I do listen to radio, there is a website with free classic radio dramas, I like that one and I also like Spotify.


It's kind of sad because radio has been around for so long. In the 1930's, one of the most popular acts was actually a ventriloquist, which is hilarious (in my opinion) because how do people even appreciate the ventriloquism if they can't see the puppet?


I know right lol, one of the requisites is to see the puppet and the human interact, there is also a station that picks Jupiter storms.


That's so cool. There's another radio station where you can hear the solar activity in the form of sound and it's like music


It sounds interesting but both radio stations seem to be really boring.


Yeah I don't know how long I could listen to something like that. What about literature, are you a fan of literature? I like reading, mostly fiction/crime books. I recently read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and am now reading Gone Girl. What's the last work of literature you read?


I am a fan of literature, did you know that the fds burned about six tons of censored literature!


Hello there and good morning. Are you a religious person? I myself do not even own the Bible despite having over 5 billion copies sold.


i am not a religious person. i do not own a bible. it has sold quite well. the author must be rich LOL


Yes they must LOL. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the USA to be required to read from the Bible.


the classroom certainly has changed because of court cases and such. i figure that there is value in religious texts but students should read a range of them


Yes I don't think it should be a part of education especially not elementary education.


elementary is a bit young, but high school students can read texts from world religions and understand their impact on the world. Thomas jefferson created his own version of the bible, using a razor to cut out the 'supernatural' parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection. maybe students could experiment the same way.


Yes that is true I agree with you on that. Apple only became known as an Apple when the Bible was translated into Latin in the fourth century. Quite interesting I didn't know that.


yes, the language of the bible reflects the history of language and sometime historical places and events. it is a historical document.


It definitely is he got that right. The biblical tower of babel was likely named after an actual building so some of it is based off real life situations.


i would love to visit the place and seen the tower that spawned the story. Teddy roosevelt and john quincy adams are the only two us presidents that did not use a bible at their swearing-in ceremonies. i guess they used a different document?


Yeah they must've not sure what they use though. They have also made a lot of movies based on religious fact. Tom Hanks is actually the highest all time box office star.


tom has got the touch! he works with very good people too. i figure that his name alone is worth a lot audience for any film


Yeah definitely my favorite film of his was Forrest Gump. There have also been some box office flops like the movie Trojan wars. I have never even heard of it.


neither have i. it must have been terrible LOL forrest gump was based on a book whose author never saw any money from the movie.


I do like reading. What about you? Did you hear about the fact that the Nobel literature prize was canceled this year by the way?


Me too, I never knew that, why was that?


It has something to do with the me-too movement. I don't pay attention to that stuff personally, because it's just depressing


yea sounds like it, that is one person that doesn't get their dream met because of it, it is depressing for sure


How often do you read by the way? Apparently the FDA burned about 6 tons of books at some point in order to induce censorship, that is scary actually


I read a great deal.That is very scary, it is just words! How about you


I read sometimes. I was shocked to learn though that there used to be a literature, music, and painting game in the Olympics, those only stopped in 1952, they seemed so subjective I wonder how they were judged


right that would be interesting to see though. I wonder if there are old videos. Did you know Winston Churchill won a nobel prize in literature


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that kissing romantically is a invention, it definitely did not exist back in Greek literature apparently


Wow, I would have thought that is where it all began. They were all about that kind of stuff, or at least I thought so. Do you listen to the radio much?


I listen to the radio sometimes. But I mostly listen to YouTube when I'm driving, what about you? Apparently you can make a radio out of a pencil and a razorblade by the way


I heard about that, they were called foxhole radios from ww2! I would love to try it


Yes I just wonder how they were made. I also wonder how we can pick up radio storms from Jupiter on the AM radio LOL that seems crazy to me


Right, I wonder how you even know if you got the right sound and what channel lol


That's a good question because I bet all you can hear is static haha. Would you ever listen to a radio station that only played news that was red In classical Latin? Apparently that radio station exist in Finland


I would definitely try it out, it sounds interesting to hear latin as a language


I actually think Latin sounds pretty interesting. But what I don't think sounds interesting is listening to classical radio dramas, there is a website where you can listen to those online for free, but that doesn't sound interesting to me


At least it is free to try it out. It was so nice chatting with you!


Thanks you too. And keep in mind that there hasn't been a president who hasn't been a Republican or Democrat since 1853, we need to work on that!


for sure, that could help us all! Enjoy your night!


Hi! Are you familiar with the bible? It's crazy over 5 billion copies have been sold. I suppose that's why it's considered the best selling and most influential book of all time.


Yes, I am. I believe it. I am surprised that Thomas Jefferson created his own version.


I am as well. He apparently used a razor to cut out all of the supernatural parts. Do you think it would be called the "King Jefferson" version? Ha!


Oh my, I don't know. There were only two presidents that did not use the bible at their swearing in ceremonies.


Isn't that crazy? I also can't believe it was common for students to be required to read the Bible in school for their elementary education up until 1963!


Yes, I knew that. I would have liked to see the biblical tower of babal but not going to Iraq to see something like it!


Agreed. It would be nice to see but you're right. It's not worth it. Did you also know the word apple is known as Apple because the Bible was translated into Latin and the word apple means both evil and apple? I'll have to remember that next time I eat one. Ha!


I saw that, I didn't know that either. Interesting.I'm not surprised Tom Hanks is the all time box office star!


Agreed. He's a legend for sure! Maybe Disney should have considered him for Treasure Planet since it ended up being one of the most expensive box office bombs ever. Ha!


Yes, a better idea. How about that Trojan Wars That was a real winner. lol


Yeah that had to be depressing for the filmmakers. Only a measly  $309 earned on a massive  $15 million dollar budget. That makes me want to cry just thinking about it. It certainly was the polar opposite of Silence of the Lambs which made over $270 million at the box office!


True, I was surprised Disney's Sleeping Beauty was a failure and considered shutting down their animation studio!


That is surprising! What a big mistake that would have been! Since we're on the subject of movies, did you know Jim Carrey refuses to do dramas now because of his personal belief system. He feels dramas don't project positivity. I think that's good for him, honestly!


Yes, I agree, He seems so depressed anyways to me. Michael Caine makes me laugh why he became an actor. I saw him an interview, he said one of his tricks is to not blink as much. lol


That's funny. Ha! But truthful it seems. Speaking of Michael Caine, you know he became an actor because he claimed all the prettiest girls at his high school were in drama class? That's hilarious!


That's what I meant so funny!  I'm not surprised. ha, ha, ha ,Hugh Laurie is making a huge amount an episode at $700,000.


Wow! That must be nice! He isn't struggling for money, is he? Ha! We talked about Michael Caine's high school, but John Hamm actually taught drama at his high school. Weirdly enough, Ellie Kemper from The Office was one of his students. It's a small world, isn't it?


Yes, it is. They all know each other. The office always made me laugh!


Agreed! I love both comedies and dramas. In fact, there's a website that has thousands of classical radio dramas you can listen to for free. That's amazing!


I've heard about that one. Free classic radio dramas. Good chat!!


So true! And before I go, in terms of drama and in case you weren't aware of this, the two masks that's associated with drama actually represents the generic division between tragedy and comedy! I found that interesting. Well it was great chatting with you. Take care, friend!


I do, actually. I've wondered how people qualify for a Nobel Prize in literature, but it looks like due to a #MeToo scandal in the academy, there won't be one


I guess the panel of judges have to deem you worthy


I guess there's a different panel for the varying categories, because the award for literature is the only one affected by the reports


Do you know how many nobel prizes there are in total?


I don't, actually. I guess there are 18 committee members total though


I always thought there were only 6 categories


I think you're right. Literature covers all the various types of written works. Winston Churchill's Nobel Prize was in Literature


In any case the metoo scandal was a shame since it canceled out the nobel prize for literature which would mean a lot to most writers


I know. All because of one guy. And it seemed to be an ongoing thing he was doing, and it just now is becoming a big deal


Well I won't deny that this one person's actions damaged the integrity of the nobel prize. Shame on him


And this is the first time in more than 60 years that a prize won't be given


I mean a lot of people stepped down or worked tirelessly to restore their marred repuation


That's really hard on a lot of people. For about 40 years, literature was part of the Olympic events


I think that is because literature is such a valued art and skill. I find it hilarious however there is a contest where writers try to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.


It would be interesting to see the novels on that list and to found out if those sentences have been used in good novels


True. It would be interesting to see how they recover from those worst hook sentences


Have you ever read any ancient Greek literature? I guess it's rare to find romantic kissing in those scripts because it's a more recent development


I have read literary works like homer's iliad during my youth, but not much else


I'm glad that's not one of the six tons of literature that the FDA burned as part of US censorship. It makes me wonder what they didn't want us to read


That is a mystery we will never know. In any case, it was a pleasure chatting with you.


It's a shame that the nobel prize for literature wasn't awarded in 2018


I know it was awarded for everything else. There was a gold medal won for literature written about sports.


I mean usually they don't if no one deserves it but this time it was due to the MeToo Scandal


That was a cause well worth the reevaluation and well overdue. Romantic kissing is a recent development and not really mentioned in ancient Greek literature.


Do you think their decisions to withhold the reward sometimes is the right thing to do?


I guess it depends on the circumstances but i lean toward not being fair.


Did you know Bill Murray voiced the Human Torch in the 70's radio show.


I didn't know bill murray did that. Did you listen to radio often?


Not really everything's digital now, you know? I do remember old radio shows though like the Shadow.


It was a Drama Thriller Radio broadcast later made into a movie played by Alec Baldwin.


That sounds pretty cool. Did you know there is a free website to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas?


No i did not, that sounds pretty cool. Hey Terry Pratchett was Knighted for his Service to Literature, it was for Comedic Fantasy.


