms when buying a product or service over the internet?


They are really long, I try to read them, especially those for a free software to see if it will install other programs, but I have never read the terms & conditions of Amazon, did you ?


I have and they are my primary ecommerce vendor.  Are you into social media, like Reddit?  For me, I tend to be skeptical of it!


I read reddit, main for specif subjects, they are really good. But I don't comment on it, nor submit link. What are you skeptical about Reddit ?


I tend to be skeptical of social media in general.  I do not report my every movement to the world.  It also gives everyone the ability to be a "reporter".  I think you can track the rise of fake news with the rise of social media!  Even Reddit with its news discussions has persons embellishing on the "truths" or "facts".


Yeah, that is why I use for news about specific subjects, like a specif Nintendo console, or PC- builders, if you read Reddit for Nation or international news, you will get "interference". What news sites do you use on the internet ?


I use several, just to ground truth one against another.  With Reddit, a post is voted on and from what I understand, rises in standing with more votes.  I remember at one time, computer nerds in third world countries were essentially "click mills" which you could pay to get votes for your YouTube video, etc.  Do you think that happens on Reddit?   It seems like less than 1% of users actually vote.


I am pretty sure it happens all the time, it is too popular to be left alone by commercial and political interest. Thanks for the conversation.


Did you know humans lost their body hair 240,000 years ago?


I wonder why? Was that when we discovered fire?


I'm not sure, seems pretty recent, right?


I wonder how we came to be the only human species


I'm not sure, did you know we can grow a rib in 2-3 months?


I think it will, I don't know why you would to have it surgically shortened though.


I think people removed some of their ribs to get thinner?


OMG, that is so weird, and they grow back?


Did you know the human fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm and palm?


I didn't know that. Is that really true?


That is what I recently read. Also goosebumps are the remnants of when we used to make fur stand up to appear larger to enemies


Interesting, I get goosebumps when I'm cold though.


I assume that would affect how our hair stands and perhaps make us warmer too? I don't know, only guessing


I'm not sure. By the way, do you have any interest in poetry?


Well, the Javanese alphabet when recited in order forms a poem.


That is pretty cool. I personally like that palindromes.


Did you know Edgar Allen Poe only received $9 for "the Raven?"


That sounds unfortunate considering how much of a classic it is today.


Yeah, it is a big time classic, pretty cool though, huh?


How's it going, have you ever been to Reddit? They average 542 million visitors a month


I am one of the .53% that vote content up or down. I have actually made the front page 2 times


Nice, have you seen the page that sums up 25 of the kindest deeds done on Reddit?


I have not, what were some of the good deeds?


I'm not sure but I do know Sam Altman was able to get $50 million in funding so maybe they used some of that money


that is a good point, lol. There is a free online magazine called the redditor, have you checked it out?


No I haven't check out the Redditor yet, I wonder what they cover


Me too, probably everything regarding the internet and computers


I wonder if they wrote an article about user kn0thing's first post on reddit


That would be interesting lol. I wonder what his memo was about. I may check it on the internet


Yea, I'd like to read the first comment on reddit complaining about reddit


Lol that would be hilarious to see. Do you use the internet much?


Yea, all the time, the only thing I don't use it for is to read the full terms of purchase when buying something, only 7 percent of people read it


I did not know that lol. I am one of the 93 percent that don't read them. I should start, I may have sold my soul to the devil for all i know!


I hope the Library of Alexandria deletes terms of service from their saved copy of the internet


I hope so too. Did you know you can get cellular and internet access from mt everest if youre ever interested


That's pretty crazy you can get 3g on Mt Everest yet I can't get it in my basement


Lol or right next to my router! Do you use a computer more or tablet?


Probably a computer for work. It's crazy Transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers


that is crazy lol. did you know computers were around for a while? the russians made one in 1936 that ran on water


Nice. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello, yes, I have a Facebook account. What about you?


I do but I am not on it. I made a new years resolution to cut down on it and haven't been on it but for 4 times due to work. Are you on it a lot?


That's good. It can really suck into your time. I don't use it very often.


I have found my screen time down while my free time is up. And I didn't think I used it much!


That's good. Did you know MySpace was going to buy Facebook for $75 million back in 2005, but they turned it down?


Seems like a short sighted move by MySpace. Is that the one where the founder becomes everyone's friend?


Not too sure on that. I saw in Germany the like button is illegal in one of their states.


I wonder why. I know why the button is blue, Mark Zuckerburg is color blind.


Oh wow...looks like he can't see red-greens.


