wow.  what happened.  suddenly i lost you
Don't know
hmmm.  maybe "big brother" watching us.
Haha Likely
right.  well that is okay because we have some great chats. the chat subject this time is new for me.  its a lot like the others about getting wishes and magic and stuff like that
What?
well some of the other chat subjects were about the unicorn if it is real or not and can it grant wishes like a genie or what if you had a million dollars, etc. etc.
Oh
anyway.  I guess my answers for using a magic wand would be a lot like getting wishes from a unicorn or a genie, right I would wish that the world was educated and there was no poverty
Of course
when I was talking with someone else, we concluded that a lot of things that most people would wish for might hurt the world or the balanced ecosystem or the balance between good and bad and joy and pain and health and sickness
Hmmm that's interesting angle
the other person presented some great perspective and support I was impressed.  It was a conversation that expanded my mind which is different than the chats about flying pigs and a world made out of peanut butter and chocolate milk
Haha. True
in the scriptures we come to understand that everything must have its opposites or ultimately god could not or would not exist and we could not learn or get to know the difference between things.
I believe that too
ya.  so it takes a lot of the fun out of being able to wish for things
Examples?
well, you cant wish for everyone to be healthy.  or you cant wish for no poverty.  Otherwise you would not know success You can wish for no murders or crime.  there would be no punishment i mean think of most of the things you would wish for and they would throw the balance off in the universe. education was one that I thought everyone should have. I mean that does not really throw off the universe and if everyone was educated then that would be in line with the goals of the universe and plan for this life, etc.  right?
Would it
oh.  now you are really challenging me to think. I guess if everyone was educated there would be a question to what point is education defined. and since a person can always be learning and never come to a complete knowledge then I guess it would be achieved when everyone had a complete knowledge of all things.  hmmm.  and I guess that would include knowing the difference between being rich and poor or healthy and sick or happy and sad.  so I guess wishing for everyone to be educated also does not work.
Makes sense what you have said
man you are good.  you should be a physcologist .
Haha. I'm hoping to be an accountant
wow.  i would have never guessed that.  I guess accountants are quiet. well not the ones I know.  they are actually pretty out going but i dont think they are normal sorry about the pause.  i had to run and grab something that i need and could not reach.  I bet you thought that you lost me again
No I'm patient guy
yes you are.  I heard it once said that "patience is a trait never found in a man and seldom found in a women."
Possibly true
well.  I am not a very patient person.  and everyone tells me that
Haha
i mean. I think I am patient but most people who try to analyze me say that I am not. I say I am just young and have zest for life
Both can be true
ya.  you are probably right.  anyway, what were we talking about? oh ya. I had to go get something and came back
What was it
I had to go get a towel because I spilled some milk and it was moving quickly towards my computer.  that would be bad
Yep
I am glad that more and more computers and electronics are being made accident and water proof.  I am amazed at the developments that have come out in the past couple of years
Like what
well.  take the iphone screens that are really tough.  I mean this is glass.  I think and thin glass used to be considered fragile and the ability to do fascial recognition is absolutely amazing I had facial recognition on an old lab top but it did not work well and I was convinced it was fake
Probably was
But the facial recognition, even in the dark, on an iphone 8 or an iphone x is really amazing and the finger print readers and the blue tooth has come a long ways. I rarely listen to the radio because I can cut out all the talk channel crap and commercials when i  use the streaming services like apple music, pandora, etc.
True
and the battery life and size improvements are crazy. who would have thought that there is a batter in an iphone that run all day with steady use.  its crazy small and can be rechared a million times.  or some huge number.
I agree
there are so many cool inventions coming out these days its like the invention cycle is speeding up and working towards a center for innovation.  who knows maybe it is working towards an invention that will end the world or prompt the second coming.
Will that be the sign of the beast
oh wow.  that is a good question and deep.  I dont know but the seem to be putting identification algorithms or chips on everything so that they can track things and collect data.  I am not sure what for eventually you would think that we are analyzing too much data kind of like going back to your thoughts or our dialogue about simplifying our lives.  I think maybe all this data is clouding our lives but I dont know how we would do some of the things and services that I like to use today without it.
Like what
I like when the grocery store knows what I buy and how much i will generally pay and then they only send me coupons that are for stuff I use.