That pretty cool. Did you know winston churchill won a nobel prize for literature instead of peace?


Wow, that almost seems like an insult. Back in the day one of the most popular Radio acts was a Ventriloquist act. Now that's funny!


You would even be able to tell if it is ventriloquism at all lol


Right! You know they say that Bing Crosby filled more recording time than the allocated time to record music in 1948.


Yes I am. I like how it rhymes and incorporates street vernacular.


Cool!  Rapper Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance".  Interesting.


Well deserved. Eminem wanted to become a comic book artist instead of a rapper!


That's pretty neat I think.  In 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem.  lol


That is kind of funny I wonder if it is on youtube? Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called compliment battle.


I don't know but I'm going to have to look.  That sounds funny throwing compliments back and forth. lol


Yes it does lol. Busta Rhymes voiced a Rugrats movie in 1998!


I actually remember hearing that somewhere.  Are you a fan of superheroes?  I don't know too much about them. lol


I like Superheroes! There are actually 300 superheroes registered in the US!


That's pretty neat.  There was a comic series about fixing collateral damage caused by superheroes.


Interesting. They do cause a lot of damage! Have you heard about the superhero normalman? He has no powers!


Haha I haven't but that's great!  Marvel comics creator Stan Lee wrote 15 DC comics, re-imagining popular superheroes like Batman and Spiderman.


He was a true visionary. There was even a superhero series about Garfield and the gang!


Yes I like to watch a game from time to time. Reggie Miller was fun to watch but his sister may have been even better.


I saw that she scored 105 points and broke 8 national records in a game!


Truly an amazing accomplishment. His career high at that time was 40 points!


That is something!  Physicists proved that shooting my favorite style...the granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points from the free throw line!  It's been fun chatting!


Too bad players think it looks stupid! They could all improve their percentages by using it! Nice talking with you too enjoy your day!


I sure do. l do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah he is the guy who was shadowed by his sister always


Yeah she broke 8 national records and scored 105 points in a game


Yeah what a family of talents in there really


Yes. Do you know the player Allen Iverson?


Yes a super famous player who signed that crazy contract with Rebook


Yeah they are paying $800 000 until he turns 55 and then a lump sum of 32 million


Yeah he is pretty much good for life I guess


yes he is ,DO you know what is the granny shot style?


Yesh it is the one scientists say is the best one to score but players to do not use it much


Yeah and only because it looks funny, strange


I know right? AIr Jordan were initially banned in the NBA court


Yeah but Nike kept paying the fees and Jordan kept wearing them


They must have made so many sales there and it was nothing to pay those fees


Exactly. Did you know Duncan finished college first and then joined the NBA?


Yeah he was smart, got both the degree and the career in the NBA


Yeah smart guy. DO you like superheroes?


I sure do. THere was a comic series to try and fix the damage they cause


Haha nice one. THere are 300 superheroes in the US that are registered


Have you heard of the superhero Normalman?


Good morning. Yes I love rap music. It's essentially a musical form of vocal delivery.


I am not really a fan of rap music. i prefer melody and harmony. who is your favorite rapper?


Got it. I don't really have one. But Tupac was definitely one of the greats. His music is in the Library of Congress of cultural significance.


His music was the voice of a generation. he changed a lot about rap. he deserves recognition. too bad he is gone.


Yes you are correct. Tragic that he died. Eminem is also a great rapper. A Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit against the rapper.


That is funny. i guess the judge saw her chance to get down with her bad self. LOL


Haha yes indeed. Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called compliment battle. Sounds very nice!


that sounds very nice. being respectful to others. i wonder how you win.


Whoever is the nicest maybe? Eminem didn't always want to become a rapper, he wanted to be a comic book artist! He loved the superhero Spiderman. Do you like Superhero's?


I think he would have make a good artist, but he is a better rapper. i dont really follow superheroes.


Yes true. There was a comic series about fixing collateral damage caused by superheroes!


That sounds like a terrible job! fixing up messes, gettting none of the glory.


Yes I agree. Not the most glorious job. There are over 300 registered superheroes in the US. How do you even register become a superhero?


I wonder. that would be a cool birthday present. "Hey, here ya go!"


Yes that would be very cool. There's even a Garfield book series spinoff named pet force which featured Garfield and the gang as superheroes.


Yeah, garfield needs a boost. not terribly funny. might be a good superhero though.


Yes I agree with you there. I like how each comic often has at least one super villain who is often the superheroes archenemy.


Yes, i guess that helps drive the narrative forward. the conflict between the two gives rise to a story.


Exactly. It makes victory all that much sweeter. Stan Lee wrote 15 DC comics reimagining popular superheroes like Batman and Superman. It was great talking with you this morning.


Yes, i enjoyed chatting! have a good day.


yes I do. Do you know who Reggie MIller is?


Yes he is a great players but his sister was always better than him


Yeah she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records


Yeah what a family of really talented kids


Yeah. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes he is getting $800 000 per year until he is 55


yes and then he gets $32 million after that


Yeah they guy is safe to say that is pretty set for life


Yeah. Do you know what the granny shot is?


Yes it is the best shot to score but players do not use it much


Yes they think it looks funny. Do you like superheroes?


I do, there is a series that looks at the collateral damage they cause


Cool. There are 300 of them registered in the US


Yes that is the superhero that has no superpowers


Cool. Did you know Stan Lee reimagined superheroes in 15 DC COmics series?


Nice. There was even a garfield spin off where he and his gans are superheroes


I like some of Tupac and Eminem's music, and you?


Me too. They set the grounds for it. Nice chatting with you


How are you? Do you use Facebook? It's crazy they are valued at 104 billion dollars


I'm great.  I actually don't use Facebook... I feel like I'm one of the few people that don't.  Even though I'm still in my 20's, I just grew tired of all the drama, political nonsense, etc. of Facebook.  How about you?


I use it sometimes but not much even though I made a profile 2 years after Mark Zuckerberg founded facebook in 2004


Do you think Facebook will still be popular and relevant 5-10 years from now, or do you think something else will take its place?


Facebook will probably still be around, they are always buying potential competitors websites, too bad Myspace didn't do the same when it could of bought facebook for 75 million


It's funny you mentioned MySpace... I actually enjoyed using MySpace way more than Facebook.  I was pretty loyal until about 2010 when everyone finally left.  Did you ever use MySpace?


Yea back when I was in High School, I liked the experience better than facebook. I stopped using it in 2005 though, right when Myspace could of bought facebook


What do you primarily use Facebook for now?  Do you get news information from Facebook or is it simply for fun/social aspects?


Mostly to make smart ass comments to my friends, I don't follow news on facebook, things like that and rewriting a constitution like Finland should be done on a more respectable platform


I agree... I always enjoyed the social aspect of Facebook and an outlet from the stress of everyday life, but now everything seems to have gotten really political.  Are you concerned with the data sharing incidents Facebook has dealt with recently?


Personally no because I don't share sensitive data but it is troubling how much data they share to advertisers


Agreed... It seemed like it was somewhat overblown.  It's not like you're inputting your social security number or anything like that into Facebook.  Most of it is information websites could get pretty easily anyway.  How do you feel about Mark Zuckerburg as a leader/CEO?


I heard he want to completely get rid of online anonymity which I don't agree with, plus I don't really like the blue layout he has because of his red-green color blindness


It's funny that the like button is illegal in the german state of Schleswig-holstein... I actually wish Facebook gave people more options, instead of just like or dislike.


Maybe in Schleswig-holstein facebook is causing a moral panic like novels did back in the 1700s


I wish more people would get off facebook and start reading more novels.  Maybe then someone could challenge the world record for speed reading, which is 4700 words per minute


4,700 words per minute is pretty fast, I wonder how long it would take Anne Jones to read the bible


I bet she could probably read it in a couple days... I bet she probably already has.  Do you have a favorite book or author?


My favorite book was To Kill a Mockingbird back when I read it in high school


Oh, that is a good one.  I really liked Atticus Finch as a character.  Did you ever see the old black and white movie?  I personally like CS Lewis.  Lewis and Tolkein used to have "you laugh you lose


Yea I saw that film and Starship Troopers lol, I heard Starship Troopers is suggested reading in the US military


I can understand why, it's definitely very good.  Ender's Game is also suggested for many military organizations.


I may have to check that out. Well I have to go. Nice talking with you


I'm glad there had been a hotline started for street harassment happening. Too bad you can't just summons Wonder Woman, instead!


Exactly! Haha, I think this column of Amy's is a good thing where people can ask questions while alerting others too. She seems to give good advice!


I wonder what she'd say if I told her I wish I could have Wonder Woman's Bracelets of Submission? What a fantasy...could be dangerous, though, I bet...


Haha, I would love to hear her advice on that one! I like how she made the man who is having fantasys about a younger woman feel at ease and told him how to handle it, she seems pretty good at her job.


Yes, some people have fantasies that could mean something bad for them in real life...


Right, but I suppose if not acted upon and they are not horrible there is no harm really, our brains are strange things sometimes. I like fantasy, either in literature or films, like The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the king, or Wonder Woman lol all harmless.


Lord of the Rings is a great fantasy! I heard it was created out of thoughts stemming from real life happenings around a war.


It is! Really? I didn't know that. Very interesting! I like funny fantasy too, like the Delorean car in Back to the Future lol, fantasy is fun.


Yes! That car is amazing...what a fantasy to drive one like it! I wonder if they will be making another sequel to that movie?


I loved those movies, so funny and interesting too! I hope they do make another. They should get the whole cast back together but they are all pretty old now.


That new Mad Max movie was a very interesting one...kinda about cars. I remember watching the old one, too.