Iceland is rewriting their constituion using facebook...


That's interesting. Does it state what they are altering?


It does not. I think that is a bad idea! Russian hackers???


I use Google everyday. I saw a Google search takes more computing power than sending Armstrong to the moon.


I wonder what Armstrong was armed with when he went to the moon!


I know I agree. Google once uses goats to mow their lawn.


They use android devices to calculate traffic!


Very cool. Back in 2013, Google went down for five minutes.


I bet the internet went crazy! Nice chatting with you!


Hello,  how are you doing? Chinese american james wong howe was an oscar-winning cinematographer who pioneered the use of wide-angle lenses, low-key lighting, crab dolly and deep-focus cinematography. he was not an american citizen until 1943 and his marriage with a white woman was illegal until 1948 due to racism.


That's interesting. No woman has ever been nominated for the academy award for best cinematography.


Even though spartacus had a cinematographer, stanley kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself. even though he did almost none of the work, when spartacus got the academy award for best cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer, and not kubrick.


Too funny! Cinematographer roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the best cinematography oscar, and has never won.


Wow,  thats tough! Gavin free, known for rooster teeth and achievement hunter on youtube, also worked on the slow motion cinematography for hot fuzz, sherlock holmes: a game of shadows, and dredd


Cinematographer roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the best cinematography oscar, and has never won.


yeah,  I think you just told me that.  Too bad for him.  which movies was he apart of?


I'm not sure. Are movies your favorite form of entertainment? Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight.


Yes,  I watch a lot of movies!  When caesar visited britain, around 50bc, he noted that its people bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment


That's interesting. Bill nye "the science guy" got his break in entertainment by winning a steve martin lookalike contest.


He really does look like Steve martin. The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan.


Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures.


Ronald reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look."


Haha. Guess he showed that exec! Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures


Although people's attention is held by different things, because individuals have different preferences in entertainment, most forms are recognizable and familiar..


Cool. The nintendo entertainment system could display only 54 colors.


I didn't know that! Early forms of entertainment were supported in royal courts.


nice!  Do you like animals? There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


That's amazing. There are 1.5 million living species, but 1 million of them are insects!


Yes! Taught fun poetry unit in L.A. classes. Still love Poe's "The Raven". You?


edgar only recieved 9$ for the publiction of the poem. It was so sad he was entitled to get much more


Yes. Didn't know that. Have also read the Epic of Gilgamesh, Sumerian flood story. Very, very old version! Takes place in real, ancient region of Ur. Babylon area, I think...Do you know it?


no i haven't read anything that old. I have read Enders game. Many military organisations suggest reading it


Never read it. Why recommended by military?


because of the techniques and protocols for war  to induce judge the situation i guess. Even some have starship troopers novel in reading list


Sci-fi novels? Why not? What's you favorite type of reading matter or genre?


When I think thriller, I think of complicated plots, twists & turns. Sci-Fi conjures up futuristic places/events. Sound about right - or way off?


I also like Hobbits  like  famous series


Yes. Teen or young adult readers often like Hobbit books. Did you ever participate in a Summer Book Club?


Fun Fact : all characters in hobbit  were taken from old icelandic poem.


Didn't know that. Old poems have inspired novels and plays for thousands of years, they say. Never read old African poems, though. You?


no . but japanese alphabets when recited in order forms a poem how good was that


Good! Sounds typically Japanese, like a Haiku poem some teacher may have asked you to write...!  Whether poetry or prose, reading is complex, don't you think?


yes complex but when used in drama , song, comedy is great.


such as repitition, verse form , rhymes distinguish the language and adds beauty . ancient greeks were the first to experiment with such things


Understood. Writers today often start a novel with characters you can recognize, literally, then take you to unfamiliar places. Make you think of any favorite book?


nothing i generally like to read everything has something to tell . Good talking with you


Good day. Are you interested in human history at all? Humans likely lost all their body hair 240,000 years ago!


I am! That is a long long time ago. It's crazy how we haven't even been on the earth for a fraction of the total time.


Yeah it is so interesting to think about. There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans. Not sure if I have ever been exposed to that!


I don't think I ever want to. Just like how we get goosebumps because it was evolutionary to make us look larger!!


Oh yeah true! So funny. One thing that humans have on other animals is distance running. I remember watching a show in Africa where they hunt animals by just tiring them out over long distances.


Yes I've read that we are the most endured people ever. I think we stand out, especially since we can't even breathe and swallow at the same time. In fact, we are the only mammals that can't do that.