That's cool and scary
yes. that is true.  I mean somewhere somebody knows if you bought a pack of cigarettes for someone at the store and they would assume that it is you who is buying them.  Or maybe not. maybe they would see your years of data and know that I dont smoke and therefore they would not be for me and maybe they would prompt the store to ask why I was buying them
That's good innovation. No?
ya. I suppose it is.  I was just thinking about my dad's business. well he is out of it now but he was high up in a large data center company where all the servers and things are kept to support the internet.  If that was to have a loss of power and redundant power then there would be a lot of things that would slow down on the internet.  it is like a central repository and filter of data oh and I guess the servers there collect and process the data
Cool
oh.  I just noticed that the leader has woken up and just got on his internet and must be starting to chat with someone I am glad I found you before he did.
Haha
I bet he is freaking out.  when he went to bed he had almost two point two million points ahead and I have been doing a lot of chatting late last night and early this morning in order to close the gap and not let him psychologically defeat me with an over powering lead
How much longer
In the competition?  I think it ends in a week or so
Can you keep this up
I dont know until I try.  Isnt that how life is?  You think you can only reach so high and then you surprise yourself by stretching and even reaching higher
True
I look at the total number of points in this chat game and I currently three times higher than the last games winner. everyone must be getting smarter or has some new idea on how to play the game or chat more efficiently.
Makes sense
I know there are not many people out there like you I used to wait for five minutes between responses from some people probably because they had more than one window open and more than one conversation going on.  I talked to one girl who had six conversations going on at once.  She answered me once every five minutes or so.  so I got out of the conversation.  It was a huge distraction and waste of my time.  and I need to focus on real dialogue.  Like we are doing.
Cool Was there another competition
well there was at least one that I was aware of.  it was the last one that ended like a week ago. I was actually the winner and got a good prize.  It was not really what I use so I gave it to someone in my family that needed it much more than me at the time.  I would really like the laptop but it has been a lot of work to stay up with the leader
Is it worth it
good question.  probably not if it was not for the overall purpose to help the universities science department
Right
i met the guy who is the number one guy and leader currently he was really cool to me until they awarded me the top prize for the last round.  Its like his eyebrows went down and he said "game on."  so he has something to prove and he is incredibly committed.  If I had known he was this dedicated I would have not tried but I kept thinking he will give up any time and then I will catch him.  I did that in the last game and over took the leader in the last day or two and then sprinted ahead so that he mentally would not try.
Oh
he is currently the number three guy and he was trying to hang with us but I think he has given up and thinks we are both absolutely and certifiably crazy and have too much extra time to spend on this competition but he has more than doubled his commitment over the last game
That's impressive for all of you
another positive thing is that I have found some great people that I share a lot in common with.  In fact, I found this one girl who has been really cool.  we talk a lot and thats cool because i get points for talking with someone I might date some day
Congrats
well.  who knows.  I have not always been lucky in relationships and maybe this one will eventually meet me and think that I talk too much. The last one that i seriously dated (who was also the first one that I seriously dated) gave me the boot for another guy without any real good explanation or evaluation or without telling me what I could do to improve
Is that the one you told me about yesterday
oh ya. right. I did.  I forget who I have talked to and what I have or have not said.   so, yes.  that is my biggest heart break story.
Are there others
not really by most peoples standards.  I mean, I liked some girls and was friends with some of them but they all seemed to find me just nice and were attracted to losers.  I thought.
Oh. Hmmmm
I see that the leader is concerned.  and working hard again I bet he wishes he stayed up last night and kept me out of reach I hope you will continue to hang with me and listen to me while i push forward.
Sure. I got all weekend
oh.  that is awesome.  you are like a miracle. so we have had some great discussions this morning. I have learned that it is best if I just keep talking.  Otherwise run into mental blocks and then people slow down and jump off
Not you
haha.  Not recently.  I had so much stuff going on in my life the past couple of days that I was not sure I could find any time for this let alone enough time to hang with the leader.  this is crazy
What was going on?
well.  I went home over the weekend which involved a long drive there and back. and I had a cousins wedding and tons of family in town at my parents house.  I also had my sisters graduation from the university/s masters program.  Im very proud of her and then my brother had his mission call opening and he is going to...... wait for it.  drum roll.  the ivory coast of Africa
Wow. That's cool
ya.  it is going to be challenging health wise and with the living conditions.  and they eat a lot of fish and he does not like fish the people are all dark skinned and short and he is six foot seven and very caucasian.  he will stand out for sure.  additionally, we learned that seven of the eleven most deadly illnesses in the world are found in that region of the world we are hoping and praying he is watched over and follows the rules and comes home safe and sound
I agree Congrats
thanx.  he is a great brother and he will be a great missionary too i need to switch computers to be able to keep talking but I always the connection and our chat ends
Will you be getting back on
oh yes.  I just need to switch computers for a while.  Will you please try and reconnect with me when i get back on in just a few minutes
Sure