That was a great movie! I think all films are fantasy in a way, unless it is based on a true story, but one of my favorites is Gone in 60 Seconds.....amazing cars in that movie!


Yeah that is one of the best car movies ever! Fast and Furious had good trick driving in it...enough to impress Wonder Woman?


I love Fast and the Furious movies! I own them all on DVD lol....great cars and great cast which I am sure would impress Wonder Woman hahaa, She does have an invisible jet so.....


That would be a good car movie: Combine Fast and Furious with superheroes and give them custom cars!


Right!! Hahaha, you have the best fantasy movie idea right there! The cars would be amazing in a movie like that!!!


They could make a lot of money selling kids car toys based off of that, I bet! lol


Definitely! Huge market! Maybe they could sell Wonder Womans invisible jet too....they did have a special viewing of it for one day only at the Smithsonian.....


Wow! I want to see it! They should make a  thing for kids to draw their own fantasy car and then have it 3D printed, too...I'd want one, too!


Another great idea! You could let your imagination turn fantasy into reality hahaaa.....there is actually a University to go and study fantasy...you could learn all you could imagine lol!!


A University for fantasy? I love it! I play a fantasy game called PWI. How do you qualify for that University?


I do not know how you get in but I am sure you probably have to write a paper and use your best idea's but it would be very cool!


I took a sort of fantasy class when I was in college...mythology. It was sort of disappointing, though.


I love Mythology, but that was years ago and not in college but it was interesting. Fantasy is such an interesting thing...it could apply to so much it boggles my mind.


Yes, just Wonder Woman alone could have numerous fantasy movie sequels made.


Exactly, and you can take fantasy back to the earliest days of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, not pretty fantasy but dark and scary. Daydreaming is fantasy....movies, books, tv, so much!


Dark and scary fantasy was used for kids, too. I think it was to keep them from doing dangerous things!


I dont. i dont really understand them. do you play?


I play fantasy football. Did you know there is a fantasy national spelling bee?


i am not surprised. is there a way to make money off it? then people will play.


Yes, you can make money off of it. There's actually a fantasy congress where you draft congressmen and points are based off legislative success.


That is great! usually i find politics boring. maybe if there were money in it, i would pay attention! LOL


Haha. Did you know a single fold in the brain makes the difference between reality and fantasy?


I wonder if people ever have trouble with that fold. some people seem to have trouble maintaining the distinction.


Possibly. Terry Pratchett was knighted for his services to literature.


I havent read his stuff. i know that he is quite popular and humorous.


Me either. There was a janitor in Chicago that wrote a 15,145 page fantasy manuscript.


that is a labor of love. i wonder if it is a good story. i bet it was a good escape from the grind of being a janitor.


I never saw the movie. That is the one with gal gadot?


Yes. It is the highest grossing superhero origin movie.


Wow, i guess i should see it then! I usually dont go to superhero films because they have a lot of CG effects. not much story.


Me either. When Wonder Woman first appeared as a member of the Justice Society, the group had made her secretary.


That is so amazingly sexist, but i am not surprised. what else would she do? in those days women got stuck with those jobs.


I do like cars. I dont have one at the moment. Do you?


I love cars as well. Well, it was good talking to you. Have a great day.


Hello,  do you play any fantasy games?  like fantasy football?


No. I play actual Football though. I liked driving games as a Kid, but now that I can drive I don't play them.


Did you know people actually play fantasy spelling bee?  lol


That's quite odd. I don't usually get into Fantasy. However I might see the new Wonder Woman movie because I met Gal Gadot once.


wow how did you meet her?  I love her in fast n furious series.


She was at an Israeli Venture Capital conference. We sat on the same panel. I was dealing with some car battery tech (electric car) that has Israeli roots. My first car had French roots. Cadillac.


Wow that is awesome.  Is she nice?  She seems like a nice person I have seen some interviews.  Yes,  the new wonder woman looks amazing.  It is the highest gross wwi movie!


She's very friendly. Very respectful. Really into representing Israel. She should make a great Wonder Woman, and one that won't settle for secretary of the Justice League.


i think its funny that she didnt even know she was auditioning for wonder woman lol


That's crazy. But doing Catwoman works for anyone. Just leave Robin at home.


haha.  Right,  shes a great actress,  she wouldve been good as catwoman as well.


Did you know she served in the Israeli Defense Forces?


I did know that,  she revealed it in an interview I watched.


I wonder if Mcdonalds in Israel gives her free Happy Meals. I hear they treated WWII soldiers well.


Why would they give her free happy meals?  She didnt really serve in the wwi. I hear mc donalds invented the drive thru for soliders.


Well, she wasn't exactly playing video games like Jann Mardenborough....although that worked out OK for him


Yeah thats odd that he became professional just from playing a video game.


Crazy. But South Africa is almost like a real life video game. Flame throwers to prevent car jackings are legal there.


wow that sounds like they have a serious problem!


Probably more than a few bodies in the trunk of their cars. BTW, they are called trunks b/c they used to be wooden. Not unlike a casket


That is really interesting,  its been great talking to you.  Bye.


Youtube or Google, which is your favorite search engine?


For sure, I like that google has goats eat their grass instead of hiring people to cut it, lol


YouTube is a remarkable technical achievement


I agree, I heard that Gangnam style almost broke youtube when it came out


Yes, that was by far the world-wide leader in hits and watches!


Definitely, the one song I hated most and i think everyone else did was Baby by Bieber, what do you think of the song?


It stinks.  You know a friend is a mechanic, and he says business is down from people fixing their own cars from You Tube videos!


That is my first go to for car troubles, it has saved a lot of money, but that makes sense! Also training video makers too are down, police created blutube for their videos


Right.  I did not know what a "hamburger Button" was until I read it here.


A three horizontal line menu button usually at the top of a page


I did not know that and now I can't unsee that lol! I love the internet! You can even get it on the top of mt everest!


Yes so true.  I also did not know the evening news calculated travel time by car in how fast android phones are going down the road!


that makes sense, probably so easy. Almost as easy as reading the terms of service that only 7% of people actually do


Good point.  Google is so big, I understand they have 16 lane highways to their headquarters.


WHAT? that is a crazy amount, I wonder what traffic looks like, probably better than around here


I do not know.  But that place is tighter than fort knox, that is why I use Drice cloud.


I bet it is. A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send the astronauts to the moon!


Sorry DRIVE cloud.  I read that.  That is truly amazing.  And a lot of people with slide rules I suppose!


How are you? Are you into poetry at all? Poetry comes from the greek term poiesis


I work at a performing arts school. It's interesting how fame strikes a few people and misses so many others.


Yea, apparently Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for "The Raven"


Yes. But how much would that nine dollars be worth today? Maybe that was his first sale.


I don't know, maybe the $9 would be worth $100 today, still undervalued for an Edgar Allan Poe classic


True. Some artists are not valued in their own lifetimes. I guess Stewart Lupton was one of those artists. Did you ever hear of him?


The name sounds familiar but I'm not quite sure I knew who he was, I read he died at 43 recently


Yeah. I just read the article but I never heard of him before today. Sounds like he nearly missed fame.


Yea, his band Jonathan Fire Eater signed a million-dollar record deal and released an album, not too bad


Yup. And he had the chance to meet other rock icons like Patti Smith.


You know I'd rather have a bunch of money and meet a bunch of famous people like Patti Smith and not be famous


That's a good point. Live under the radar and avoid the paparazzi. I like that plan.


Yea, Lupton was able to write music and he enjoyed and perform it, it's like he got all the pros of being a musician and hardly any of the cons of fame


It's still nice to get some recognition. It would be cool to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And if people recognize you, you can get a free meal every once in a while.


Yes, accolades are good but I don't know if I want a best selling album like Hybrid Theory and tour 320+ days in a year like Linkin Park


Agreed. I can't beleive Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.


Yea, and how NWA was able to go platnium with Straight Outta Compton despite no touring or airplay


Now taht I think of it... Who buys albums these days? Everything is available streaming- probably for free somewhere.


Well they still issue Vinyl LPs since 1948


Yes. And there are die-hard fans that buy it. I haven't bought a CD or vinyl for like ten years.


No I stick to MP3 mostly, I might go back to the cassette for nostalgia though, Even though they stopped producing those in the 2000s


Brings back memories. Well... I'm going to check out now. Good to talk with you.


Good, just finishing up reading a book.  I would say I was successful because I was able to comprehend what I read.


It was Starship Troopers.  Did you know that was the first science fiction novel on the three reading lists of all five US military branches?


HAHAHA... No, I did not know that! What an open! Nicely done...


Thank you!  If only I could read faster I could read more books.  For example Anne Jones can read up to 4700 words per minute.


But how many of those words could she comprehend? I bet it was less than you with Starship Troopers!


Probably so.  I still think that was interesting that was on all five reading lists.  Ender's Game for example was on suggested reading for the Marine Corps.


Speaking of games, CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I don't think I'd be laughing too much just listening to bad poetry.  I would rather read novels, even if they were terrible ones.  For some reason there was a moral panic over novels back in the 1700's.


Teachers would be so happy if we had that moral panic now-a-days! Like 2 100 year olds when they released their first rap album.


Wow, that would be crazy.  I wonder how much they got paid for that.  Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the his "The Raven"


I hope he got some back end points. I hear John Hader only got like $5K for Napoleon Dynamite.


I didn't know that.  I'm more of a fan of poetry than movies though.  did you know that the Japanese alphabet when recited in order actually forms a poem.


I didn't know that. What else do you know about it?


Not much more about that, but I do know that Demetri Martin once wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.


Wow, that's crazy! Like Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


I like Linkin Park.  They are named after a park in Baltimore.


Really? I had no clue. I like listening to them at the gym.


Yeah, they are from Baltimore.  I still like Pink Floyd more though.  Like The Dark Side of the Moon, which is still one of the best selling albums.


Hi there, seen any good videos on YouTube lately?


I watch Youtube daily, am subscribed to many channels.


Did you know it is the second largest search engine on the internet?


Yes, and together with Netflix they make up half of North American internet traffic!


Yes, and they also provide access to content from partners like CBS, the BBC, and Hulu, so they're kind of doing double duty!


Youtube is one of many Internet services owned by Google.


Yes, it's pretty crazy that they only paid $1.65 billion for it in 2006!


Googleplex, the Google headquarters, is located in Mountain View, California since 2015. They are reorganizing as a corporate entity called Alphabet in which Google will continue to be the company providing their Internet services.


Yes, they used to use goats instead of humans to mow their lawns there.


Goats are awesome, my niece loves them! They don't get enough attention compared to other farm animals.


I'm sure there are plenty of sites devoted to the underappreciated goats on the internet--you can find anything there!


I'm sure I can spend all night looking at goats online- the Internet is measurably addicting!


Yes, it's kind of crazy that the 3 line horizontal line menu is named after an addicting food, the hamburger haha


I love hamburgers too! Maybe I'll use one of the online food delivery services to buy a half dozen cheeseburgers. I am getting hungry now anyway.


I wonder if they deliver to Mt. Everest--you can get internet access even up there!


I'm sure nobody delivers to the top of Mt. Everest, though maybe they deliver to base camps at the bottom.


They have to spend a lot of time acclimating at base camp, it's a good thing they have so much entertainment available online to keep them from getting bored. They definitely have time to read those full terms for services and products, which only 7% of people do.


I'm sure only 7% of those 7% actually understand what they're reading. I sure don't!


No, not everyone is as smart as the founders of Google, who met while they were pursuing PhDs at Stanford.


I wonder if they could have predicted how big their company would become, seems like a lot of these Internet sites were started by college students.


They certainly were ambitious, although I'm sure other people tried other ways. Nice chatting!


A lot of people get their music from the internet.  I still buy CD's.  I like to collect music albums.


Really! What type of music do you collect? Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


Pop music. I like Rob Thomas, Pink, Linkin Park, etc.  I own hybrid theory by linkin park


Me too! Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


I love Reel Big Fish. They have a song, Beer, that we celebrate with for big events like weddings...


I have never heard that song.  I will search the internet now that you mentioned it.


Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014. Love Pink Floyd too!


I have never heard dark side of the moon either.  Where have I been?


Dark side of the moon came out in like 1967 so if you are young, you can be excused...


You are kind. Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.  I'm sure they have passed away by now.


Nwa's straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or a major tour


That was amazing. You can reach platinum status via internet now, without the support of airplay or a major tour.


In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels.


What was the reason for the "moral panic"?


Too many smart people. Like the bizzaro-present...


I see.  Do you know that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches?


I question the judgement of those three... The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


How can someone read those many words per minute?  Perhaps it is "fake news"?


How can they retain it? I can barely read a few words let alone 4700.


I don't know if it was possible to read the words let alone retain them.


Yeah. Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


hi how are you? did you like this planet of ours?


lol It's quite interesting. Beats trying to poop in space I guess!


i guess pooping in the final frontier is the final frontier of pooping.


That it is. I was thinking more of a gold rush type scenario given the cost of $19 million to attach a fridge to a toilet. Fairly confident I could hook them up for less.


the whole point is to charge as much as humanly possible. you want to get on that gravy train to space, my friend.


Like, say, chopping down trees? Kinda odd to envision more than 80% of the planet's forests have been destroyed.


we have been taking and taking. eventually there will come a point where nothing is left. we will need to start planting forests of trees that can produce helium.


Woah. That's interesting. Most people I encounter are extremely apathetic to the environment. They're all on board with ideas to improve until it forces a change in routine or causes an additional expense.


yes, we want to preserve things in a way that does not inconvenience us. soon we will be inconvenienced, no matter what. We have not been here very long either.


Very true.  Hey, speaking of truth, Netflix and YouTube make up half of North America's peak internet traffic. Sadly, I contribute to those numbers nightly lol


I believe it. Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.


I'm a useless knowledge junkie and stunned I never even considered that. :D I watched Murder Mountain last night on Netflix. Luckily I was in prime position to have a lazy binge fest. I would likely never check out "blutube" on law enforcement vids on YouTube though.


I thnk the cops probably dont let civilians like us on there. By the way, do you like to travel?


LOL! Yeah, traveling is fun. I'm not sure I could survive without a motorized vehicle though.


i would relish the chance to have no cars. i think macinack would be interesting.


The chance would be nice - The distance I am from work and the grocery would be a nightmare. If I could work at home and go nowhere I would. Communting stinks, even if a bus can run 160 MPH.


the dutch really know how to help workers. i wish that there were more things like that in the US.


They really do! We have a European consultant in now who is pushing for a 3 day work week in my organization and I would love if she could make that happen.


people would probably use their leisure time to travel. not just watch YouTube. Anyway, great chat!


Lol! Yes, nice chat - Have a great night!


Off to Google me some Peggy Whitson's bathroom tips!


Hmmmm... Suffice to say this has taken slightly less than 4.5 billion years. Ya really think the Earth is that old?


hey did you know that the second largest online search engine is actually Youtube?


No I didn't. I actually thought it was google lol. YouTube is pretty popular though.


haha ya Youtube is huge apparently, youtube and netflix together make up over half of all internet traffic


That is really cool. I have heard that police have their own youtube called blutube. Apparently they share law enforcement videos.


huh interestings, I haven't heard of that, do you listen to music? what do you think of Justin Bieber


I do listen to Christian Contemporay music. I can't stand Justin Bieber though. He is very obnoxious.


ya he is a lot to take in for sure, did you know his video for the song "Baby" has the most dislikes on youtube?


Sort of. I have heard of many not liking that song at all. I know many like Psy's Gangnam style especially if you look at the view count.


ya that is crazy, they had to upgrade youtube to properly pressent the view count for that video! Would you ride a bus that goes 160mph? The dutch are making one


I'm not sure. That sounds a bit scary lol. But still very impressive they have invented that. Transportation seems to be changing all over the world.


ya, definitely certain places are, japan apparently does have free highways they all have tolls! That would be so annoying !


Yeah no kidding. Japan does seem like an expensive country to live in. There are some places though like Mackinac Island that have banned motorized vehicles and you have to use bikes or carriages. How crazy is that?


ya that is crazy I've been there, the whole place smells like horses and horse dung! It's kind of gross actually and i'm allergic to horses haha


How terrible. Allergies are the worse. They seem to be getting worse for everyone I think due to the Earth having more and more issues with the environment.


ya I could see that, I know that over 4/5 of the earths forests have been destroyed, that will definitely take a toll


Not to mention our planet is supposed to run out of helium by the end of the 21st century. Not sure how that will affect the planet.


well I know that they need helium for a lot of electronics, so running out could make all that more expensive, it's wild that when earth was first made it only had a 6 hour day as opposed to now


Yeah that might explain why scientists think of time in billions of years back then. It is interesting how much things have changed for the earth.


that's true, adn I wonder if the days get longer over time? Like in a million years, will we have a 40 hour day?


That would be such a long day lol. Have you heard how the united nations has an official ambassador should aliens ever try to come to earth?


I have! I bet that guy has really long days because he doesn't do anything! Like what could he actually do in a day? I want his job haha


lol I imagine he probably spends his days trying to research ways to be peaceful in a first time meeting or how could be a crazy guy that looks up fake alien information people made up lol.


haha well hopefully he has something good to do! That could be the easiest job in the world!


Reluctantly, I do.  It's the only social media that I use, though.  How about you?


Likewise lol, reluctantly is a good word to describe it! Did you know myspace could have bought facebook


They probably regret that, in retrospect.  Who would have known that Facebook would eventually be worth over 104 billion dollars?


Right, that is a lot of money, it would have only costed like 75 million


Pocket change. :)  My budget is more along the lines of "unfriend 10 people, get a free Burger King whopper," so buying anything for that kind of money is hard to fathom.


lol I am on that budget also. I unadded 500 friends so I could have whoppers for weeks!


HA!  That was thinking!!  Speaking of good investments, it would be nice to have stock in Amazon. That's a huge money-making enterprise.


For sure, I wish I was the first buyer at Amazon, they have a building named after them!


That would be cool.  And he only spent $27.95 to get that honor.  I could have handled that.  Unfortunately, I spend way more on Amazon than that now.


Right lol with no buildings named after me. Did you know amazon owns imdb


I did not know that, but I am not surprised.  Once a company gets so big, it can easily absorb others.  Jeff Bezos is making a profit, but the warehouse workers that put in 7-15 miles a day are truly carrying the load.


Man I should work that in the winter to get my rock hard abs look for the summer! That is a lot of walking!


It would be hard work, but better than a desk job, I think.  I'm not much of a sitter, by nature.  Staying active is good for ones mental health, I've heard.


That is a good point, I couldn't do an office job. Too much sitting and getting chubby lol


Exactly.  I see so many people who are face-deep in social media that they just lose all desire to move and stay healthy.  Plus that, they don't really get the sleep they should.  Too much FOMO, I guess.


For sure lol. They need to get some sun also, the sun is amazing


Yes, yes it is.  Summer needs to get here soon, so we can finally get some sun.  This winter has been brutal.I can totally understand why some people get seasonal affective disorder.


For sure, I am in Iowa and boy it was rough! It was so nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you as well!  May your winter end soon. :)


I think we see the light at the end of the tunnel! Enjoy your weekend!


Me too. I prefer to shop on Amazon as it is really convenient


Same here, I have been using Amazon for along time now.


Nice. Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain?


I did not know that. Did you ever use Amazon when it was an online bookstore? I use to have a Kindle but I never did enjoy it.


No not really. THey named a building after a guy that was the first customer though


That's pretty cool. So what do you normally look for on Amazon?


I actually buy a lot of books but also household stuff. And it is nice that they deliver on SUndays too now


Yea that was great when they added that! I usually use it for electronics as it is the cheapest way to buy most of them.


Yes true. Did you know they also own Imdb?


I did not know that. Do you purchase many clothes on there?


Sometimes, they have a good variety of clothes too


Yea, Did you know the guy who makes bullet proof clothing shoots all his employees to test the quality?


Wow that is scary. Did you know that pilgrims usually wear colorful clothing?


I did not know that, thats interesting . I know of an African tribe that still wear victorian clothes.


Wow cool. yes the pilgrims wear black only on special ocassions


I always thought of them wearing black all the time.


Yeah me too actually. DO you know how people in fashion can tell if you need the clothes tailored?


I assume they look for someone swimming in their clothes? Just kidding, how?


Hahah, actually they look for collar gaps in your clothes


I never thought about that. Could you imagine washing your clothes in old faithful?


That would be pretty dangerous. It was nice chatting with you


Hey. . .how about we talk about anything on this list BUT astronaut poop lol?


I don't know... I was just saying the other day, "I haven't had a good astonaut poop conversation in a while..."


Did you know the UN has an official ambassador to aliens?


I actually did know that. I think it makes sense, at this point. Better to have a plan in place in advance in case first contact ever happens than to be surprised.


What do they do in their day to day job? Think? plan? I feel like they would not have anything to report to their bosses about... "Any aliens today?" "Nope." "Good work."


I'm guessing they probably have a totally different day job and it's just an additional title.


Dang! I was going to apply for it because it seemed like an easy job... I guess I will just continue my other job...


Sounds like fun! I wonder how the UN chooses. I bet it's popular. Rota? Arm wrestling? Sci-fi trivia contest?


I like to think that all disputes in the UN are solved by Arm Wrestling... It's how Quatar got the world cup... Little known fact...


Not sure how some of the Secretaries General got their jobs if that's true, tho. . . . In all seriousness: do you think intelligent aliens exist?


I do not but I am not that self-involved to think there is not the possibility of other life out there.


I think that it's almost certain that there's life that's not intelligent enough to contact us. Intelligent, technologically advanced life. . .by now, given that we haven't heard from them, I think that logically either they don't exist, or there is some reason they won't talk to us.


Maybe they don't like what they see and they could contact us... Maybe they're too advanced for us and are waiting for us to catch up...


Yes, those are two plausible options. The last one is like the Star Trek Prime Directive. Another really ugly option proposed by the Chinese author Cixin Liu is that they're afraid (not of us specifically--of the likelihood that any given technologically advanced species will want to wipe out others).


That is plausable! Are you into space and the universe?


Yes, to the extent that I can be when I can't do the higher math necessary to really get it. You?


I really want to be but am not. I feel like the people into space are really into space and that is contagious!


It can be. Astronomers are really gregarious and really, really weird. I had a lot of astronomer friends in college. Including Brian May (who really did go back to being an astrophysicist after Queen).


WOW! That's crazy... Nice chatting with you.


I love amazon. I love the Fire TV, and Echo devices


It seems you like Amazon.  Love might be too strong for me but it is a significant part of my life, shopping, entertainment, and now work.


Well working at the warehouse is lots of exercise


I guess now you can lose weight with Amazon!  Do you have one of those echo devices they sell?


I have one but never hooked it up. I buy food from hole foods a lot


Don't live close enough to one to shop in a Whole Foods, not since they were bought by Amazon.  Used to live next to one in DC and used it all the time.


cool. I would love to see that clock that bezos built


He built his own clock?  With his money does it have lots of diamonds and expensive bling?


lol I would guess. It is nice when I get my packages on sunday.


Yes, I was shocked to get my first delivery on a Sunday?  With Amazon we might be able to never leave the house.


So Imdb has been owned by amazon.com since 1998. Thats why its a imdb option on my firestick


It kinds of make sense when you're watching movies and TV through your Prime account, at the same time you can get all the background information on the show and its actors.


Yes it is very nice. Are you into clothes ? I never knew of apples clothing line


You probably have to wear it if you work for them.  I have to wear a lot of cloths this winter, I recall the hot humid days in DC, even a t-shirt and shorts seemed too much.


I also like the Rip curl line of clothes


That means nothing to me unfortunately.  I wouldn't like to work for that bullet proof clothing manufacturer, he shoots all his employees to demonstrate  the effectiveness of the clothing.


That is cool but scary. There is a store in alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports


Not that keen on second hand clothing.  It about the one purchase I don't get through Amazon, feel the need to try it on before buying.


Ok, Do you like to read ? Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I read a fair bit, not Tolkien or Lewis though.  I don't really have as much time to read as I used to, actually worked in the book industry when I lived in DC, read a lot more then.


It was nice talking with you. Time for me to read.


Hi there, I sure do, their prime service is really helpful.  How about you?


I love amazon. I think I order something from them at least once every other week. It is awesome for someone who lives in a rural area without a lot of options.


Yeah that is very true, I never even thought about those that have to drive quite a distance for regular items.


They have really come a long way from just a little online bookstore. I remember going on there in college looking for books.


Oh yeah good call, I remember buying a $400 book for a computer class and I got it for $40 on Amazon, the front cover no longer existed but who cares!


It would have been really neat to have the distinction of being the first amazon customer. I guess the guy has a building named after him now. Not too shabby for only a $27 purchase.


Yeah that is pretty funny to me, I wonder why they would even have that option to purchase, and for that to be the first is so funny.


What do you think of Prime's new sunday delivery contract? I'm loving getting things on Sundays when I normally would have to wait a extra day or two.


I think that is very cool, I was surprised the first time I got a package and was like, wait it's sunday lol.


The CEO might have some very strange plans and ideas but most of the time he seems to be doing pretty well with how to run the company. It has gone a long way in 24 years.


Yeah I think he has so much money it is getting to him, to build a clock into a mountain for some reason, I just don't get it.  But they sure have in that amount of time.


Yeah I was wondering why the clock in the mountain. I guess it will run for thousands of years too. He is a bit of an odd duck but certainly a business genius.


Oh yeah and I think most of those super smart ones are a bit eccentric.


I wonder if Facebook and Amazon have any contracts for ads. It seems like whatever I search for on amazon pops up in my ads on facebook. It is kind of creepy.


Oh yeah they are constantly tracking what items you even look at while browsing around, it can get a bit creepy I feel.


Facebook is another company that started with this little idea and grew into something huge. I mean it was originally only going to be  social site for ivy league schools and now look at it!


Yeah just like amazon, facebook has grown into something huge!  Do you know why the colors on the page are primarily blue?


Yeah I guess Zuckerburg made it that way because he is colorblind. Pretty cool work around for something he has to deal with on a daily basis. Certainly makes it unique and eye catching to look at.


Good call!  I don't think most people know that or would ever even realize that fact.


Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a wonderful day.


Yeah same to you, I hope you have a good one!


From time to time. do you know why it is blue?


Apparently Mark is red-green blind right?


Yeah I think that is the reason. Did you use myspace?


30% of Americans adults use FB as primary source of news.


Wow that is a lot. did you hear about myspace?


It went under but it had the opportunity to buy facebook for $75000. bad decision not buyig it


I bet there kicking themselves now that FB is worth Billions.


Oh I bet too. Did you know Ireland is using facebook to rewrite the constitution


Yeah and allowing the general public to way in, sounds like a messy situation.


I do not know maybe it works for them. Did you the like button is illegal n some countries


I heard that some country in Germany i think. Did you know 1/3 of all divorces in 2011 that were filed contained the word Facebook.


My goodness, that is just too much. And did you hear about that burger king promotion?


Get a whooper for .99 cent if you activate it at Mc Donald's?


Actually , befriend 10 people and get a free whooper


Sounds like a bunch of hating to me. FB engineers wanted to originally call the like button the awesome button.


Oh cool, I actually prefer that better. Speaking of large companies, do you ever shop in Amazon?


Again all the time. Jeff is trying to take over the world in eCommerce.


For sure, they have grown so much. nice chatting with you


Hello. Yes, I use Facebook daily. I had no idea it was blue because Mark is red-green colorblind!


Yeah I think that is very interesting, I don't think most people know why they are always seeing blue when in use.


I wonder if that's part of why he doesn't allow very much customization like Myspace used to. I bet Myspace regrets not buying Facebook when they had the chance, now!


Looking back at it, I think Myspace should have done whatever they could have to buy or latch on to facebook to survive.


Yeah, they've really gone downhill now. I guess that's sometimes how it works in business. Hard to believe Amazon started with just one purchase under $30.


That is crazy to think about, do you know what the actual first ever purchase was for?


I don't, but I would definitely be interested in doing some research to find out. Especially since the guy got a building named after him, bet he never expected that to happen.


That was it, the building named after him.  What a weird thing to do for the first ever purchase.


Well, I guess he bought a book. I only ever buy books from trusted sources so I don't think I would have bought it from a company that had never been purchased from before. But I think it's pretty great they decided to commemorate their first ever customer.


Did you read that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook?


I did! I've always wanted to visit Iceland so it caught my attention. What a cool way to do things, and what better way to hear from the current citizens how it should be updated?


I agree, I think it is the best way to run a country by getting the opinions of all of the citizens equally.


Definitely not enough of that happening in America, in my opinion. Although I think America's just too big to use a platform like Facebook to rewrite the constitution but it's very out of date. Did you see that a German state banned the use of the like button?


Yes, that is probably true, maybe state governments perhaps.  And yeah I saw that, very crazy for them to stop to that.


I did some research on the side just now and found that fact is completely misleading. There was a company in Germany that was taking and using people's data before they had even decided to "like" their facebook page, and that's what they banned, that company stealing data to use.


Oh ok, well that makes a lot more sense then.  Stealing data has become a very serious issue in the last few years.


It certainly has. I guess that's one of the things you risk using things like Facebook, though.


Did you ever hear about the promotion Burger King held with facebook?


I didn't hear about it at the time but it was in the material I read. I wish I had known, there's definitely ten or so people I could stand to delete.


Yeah I think I would unfriend a few of the so called friends I have.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Facebook, the American online social media and networking company from Menlo Park? I do not anymore. What about you?


I have an account, although I use Instagram more frequently.


Me too, I like instagram mainly for the memes. I can't believe Myspace turned down the offer to buy facebook for 75 million in early 2005.


I bet they regret that now, although Facebook's stock dropped by 10% in just one day.


I wonder if that was last year during the congress, hearings, I'm sure no one was hitting the like button for that, even if it were legal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


Speaking of that button, it was originally going to be called the 'awesome' button. I am glad that it was not called that because that is too cringy.


Ha, I dont think I would ever be hitting that button, BK had that promotion where every 10 friends you delete you get a free whopper. Id have a ton of them, I always purged my facebook when I was on it.


Did you know that Mark Zuckerburg suffers from partial colorblindness?


I did not know that, what kind, red-green or some other sort of colorblindness?


Indeed, he suffered from red green colorblindness which is why facebook is primarily blue.


Very interesting, you buy a lot of things from Amazon? Seems like it is getting too big to be good.


I do, what about you? Amazon is now a cooperation worth over 1 trillion dollars!


That is so crazy. They have that clock Bezos built on a mountain to last 10,000 years.


Wow! The first customer only spent $27.95 and got an entire building named after him!


Really, I would like to see the constitution that Iceland is rewriting on facebook, allowing the public to make suggestions and stuff.


Yes, but every single referendum could cost the government millions if not billions. It is just too expensive.


I did not know that, I wish I would have invested in them in 2012,  would be rich now.


Burger King had an odd promotion where you get a burger if you unfriend people on facebook.


That was pretty neat, I would have had a lot of whoppers. Do you know the name of the star at the center of our solar system?


Well, is it not called the sun? Anyways, thank you for your time! It was nice chatting with you!


That is true, it is the sun. It was great chatting with you too, have a great day.


Hi! Have you ever been to the capital of the US, Washington D.C?


I have, it's been a long time though, what about you?


I have not but it seems like there's a lot of fun things to do even with children too like the Burning Man exhibit or the Paella Festival, I sure do like paellas.


haha paella is amazing, do you like animals? I guess over 1.5 million animals have ever existed


I do like animals, I thought it was over 20 qunitillion, I'm thinking thats the unit of measure that comes after trillion?


ya I don't know how many 0's that is haha, I should have studied animals and become a zoologist


Do you like animals? Maybe if you studied you would be able to tell me whether or not it's true that domesticated animals have white patches on their foreheads.


haha ya I want to know that, also crazy that animals have guaranteed rights in Germany, i wonder what they are


Hmm, animals have rights in Germany? Isn't the national food of Germany sausages or Bratwursts or something? I wonder what rights those are.


haha sounds amazing!  do you ever get the hiccups?


Yes, I get hiccups from drinking my drinks too fast or talking while eating, do animals ever get the hiccups?


ya I guess its leftover from when some animals had both gills and lungs, kind of crazy


That would be funny if fishes got the hiccups from ingesting too much water because my kids love listening to the soundtrack of Finding Nemo, though they have never attended any concerts.


haha what concerts have you been to? I would have loved to go to a Pink Floyd concert back in the day


I have never been to a concert before, not even a Linkin Park concert even though they played 324 concerts from their successful debut album.


ya or the ramones with 2200 concerts in 20 years, thats a lot of concerts!


Wonder if anybody came close to filing a lawsuit for a bad concert like what some people did for Creed's concert. How do you go about proving a concert was bad?


ha thats a good question, I would be embarrased to be creed though, that definitely looks bad for the band


Yeah, wonder what came about that lawsuit. Probably just an extortion play. I mean, that concert has got to be better than the rap album that was released by 100 year old Japanese twins right?


ya I wanted to listen to that, they made it back in 1992! I wonder how good it is


Sounds like a risky investment unless those twins were related to the executives of the production company.


Yes all the time. Do you know why NY area code is 212?


Yes because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


I have and if they get stuck together there is no separating them


Yeah. the phone cables lay on the bottom of the ocean and are not really that wide


Yes they are only 2.7 inches wide. Do you have an iPhone or an Android?


An iPhone, do you know how much computing power they have?


Yes more than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US


Yeah. Did you now women are more likely to have one than men?


Yeah it seems. During the presentation fo the first iPhone Jobs had to keep many identical one as they kept crashing


Yeah because they kept running out of ram


Yeah , Did you hear of that game in those phones called send me to heaven?


Yes it is the game where you are supposed to throw the phone into the air as high as possible


Yes so Apple went ahead and banned it as it was a hazard


Yeah Do you know when the iphone first came out?


Yes that was back in 2007 and it is all history from there


Somewhat. Did you know you burn more calories watching them?


Yes around 180 of them, good if you are on a diet


Haha I know. Danny in the SHining did not know he was in a scary movie for a while


Hi! Do you like animals?  Did you know there are around 20 quintillion on the planet?


I do lilke animals and find them fascinating, 20 quintillion is a big number wow


It really is.  On top of that there are over 7 million different species.


Thats a lot of animals, did you know animals actually have constitutional rights in Germany


I've heard something about that before!  I think that's great so long as it is not taken to far.


I agree with you, domesticated animals develope white patches on their foreheads


Do they really?  I wonder if that is on the fur or on the brain.  Have you heard of the loch ness monster before?  It's never been discovered but Scotland has it listed as a protected species.


I have and its a good thing old nessie is protected, Nessi must be a marvelous beast hope we can see one, one day, if its even real


i hope we can too.  They protected it way back in 1912 for some reason.  Maybe they knew something then that we don't now.


Yeah maybe they do, did you know that hiccips are a holdover evoloutionary trait


No I didn't know that.  What are they a holdover trait from?


From land animals that had both gills and lungs,


Interesting.  On a different note, have you been to any concerts recently?


No not really, I do love concerts by the last time I attentded one was in the year 2001, it was a Linkin Park concert, what about you?


It's been a while for me too.  I like Linkin Park but never saw them live. I heard that year you went they did 324 concerts.


Yeah 324 concerts in just a year, that is a lot of concerts, I bet it was really demanding


I bet it was.  The Ramones have done 2,263 of them basically touring non stop for over 20 years.


That must also be really demanding thats 113 concerts a year for 20 years straight, a lot of money though,


True. Unless the band is Creed. They got sued for a bad concert.


Yeah I heard about that, 4 concert goers actually sued the band, I guess it was a really terrible concert


I've never even thought about suing a band before for how they perform. Those people most have been highly upset.


I'm great! how are you doing today? Do you like animals?


I'm good, hanks for asking.  Yes, I like animals.  How about you?


I do like them. im amazed that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on earth. cant even imagine that number.


The world of animals truly is amazing. and we as humans are a part of that world. Did you know that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated? THat is because of us!


Never knew that.  I just thought that was their pattern. How cool!


human beings have a profound effect on the world of animals! In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights. i wonder who the lawyers are that protect them.


Wish they would extend those rights to unborn babies.  Animals are great, but human life is, as well.


i dont know how germany treats the unborn, but we do need to make sure that all human beings are protected. Did you know that under the provisions of the 1912 scottish protection of animals act, the loch ness monster is a protected species?


Well, that's unbelievable!  Have you had the hiccups lately?


i have not. i have gotten pretty good about drinking and breathing. LOL


Anyway, they are a holdover from when you were an early land animal had still had both gills and lungs, supposedly.


i guess there is little that i can do to escape history and legacy. by the way, do you go to concerts much?


Sure do, going to see George Strait and Chris Stapleton in Atlanta this year.  Do you go to concerts, much?


i used to go when i was younger. had the time and money. now things are a bit tight. i liked to go to rock and pop, and jazz too.


I saw Lynrd Skynrd, last year on their farewell tour, when they played for the hometown crowd in Florida.  It was awesome, once in a lifetime show.  Glad I went, it was fun! What's the last concert you attended?


i saw aerosmith a few years back on one their final tours. it was pretty loud LOL it was fun. very nostalgic.


I love Aerosmith.  Steven Tyler has always been wild!


he is a pretty wild guy. he did an interesting interview on the joe rogan show. i wish i had seen pink floyd in concert. people said those were pretty cool.


Me too! Well, it's been nice chatting this morning.  Happy Friday to you!


yes, i have enjoyed chatting. have a good day!


I have an iPhone that I use all of the time. Did you know that women are more likely than men to have iPhones?


I do not. I don't even have a guess honestly. I know that the front man of Muse used his iPhone to record his unborn child's heartbeat and then used it in a song. That's pretty interesting.


Wow, he must have a very unique way of viewing the world as an artist. Did you know that when microsoft launched its own line of phones, they held a funeral for the death of the iphone? Lol


Wow, that was presumptuous. Both companies can do strange things. Jobs had to switch phones secretly during a presentation because they would run out of ram and crash.


Another funny fact is there is actually a iphone game called send me to heaven that creators developed to encourage people to shatter as many iphones as possible by seeing how high they can toss their phone into the air. It was banned by apple since it encouraged behavior that would damage the user's devices


Wow, I can't imagine why people would have used the app. Some common sense should be used. There are plenty of other apps to choose from. As of January 2017 there were 2.2 million apps on the app store.


Not to mentioned that iPhone is like a small laptop and camera all in one device that can fit in your hand to take photos, play music, send and receive emails, and browse the web


They are pretty amazing. Do you like horror films? I love them.


Yay! The boy who played Danny in The Shining did not know they were filming a horror movie. That's probably good given how intense that movie is.


I guess that would allow him to show genuine reactions that were captured perfectly on film. I think horror films are interesting since it has very interesting visuals and watching it can help burn 180 plus calories.


I had heard that it burned calories. How fascinating. Do you enjoy Stephen King?


I personally haven't watch him much. But I have seen many reference in pop culture to him such in Gravity falls. I also read that the first horror film he saw was bambi.


That is correct. It terrified him as a child and as a result we have many great works.


I mean horror in general were inspired by many brilliant minds like Edgar Allan Poe or Mary Shelley. Do you prefer horror in a realistic slice of life setting or a more supernatural, fantasy setting?


I really enjoy both but I probably lean a little more towards realistic. And I really enjoy Poe and Shelley's Frankenstein. Did you know that if you watch a horror movie before looking at abstract art you will appreciate it more?


I wonder why. Did you know Frankenstein isn't the name of the monster, but actually the mad scientist?


I did indeed. Such a good book. Have you ever heard of a waterphone?


I recently read they are the instrument that makes those creepy sound signature to horror flicks. I mean it is amazing there are instruments that I never knew existed but are so prevalent in daily life.


Hi. Do you watch YouTube ever? There's so much content I feel like I could watch it all day. Video clips, TV show clips, music videos, documentary films, and much more.


Awesome that makes the two of us. YouTube is the second largest search engine on the net.


I can't believe its been 14 years since it was created in 2005.


Yeah it's very hard to believe. Google bought the site in 2006 for 1.65 billion. That's a big number.


No doubt.  Those 3 paypal employees hit the jackpot!


For sure. I find it surprising that Justin Bieber has the most disliked video on YouTube. I feel like you're such a popular guy.


LOL  I think a lot of people went out of their way to dislike that video just because they wanted to try to be negative.


Yes I feel like that happens all too often. Netflix and YouTube together make up half of peak Internet traffic in North America.


That doesn't surprise me.  North America loves their videos!


Yes they do LOL. And police actually don't use YouTube because they have their own version called blutube wear they share law-enforcement videos.


I've never heard of that one.  Do you remember Psy and his Gangham Style video?


Yeah that video was so popular. YouTube had to upgrade the view counter to 64 bits!


Yeah I love music and listening to albums. Music has come along way. For example the audio cassette and the vinyl were used so much in the 70s but not anymore.


Yes!  Linkin Parks Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.


Wow must've been a good one. On the other hand a timeless album is the Darkside of the moon because it was released over 40 years ago but was the best selling album of 2014.


That's incredible after all those years.  2 identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992!  Good for them!


I definitely need to look that up. Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or major to her. That is a big accomplishment. Well I really enjoyed chatting with you today.


I remember when that one came out.  Yes I had a good time!


Hi! Guess what prompted YouTube to upgrade their view count integer to 64 bits?


I didn't even knew that happened... what prompted it ?


Wow! That's not my favorite kind of music, I'm into different genres :)


Well, Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I'm not a fan of his.. do you like him ?


I've never paid attention to him, but I think he got famous by making YouTube videos. Did you know that half of peak internet traffic in the US comes from YouTube and Hulu?


I believe that... internet streaming got insane big, and now Youtube and Hulu ( and Amazon ) are copying netflix success and start to produce tv shows and movies...


Yes. Did you know that YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees?


ok, now that's interesting.  ....but somehow I thought paypal was newer that Youtube... are You sure it's right ?


No, PayPal has been around for a while. YouTube was started in 2005.


2005 ? This is fairly young... I didn't realize that, sorry.


Yes, and Google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 billion. So they got rich fast!


Yes, they've owned it for 12 years now. They bought it in November of 2006.


Jesus... it's like one giant money making machine... incredible, I can't wait what will they come up with next...


Yes, it is interesting to watch. Did you know that there is a version of YouTube for police and it's called BluTube?


naah, what is that ? why does it have to be a separate thing ? why can't they just put it on regular YouTube ?


It's for police videos so it needs to be private - for their use only.


Wait, so regular viewer like You and me, won't have access ?


Yes, exactly. It's been good talking to you. Have a great day!


Doing alright. Do you find fish interesting? The seahorse is the only fish with a neck


that is really interesting, I would think more of them would, but I suppose it makes sense


Yea that is pretty strange. There is a fish that shares 84 percent of human disease genes called the zebrafish


that is really scary, sounds like a deadly fish to me...


Maybe, I wonder if the zebrafish could transfer illness to humans since they share so many genes


that is very scary, not as scary as this immortal jellyfish I have heard about though


The Black Swallower fish is pretty scary, it can eat prey twice its own length and 10x its weight


that is crazy, imagine if you ate that much for dinner one night haha


I'd have a pretty big stomach ache lol. It's crazy that freshwater fish drink through their skin and salt water fish drink through their mouths


I never knew there was a distinction, you learn something new every day!


Speaking of water, Unicef donates clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone


I need to sign up for that, I hardly use my phone any more


It's pretty crazy how far phones have come. NY's area code of 212 was chosen due to it being the fastest number you could dial on a rotary phone


that is really odd, I wonder if there was a bid for that number?


I don't know but it's not as odd as not being able to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together


that is also interesting, I guess it just forms an incredibly strong bond though, you would not expect that though


Nope, I also never suspected an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


that is insane, how technology has improved so much,we have all of that power in the palm of our hands these days, just crazy


What's even crazier is a man falsely imprisoned for 10 years studied law at the prison library and freed himself


that is an awesome story, did he get a payout for that? I know they often do


Yes, I love visiting the library. I particularly like YA fiction. How about you?


I like to learn things, so I love libraries. They have so much different medias.


Yes, I have even checked out video games. My favorite author is Laurie Halse Anderson. Are you familiar with her?


She writes books for teens about current and important issues. For example her novel Speak deals with rape. She also writes historical fiction.


A lot of authors are writing about those issues, like Angie Thomas and Jason Reynolds. Does she talk about her personal experience ?


Yes, she is releasing a novel called "Shout" which tells her own experience with sexual trauma at the age of 13. She hopes the book will be a comfort to other youth who experience similar things.


Was she inspired by the #MeToo movement ? That movement has a lot of cultural impact.


Yes, I know it inspired me to listen better. Speaking of listening, do you ever check out your library's digital collection. I prefer books I can hold in my hands, but sometimes I get an ebook for travel or an audio book to listen to in the car.


I Like e-books because they don't use any space. But at the library, I love the real thing. Do you have to pay for your library card?


Actually I do. This is because I live out of county though. Our more local library doesn't have quite as good of a collection as the nearby one that I use. For example, no DVDs, blu-rays, or video games at that one! Do you pay?


No, it is free. It encouraging to know that there are more librairies than McDonald's in the US.


Very encouraging! All that knowledge available for free! Did you know that A Malawian kid built windmills to help improve his village simply with info from his local library?


This is a story like the prisoner that studied law in the prison's library and became a lawyer.


Yes! And our library also provides information to answer random questions you have over the phone, although that seems a little redundant with most people having smartphones and regular internet access.


Nah, too expensive and not used enough. I love my cellphone.


Unicef gives a day of clean water to child for every minute that you don't use your cellphone, would you do it ?


Sure, but not forever. I need info and I have a big family I like to stay connected to. The only downside is that I live in the country and my connection isn't always that great. I just recently learned that number of bars doesn't tend to correlate with connection quality either so my problems are hard to predict.


That is why I have a landline, I don't have a good reception in my house. But landline phone are so stupid, they don't do as much as an IPhone.


Yep! I agree. It's been nice talking to you. I hope you continue to enjoy your library.


Yes sometimes I do. DId you know in Norway if you publish a book the government buys the first 1000 copies of it


Yes and they give them away to the libraries in the country


Yes such a good plan, support the author and the libraries as well


Yes I know. There are more libraries than McDonald's in  the US


I like that fact because it means that there is hope that people will read more again


Yes agreed. Have you heard of the Library of Things?


Yes that is in Sacramento where you can check out other things you need besides books.


SO nice. A man in prison once used the library to learn and prove that he is innocent


WOw that is impressive. DO you use your phone much?


Al the time actually. do you know why the NY area code is 212?


That is because it was easy to dial back in the day when they had rotary phones


Yeah pretty cool. Did you know the cable that sit in the ocean that carry the phone lines are only 2.7 inches in diameter?


Yeh I wonder how they do not get tangled to the animals and break off


I know right? Have you ever used a phonebook?


I have not but I hear that if two of them get stuck they cannot be separated


WOw interesting. Did you know that UNICEF donates clean water when you do not use your phone?


WOw I wonder how that works or how they even track that kind of stuff


I sure do. there is a species that can eat prey twice their size


Oh yeah that is the black swallowfish, I guess it is in the name too


Have you heard of the author Laurie Halse Anderson?


I am just learning about her.  She has some controversial books out there.


One of her books about rape became a movie. I can see why that could be controversial, but at the same time, women shouldn't have to be afraid to talk about this because it happens more than it should


I agree.  I hope the book inspires more women to have the courage to come forward, or it helps to end rape culture.


And many of the responses she's gotten are from other girls who have had similar experiences to her own


It has even encouraged people to speak out about shootings like the one at MSD High School.


Many books like hers are becoming popular because it's addressing the issues society has gone too long trying to ignore. I haven't seen or read it yet, but I've heard "The Hate U Give" is a good one about racism


It is good that there are more libraries in the US than McDonalds so that people can have access to these books.  The more people are educated the less hate there will be.


Definitely! Sometimes it seems that fewer people go to libraries, but over half of adults in the US have a library card, which is more than I expected


Same here.  Some countries even buy 1,000 books when you publish one to put them in libraries.


That's one incentive to publish a book in Norway. And it's an additional 500 if it's a children's book


That is a great incentive, I wish the us would do it too


The US has so many people writing and releasing books that it's not necessary. One thing that we need more of is a "library of things" like in Sacramento. I would definitely borrow a sewing machine from that kind of place


I would definitely need that, there are things that I can use only once in a while but done need full time.


Exactly. That's a great idea! I do like what I can learn from books though. One man studied law in a library and ended up proving his innocence after being falsely imprisoned for 10 years


I heard that , then he helped others in the same situation.


There are books about every subject we could ever want to learn, even if it's about a pet fish. Have you ever had a fish?


I did, his name was Joey.  Just a plain little goldfish.


He was likely easier to feed than the black swallower fish. It can eat ten times its weight and twice its length


Wow.  That would be hard to take care of.  How bout one of those jellyfish that is immortal.


I'm not sure how they even know that it is immortal. Is there a special test to find that out? It's interesting


Good question.  Did they capture it, is it like a pet?


They probably study it to see if they can gain any knowledge about how to many humans immortal. The kind of stuff we see in movies and TV


Yes I use Netflix almost everyday. Did yujiro Netflix put on commercials during the Super Bowl in order to get people to watch Netflix afterwards?


That seems like the thing to do now. Netflix is insanely popular. People want to watch all the time.


Yep and I think the ad was worth it, even though it cost Netflix about 10 million dollars to make


Yes, it draws people to their site. Then their stock goes up. I figure the SB is one of the best times and places to advertise.


Yep absolutely. I'm just shocked that Netflix started streaming back in 2007, that seems like a long time ago


It does. Their stock was really low before then. They still spend money on postage now.


Yes their stock is worth a lot more now, but they are also racking up a lot of debt, they had 22 billion dollars in debt back in 2017


That is a lot of debt. I guess they are counting on their market. They have quite a few subscribers right now.


Do you know how many they have? I just know that they have about a hundred thirty original series at this point, which is a large amount in my opinion


I wonder how many are actually that good. I heard something about ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. I wonder if it is true.


Yes they have a lot of movies that are highly ranked in Rotten Tomatoes, you can easily stream them too, apparently streaming is 20 times cheaper than actually shipping a DVD


I wonder who ranks those films. Netflix employees? The postage is steep, but I guess that there are customers in areas with low bandwidth.


Yes I'm sure some people still prefer getting DVDs in the mail actually. I bet that the creator of Netflix would have preferred that as well, he got charged a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 once


Yes, BB really screwed up there. They made an enemy, then turned down the chance to buy Netflix.


Yep they had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million and now Netflix is worth 2 billion dollars, talk about a blunder


I wish I had bought stock back in the day. I could use the money. From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america. That's just money flowing.


Yep that's a lot of traffic! And it gets even crazier if you include YouTube, YouTube and Netflix together take up half of Internet bandwidth


It's insane. We are all glued to our screens. Entertainment is our drug. Anyway, great chat!


Yes thank you you too, and check out Star Wars, I can't believe James Earl Jones was only paid $8,000 for the voice of Darth Vader in the first movie


He must have made money on the backend. I think he must be quite rich. Thanks again! Have a good day!


Yep I hope you made a lot of money! And I hope that Marcia Lucas also made a lot of money she had a lot of good input in the first movie


How's it going? Have you heard or seen The Cloverfield Paradox produced by JJ Abrams?


It got horrible reviews but Netflix thought it would get viewers by making it available right after the super bowl


Yea but I haven't seen Cloverfield. I did watch War Machine with Brad Pitt, which I found disappointing


Oh I never heard of that.  did you know netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?


That's crazy Netflix still does that since it's been focusing on releasing it's own content to get more subscribers


yeah,  well some people still dont know how to use the internet or don't have internet lol like my grandparents and some of my aunts.


I wonder if netflix mails out media in the other countries its in like Canada or Latin America


Yeah I dont know,  but I cant imagine why they wouldnt.  do you like star wars?


Yea I really like the 1977 one and 1980s Empire Strikes Back, how about you?


Yeah I love all the originals the best,  but they are all great,  especially the newer ones that have been coming out,  a lot of back story that fills in spots.


I think the originals were so good due to Marcia Lucas


Yes really good input from his then wife


James Earl Jones was iconic as Darth Vader's voice, he only was paid 7500 at the time, I wonder how much he has made since


Probably a ton in royalties.  But still $7500 for 2.5 hours of work,  not too shabby.


George Lucas made out like a bandit by keeping the licensing and merchandising rights from 20th century fox


Thats very smart on his part.  Did you know Ronald Reagan once got rejected for a movie role cuz he didnt have that president look haha


No that's pretty crazy, I wonder if Bill Nye has a presidential look, he does have the Steve Martin look apparently since he won a lookalike contest as him


Yep! Well I got to go, nice talking with you


Hello! Whats your favorite form of entertainment?


I Love watching movies too! One of my favorite is Star Wars, did you watch that movie? or movies... haha


i liked the first three of them. the later ones had too much CGI.


Very true, they spend so much money on those movies they have an estimated franchise of  billion!


i enjoyed the plot and storytelling of the first films. they couldnt let the computer carry the movie.


I agree, I remember the first films, I would watch it with my Dad in my earlier years and you are right it felt better.


i saw them when i was young and was transported. i would love to feel that way again.


Me too! everyone gets emotional with memories of better days, its easier when we are kids but remember we are here to experience life even the bad. I try to tell myself that. Do you watch Netflix?


i used to watch netflix. very addictive. good quality though.


Yes and its unbelievable how successful they've been since they were founded in 1997


They provide a lot of new content, which is key to success these days. anyone can send content down a pipe.


That's very true! Just like Youtube. Between Netflix and Youtube they make up half the peak of internet traffic in North America.


yes, youtube is very good at that, and they make money on the advertisements. i figure netflix has a bright future.


right! I cant help but think how Netflix would be these days if Blockbuster wold of bought them for 50 mil! Now Netflix is worth over 2 billion...and no blockbuster :(


Maybe BB would not have handled it right. the content production part is crucial.


I think that another company will eventually unseat netflix. the competition is fierce.


Agreed! There is always someone trying to get on top. The competition better be prepared Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!


Yes, that is a market that could be open to the right competitor. Anyway, great chat!


Pleasure was mine, sending hugs and Love to you beautiful stranger. Take care!!


Do you use youtube?  Did you know it's the second largest search engine on the internet?


Yes I really like youtube. I think it is really cool and like a lot of videos.


So do I.  It's hard to believe that it was started back in 2005.


I know right? It has been around awhile but seems to always be changing.


It really does.  People use it a lot and like it.  Combined with netflix it makes up half the peak internet traffic in the country.


I'm not surprised. I like to look up music on there myself. Interesting at how much bandwidth it uses too.


Music is one of my favorites to look up as well as do it yourself videos/educational videos.  Did you know the police have their own youtube?


Really? I didn't know they did. I do like to use youtube to look up do it yourself videos especially in fixing emergencies.


I hear you there!  Yeah, the police have a youtube called blutube.  They share their videos on it with each other.  I'm not sure if people other than them can access it.


That's pretty cool. I would of never guessed it. I have noticed though craft videos seem to be on the rise for youtube.


I guess people like them more than they like Justin Beiber. His video, baby, is the most hated on youtube.


I really can't stand Justin Beiber. Could you imagine if youtube had been created during the time of the boybands? It would of broken the internet probably lol.


There definitely would have been a lot of traffic on the site lol!  Not only would there be a lot of watching music videos but a lot of videos uploaded paying tribute to the bands.


lol I am sure there are somewhere on there by die hard fans that still exist. Years from now I am sure kids will be looking at the stuff on youtube that is popular now and wondering what was wrong with our generations.


They probably will wonder why we wanted to learn how to do so many things ourselves!  I mean, especially since only 7% of people read the full terms when buying something online.  It would seem like people care but then again they don't.


Everyone is in a rush. I am guessing the videos make it go faster. Although youtube is helpful as a visual aid. Did you know there is one children's show that is done by a retired airforce serviceman? His show is widely popular especially among children with autism.


No I didn't know that.  That is really great! I'll have to look that up later.  That's what makes youtube great.  The fact the people can upload their own videos, even though some could be weird- tribute to boybands for example, others like the children's show are wonderful.


Yeah it is amazing. That show is called Blippi. From the comments on his videos he has really helped children and seems to be a good addition to the youtube site. Hopefully youtube will continue to be more helpful than harmful.


Hopefully so.  It's things like that that make people glad the internet exists.  And it's a perfect example of why the current library of alexandria has a copy of the internet saved.


That is amazing they have a copy of that. I didn't even know they did that.


Yep, they have one saved in case the internet is destroyed.


Did you hear about April, the giraffe, who might be pregnant again?


I heard a little bit about that. She is a YouTube star.


Her owners decided to live stream her pregnancy.  That was why she became famous because many people viewed it.


Yes. Some people complained about nudity and sexual content.


Now I want to see what it is all about.  April is supposed to be nude anyway - it is an animal.


Right. Animal rights activists were probably behind it. Though I wonder why it wouldn't be good publicity to bring awareness to giraffes.


They might be religious people not animal rights activists.